The High Lonesome Sound: Kentucky Mountain Sound (1963)

1963 · Short film · 30 min

• Musical

Watch now On the Internet Archive

Synopsis

The lives and music of Appalachian mountain people in a depressed Kentucky county — Roscoe Holcomb among them; John Cohen's 1963 documentary The High Lonesome Sound.

Synopsis, reviewed

Details

Running time

30 minutes

Language

English

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• Gospel Music
• Murder Ballads
• Bluegrass
• Roscoe Holcomb
• Bill Monroe
• Appalachia
• Kentucky

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