Keyword: folk singer

Garfunkel and Oates

7.5

2014

TV

HD

Two hapless, twenty-something single women try to make it as a duo performing satirical songs about their personal and professional lives.

Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival - The Other Side of the Mirror

8.1

2007

Movie

HD

An unvarnished chronicle of Bob Dylans metamorphosis from folk to rock musician via appearances at the Newport Folk Festival between 1963 and 1965.

Karen Dalton: In My Own Time

7

2020

Movie

HD

A portrait of blues and folk singer Karen Dalton, a prominent figure in 1960s New York, who discarded the traditional trappings of success.

The Legend of Hillbilly John

5.8

1972

Movie

HD

A wandering ballad singer in the Appalachians meets an ugly bird-type creature, is transported back in time, finds himself involved in the Devils work.

Sopyonje

7.7

1993

Movie

HD

Despite its falling popularity, a father teaches his two children the Korean musical tradition of Pansori (one singer accompanied by one drummer).

A Mighty Wind

7.5

2003

Movie

HD

Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.

Tumbledown

6.2

2015

Movie

HD

A young woman struggles to move on with her life after the death of her husband, an acclaimed folk singer, when a brash New York writer forces her to confront her loss and the ambiguous circumstances of his death.

Juliet, Naked

6.6

2018

Movie

HD

Annie (the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan) has an unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncans musical obsession.

Bob Roberts

7.3

1992

Movie

HD

A conservative folk singer turns his hand to politics, running for the US Senate. He is not above dirty tricks and smear campaigns to gain an advantage over his opponent.

Georgia

6.5

1995

Movie

HD

Sadie is desperately looking up to her older sister Georgia who is a famous Cu0026W artist. Her desperate need to be accepted by her sister is constantly complicated by her drug and alcohol problems.

John Denver: Country Boy

7.1

2013

Movie

HD

This BBC documentary chronicles the life of folk/soft-rock singer John Denver through his rise with The Chad Mitchell Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary, his subsequent stardom, his popularity decline, and his tragic death at age 53.

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

8.2

2007

Movie

HD

Interviews, archival footage and home movies are used to illustrate a social history of folk artists Pete Seeger.

Genius of Bert Jansch: Folk, Blues & Beyond

0

2014

Movie

HD

Interviews and rare archive footage weave together performances from a landmark multi-artist concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London, celebrating the songs and artistry of the great folk-blues troubadour Bert Jansch.