Music by Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman To Be Featured on Ken Burns’ The American Revolution (PBS) & Soundtrack Album, Out Nov. 7
Jalopy Records artists and their music are appearing in films and on TV. Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman contributed music to Ken Burns’ upcoming documentary series The American Revolution (PBS), which launches November 16. Their songs “Hell and Scissors” and “Winter Smoke” appear in the film and on the accompanying soundtrack album, which will be released November 7. Others on the soundtrack include Rhiannon Giddens and Jake Blount.
The duo has performed an NPR Tiny Desk Concerts. Nora has appeared on PBS / CNN show Amanpour & Company, Live Magic (Tokyo, Japan), Roskilde Festival (Denmark), AMERICANAFEST, Lincoln Center, globalFEST, and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, most recently performing and protesting on-stage at the Kennedy Center.
Meanwhile, Eli Smith and Jackson Lynch of the Down Hill Strugglers appear in the film The History of Sound (Mubi / Focus / Universal), starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor and directed by Oliver Hermanus. The duo plays a fiddle tune called “Forkey Deer.” Jalopy Records artist an decoated fiddle player Stephanie Coleman also served as traditional music consultant on the film, which opened September 12 and is set in the 1910s. Down Hill Strugglers’ album Old Juniper came out last year, debuting at #8 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart and appeared on two official Apple Music playlists.
Jalopy Records hit a landmark this year with its fiftieth release.
Nora Brown Tour Dates
November 5 – New Haven, CT – Cafe Nine (residency)
November 8 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Folk Festival
November 13 – Chapel Hill, NC – Chapel of the Cross (with Stephanie Coleman)
November 21 – London, UK – Round Chapel (with Stephanie Coleman) – sold out
November 22 – Bristol, UK – The Sawmills (with Stephanie Coleman)
November 23 – York, UK – Crescent Community Venue (with Stephanie Coleman) – sold out
November 24 – Sheffield, UK – Greystones (with Stephanie Coleman) – sold out
November 25 – Glasgow, UK – CCA (with Stephanie Coleman)
November 26 – Edinburgh, UK – The Voodoo Rooms (with Stephanie Coleman)
December 10 – New Haven, CT – Cafe Nine (residency)
December 27 – Nashville, TN – City Winery
January 3 – Santa Monica, CA – McCabe’s Guitar Shop (with Stephanie Coleman)
January 4 – Ojai, CA – Ojai Arts Exchange•Ojai Underground Exchange (with Stephanie Coleman)
January 7 – Santa Cruz, Kuumbwa Jazz Center (with Stephanie Coleman)
January 8 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel (with Stephanie Coleman)
January 9 – Portland, OR – The Showdown (with Stephanie Coleman)
About Jalopy Records
“Tradition & Creation”
• New and Archival • Studio and field recordings
Jalopy Records is the record label of the Jalopy Theatre & School of Music, located in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY.
Ancient tradition fosters artistic creation: Folk music is simultaneously historic, timeless, and modern – evolving and responding to the changing world. Jalopy Records is an outlet for the best contemporary artists in the fields of folk, traditional and vernacular music to record, reinterpret and advance their music. We also offer high quality reissue recordings; historic, archival treasures, deep cuts, and more.
Jalopy Records is a part of the non-profit Jalopy Theatre & School of Music, which holds as its central mission to support artists and educate the public by preserving, promoting and perpetuating diverse musical traditions.
