American Roots Music

*American Roots Music*
American Roots Music
Directed by	Jim Brown
Starring	Arlo Guthrie ; B.B. King ; Bonnie Raitt ; Pete Seeger
Narrated by	Kris Kristofferson
Country of origin	United States
Production
Producer	Jim Brown
Original release
Network	PBS
Release	October 29 –; November 19, 2001

Last updated December 29, 2025

American Roots Music is a 2001 multi-part documentary film that explores the historical roots of American Roots music through footage and performances by the creators of the movement: Folk, Country, Blues, Gospel, Bluegrass, and many others.

This PBS film series is available as an 'in-class' teaching tool.^[1]

Notable musicians that appear in this documentary are:

References

↑ "PBS - American Roots Music : Into the Classroom". PBS . Archived from the original on April 15, 2013.

External links

This article about a music-related documentary film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "PBS - American Roots Music : Into the Classroom". PBS . Archived from the original on April 15, 2013.

[1]