Craft in America - Season 7 - Eps 1: Music
A look at how fine handmade instruments are crafted, featuring the world renowned artists who play them including Jake Shimabukuro with his Kamaka ukulele, Joan Baez with her Martin guitar, Scotty Barnhart of the Count Basie Orchestra with his David Monette trumpet, Rhiannon Giddens with her James Hartel banjo, Tony Ellis with his Stelling Banjo, timpanist Joseph Pereira and mallet maker Jason Ginter.
About Craft in America
Title: Craft in America
First Air Date: 2007-04-18
Last Air Date: 2023-12-29
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 0/10 (from 0 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 15
Total Episodes: 31
Network: PBS
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Explore the vitality, history and significance of the craft movement in the United States and its impact on our nation's rich cultural heritage. Capturing the beauty, creativity and originality of craftsmanship, the show highlights artists and explores the inter-relationship of what they do, how they do it and why they have chosen a life of creating art.
