The Premiere of The Global Jukebox

The Takeaway
Twenty years ago American folklorist and ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax  designed "The Global Jukebox," a database that used descriptive tools to identify and link archival music and dance footage. The Global Jukebox was essentially Pandora –  but conceived long before technology that could realize it existed. Ten years after his death, Lomax's dream may finally be realized: all of his recordings have been put online, but it will take at least another year to get his collection of dance film into the database. Don Fleming is executive director of The Alan Lomax Archives.
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