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Alan Lomax recorded about 50 hours of music in Haiti in 1936 and 1937. This included some music associated with hoodoo. None of this material has ever been released commercially, although it was available for audition at the Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. These recordings have recently been copied for release, and there will eventually be several Haitian volumes in the Alan Lomax Collection on Rounder Records. The first volumes should be out next year, although I think that their focus is on the urban dance music of the era. Gage Averill of New York University is the editor of these albums. Matthew Barton American Folklife Center The Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave., SE Washington, DC 20540-4610 phone: (202) 707-1733 fax: (202) 707-2076 email: [log in to unmask]