# The Dying Cowboy"

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 2022. This video features singer-songwriter John Wort Hannam from Alberta, Canada, performing the song "The Dying Cowboy" from a recording of William O'Driscoll recorded at Tors Cove, Newfoundland in 1951. From the MacEdward Leach collection of Newfoundland recordings, 1951 (AFC 1968/013).

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: American Folklife Center
- Genres: Western
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661184/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2025661184?play=1)