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Blues Run the Game – A Movie About Jackson C. Frank

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This production appears to still be in the kickstarter phase, but we anxiously await the release of this documentary about the man who composed one of the greatest folk songs ever written – Blues Run the Game. 
Jackson C. Frank – such a talent and such a tragic story.
– Johnny Foreigner

Frank’s classic song “Blue Run the Game”

In the mid-60s, Jackson C. Frank released a masterpiece of folk music in Britain. 
This young American songwriter was close to Simon & Garfunkel, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Roy Stewart, Al Stewart, Sandy Denny and many others. 
All of them have been influenced by this enigmatic and tormented character. 
Shortly after the release of his only album, he disappeared. 
Wrecked by a series of tragedies in his life, he has been cut off from the world and got trapped by his demons. 

Still today, young musicians like John Mayer, Laura Marling or Robin Pecknold perform 
Blues Run the Game .

This documentary follows Jackson C. Frank’s footsteps to unknot the threads of a tragic destiny. 
Facts and songs do not express everything about a man, a personality. 
Who was Jackson C. Frank? 
Who remembers him? 
Where to find meaning, or even light, in a life as dark as his?

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Blues Run the Game: A Movie About Jackson C. Frank

PJ Harvey Documentary A Dog Called Money Announced

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The film about her 2016 album The Hope Six Demolition Project will premiere next year

PJ Harvey is the subject of a new documentary called A Dog Called Money, Stereogum reports. Directed by Irish photographer and filmmaker Seamus Murphy—who is a frequent Harvey collaborator—the documentary follows the creation of Harvey’s 2016 album The Hope Six Demolition Project. It features footage of the musician recording in London, as well as their travels to Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Washington D.C. A Dog Called Money is set to premiere at Berlinale 2019, the Berlin International Film Festival, in February.

Earlier this year, PJ Harvey shared her Dark River soundtrack song “An Acre of Land.” In September, she announced that she’ll be scoring the stage adaptation of the 1950 film All About Eve.

Source: PJ Harvey Documentary A Dog Called Money Announced

Listen to Nick Drake documentary “Lost Boy”

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Nick Drake is the quintessential cult hero, and you can hear again why as Radio 2 presents another chance to hear 2004’s acclaimed documentary, presented by Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt.

Pitt was approached by Radio 2 earlier this year after the network learned he was a huge Nick Drake fan.

Pitt says: “I was introduced to Nick Drake’s music about five years ago, and am a huge admirer of his records.

“When Radio 2 approached me to get involved in this project, I was delighted to be asked and pleased that I was able to fit it into my schedule.”

To learn more about this broadcast, visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/documentaries/nickdrake/

Film Review: The Ballad Of Shirley Collins

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Music taken from the recent documentary about Shirley Collins’ return to music is more than a mere soundtrack LP, says Luke Turner.

The soundtrack to The Ballad Of Shirley Collins starts with something rather shocking. Over the sound of a crackling fire the veteran folk singer is heard saying “There are some great female voices around now, but I’m not one of them. I wish I was.” Given her recent live appearances have been touching, emotional affairs, it’s rather devastating to hear Collins’ own verdict on her return after notorious decades of silence in which she avoided even singing in the shower. In this time, Collins’ place at the heart of the story of English and American folk music was neglected in favour of a male-dominated narrative, and she was only persuaded to return to song by the pestering of Current 93’s David Tibet. The story of how she rediscovered song is finely told in The Ballad Of Shirley Collins which, if you haven’t already seen it, you should track down now. You can hear the treasure that came from the rediscovery of what her voice can do in 2016’s Lodestar, an album in which Collins and her stripped-back band make songs, some centuries old, resonate with a curiously vibrant psychedelia.

 

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