Educational196331 min640×360

High Lonesome Sound

Cohen, John

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CREDITS: Photography, John Cohen; editor, Patricia Jaffee

SUMMARY: Presents folk music and spirituals sung by the mountain people of eastern Kentucky: an unemployed worker, coal miners, church congregations, and members of a miner's family. Explains that these songs are the means by which the people hold to their traditions and dignity while living in a depressed area. Includes performances by banjo-player Roscoe Holcomb and Bill Monroe

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High Lonesome Sound
Credit
Cohen, John
Language
English
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