Описание: "A mighty achievement. Thank you." John Lennon "...it's the definitive musical history lesson for anyone interested in discovering just how dozens of different threads of sound can come together into one massive, magnificent musical tapestry." Neil Pond American Profile "...this is one of the music DVD releases of the year" Irish Times It is generally assumed that American popular music comes from the coastal regions of Africa; that the slaves brought drums to the United States; that jazz originated, somehow, in New Orleans; that the blues developed in the Mississippi Delta, and later became the cornerstone of every thing from rock 'n' roll to ragtime. All of these assumptions are untrue, and this episode will seek to uncover the real story - in Africa, on the edge of the Sahara; in Austria and the Salzkammergut; in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas; in New Orleans and in Texas.