Folk Music Movies

A short musical film on the Old Harp tradition from East Tennessee, shot around a gathering in a church of the Smoky Mountains

Filmed before a small studio audience in the bare style of some of the previous BBC music shows on which Thompson has appeared, this concert...

Life-worn Charlie struggles with leaving his present life and family in Ohio to return to his childhood Kentucky home and the music and lifestyle...

A dedicated classical music tutor who keeps burning bridges with everyone in the name of art is unwilling to reconcile with his successful bouzouki...

A documentary film by Peter I. Chang which traces the life of the Japanese musician Hisao Shinagawa through his early years as a folk singer in Tokyo...

A coven of witches gather in Vermont in a feminist collective’s transporting short that shakes off patriarchal scrutiny during the...

Paris To Kyiv’s Fragmenti recording was originally released in 2005, a sonic tapestry of ancient Ukrainian song fragments and contemporary...

Zimbabwean musician, Biggie Tempo, talks to a number of UK folk musicians about their work and their views on traditional music.

Morocco is a land of ingratiating variety and intense contrast. Its people are as diverse as its topography. The cosmopolitan Atlantic coast fuses...

Two storytellers put forth their versions of the story of Shravan Kumar. The art for the film uses painted images from a wooden portable shrine...

A mini-doc capturing Hank Bee's first headline show at Liverpool's Quarry

When aliens attack a turbo-folk festival in Stepojevac, Boban Zdravkovic, having narrowly escaped the massacre, sets out on a mission of revenge for...

Unustatud rahvad (1970 - 1989) by Estonian composer Veljo Tormas is based upon six Balto-Finnic peoples traditions. Collegium Musicale choir brought...

The legendary Colorado-based folk band Elephant Revival is known for their ethereal harmonies, incredible musicality, and haunting sound. And after a...

A sun-dappled Super 8 document of the first Moseley Folk Festival, captured through the quiet lens of Broadcast's Trish Keenan.

In Burma, many people believe in ghost spirits called NATs. They are said to possess the power to assist or devastate the lives of those who...

Recorded at Stallet in Stockholm, Tarabband delivers a richly textured journey through Arabic folk, Mediterranean rhythms and contemporary world...

Your gateway to an intimate set of songs performed in an isolated world eight stories underground. Different from a live show and separate from...

The moment when the lights on the stage suddenly go out and the dancer finds himself completely alone in the digital environment, the way back to the...

A single female voice sings of waiting in her garden for her ‘dark-eyed sailor’ to return from war, bearing the other half of their...