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Parallel Anthology

Friday 30 July, 2010

An evening of music inspired by musicologist, record collector and artist Harry Smith and his iconic Anthology of American Folk Music. Artists Eileen Simpson and Ben White have collected parallel public domain versions of anthology recordings not closed down by copyright; from non-attributed folk versions, to commercial recordings whose proprietary interests have expired. For this event musicians and producers have been invited to perform contemporary covers and remixes of the archive material for a night of plugged and unplugged performances.

Exclusive live short sets by:

Leafcutter John
patten
Karen Gwyer

plus:
Out-of-copyright/copyleft Open Music Archive DJ set

Open Music Archive, initiated by Eileen Simpson & Ben White, is an ongoing self-organised artist's project to source, digitise, and distribute out-of-copyright music recordings.

www.openmusicarchive.org/projects

Organised in collaboration with This is Tomorrow.

Footage edited by Grant Armour.