Welcome to The Winding Stream Website

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:56:44 +0000

Welcome to The Winding Stream website, the home base for the upcoming documentary film about the Carters, the Cashes and their influence on the course of American roots music. Please explore the site and let us know what you think. If you like what you see please consider a donation to our film. From May 1 through June 28 we will be involved in a major Kickstarter campaign, that “all or nothing” crowdfunding source for creative projects. We need your help! Please give now and help us finish this epic film! There are great rewards and lots of cool updates that come with making a donation. And please spread the word! This will only work with lots of people sharing our story! Thanks! Click here to make a contribution: http://kck.st/JE2VHc

The Final Push – Kickstarting Post-Production

Beth Harrington — Thu, 03 May 2012 01:08:29 +0000

After many years of working on The Winding Stream, we believe we are in the home stretch. Those of you who’ve supported the project up until now, know the saga. A film we thought should have been easy to fund and complete has taken way longer than seems logical. And yet, it’s [...]

Seeds of Sound Celebration

Beth Harrington — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:30:02 +0000

We are very proud to be screening clips from The Winding Stream as part of this fundraising event for the New England Americana Festival and the Regent Theatre! Hope you can make it!

Sunday Apr. 15, 2:00PM

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Tickets: General Admission Concert Ticket: $12/adv ($15/day of show) Buy Here Concert & Film (includes [...]

Tweets from Clinch Mountain

Beth Harrington — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:44:24 +0000

We here at The Winding Stream acknowledge that we learn a lot from the Original Carters. Don’t get boxed in. Broaden your horizons. Seek out the new, while honoring the old. This is evident in the way A.P. found new material for the trio to perform in the unlikeliest places, the way [...]

A Winding Stream Runs Through It

Beth Harrington — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:33:15 +0000

Last week editor Greg Snider and I attended the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana where The Winding Stream was shown as a work-in-progress. Though we are not exactly where we’d like to be in our process (which is to say, done), it was gratifying to show the film excerpts to an enthusiastic [...]

Year End Wrap-up

Beth Harrington — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:59:30 +0000

For those of you who’ve been following our progress here at The Winding Stream, 2011 was our best year yet. Here are some highlights:

Thanks to 2010 fundraising efforts we were able to complete principal photography in March and July. We have great interviews in the can with John Carter Cash, Laura Cash, Carlene Carter, Bill [...]

Song Circle

Beth Harrington — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:37:08 +0000

One of the fun things we’ve been doing since we started interviewing musicians for The Winding Stream film project is to ask folks to sing a line or two from the Carter Family classic, “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”. It’s yielded some great reactions and some beautiful and individualized renditions of the song. Enjoy.

Sneak Preview of Clips & More! November 10th Benefit Event

Beth Harrington — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:50:13 +0000

Join us for a Winding Stream benefit with sneak preview clips from the upcoming film on Thursday, Nov 10th at 7:30 PM at The Old Liberty Theater in Ridgefield, WA. Live music from Old Bluegrass favorites Fadin' by Nine.

The Carter-Cash Council

Beth Harrington — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:37:22 +0000

Even though at its heart, filmmaking is a collaborative process, sometimes it feels like a very solitary one. I spend a lot of time sitting at my computer wondering what the next step should be toward getting The Winding Stream done.

But I’ve been fortunate that there have been folks along the [...]

Creation Story

Beth Harrington — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:07:08 +0000

I read recently that as one gets the word out about a project (a book, a new album, er…a film?) a way to engage people is to tell the story of the project as a narrative, a creation myth, if you will.

So, OK. Here’s the creation story for The Winding Stream.

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Ask and You (Sometimes) Receive

Beth Harrington — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:36:24 +0000

We’ve had some good news come our way here at Winding Stream headquarters and, of course, we want to share it with you.

We’ve recently learned that The Winding Stream will receive two prestigious film arts grants. This is a big boon as we make our push toward raising finishing funds to [...]

Come Back, Baby, Music Never Forgets

Beth Harrington — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:12:55 +0000

Many of you probably know the Bob Seger song, “Rock & Roll Never Forgets” which is a more than slightly overblown anthem about a one-time rocker girl who clings to her musical roots even as she has reached the advanced age of 31. My brother Lee once told me that whenever he [...]