True stories from the front lines of American music

More Fall Screenings

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Summer always goes by so quickly. Before you know it, the Halloween decorations are showing up in the stores and the smell of cider is in the air. Here at Troubadour Blues, we’ve got some exciting distribution news to announce in the not too distant future. Meanwhile, a few more screenings on the schedule and some spiffy new flyers to show off.

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Troubadour Blues will be showing on the big screen at the historic State Theatre in State College next month as part of a festival/conference commemmorating Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday.

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Quick July Update

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The Big Southwest Tour is history.

Thanks to all those who turned out for the screenings in Nashville, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Houston, Austin, Marfa and Phoenix. I got to see a lot of old friends, made some new friends, collected a lot of ideas for future shows. Now it’s time to start thinking about fall and winter.

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Just received confirmation that Troubadour Blues will be showing at the Maverick Festival in Easton Park, Suffolk, England. This will be the film’s U.K. debut.

Maverick Festival 2012 Logo

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OK folks, I know you’ve all been waiting patiently for this … on May 22 I’m loading up my projector, screen, speakers, DVDs and t-shirts and heading out on the road for my first extended screening tour for Troubadour Blues.

I’m starting in Nashville, heading across the plains states into Colorado, then out to California, southern and northern. From there it’s down to Texas and Oklahoma before I head west again to Phoenix and Sedona, Arizona.

Here’s the complete schedule.

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About the Film

Troubadour Blues is a feature-length documentary that explores the fascinating world of traveling singer-songwriters. We see them in a variety of situations: impromptu performances, concert stages, formal and informal interviews and songwriting sessions. This is a story that needs to be heard. In our media-saturated age of instant pop stardom, there is real danger that the tradition of the itinerant working musician -- the tradition of Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly -- is being diluted or lost. Troubadour Blues explores the hidden corners of our culture, where honest, authentic songs reflecting the human experience are still being made up and sung.

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