We began with a simple
question: why Old Time? Why do so many people care about music from
a distant time and place, and why do so many people build their lives
around it?
What we have found is that Old Time music is many things to many people,
but it's power is found in communal experience and living history.
As a result, Why Old Time? is a positive and celebratory feature
length documentary about Old Time music fan culture.
This film focuses on the
relationship between the music and its fans, examining why so many
folks travel long distances to festivals, why they spend so much time
learning songs written decades or longer before they were born and why
the musical tradition established hundreds of years ago is being
preserved by people today.
We invite you watch the
trailer below and check out the main site at
www.whyoldtime.com.
If this film is up your alley, please use the link to the right.
