Barbara Dane: On My Way [Preview Video]

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Barbara Dane: On My Way [Preview Video]

This video introduces the new feature-length documentary, THE 9 LIVES OF BARBARA DANE, which celebrates the life story of an unsung hero of American music—directed by Maureen Gosling and courtesy of the Barbara Dane Legacy Project. Dane’s career-spanning two-disc retrospective 'Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs' was released in 2018, on Smithsonian Folkways. 'Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs' available on CD and Digital. Stream/download/purchase: Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/barbara-dane/hot-jazz-cool-blues-and-hard-hitting-songs Bandcamp: https://barbaradane.bandcamp.com/album/hot-jazz-cool-blues-hard-hitting-songs This 2 CD retrospective reflects over 60 years of Barbara Dane’s eclectic musical history in folk, blues, and jazz. The 38 tracks include 14 never-before-released recordings, featuring collaborations with Lightin’ Hopkins, the Chambers Brothers, Doc Watson, Pete Seeger, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon, Art Hodes, and more. The extensive liner notes give insight into Dane’s singular trajectory as an outspoken and indomitable artist who, unwilling to make the compromises demanded by the music business, struck out on her own path, singing for peace and social justice. Barbara Dane: https://www.barbaradane.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BarbaraDaneLegacyProject Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarbaraDaneBlue Film website: http://www.barbaradanefilm.com Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings Twitter: https://twitter.com/Folkways Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.

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