Alan Lomax (1915-2002) was one of the most important song collectors of the 20th century. In 1952 he visited Spain in order to record the extant folk traditions of the country in a fieldtrip sponsored by the BBC. The materials compiled during his fieldtrips around Spain were used in the Columbia World Library of Folk and Primitive Music issued in the 1950s on LPs and re-issued more recently on CDs by Rounder Records. Alan Lomax: Mirades Miradas Glances presents the first compilation of Alan Lomaxs beatiful photographs of musicians taken during his 1952 trip to Barcelona, Mallorca and Ibiza. The book includes transcriptions of his personal diaries and a a CD with recorded selections cross-referenced with the portraits.
