NC Mountains to the Sea

NC Mountains to the Sea is a two-hour, multimedia/live presentation about the Warner folk music collection in North Carolina. It features the voices of the singers, photographs of the tradition bearers and their land and the insights gained by Anne and Frank Warner as they traveled through rural North Carolina from 1938 to 1966 in search of old songs. Commissioned by the North Carolina Arts Council.

• The story of Tom Dooley and the music of Frank Proffitt
• Field recordings from the 1,000 songs at the Library of Congress
• Over 200 photos
• The traditional singing of Buna Vista Hicks, Sue Thomas, Rebecca King Jones and many others
• Performed and directed by the Warners’ sons, Jeff and Gerret