The Harry Smith B-Sides – the label’s dilemna

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Dust-to-Digital released a collection called the Harry Smith B-Sides with the B-sides of the songs on The Anthology of American Folk Music. They excluded several racist songs.

For music archivists, a contemporary dilemma: Should racist songs from our past be heard today?

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