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MUSIC FROM THE AMERICAN EPIC SESSIONS (D

AIRING JUNE 6, 2017 ON PBS IN THE UNITED STATES, "THE AMERICAN EPIC SESSIONS" DIRECTED BY BERNARD MACMAHON, IS A FEATURE-LENGTH FILM SHOWCASING AN ALL-STAR ROSTER OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, LED BY JACK WHITE AND T BONE BURNETT, REPLICATING A 1920S RECORDING SESSION AND PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT ARTISTS OF THE PAST.FOR THE FILM, THE AMERICAN EPIC TEAM HAS REASSEMBLED THE VERY FIRST ELECTRICAL SOUND RECORDING SYSTEM FROM THE 1920S, AND INVITED JACK WHITE AND T BONE BURNETT TO PRODUCE AN ALBUM OF RECORDINGS BY TWENTY OF TODAY'S GREATEST ARTISTS. IN THIS BEAUTIFULLY FILMED MUSICAL FEATURE, THESE ARTISTS ARE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO PASS THROUGH THE PORTAL THAT BROUGHT THE WORLD INTO THE MODERN ERA.THE SOUNDTRACK FEATURES MANY ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES NOT SEEN IN THE FILM. FEATURING: ALABAMA SHAKES, THE AMERICANS, ANA GABRIEL, ASHLEY MONROE, THE AVETT BROTHERS, BECK, BETTYE LAVETTE, BOBBY INGANO, ELTON JOHN, FRANK FAIRFIELD, JERRON "BLIND BOY" PAXTON, LOS LOBOS, STEPHEN STILLS, LOST BAYOU RAMBLERS, NAS, POKEY LAFARGE, CHRISTINE PIZZUTI, RAPHAEL SAADIQ, RHIANNON GIDDENS, STEVE MARTIN AND EDIE BRICKELL, TAJ MAHAL, JACK WHITE, AND WILLIE NELSON AND MERLE HAGGARD.