American epic /

The big bang: At the height of the Roaring Twenties, music scouts armed with cutting-edge recording technology set out across America to capture the unsung voices of everyday folk. Blood and soil: America's poor--cotton field slaves, mine workers, sharecroppers--find freedom through music, crea...

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Corporate Authors:	Alabama Shakes (Musical group) (Performer), Lobos (Musical group) (Performer), Americans (Musical group) (Performer), Hawaiians (Musical group : Auntie Geri Kuhia) (Performer), Avett Brothers (Performer), Lost Bayou Ramblers (Performer)
Other Authors:	MacMahon, Bernard, 1970- (Screenwriter, composer (expression)), McGourty, Allison (Screenwriter), Erikson, Duke, 1951- (Screenwriter, composer (expression)), Morgan, William (Television writer) (Screenwriter), Redford, Robert (Narrator), White, Jack, 1975- (Performer), Fairfield, Frank (Performer), Nas (Musician) (Performer), John, Elton (Performer), Monroe, Ashley (Performer), Taj Mahal (Musician) (Performer), LaFarge, Pokey (Performer), Martin, Steve, 1945- (Performer), Brickell, Edie (Performer), Paxton, Jerron, 1989- (Performer), LaVette, Bettye, 1946- (Performer), Ingano, Bobby (Performer), Gabriel, Ana (Performer), Beck (Performer), Giddens, Rhiannon, 1977- (Performer), Saadiq, Raphael (Performer), Nelson, Willie, 1933- (Performer), Haggard, Merle (Performer)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English French Hawaiian Spanish
Language Notes:	Chiefly in English (some songs sung in French, Hawaiian, or Spanish), with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published:	[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2017]
Subjects:	Popular music > United States > History and criticism. Sound recording industry > United States > History. Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century. Popular music > United States. Music > Videorecordings. Musique populaire > États-Unis > Histoire et critique. Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle. Musique populaire > États-Unis. Enregistrements sonores > Industrie > États-Unis > Histoire. Popular culture Popular music Sound recording industry United States 1900-1999 Live sound recordings. Television mini-series. Televised performances. Television mini-series Televised performances Songs Nonfiction television programs Live sound recordings Filmed performances Documentary television programs Criticism, interpretation, etc. Documentary films History Video recordings for the hearing impaired Documentary television programs. Filmed performances. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Popular music. Songs. Documentaires télévisés. Spectacles télévisés. Spectacles filmés. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction. Miniséries. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives. Musique populaire. Enregistrements sonores live.
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Summary:	The big bang: At the height of the Roaring Twenties, music scouts armed with cutting-edge recording technology set out across America to capture the unsung voices of everyday folk. Blood and soil: America's poor--cotton field slaves, mine workers, sharecroppers--find freedom through music, creating gospel, protest songs, and Delta blues. Out of the many, the one: Exotic cultures spanning America are captured on record for the first time, inventing new instruments and new cultural identities. The American epic sessions: Jack White and T Bone Burnett produce an epic recording session using the only working 1920s recording device in existence in this tribute to the artists celebrated in the American epic documentaries.
Item Description:	"PBS"--Container. Originally broadcast on television in 2017.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (310 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, NTSC, region 1; wide screen ; uncompressed theatrical mono mix.
Production Credits:	Editing, Dan Gitlin ; original music, Duke Erikson and Bernard MacMahon ; cinematography, Vern Moen ; executive producers, T Bone Burnett, Robert Redford, Jack White.
ISBN:	9781627894715 1627894713