Southern Sounds
Southern Sounds from PBS Digital Studios explores the intersection of music, lyrics, and place, with a distinctly Southern slant, offering both a front-row seat and a backstage pass to the art of songwriting. In each episode, series host Thao Nguyen invites audiences to see a Southern musical artist at work and to explore the connection between songwriting and their home community.
Valerie June | Southern Sounds
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Valerie June emerges from Tennessee, mixing Appalachian folk with ethereal storytelling. (10m 11s)
Tank and The Bangas | Southern Sounds
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A visit to the studio and band hangout brings poetry, writing, and a backyard performance. (10m 46s)
S.G. Goodman | Southern Sounds
Kentucky songwriter S.G. Goodman’s music at sunset brings thoughts on life and local feuds (10m 29s)
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Join Marlowe: beat-maker L'Orange and MC Solemn Brigham in a set for family and friends. (11m)
Inspired by Prine and Dylan, Gabe Lee gives us a front-row seat on Nashville’s Music Row. (10m 34s)
Carrie Rodriguez | Southern Sounds
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We hang with Carrie Rodriguez and see a fiddle performance at Austin's Paramount Theatre. (10m 44s)
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