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If you're a fan of American roots music, you won't want to miss 'Awake My Soul--The Story of the Sacred Harp.' Filmmakers Matt and…

— Eric Zorn

Wonderful songwriting, beautiful production, and deeply rooted in what makes American Roots Music great: Deep Southern Pain. It's the hurt that brings the songs,…

— Mary Gauthier

My whole view of music completely flipped over on its head. I grew up listening to punk rock, SST. I liked people that were…

— Doug Martsch

When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side.

— Dave Grohl

I was listening to punk rock in the '70s as a young kid, but all by myself; I never met anyone that listened to…

— Mark Lanegan

Each free kick carries my name, and all are my children. And they have South American roots.

— Andrea Pirlo

Actually, until a few years ago, my English was very poor. I wasn't thinking of my American roots at all, until I went to…

— Sergino Dest

I was always drawn to the roots music, bluegrass, blues, early rock - Sun Records, Elvis [Presley]. And I still love that music to…

— Steve Young

My music is roots music: it's a combination of growing up on the coast and mucking around with wood and wooden tones and sounds,…

— Xavier Rudd

Unlike many Sixties rockers,[Bob] Dylan sang about getting old, about broken dreams. His return to roots music pointed the way for many of his…

— Jay Michaelson

I kind of have found my identity through the music, through the roots music of North Carolina, and kind of realized that that's my…

— Rhiannon Giddens

I forget what the official name of it was, but they did an all-day of roots music - every kind of music you can…

— Scotty Moore