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American Epic is an award-winning 3-part documentary series about the first recordings of rural music in the U.S.A. and their cultural, social and technological impact on the world.
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The American Epic Sessions Using the last surviving...
- The Book
American Epic is an extraordinary testament to our country’s...
- The Collection
American Epic: The Collection gathers 100 of the greatest...
- The Sessions
In the Roaring Twenties, music scouts held groundbreaking...
- The Soundtrack
American Epic: The Soundtrack highlights 15 recordings from...
- Best ofs
The American Epic Best Of Series - All tracks available for...
- Education
On October 6, 2017, the University of Chicago Laboratory...
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American Epic | The Official Movie Website The first time...
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The American Epic Sessions is a documentary film in which an engineer restores the fabled long-lost first electrical sound recording system from 1925, and twenty contemporary artists pay tribute to the momentous machine by attempting to record songs on it for the first time in 80 years.
The American Epic Sessions Using the last surviving electrical sound recording system from 1925, meticulously rebuilt for this film, The American Epic Sessions documents twenty contemporary artists, paying tribute to their early influences and the technology that gave birth to popular music.
In the Roaring Twenties, music scouts held groundbreaking recording sessions across America. The music was recorded with a single microphone, direct to wax discs on a weight-driven lathe: each record was limited to three minutes, and there were no opportunities to fix or overdub the results.
The American Epic Sessions is a documentary film in which an engineer restores the long-lost first electrical sound recording system on which the 1920s field recording sessions were made, and twenty contemporary artists pay tribute to the momentous machine by attempting to record songs on it for the first time in 80 years.
The American Epic Sessions 2016 2h 20m Documentary Music List Reviews 100% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Contemporary artists use equipment from the 1920s to record music.
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