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DVD - COAL COUNTRY
Film that tells the story of the battle between working miners and activists who battle the coal companies in Appalachia. Special presentation on the cable channel "Planet Green." Packaged in ..more...
#ES-DVD1245 $20.70
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DVD - WHY OLD TIME?
In the summer of 2008, Horse Archer Productions began a documentary called "Why Old Time?" It explores the beauty and art of Old Time music and demonstrates why this particular type of roots ..more...
#724-DVD1 .. list $20.00 ours $18.00
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DVD - THE PANIC IS ON: THE GREAT AMERICAN DEPRESSION AS SEEN BY THE COMMON MAN
DVD/CD/booklet set. Newsreel film, documentaries, and eyewitness accounts providing perspective of the economic unrest experienced by the everyday American during the time. Features vignettes ..more...
#SHAN-DVD6804 $29.70
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DVD - LET FREEDOM SING: HOW MUSIC INSPIRED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
The PBS story of the Civil Rights Movement told through the singers & songwriters who fought for change through their music. Blends historic footage, new interviews, rare photos and video of ..more...
#TLM-DVD24189 $20.75
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DVD - UNCLE DAVE MACON DAYS: A TRIBUTE TO OLD TIME MUSIC & DANCE
This documentary takes an in-depth look at what makes Uncle Dave Macon Days the remarkable annual old time music and dance event that draws over 50,000 visitors every July to Murfreesboro, ..more...
#715-DVD1 $14.99
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DVD - ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE by Tony Palmer
Five DVD set. Popular music is now an essential part of our lives, yet we know comparatively little about it - where it came from, how it developed, how it has influenced or been influenced by ..more...
#49-DVD320795 .. list $99.95 ours $89.95
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DVD - MUSIC FOR THE SKY directed by Nikolai Fox
Portrays a community of revivalist old-time fiddlers who play Southern style fiddle music while living in Vermont & Massachusetts. Revolves around the personalities of eight musicians: George ..more...
#712-DVD1 .. list $16.95 ours $15.25
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DVD - PETE SEEGER: THE POWER OF SONG
Documentary about the controversial singer Pete Seeger, who defined folk music and used music to encourage social change. The political and environmental movements that he started in the 1950s ..more...
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DVD - AWAKE, MY SOUL: THE STORY OF THE SACRED HARP
This 2-disc presentation is the first feature documentary about Sacred Harp singing, an a cappella shape note hymn singing with origins in the American South. Featured on public television, ..more...
#AWP-DVD2 $26.95
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DVD - FUZZ: THE SOUND THAT REVOLUTIONIZED THE WORLD by Clif Taylor
ON SALE!! SAVE $6.95!! Clif Taylor explores the insane industry of noise making, a world popularized by guitar slinging super heroes and garage dwelling electronic geeks all sharing the ..more...
#49-DVD320793 .. list $19.95 ours $11.00
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DVD - SOLIDBODIES: THE 50 YEAR GUITAR WAR
New lower cost! Starting with their conception and design in the early '50s, this focuses on the 5-decade competition between the Les Paul and Stratocaster, both heard on more recordings than ..more...
#706-DVD1 .. list $14.95 ours $13.45
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DVD - WOODY GUTHRIE: THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
In-depth documentary of this songwriting, folksinging American icon, including all extant film footage of him, cohorts like Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Pete Seeger and many others; plus lots ..more...
#SNAPPER-DVD4551 $13.50
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DVD - ROCK THAT UKE Directed by William Preston Robertson & Sean Anderson
"It's more than a tiny musical instrument... it's a state of mind!" One-of-a-kind documentary about cutting-edge uke enthusiasts and their attendant subculture, with Janet Klein, Ukefink, Ian ..more...
#158-DVD2003 .. list $19.99 ours $17.95
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DVD - FOUR AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC FILMS by Yasha Aginsky
Includes: "Homemade American Music" - filmed 1980. Mike Seeger and Alice Gerrard revisit the origins of rural, traditional folk cultures in the south. Musicians include Tommy Jarrell, Elizabeth ..more...
#VEST-DVD13103 $20.75
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DVD - BANJO BASH AT BUCKEYSTOWN - THE MARYLAND BANJO ACADEMY 1998
Concerts, conversations, and jams with a variety of banjo stylists including Eddie Adcock, Cheick Hamala Diabate, Dwight Diller, Bill Emerson, Tony Ellis, Bela Fleck, Tom Hanway, Jack Hatfield, ..more...
#472-DVD102 .. list $25.00 ours $19.95
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DVD - DESPERATE MAN BLUES: DISCOVERING THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC
Documentary that chronicles the amazing life of legendary record collector Joe Bussard, armchair archivist of blues, jazz, and old-time Appalachian music to the world, and founder of Fonotone ..more... - on order, expected arrival date 12/04/09
#DTD-DVD005 $17.95
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DVD - TIMES AIN'T LIKE THEY USED TO BE: EARLY RURAL & POPULAR AMERICAN MUSIC, 1928-1935
Captures the sights & music of everyday life during the Depression. Musicians include Bob Wills, Uncle John Scruggs, Ted Weems Orchestra, and others, as well as the only existing film of Jimmie ..more...
#YAZ-DVD512 $17.95
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DVD - APPALACHIANS
The acclaimed 3-hour PBS film. The history of a land and its people, told in story and song. Interviews and performances by Loretta Lynn, Marty Stuart, Rosanne Cash, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ricky ..more...
#EVENINGS-DVD5230 $44.98
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DVD - A MUSICAL JOURNEY: THE FILMS OF PETE, TOSHI & DAN SEEGER 1957-1964
Home movies filmed by Pete, Toshi, and Dan Seeger showing early footage of Sonny Terry, Big Bill Broonzy, Pete Steele, Jean Carignan and others. 58 min. ..more...
#VEST-DVD13042 $20.75
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DVD - KI HO'ALU: THAT'S SLACK KEY GUITAR
Documentary by Susan Friedman exploring the world of Hawaiian slack key guitar. Raymond Kane is featured along with Sonny Chillingworth, Ledward Kaapana and others. 58 min. ..more...
#VEST-DVD13039 $20.75
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