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The Harry Smith Project

Starring: Beck, Elvis Costello, Nick Cave, Lou Reed

Directed by: Rani Singh

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In 1952, musicologist Harry Smith compiled the epochal six-album Anthology of American Folk Music. This two-CD/two-DVD box set features live performances by artists from Beck and Elvis Costello to Nick Cave and Lou Reed -- most of them credibly tackling the Appalachian folk ballads and gut-bucket blues Smith exposed to music lovers worldwide.