Bibliograph

American epic, author, Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty, and Bill Morga ; director, Bernard MacMahon ; produced by Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty, Duke Erikson

Type

Label

American epic, author, Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty, and Bill Morga ; director, Bernard MacMahon ; produced by Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty, Duke Erikson

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: TV14

Main title

American epic

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

985005249

Responsibility statement

author, Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty, and Bill Morga ; director, Bernard MacMahon ; produced by Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty, Duke Erikson

Runtime

310

Summary

From executive producers T Bone Burnett, Robert Redford and Jack White, this is the story of early American recorded music when the musical strands of a nation first combined to spark a cultural renaissance that forever transformed the future of music and the world. Also includes a feature-length film of in-studio sessions, with leading contemporary artists (Alabama Shakes, Bobby Ingano, Elton John, Frank Fairfield, Jerron Paxton, Los Lobos, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Nas, Pokey LaFarge, Raphael Saadia, Rhiannon Giddens, Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, Taj Mahal, Jack White, and Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard) recording early American music on a restored 1920s recording machine

Table Of Contents

Disc 1. The big bang ; Blood & soil ; Out of the many, the one -- disc 2. The American epic sessions

Technique

live action

Classification