The American Folk Art Museum in New York City has several rich and inventive drawings by the self-taught artist Martin Ramirez.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

Experts debate about the differences between terms such as Naive Art, Visionary Art,Folk Art, Intuitive Art and Outsider Art.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

Pete Seeger could be called the King of the Protest Song, in the words of folk musician Tony Trischka.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

Like his father, Alan Lomax went to work for the Library of Congress, where he directed the Folk Archive.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

But to be fair,he says the Lomaxes did nothing illegal they were not the only ones holding copyrights to folk songs.

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Today we have the first of two programs about how the Lomax family helped keep American folk music from being lost.

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In any case,John and Alan Lomax were very dedicated to locating these what they thought of as folk geniuses.

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Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel combined rock and roll with folk and pop to create their sound in the nineteen sixties.

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I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we explore American folk music, the music of the people.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

The Lomaxes went to Washington to examine the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress.

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In nineteen thirty-four, John Lomax became honorary consultant and curator of the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress.

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And if you do, here is a question you can answer: Who do you consider a "folk genius?"

VOA: special.2010.01.18

She wrote "I Must Be Saved" to honor the folk singer Odetta whom Peyroux calls her spiritual grandmother.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

Bhangra music is an ancient form of folk music from the Punjab area of India and Pakistan.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

He sang and played folk music on a radio program that was broadcast across the United States.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

The Lomaxes found one of these "folk geniuses" at the state prison in Angola, Louisiana,in nineteen thirty-three.

VOA: special.2010.01.18