Folkways

    Season 1982

    • PBS
    • 30m
    • United States
    • Documentary, Special Interest
    From folk art and folk music to simple pioneer living, many of North Carolina's residents have passed down history and traditions begun by the first state settlers. Folkways, hosted by Grammy Award-winning musician David Holt, introduces some of the people who strive to keep the state's history alive, either with splendid heritage handcrafting or continuing a vintage way of life that first appeared in the state's earlier days. Get ready to immerse yourself in stories, mystery and great North Carolina culture with every episode of Folkways!

    2 episodes

    Season Premiere

    1982x01 Cherokee Basket Making

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    David Holt visits Cherokee basket makers who demonstrate the traditional ways of making baskets.

    1982x02 Music From the Hills

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    Examine how musical instruments brightened the hard existence experienced by early settlers in the southern mountains with visits by three venerable makers of instruments in the old, traditional style: Edd Presnell, maker of the four-string mountain dulcimer; Stanley Hicks, purveyor of the fretless banjo; and Albert Hash, maker and player of fine fiddles.

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