The End of an Old Song (1969)
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Overview : John Cohen, founding member of the ‘50s folk troupe the New Lost City Ramblers, started making films in order to bring together the two disciplines he was heavily active in: music and photography. The End of an Old Song brings us to North Carolina, and demonstrates the power of old English ballads sung with gusto while soused in a saloon.
Release Date : June 1, 1969
Runtime : 30m
Genre : Documentary, Music
Companies : Smithsonian Folkways
Countries : United States of America
Keywords : appalachia, smithsonian, ethnography, ballad, dark holler
