For decades Art Rosenbaum has been collecting the songs of American folk musicians, organically recording their back porch performances and sharing the tradition for folk music. He also sketches them as they perform for him. On March 21st, the Friends of the Hershey Public Library presented "An Afternoon with Art Rosenbaum: Traditional Folk Music" at the Hershey Public Library. Rosenbaum's program was a combination of live music, art, photography, and recordings from the two volume Dust-to-Digital compilation Art of Field Recording: 50 Years of Traditional American Folk Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum. Art Rosenbaum is a Grammy Award-winning painter, muralist, illustrator and performer. He currently serves as Wheatley Professor Emeritus in Fine Arts at the University of Georgia. Hear our interview with Art Rosenbaum below, complete with some samples of his recordings.
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