Before the Music Dies

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.

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  Elvis Costello

  Self - Musician
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  Erykah Badu

  Self - Musician
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  Bonnie Raitt

  Self - Musician
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  Branford Marsalis

  Self - Musician
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  Eric Clapton

  Self - Musician
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  Dave Matthews

  Self - Musician
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  Questlove

  Self - Musician: The Roots (as Questlove)
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  Forest Whitaker

  Self - Narrator (voice)