Who Gets to Tell the Story of a Lost Music Culture? | The Nation

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A new archival collection of little-heard music from the Balkans prompts questions of how and why we recover sounds from history.

November 15, 2019 (Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) The allure of the lost is ever-present in the musical world. In this year alone, half a dozen notable lost albums have been released or announced, including projects from artists as varied as past masters of jazz such as Miles Davis ( Rubberband ) and John Coltrane ( Blue World , released just a year after the companionable Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album ); the post-rock band Explosions in the Sky (the aptly named The Rescue ); and guitarist Dave Davies (previously unreleased tracks billed as “The Great Lost Dave Davies A

Who Gets to Tell the Story of a Lost Music Culture? | The Nation

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