Joe Boyd at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN
Mar 27–30 • Knoxville, TN: Big Ears Festival (Various Venues)
Film screening of Nosostros, la Música (1964)
Introduction by Joe Boyd
Mar 27, time TK ET • Knoxville, TN: Venue TK
https://bigearsfestival.org/event/nosostros-la-musica-1964/
Film Screening of Gadjo Dilo (1997)
Introduction by Joe Boyd
Mar 27, time TK ET • Knoxville, TN: Venue TK
https://bigearsfestival.org/event/gadjo-dilo/
Film Screening of Jimi Hendrix (1973)
Introduction by Joe Boyd
Mar 28, time TK ET • Knoxville, TN: Venue TK
https://bigearsfestival.org/event/jimi-hendrix-1973/
Film Screening of The Harder They Come (1972)
Introduction by Joe Boyd
Mar 28, time TK ET • Knoxville, TN: Venue TK
https://bigearsfestival.org/event/the-harder-they-come-1972/
Joe Boyd’s And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A One-Time Only Audiovisual Tour
Mar 29, time TK ET • Knoxville, TN: Venue TK
Film Screening of Amazing Grace (2018)
Introduction by Joe Boyd
Mar 30, time TK ET • Knoxville, TN: Venue TK
https://bigearsfestival.org/event/amazing-grace-2018/
Conversation: Joe Boyd & Ann Powers
Mar 30, time TK ET • Knoxville, TN: Venue TK
https://bigearsfestival.org/event/conversation-joe-boyd-ann-powers/
About the Book
“You haven’t heard this before!" the accordion flourish seemed to proclaim. Paul Simon told Joe Boyd that he immediately knew it would open Graceland, the multi-platinum album that helped usher in the 1980s “world music” boom. Yet that movement had roots extending back through the decades and across continents: tango on the eve of World War I, Latin dance across the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, reggae in the ’70s, pre-War samba and pre-Beatles bossa nova, Eastern European ensembles filling capitalist concert halls during the Cold War, Indian ragas changing rock and roll in the 1960s, the folk music–inspired classical composers of the 19th and 20th centuries.
In this sweeping history compiled from more than a decade of travel, research, interviews, and deep listening, Boyd sets out to explore centuries of fascinating backstories to these sounds. He shows how personalities, events, and politics in places such as Havana, Lagos, Budapest, Kingston, and Rio are as colorful and momentous as anything that took place in New Orleans, Harlem, Laurel Canyon, or Liverpool. And, moreover, how jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock ‘n’ roll would never have happened if it weren’t for the notes and rhythms emanating from over the horizon. The one-of-a-kind result is And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: a glorious, symphonic celebration of the music that shapes our world.
About the Author
Joe Boyd is a record producer and writer, known for his acclaimed memoir, White Bicycles. Artists he has produced include Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, Richard Thompson, Pink Floyd, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, and ¡Cubanismo! among many others over the course of a nearly sixty-year career.
After graduating from Harvard in 1964, he tour-managed Muddy Waters, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto, and others before serving as production manager for the historic 1965 Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals. He then moved to London to open Elektra Records’ office and started the famous UFO club, which became the center of London’s psychedelic revolution. In 1979 he launched his own label, Hannibal Records, which was at the forefront of bringing global artists to western audiences. As a film producer, his credits include Amazing Grace, Scandal,and Jimi Hendrix. A gifted raconteur, he appears frequently on radio, podcasts and documentaries.
About the Venue
For more information on And The Roots Of Rhythm Remain, please reach out to Matt Hanks (mhanks@shorefire.com), Chris Taillie (ctaillie@shorefire.com), and Henry Thomas (hthomas@shorefire.com) at Shore Fire Media.
From the legendary producer of Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, and Pink Floyd and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour de force illuminating the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music.
Hardcover Release: Sep 24, 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 9798988670025 • 960 pages • two 16-page full-color photo inserts
Paperback Release: Apr 1, 2025
Paperback ISBN: 9798988670056 • 968 pages • two 16-page full-color photo inserts
