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The story of the nascent record industry of the 1920s, when music scouts traveled america in search of undiscovered talent. Many rivers to cross, is an awardwinning sixpart documentary series by noted historian henry louis gates, jr. Season 1 travel the country in search of unknown 1920s artists, when the music of ordinary americans was recorded for the first time, transforming music forever, in a threepart film narrated by robert redford, featuring jack white, nas, taj mahal and others. Watch trailer nas, beck, willie nelson, merle haggard, elton john, alabama shakes, more are featured in the project about the. May 18, 2017 american epic is a series about technology that changed the record industry in the 20s.
Super heroes a never ending battle 20 season 1 episode 3. Jack white and third man records have detailed their soundtracks for american epic, a documentary coproduced by the rocker that focuses on music of. Episode 4 the american epic sessions 3 years ago the american epic team has reassembled the very first electrical sound recording system from the 1920s, and invited jack white and t bone burnett to produce an album of recordings by twenty of todays greatest artists. Since the programs debut on october 4, 1988, american experience has broadcast 344 episodes and has been a recipient of over 265 broadcast and web awards. Episode 101 54m s travel to 1920s tennessee as the carter family, jimmie rodgers, and the memphis jug band make their first records with producer ralph peer on a. Broadcast includes a threepart historical documentary and the american epic sessions, a featurelength film starring jack white, taj mahal, elton. American epic tv series examines 1920s recordings the. This is the big bang of modern popular musicthe first time america hears itself. American experience, originally titled the american experience, is an american television program and a pbs documentary series created by peter mcghee.
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