Folk Music Movies

Interviews and rare archive footage weave together performances from a landmark multi-artist concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London,...

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...

The popular singer and folk musician Ingebjørg Bratland performs her music on the Frognerseteren Amfi in Oslo, August 11th 2023.

In March 2008, Pope re-united with Neil Young to film Young and his band during their multi-night engagement at the Hammersmith Odeon.

This short film was created by a group of Indigenous filmmakers at the NFB in 1972 and is essentially a song by Willie Dunn sung by Bob Charlie and...

A journey to the roots of Italian folk music through the images and the words of its greatest interpreter, Caterina Bueno. 'Caterina' is a portrait...

Fans continue to treasure the songs and performances of John Denver, one of the most popular recording artists of the 20th century. Before his death...

"Shot live for TV by the legendary German music show “Rockpalast” this DVD represents the earliest example of a complete Fahey concert...

The Comedian Harmonists sing various German folk songs in a picturesque landscape.

At the Ryman is a 1992 live album by Emmylou Harris and her then-newly formed acoustic backing band, The Nash Ramblers, recorded at the Ryman...

Macedonian national folk dances performed by "Tanec" - a cultural and artistic society from Skopje.

A lyrical documentary about writer and street musician Roger Parham-Brown.

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

Every year in June, the small Bulgarian village of Balgari celebrates St Constantine with a special ritual. Initiated ‘nestinari’ go...

Katie Melua's long awaited second album, Piece By Piece, is released nearly two years after the debut of her multi-platinum selling album, Call Off...

A celebration of the musical career of Norwegian singer-songwriter Lillebjørn Nilsen, featuring archive footage from his career from the...

The Forest Drum follows a monster looking to make friends with the other animals that live in the forest with him. While the animals are scared...

Changing Landscapes meditates upon the care and carelessness humans brought to bear on the environment in Scotland. Rare archive combines with...

Produced by JVC in collaboration with a Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings editorial board of scholars and Multicultural Media, The JVC Anthology of...