“In 1997, nearly every critic in the country lauded Smithsonian/Folkways' re-release of Harry Smith's *Anthology of American Folk Music*. Originally released in 1952, the three-volume set-- a fourth volume was added in 2000-- provides an awesome, sweeping perspective of the foundation of American music. Then, in 1999, came Moby's *Play*, which sampled Alan Lomax-era field blues; by 2000, the word "”
