Folkways

    Season 1998

    • 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!

    4 episodes

    Season Premiere

    1998x01 Old-Time Fiddlers Convention

    • no air date30m

    Travel to this annual Mount Airy event as David Holt introduces some of the people—men and women, young and old—who bring their fiddles, banjos, guitars, or bass to life and keep the music of the hills alive in North Carolina.

    1998x02 Piedmont Blues

    • no air date30m

    Host David Holt talks to the talented array of artists responsible for keeping alive the whole spectrum of Piedmont Blues, including well-known mountain musician Etta Baker, guitarist George Higgs, and Durham’s own John Dee Holeman of Durham.

    1998x03 The Banjo

    • no air date30m

    Host David Holt examines the origins of this popular southern instrument while sharing some of its most faithful local players.

    Meet the Cherokee natives responsible for keeping alive the traditions of exquisite weaved basketry and made pottery, pre-dating the first English settlers on the North American continent.

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