John Cohen in Eastern Kentucky: Documentary Expression and the Image of Roscoe Halcomb During the Folk Revival

Scott Matthews examines the documentary work John Cohen produced in eastern Kentucky from the late 1950s into the 1960s, particularly the image he created of singer-musician Roscoe Halcomb, who is prominently featured in Cohen's 1963 film The High Lonesome Sound (made in collaboration with Joel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scott L. Matthews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emory Center for Digital Scholarship 2008-08-01
Series:Southern Spaces
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Online Access:https://southernspaces.org/node/42843