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Government Song Woman

The Radio 3 Documentary by BBC

Mar 5, 202343:27Society & Culture

American musician Rhiannon Giddens investigates the fascinating life and recordings of the folk song collector Sidney Robertson Cowell. Travelling thousands of miles all over the US in the depression era, Cowell was will...

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Government Song Woman is an episode from The Radio 3 Documentary by BBC. American musician Rhiannon Giddens investigates the fascinating life and recordings of the folk song collector Sidney Robertson Cowell. Travelling thousands of miles a...

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