Folk music collector 1950s9/21/2023 Her research and programming focus is on the history, preservation, and presentation of alternative media and avant-garde film. She is senior research associate in the Department of Contemporary Programs and Research at the Getty Research Institute and director of the Harry Smith Archives, which is dedicated to the location, preservation, and presentation of Smith's work. Rani Singh was Harry Smith's assistant from 1989 until his death in 1991. Get ready for a wild ride through an amazing musical landscape. See interviews, archival images, and performances by some of the most Smith-esque musicians of today, including Beck, Beth Orton, Sonic Youth, Lou Reed, Philip Glass, Emmylou Harris, Nick Cave, and Elvis Costello. Learn how Smith drew on his collection of over 8,000 vinyl recordings to craft this fascinating musical portrait of the "old, weird America," which pulses with death, blood, betrayal, murder, intoxication, and every one of the seven deadly sins. An 84-track compilation of folk, country, Cajun, and blues music recorded between 19, the Anthology helped launch the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s and continues to inspire musicians and music lovers. This new documentary by Rani Singh, director of the Harry Smith Archives and senior research associate in the Department of Contemporary Programs at the Getty Research Institute, tells the story of Smith's most astonishing achievement, his 1952 Anthology of American Folk Music. Harry Smith frames himself on the streets of New York
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