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Travel the country in search of unknown 1920s artists, when the music of ordinary Americans was recorded for the first time, transforming music forever, in a three-part film narrated by Robert Redford, featuring Jack White, Nas, Taj Mahal and others.
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Score
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Bernard MacMahon
PBS
“The First Time America Heard Itself”

American Epic (Trailer)
Willie Nelson
Self
Lydia Mendoza
Lydia Mendoza
Self (archive footage)