Marisa Anderson questions the folk archive on The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music
Marisa Anderson's beautiful new album The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music responds to Harry Smith by exploring non-American folk traditions with humility.
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Marisa Anderson's beautiful new album The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music responds to Harry Smith by exploring non-American folk traditions with humility.
Marisa Anderson releases The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music via Thrill Jockey, drawing from Uzbek, Yemeni, Afghan, Armenian and Vietnamese traditions to ask what gets excluded when a country tells itself stories about roots.
Marisa Anderson releases The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music on Thrill Jockey, reimagining non-American traditional archives.