The Harry Smith Project:
Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited

The life of the Beat Generation polymath (painter, filmmaker, string collector) who also collected over 20,000 sides of early American recordings that, pared down, became the source book for the Folk Revival of the 1960s, featuring performances, produced by Hal Wilner, of Beck, Elvis Costello, Lou Reed, Nick Cave, The McGarrigles, Steve Earle, Richard Thompson, Petra Haden, David Johansen and Sonic Youth, among others.