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Festival : folk music at Newport, 1963-1966 /

"Before Woodstock and Monterey Pop, there was Festival. From 1963 through 1966, Murray Lerner visited the annual Newport Folk Festival to document a thriving, idealistic musical movement as it reached its peak as a popular phenomenon. Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Cash, the St...

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Corporate Authors: Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers, (Performer), Paul Butterfield Blues Band, (Performer), Freedom Singers (SNCC), (Performer), Sea Island Singers, (Performer), Jug Band, (Performer), Osborne Brothers, (Performer), Peter, Paul, and Mary (Musical group), (Performer), Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, (Performer), Staple Singers, (Performer), Swan Silvertones, (Performer), Ed Young Fife & Drums Corps, (Performer), Newport Folk Festival.
Other Authors: Lerner, Murray, (camera operator.), Baez, Joan, (Performer), Barker, Horton, 1889-1973, (Performer), Beers, Bob, 1920-1972, (Performer), Bikel, Theodore, (Performer), Bloomfield, Michael, (Performer), Cash, Johnny, (Performer), Collins, Judy, 1939- (Performer), Emmy, Cousin, 1903-1980, (Performer), Donovan, 1946- (Performer), Dylan, Bob, 1941- (Performer), Fariña, Mimi, (Performer), Fariña, Richard, (Performer), Hamer, Fannie Lou, (Performer), House, Son, (Performer), Howlin' Wolf, 1910-1976, (Performer), Hurt, Mississippi John, 1892-1966, (Performer), Koerner, John, (Performer), Kweskin, Jim, (Performer), Logan, Tex, (Performer), Mashiyane, Spokes, (Performer), McDowell, Fred, (Performer), Odetta, 1930-2008, (Performer), Robertson, Eck, 1887-1975, (Performer), Sainte-Marie, Buffy, (Performer), Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014, (Performer), Terry, Sonny, (Performer), McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996, (Performer)
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]
Edition:Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 892.
Subjects:
Newport Folk Festival.
1961-1970
Folk-rock music.
Folk songs, English.
Folk music > United States.
Protest songs.
Blues (Music)
Popular music > 1961-1970.
Rock music > 1961-1970.
Gospel music.
Folk music.
Popular music.
Rock music.
United States.
Concert films.
Documentary films.
Filmed interviews.
Nonfiction films.
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