Just around the bend : survival and revival in Southern banjo sounds : Mike Seeger's last documentary

"The two-CD plus DVD set contains the cream of the documentarian's crop, harvested from a journey through the Appalachian region in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama and North Carolina in search of exponents and practitioners of old-time banjo music. An 80-page book of notes accompanies the music and film ... Seeger recorded 19 banjo masters performing in home settings and outdoors on home grounds nestled among picturesque hills, hollers and woodsy environs. Through careful editing and blocking, the viewer gets the sense of being on-site with Seeger, Alexia Smith (Seeger's wife, assistant and producer) and filmmaker Yasha Aginsky as the performers relate their personal histories with the banjo, accompanied by renditions of the music that moves them ... Packed with insightful commentary and remarkable performances by Rhiannon Giddens, Riley Baugus, George Gibson, Marsha Bowman Todd and many more contemporary oldtime banjo virtuosos".