Kip Lornell

Kip Lornell has taught courses in Ameircan music and ethnomusicology at George Washington University since 1992. Lornell won a 1997 Grammy for Best Liner Notes for Smithsonian Folkways "Anthology of American Folk Music," and Lornell and Charles Wolfe earned the ASCAP-Deems Taylor book award for The Life and Legend of Leadbelly (Harper Collins, 1993). He has been interviewed numerous times on NPR for his expertise on American folk music.

Kip Lornell has taught courses in Ameircan music and ethnomusicology at George Washington University since 1992. Lornell won a 1997 Grammy for Best Liner Notes for Smithsonian Folkways "Anthology of American Folk Music," and Lornell and Charles Wolfe earned the ASCAP-Deems Taylor book award for The Life and Legend of Leadbelly (Harper Collins, 1993). He has been interviewed numerous times on NPR for his expertise on American folk music. See less