Before the Music Dies

November. 02,2006      
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

B4MD tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation. The answers they found on this journey are what makes B4MD both riveting and exciting.

Elvis Costello as  Self - Musician
Erykah Badu as  Self - Musician
Bonnie Raitt as  Self - Musician
Branford Marsalis as  Self - Musician
Eric Clapton as  Self - Musician
Dave Matthews as  Self - Musician
Questlove as  Self - Musician: The Roots (as Questlove)
Forest Whitaker as  Self - Narrator (voice)

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