John Cohen

Biography

John Cohen (1932–2019) was a major figure in the development and appreciation of traditional music, and one of the most prolific contributors to the Smithsonian Folkways collection of recorded sounds. He was a musician, photographer, filmmaker, and record producer, but those words do not adequately describe John, whose work transcended labels and defied categorization.

Directed

1. The High Lonesome Sound (1963) — Director
2. The End of an Old Song (1969) — Director
3. Sara and Maybelle (1981) — Director
4. Carnival in Q'eros (1991) — Director
5. Q'eros: The Shape of Survival (1979) — Director
6. Musical Holdouts (1976) — Director
7. Post-Industrial Fiddle (1982) — Director
8. Visions of Mary Frank (2014) — Director
9. Dancing with the Incas (1992) — Director
10. Choqela: Only Interpretation (1987) — Director
11. Fifty Miles from Times Square (1981) — Director
12. Gypsies Sing Long Ballads (1982) — Director
13. Pericles in America (1988) — Director
14. Mountain Music of Peru (1984) — Director
15. Roscoe Holcomb from Daisy, Kentucky (2010) — Director
16. Peruvian Weaving (1980) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Doc & Merle (1986)
2. Remembering the High Lonesome (2003) — Self
3. Always Been a Rambler (2020)