A UW Madison professor is producing a collection of archival field recordings performed by musicians from northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan more than 70 years ago. The music ranges from polkas to waltzes and fiddle tunes.
"Folksongs Of Another America" is the project of Jim Leary, a professor of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies. He explains the recordings were made by three folklorists working for the Library of Congress in the 1930s and 40s: Sidney Robertson, Alan Lomax, and Helene Stratman-Thomas.
Jim Leary is speaking at the informal discussion series Science on Tap Wednesday night in Minocqua.
Music: "Fisher's Hornpipe," and "Pigtown Fling," performed by Leizime Brusoe and recorded by Sidney Robertson in 1937.