Folk & rock fuse in Laurel Canyon-set doc featuring stars of mid-60s
The Livingston Film Series is set to present a free screening of the 2018 music-based documentary Echo in the Canyon on Sunday, January 19th. The film begins at 7pm at the Shane Lalani Center for the Arts.The film celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of LA’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-60s as folk music went electric and gave birth to the California Sound.
Jakob Dylan uncovers never-before-heard personal details behind the bands and their songs and how that music continues to inspire today. Echo in the Canyon contains candid conversations and performances with Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Michelle Phillips, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Roger McGuinn and Jackson Browne, as well as contemporary musicians they influenced such as Tom Petty (in his very last film interview), Beck, Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Regina Spektor and Norah Jones.
Now in its fifth season, the Livingston Film Series presents a variety of independent features, documentaries, local films, and special screenings on the third Sunday of every month in the Dulcie Theatre at the Sane Lalani Center for the Arts.
Doors open at 6:30pm. Concessions are available prior to the 7pm screenings. Admission is always free, but donations are gratefully accepted. For more information, please visit www.theshanecenter.org.
The Livingston Film Series is generously sponsored by Donald B. Gimbel, Marilyn Clotz and Mary Ann Bearden. •