The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

Name: The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
Director: Rani Singh
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2007-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Beck, Nick Cave, Elvis Costello, David Johansen, Greil Marcus

20071h 30m

DocumentaryMusic

Overview

The Old, Weird America tracks the history of the Anthology of American Folk Music from its initial compilation of 78 records from rural Americana to its 1952 release on Folkways Records, the urban folk revival of the 1960s, and its continuing influence on contemporary music.