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American Epic is a documentary media franchise based upon the first recordings of roots music in the United States during the 1920s and their cultural, social and technological impact on North America and the world.
American Epic is an award-winning 3-part documentary series about the first recordings of rural music in the U.S.A. and their cultural, social and technological impact on the world. In the 1920s, record companies in search of new styles and markets sought out regional musicians, from the streets of Memphis to the Western prairies and the ...
American Epic is a documentary film series about the first recordings of roots music in the United States during the 1920s and their cultural, social and technological impact on North America and the world.
American Epic is a journey through American history, geography, and cultures—very much in the plural. In the 1920s, record companies sent scouts around the United States looking for regional and ethnic music that would expand their markets beyond the urban mainstream.
American Epic: With Taj Mahal, Robert Redford, Jack White, Nas. At the height of the Roaring Twenties, music scouts set out across America to capture the breadth of American music and discovered the artists that would shape our world.
Explore how the ordinary people of America were given the opportunity to make records for the first time in the 1920s. Watch the film and series, see behind-the-scenes photos, and listen to performances by Elton John, Jack White, John Hurt, and more.
The companion book to the groundbreaking BBC and PBS documentary series celebrating the pioneers and artists of American roots music—blues, gospel, folk, Cajun, Appalachian, Hawaiian, Native American—without which there would be no jazz, rock, country, R&B, or hip hop today.
