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Travis Pickin'

Several renowned guitarists display the unique finger-picking technique popularized by Muhlenberg County native Merle Travis. Performers include: Thom Bresh, Eddie Pennington, Marty Stuart, and Ben Hall.
Season 7 Episode 4 Length 56:26 Premiere: 02/08/16

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Season 7 Episodes

Travis Pickin'
S7 E4 Length 56:26 Premiere Date 02/08/16

Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame

S7 E3 Length 58:14 Premiere Date 03/21/16

Merle Travis: Guitar Man
S7 E2 Length 57:06 Premiere Date 02/01/16

Kentucky Chautauqua
S7 E1 Length 58:07 Premiere Date 11/16/15

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Finding Higher Ground - S2 E2

Premiered On: 01/08/2009

Interviews and performance excerpts show how music and drama bring people in Harlan, Kentucky, together to talk about a life-and-death challenge facing the community?prescription drug abuse. A 2009 KET Production.

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Ed McClanahan - S3 E4

Premiered On: 05/19/2010

Part of the acclaimed KET series "Signature", this 1995 documentary profiles author and University of Kentucky professor Ed McClanahan, from his experiences as a member of the Merry Pranksters in California in the 1960s to his sprawling novel "The Natural Man" and his autobiographical work "Famous People I Have Known". A 2010 KET production.

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Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland - S4 E2

Premiered On: 02/15/2011

Kris Kristofferson, Billy Bob Thornton, critic Leonard Maltin are among those interviewed in this profile of Kentucky-born character actor Harry Dean Stanton. The documentary explores Stanton's early life in Kentucky, his love of music, and his extensive work in films, including his leading role in "Paris, Texas". A 2011 KET production.

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Tin Can Buddha: Shades of Blue - S4 E3

Premiered On: 02/16/2011

Tin Can Buddha (Mitch Ivanoff, Rodney Hatfield, and Lee Carroll) is joined by Caroline Dahl, Harry Pickens, Gail Wynters and other Kentucky performers in a blues- and piano-focused concert recorded at the Kentucky Center for the Arts. A 2011 KET production.

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Tracks of Imagination - S5 E1

Premiered On: 12/16/2012

Meet the creative team at the Alexandria, Kentucky-based studio Applied Imagination, whose holiday and seasonal train displays meld botanical design and architecture, delighting crowds at botanical gardens across the United States. A 2012 KET Production.

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Dale Daniel Leys: Drawing Life - S6 E3

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Appalatin - S6 E2

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Fire and Motion - S2 E1

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Frank X Walker: I Dedicate This Ride - S5 E3

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Julius Friedman: Picture This - S4 E4

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A Novel Approach - S1 E6

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Painting with Glass - S4 E1

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Joe Molinaro: Hands in Clay - S3 E3

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Ellis Wilson - So Much to Paint - S1 E5

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Harry Pickens: In the Garden of Music - S3 E2

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Eighty-Eight Keys, Three Hundred Years - S3 E1

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Coal Black Voices - S1 E4

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Murder, They Wrote - S1 E3

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