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Almeda Riddle

This video tells how and where Arkansas ballad singer Almeda Riddle began her 10 year stint of singing old ballads all over the country. In an informal manner, folk musician Starr…

Banjo Spirits

Banjo Spirits explores the legacy of the banjo through the eyes of Don Stover and Stephen Wade who assess the central role the banjo plays in their lives as a tool for creative…

Catching the Music

Catching the Music

Catching the Music

An hour-long WETA-TV documentary on musician Stephen Wade. Catching the Music describes the passing of the banjo from one player to the next. The film includes footage of Kirk…

City Folk

City Folk explores the 20th-century revival of English Country Dance through the history of Pinewoods, a renowned dance camp in Massachusetts. Influenced by English folklorist…

Dance All Night - The Highwoods Stringband Story

Dance All Night - The Highwoods Stringband Story

2018 | 1h 18mins

Dance All Night - The Highwoods Stringband Story

2018 | 1h 18mins

In the 1970s, the Highwoods Stringband’s unique blend of musical brilliance, exuberance, sparkling wit, and eclectic repertoire introduced tens of thousands of delighted listeners…

Eatala: A Life in Klezmer

Eatala: A Life in Klezmer

Eatala: A Life in Klezmer

Klezmer is Eastern European Jewish folk music. In other parts of the country, klezmer seemed to disappear and then was revived. But in Philadelphia, the Hoffman family never…

Floating Dancer

Floating Dancer

Floating Dancer

Floating Dancer: The Story of Robert Dotson, the Walking Step, and the Green Grass Cloggers acquaints viewers with Robert Dotson and the Walking Step, a percussive dance step the…

High Lonesome Sound

High Lonesome Sound

High Lonesome Sound

John Cohn's remarkable documentary explores the lives of Appalachian mountain people in a depressed area of Kentucky through spiritual and folk music. Presents songs by revivalist…

Homemade American Music

Homemade American Music

Homemade American Music

A history of rural southeastern traditional American music, as told and played by Mike Seeger and Alice Gerrard. Mike and Alice recount their own involvment with this music, and…

I've Endured: The Music and Legacy of Ola Belle Reed

I've Endured: The Music and Legacy of Ola Belle Reed

I've Endured: The Music and Legacy of Ola Belle Reed

I've Endured: The Music and Legacy of Ola Belle Reed documents the life and music of Appalachian singer, songwriter, and banjo player Ola Belle Reed through archival materials and…

Jumpin‘ Night in the Garden of Eden

Jumpin‘ Night in the Garden of Eden

1987 | 1h 15mins

Jumpin‘ Night in the Garden of Eden

1987 | 1h 15mins

A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden was the first film to document the klezmer revival, tracing the efforts of two founding groups, Kapelye and Boston's Klezmer Conservatory…

Music For The Sky

Music For The Sky

Music For The Sky

Music for the Sky (2008) is a documentary movie about a community of eccentric revivalist old-time fiddlers living in Vermont and Western Massachusetts, USA. The film revolves…

Paid to Eat Ice Cream

Paid to Eat Ice Cream

2001 | 1h 10mins

Paid to Eat Ice Cream

2001 | 1h 10mins

"Paid To Eat Ice Cream" profiles beloved New Hampshire contra dance musician Bob McQuillen (1923–2014), whose career spanned over five decades and included playing with many…

Remembering The High Lonesome

Remembering The High Lonesome

Remembering The High Lonesome

Profiles filmmaker, photographer, artist, and musician John Cohen. The film examines the birth of a new artistic ethic and counterculture through John Cohen's involvement with the…

Sitting On Top of the World at the Fiddlers‘ Convention

Sitting On Top of the World at the Fiddlers‘ Convention

Sitting On Top of the World at the Fiddlers‘ Convention

The fiddlers' convention at Union Grove is the oldest bluegrass music festival of the U.S., held on the eastern edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. This film…

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