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.

Filmography

• Musical Holdouts (1976)
• Peruvian Weaving (1980)
• Gypsies Sing Long Ballads (1982)
• Roscoe Holcomb from Daisy, Kentucky (2010)
• Always Been a Rambler (2020)
• Q'eros: The Shape of Survival (1979)
• Sara and Maybelle (1981)
• Pericles in America (1988)
• Fifty Miles from Times Square (1981)
• Mountain Music of Peru (1984)
• The High Lonesome Sound (1963)
• Post-Industrial Fiddle (1982)
• The End of an Old Song (1969)