American Epic
2017
📺 1 Season
🎬 3 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
Documentary
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 three-part film narrated by Robert Redford, featuring Jack White, Nas, Taj Mahal and others.
Seasons
Season 1
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 revolutionary portable recording machine, creating the first recordings of R&B and country songs.
Crew
Director
Bernard MacMahon
Writer
Duke Erikson, Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty
Producer
T Bone Burnett, Jack White, Robert Redford
Network
PBS
Keywords
folk musicminiseriesmusic documentaryamerican music