Music from the South

<p>The Folksong Revival was a dynamic cultural event with its origins in the early 20th century. By the mid-1960s, it had captured American popular music, inspired a generation of folklorists, and served to reintroduce the United States to its vernacular musical roots. Fortunately some of the legendary artists of the 1920s and 1930s were rediscovered and performed at festivals and concerts. This DVD illustrates well the mingling of old and new within the framework of old-time, cajun, blues and folk music. It focuses on traditional instruments, i.e. the ancient mouth bow, autoharp, fiddle, banjo, accordion, diddley-bow, as well as the piano and guitar.</p><p>1 hour and 43 minutes</p><p>DVD is region 0, playable worldwide</p>

This DVD illustrates well the mingling of old and new within the framework of old-time, cajun, blues and folk music. It focuses on traditional instruments, i.e. the ancient mouth bow, autoharp, fiddle, banjo, accordion, diddley-bow, as well as the piano and guitar. The Folksong Revival was a dynamic cultural event with its origins in the early 20th century. By the mid-1960s, it had captured American popular music, inspired a generation of folklorists, and served to reintroduce the United States to its vernacular musical roots. Fortunately some of the legendary artists of the 1920s and 1930s were rediscovered and performed at festivals and concerts. Clark Kessinger, who was rediscovered in the 1960s, stands out as one of a handful of old time musicians who lost nothing in the years he was out of the spotlight. His playing is as beautiful and clear as it was during the height of his first career in the 1920s as a recording artist. The five Creole performances of Alphonse Bois Sec Ardoin and fiddler Canray Fontenot, two caretakers of the Creole tradition, show how Cajun and Creole sounds joined together in Louisiana. Canray and 'Bois Sec' had put their first band together, the Duralde Ramblers, in 1948. Kilby Snow s autoharp playing incorporates old and new compositions. From songs of the hills to tunes by Bill Monroe. The Memphis piano player, Mose Vinson, illustrates how the Delta blues standard, Roll and Tumble can be played in both the old style as well as modern. Traditional artists are constantly discarding songs and styles and incorporating newer ones into their repertoires. Napolean Strickland, Compton Jones and Glen Roy Faulkner show how a wire strung up on the side of a house can produce eerie and evocative sounds. These African retentions are again echoed dramatically by Ed and Lonnie Young and the Fife & Drum Band, residents of the Mississippi highlands whose riveting, ritualized performances powerfully portray the continuity of African elements in the New World.

Performer	Clark Kessinger, Alphonse Bois Sec Ardoin, Canray Fontenot, Kilby Snow, Mose Vinson, Napolean Strickland, Compton Jones, Glen Roy Faulkner, Ed and Lonnie Young
Music genre	Music Videos
Music subgenre	Delta Blues
Media format	DVD
Original release date	December 5, 2014
Language	English
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Record label	Rounder
Duration	100