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Battle of the Guitars

Battle of the Guitars

Battle of the Guitars

This is one of three short films in the Living Texas Blues series. Battle of the Guitars shows the influence of Aaron "T-Bone" Walker through the performance of Pete Mayes and Joe…

Cigarette Blues

Cigarette Blues

Cigarette Blues

This is one of three short films in the Living Texas Blues series. Cigarette Blues features Sonny Rhodes and the Texas Twisters performing at Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland,…

Deep Ellum Blues

Deep Ellum Blues

Deep Ellum Blues

Deep Ellum, along with its legendary music scene built by the likes of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, Lead Belly, and Bill Neely, all but disappeared with the…

Mouth Music

Boot-camp count-off chants, jump-rope rhymes, and carny barks are featured in this fast-moving sampler of “proto-music” from the imaginations and versatile mouths of southern folk…

Music Masters and Rhythm Kings

Music Masters and Rhythm Kings

Music Masters and Rhythm Kings

A celebration of the rich heritage of southern traditional music and the people who created it. This performance documentary focuses on three different styles of blues, stringband…

Anything I Catch

Anything I Catch

Anything I Catch

This film examines the thrilling regional phenomenon of Cajuns who wade in murky bayou waters to catch huge catfish and turtles by reaching into hollow logs and stumps with their…

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

1993 | 1h 31mins

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

1993 | 1h 31mins

I’d like for them to remember me as the father of Bluegrass music, the man that originated this music. —Bill Monroe

Give the World a Smile

Give the World a Smile

Give the World a Smile

For generations, the Schuyler family has lived and farmed around the Lowgap Community in North Carolina, and for generations they have produced singers who led revival meetings,…

This Cat Can Play Anything

This Cat Can Play Anything

This Cat Can Play Anything

A portrayal of the life and musical career of New Orleans banjo and guitar jazzman Emanuel 'Manny' Sayles, a man whose musical career has in many ways followed the development of…

Blues Houseparty

Blues Houseparty

Blues Houseparty

John Jackson, John Dee Holeman, Friz Holloway and others perform and reminisce about old-time houseparties in North Carolina and Virginia

To Hear Your Banjo Play

To Hear Your Banjo Play

To Hear Your Banjo Play

The story of Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States. Written by Alan Lomax and directed by Irving Lerner, this short feature includes…

Language You Cry In

Language You Cry In

Language You Cry In

The Language You Cry In tells an amazing scholarly detective story reaching across hundreds of years and thousands of miles, from 18th century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of…

Showdown at the Hoedown

Showdown at the Hoedown

Showdown at the Hoedown

Life and Times of Joe Thompson

Life and Times of Joe Thompson

Life and Times of Joe Thompson

The story of the last African American fiddle player in North Carolina whose unique style of music has been passed down in his family for over three hundred years.

I‘ll Keep On Singing

I‘ll Keep On Singing

I‘ll Keep On Singing

A comprehensive look ca. 2007 at southern gospel convention singing, an amateur, Christian, music-making and educational tradition that developed in rural America following the…

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