# Lil Liza Jane"

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 married Indie-folk/Americana songwriting duo Couldn't Be Happiers, based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, singing "Lil Liza Jane." From a field recording of singer and guitarist Sam Chatmon, recorded by Alan Lomax at Chatmon's home in Hollandale, Mississippi in August, 1978.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: American Folklife Center
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661216/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens 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/2025661216?play=1)