Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith
For "Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith" [link] at the Whitney Museum of American Art in NewYork through January of next year, for the section of the exhibition devoted to Smith's 1952 Anthology of American Folk Music I was asked to come up with something for the audio guide. This is what you'll hear if you go, but hearing how it came out, it doesn't strike me as worthless or redundant on its own, despite how much I've written about this over more than the last fifty years. I consulted on the show, but haven't seen it—I'll report after I have.
Thanks. This is wonderful, Particularly enjoyed the comments toward the end about the artists’ desire to play the songs; to try and make them their own in some way. “Seek and ye shall find” indeed!
Moles are regarded as loathsome & disgusting? I’d never heard that; probably evidence of a sheltered life.