Folksongs of Another America: UW-Madison Professor, Mills Music Library featured on Swiss Public Radio

Material from the Mills Music Library was recently featured on Swiss Public radio, with Prof. Jim Leary discussing his forthcoming UW Press 5CD/DVD/book set, Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937-1946. Read more about the work of Prof. Leary at the University of Wisconsin Press site.

Part of the interview, conducted in both German and English, covers the ethnic-American 78rpm discs, which came from Mills Music Library.

To listen to the programs, follow these links:

http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/musik-der-welt/die-musik-des-anderen-ameri

 http://www.radiogoethe.org/audio/deutschemusik.mp3

http://www.wpr.org/historic-folksongs-upper-Midwest

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-throwbacks-tunes-reissues-20150702-story.html#page=1

The official publication date for Prof. Leary’s set is Aug. 7.