The Family Jams - A Folk Rockumentary
Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 03:31PM 
Props to Alec for directing my attention to this.
From Vimeo:
“Produced by Kevin Barker (Currituck Co., Vetiver),The Family Jams features Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom and Vetiver as they tour the country performing their genre-defining music in the summer of 2004. They help each other overcome family tragedies and car accidents, and meet colorful characters, forgotten musical heroes, and folk luminaries as they travel across the country.
The film is an intimate portrait of life on the road for these young musicians early in their careers, playing tiny, obscure clubs and art galleries, but on the verge of larger success where small vans are replaced by large, impersonal tour buses. Here music is a creative, organic, inclusive endeavor. They not only sing about the world in which they want to live, they create it."
The film was recently screened at the Sarasota Film Festival, at which it received warm if underwhelming reviews. Even still, I love Vetiver, and even though they're beyond my taste, I respect what Dev Banhart and Joanna Newsom attempt to do as artists. If you have a chance to view this documentary, definitely do.
The Family Jams - Trailer from kevin barker on Vimeo.
Reader Comments (2)
no doubt! your vet boys are gonna be at bell house, too.
Oh shtupes, I am wondering why Homeless has said nothing about this. He is a veteran of jamming to Devendra Banhartz