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We’ve added a brand-spanking-new feature to our site - The DocuTunes.TV Community Network. Come join in the conversation, share links, music-related content, or just say hello! We have a “Film-of-the-Month” club going, (this month we’re talking about Young @ Heart) and a special new section called “Ask Kate” where you can ask Kate Taylor a question. Come in and join us!

While Ken and I are cooking up new DocuTunes episodes, I thought I might talk about a few music documentary projects that have been brought to my attention and share them with you.

Michael Franti
This guy completely gets the power of the synthesis between great music and powerful social message. Check out his FrantiTV videos and this trailer for his film, “I Know I’m Not Alone“:

Playing For Change
I love the concept of this project. Filmmakers recorded/filmed musicians around the world adding each adding their own musical ingredient to a collaborative version of Ben E. King’s classic “Stand By Me”. To learn more about this project, click here.

Young at Heart
If this movie comes to a theater near you, go and see it. It was a tear-jerker, but it was also hilarious. I love when a documentary brings out this range of emotion.  I was afraid seeing elderly people sing rock songs in a choir would be a one-trick pony that wouldn’t sustain my interest for a whole film, and I was so wrong. Hearing the re-rendering of these classic songs deepened their meaning. The characters inspired me. While the trailer will give you a sense of the plot of the story, it doesn’t even get close to illustrating the emotion, inspiration, and life in this film.
watch the trailer:

What about you? Have any favorites? Drop those links, discuss, and let us know about what’s moving you.

This week, we’ve posted a performance of “The Legend of the Yellow Camel” by Milo Silva, at the WVVY Aquinnah Music Festival. Three days before the festival, Milo’s father, local blues legend Maynard Silva, had sucummed to a long battle with cancer, and the festival was dedicated to his memory.

In this episode, we sit down with Benjamin Taylor to discuss his latest album, “The Legend of Kung Folk”.

Buy “The Legend of Kung Folk” now!

In this episode, we follow musical siblings Kate and Livingston Taylor as they rehearse, and then perform a song at the World Trade Center on the anniversary of the September 11th tragedy.

Kate Taylor is on the DocuTunes.TV Community Network