BIBFRAME Work

Title

"Troubles Is Hard"

Type

• Monograph
• Moving Image

Contribution

• Library of Congress (contributor)
• American Folklife Center (sponsor)

Genre Form

• Video recordings (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Content

• two-dimensional moving image

Note

Joe Jencks.

Summary

The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic recordings of traditional folk music. Artists were asked to put their own spin on these archival treasures, and to perform them at a special showcase during the Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City, Missouri in 2023. The showcase was recorded for this webcast. This video features Chicago singer and songwriter Joe Jencks singing "Troubles Is Hard" from a field recording of singers Gussie Slater and Clifford Reed, recorded by John and Ruby Lomax at the Women's Dormitory at Florida State Prison Farm in Raiford, Florida, on June 4, 1939. From the John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip collection, AFC 1939/001: AFS 2716 B1.

Authorized Access Point

"Troubles Is Hard"

Government pub type

• federal or national

Moving image technique

• live action

Capture

Recorded on 2023-05-01.

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:13:21.856843+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 24123667

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc