Folk Music Movies
- 2019
Changes in the Ocean, Changes in the Sea
Changes in the Ocean, Changes in the Sea02019HD
A lyrical documentary about writer and street musician Roger Parham-Brown.
- 1993
Louisiana Blues
Louisiana Blues01993HD
From the camera of celebrated French documentarians Jean-Pierre Bruneau and Jose Reynes, and in the tradition of The Buena Vista Social Club, comes...
- 2022
To dress in Latvian signs
To dress in Latvian signs02022HD
The moment when the lights on the stage suddenly go out and the dancer finds himself completely alone in the digital environment, the way back to the...
- 2021
The Songpoet
The Songpoet02021HD
Eric Andersen is widely regarded as one of the most poetic songwriters that sprang from the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s. His artful...
- 1975
Jean Carignan, Fiddler
Jean Carignan, Fiddler01975HD
Man of the people, taxi driver, Jean Carignan is above all else one of the world's greatest violinists. In his hands reels become complex,...
- 2014
The Genius of Bert Jansch: Folk, Blues & Beyond
The Genius of Bert Jansch: Folk, Blues & Beyond02014HD
Interviews and rare archive footage weave together performances from a landmark multi-artist concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London,...
- 1934
Die Comedian Harmonists singen Volkslieder
Die Comedian Harmonists singen Volkslieder01934HD
The Comedian Harmonists sing various German folk songs in a picturesque landscape.
- 2022
Father John Misty - Live from The Ryman
Father John Misty - Live from The Ryman42022HD
Father John Misty performs a career spanning setlist at The Ryman in Nashville, TN, during the tour for his 5th studio LP, Chloë and the Next...
- 2015
David Holt's State of Music
David Holt's State of Music02015HD
GrammyAward-winning performer David Holt introduces viewers to modern masters of traditional music in the Southern mountains and remembers the greats...
- 1992
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers at The Ryman
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers at The Ryman01992HD
At the Ryman is a 1992 live album by Emmylou Harris and her then-newly formed acoustic backing band, The Nash Ramblers, recorded at the Ryman...
- 2019
Old Harp Singing of East Tennessee
Old Harp Singing of East Tennessee02019HD
A short musical film on the Old Harp tradition from East Tennessee, shot around a gathering in a church of the Smoky Mountains
- 2013
Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre
Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre02013HD
Filmed before a small studio audience in the bare style of some of the previous BBC music shows on which Thompson has appeared, this concert...
- 1991
Beyond the Forest: Hungarian Music in Transylvania
Beyond the Forest: Hungarian Music in Transylvania91991HD
The dance house movement, which (illegally) brought folk music from the minority Hungarian Gypsies and peasants of Transylvania - now part of Romania...
- 1970
The River in Me
The River in Me01970HD
Traversing 700,000 square kilometers over 700 days, the filmmakers bring the stories of five people who crisscross the Yellow River to perform their...
- 2004
Jemaa El Fna: Morocco's Rendezvous of the Dead
Jemaa El Fna: Morocco's Rendezvous of the Dead02004HD
Morocco is a land of ingratiating variety and intense contrast. Its people are as diverse as its topography. The cosmopolitan Atlantic coast fuses...
- 1979
The Albion Band
The Albion Band01979HD
A rare 1979 BBC Arena documentary on the Albion Band, Ashley Hutchings and the development of English folk rock up to that time.
- 2023
The Forest Drum
The Forest Drum02023HD
The Forest Drum follows a monster looking to make friends with the other animals that live in the forest with him. While the animals are scared...
- 2007
Folk Hibernia at the BBC
Folk Hibernia at the BBC6.52007HD
Celebrating the finest in Irish folk music with a compilation of performances taken from the BBC archives. Highlights include songs from The Clancy...
- 1964
Nightsong
Nightsong01964HD
A portrait of the Chicago Near-North nightlife scene in the mid-1960s, centering around the struggles and romantic desires of an African American...
- 2020
Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual
Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual02020HD
Every year in June, the small Bulgarian village of Balgari celebrates St Constantine with a special ritual. Initiated ‘nestinari’ go...