JEAN RITCHIE

JOHN COHEN

PETE SEEGER & PETER ASHLOCK 2005

BESS LOMAX HAWES

FAITH PETRIC

BARBARA DANE

PEGGY SEEGER

RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT

TOM PAXTON

THEODORE BIKEL

UTAH PHILIPS

SHIRLEY COLLINS

MARTYN WYNDHAM-READ

FRITZ RICHMOND

GEOFF MULDAUR

KATLEEEN LARISCH

CAROL MC COMB

KENNY HALL

LARRY HANKS

BOB COPPER

MARTIN CARTHY

JILL COPPER

ODETTA

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? SINCE 1963 WHEN I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF THE EXISTENCE OF A FORM OF MUSIC KNOWN AS AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC I HAVE SPENT A CONSIDERABLE PART OF MY LIFE FURTHERING MY KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THIS MUSIC REPRESENTED. IN 2003 I BEGAN A PROJECT WITH DEBORAH ROBINS TO TELL THE STORY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC AS A TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY SERIES NOT UNLIKE THE JAZZ SERIES BY KEN BURNS BUT IN OUR OWN LANGUAGE AND STYLE. SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE TAPED OVER 150 HOURS OF INTERVIEWS WITH MOST OF THE BEST KNOWN NAMES STILL LIVING IN THE AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC WORLD. ALL THESE IMAGES ARE MY OWN AND ARE FOR SALE AS PRINTS TO FURTHER FINANCE OUR EIGHT HOUR SERIES DESCRIBING THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC. THE SERIES IS KNOWN AS WORD OF MOUTH THE JOURNEY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC.