Red Rock Rondo - Zion Canyon Song Cycle
Films • 57m
FEATURING: Charlotte Bell - oboe, English horn, Phillip Bimstein - vocals, guitar, composer, Hal Cannon - vocals, mandolin, mandocello, banjo, harmonica, accordion, jaw harp, Harold Carr - upright bass, spoken word, Flavia Cerviño-Wood - violin, Kate MacLeod - vocals, violin, guitar.
This song cycle spans 150 years beginning with the settlement of the Virgin River Valley by Mormon pioneers in the 19th century, to the founding of Zion National Park in the 20th century, to modern times when artists and urban refugees come to find their own piece of paradise. Performed on a lively assortment of folk and classical instruments, ten new songs are interwoven with the words of local residents whose stories inspired Phillip Bimstein to compose Red Rock Rondo.
.....
PLAYLIST
"Marvelous Flood"
"Moving Waters"
"When President Harding Came to Zion"
"Rocks on Fire"
"Hay-Colored Leaves"
"Driving Back to Hurricane"
"When the Rooster Crows (Company's Coming)"
"Back and Forth (A Ghost Story)"
"Edgewalker"
"The Don Falvey Waltz"
And Extras: "My Little Town," "Nicholas Plays the Moonlight Sonata" and the "Making" of Red Rock Rondo"
.....
A Film by Hal Cannon & Taki Telonidis
Presented by the Western Folklife Center
In cooperation with KUED TV
Major Funding for Red Rock Rondo was provided by O.C. Tanner Company, The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, and the Simmons Family Foundation.
Brought to you by the Western Folklife Center, using story and cultural expression to connect the American West to the world.
www.westernfolklife.org
…..
Up Next in Films
-
Why the Cowboy Sings
Join Hal Cannon on a winter time quest across the West to discover what makes cowboys sing. On the journey hear the songs and stories of: Stephanie Davis, Larry Schutte, Glenn Ohrlin, and Henry Real Bird.
.....
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Stephanie Davis
Austin, TX
Stephanie Davis is a fourth-generation... -
Cowboy Poets
"Cowboy Poets" was produced in 1988 at the beginning of the cowboy poetry revival. Kim Shelton wanted to make a documentary that would show cowboy poets from different regions of the West, from different generations, and guys that both wrote their own poems, and those whose talent was based in th...
-
Trailing of the Sheep
FEATURING: Boise Highlanders, Polish Highlanders of North America, Oinkari Basque Dancers, Jimmy Jausoro, Juan Zulaica, Jesus Goni, Joxe Mallea, Latino X, Gaupasa, Tish Lewis, Rose Mallory, Ivan Swanner, Alberto Uranga, Sam Jackson, Diane Peavey.
A joint project of the Trailing of the Sheep Fest...