| « Turkey...with Rock! | A New Frequency for the Freezing » |
DVD & Video Tue Nov 14 2006
Premiere: "American Roots Music: Chicago"
Last weekend, The Chicago History Museum (1601 N. Clark St) opened "Chicago Roots Music," an exhibit that explores the city’s ties to the jazz, blues and gospel styles that immigrated here from the South, as well as the "insurgent country" and folk scenes Chicago has more recently fostered. In conjunction with the exhibit, WTTW11 will premiere the documentary "American Roots Music: Chicago," a locally produced episode in the acclaimed PBS series of the same name. "American Roots Music: Chicago" is narrated by Chicago native Harold Ramis (famously Egon in "Ghostbusters"), and explores Chicago’s ties to jazz, blues, gospel, folk, polka and country through archival footage and interviews with locals like Studs Terkel, Jeff Tweedy, Jon Langford, Fred Anderson, and Muddy Waters. "American Roots Music: Chicago" premieres Thursday night at 9 pm.
