Travel back through the 20th century to explore the roots of American music and discover the pioneers of the musical forms that combined on American soil to become the most pervasive music throughout the world.
Trace the emergence of roots music in America from its European and African origins through its maturation into American musical genres such as spirituals, blues, country and gosp…
Explore a period in which different strands of roots music become commercialized and visible through movies, television, radio and records. Concurrently, “folk music” is redefined…
Trace the continuing emergence of American roots music through a national awareness catalyzed by the folk and blues revivals. Gospel music's golden years are explored in this epis…
Explore the reassessment of diverse ethnic musics previously excluded from American “folk” music, and their inclusion in a redefined “American roots music.” This episode describes…
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David Holt's State of Music
Terra&Acqua
The Highland Sessions
Liberty!
Following Folk
Bluegrass Underground
Transatlantic Sessions
Austin City Limits
America: Promised Land
American Epic
Washington
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