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The companion book celebrates the pioneers and artists of american roots music blues, gospel, folk, cajun, appalachian, hawaiian, native american without which. American epic, a threepart historical documentary, and the american epic sessions, a featurelength recording studio film, premiere in 2017 on pbs. 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. Funding for american epic is provided by the anne ray foundation, the family of mackinley sillerman, ann tenenbaum and thomas h. At the height of the roaring twenties, music scouts armed with cuttingedge recording technology set out across america to capture the breadth of american music and discover the artists that would shape our world. The collection gathers 100 of the greatest roots recordings from the 1920s and 1930s in one fivedisc set. The soundtrack highlights 15 recordings from the threepart documentary on 1 vinyl lp, including original recordings by the carter family, mississippi john hurt, charley patton, sister rosetta tharpe and more all restored to unprecedented levels of sonic fidelity. American epic dvd has been added to your cart add to cart. Watch american epic online full episodes of season 1 yidio.