Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass

0.0(0)201235m1

In the early 1960s, when Greenwich Village was bursting with a folk music revival, the Friends of Old Time Music made it their mission to introduce urban audience to some of the legends of pre-war American traditional music. After a 1961 series of concerts featuring Roscoe Holcomb, Clarence Ashley and Doc Watson, Alan Lomax invited the artists and a who’s who of the folk revival back to his West 3rd Avenue apartment for an impromptu song swap. Filming was arranged on the fly and a raw, many-layered evocation of the art and attitude of the period emerges from the footage, with some of the biggest names of the era, old timers and revivalists alike: Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Jean Ritchie, Ernie Marrs, Peter LeFarge, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Guy Carawan,the Greenbriar Boys, and the New Lost City Ramblers.

Share WhatsApp Telegram
Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
—
Language
EN

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Alan Lomax

Produced in

United States of America

Videos

No extra videos are listed for this title yet.

Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Premiere19 Jun 2012

Frequently asked questions

Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass was released on 19 June 2012.

Member reviews

Sign in to rate and review. Browsing stays free and open.

Sign in

Member comments

0

Sign in to post a comment. Browsing stays free and open.

Sign in

More like this