Chicago, 1927. O sesiune de înregistrări. Tensiunile dintre Ma Rainey, ambițiosul ei trompetist și managerii albi, hotărâți s-o controleze pe legendara ”Mamă a Bluesului”, cresc. Bazat pe piesa lui August Wilson, laureat al premiului Pulitzer.
KET’s Jubilee series features the performances of nationally known artists and popular local musicians at summer folk music festivals in Kentucky. Since its premiere in 1996, Jubilee has presented an eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary bluegrass, blues, folk, gospel, and other forms of music from around the world to your backyard.
From 1978 to 1985 Alan Lomax traveled the American South and Southwest with a television crew to document regional folklore with deep historical roots. From the resulting 400 hours of footage came the five-program series American Patchwork, which aired on PBS in 1991.
