Field Recordings in the Folk Tradition
One songwriter · One song · One roll of Super 8
Inside the song
Behind every song lives a deeper story. The late night, the heartbreak, the tradition handed down.
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Kacy & Clayton
“Over the River Charlie”
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26 Songs in 30 Days
In May of 1941, Woody Guthrie was hired to write folk songs for a government film about the Columbia River. He wrote 26 in 30 days.
Until the Film Runs Out
One 50-foot cartridge of Super 8 film holds about three minutes, the same window that set the length of a song back in the days of 78 rpm records. That roll is the whole session: one take, nothing produced or polished, only witnessed.