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Folk America: Birth of a Nation

Folk America - 1. Birth of a Nation

In the 1920s, the likes of the Carter Family ushered in a golden age of folk music.

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Synopsis

Documentary series on American folk music. In the 1920s, the likes of the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and Blind Lemon Jefferson ushered in a golden age of folk.

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