TOUCHSTONE SPRING 2016 ADD-ON – ON SALE 2/16/16 PBS DOCUMENTARY COMPANION BOOK AMERICAN EPIC When Music Gave America Her Voice Bernard MacMahon and Allison McGourty with Elijah Wald Touchstone | February 2016 | 2/16/16 Hardcover | $29.99 / $39.99 CAN 288 pp. | 7 3/8 x 9 ¼ 4-color illustrations throughout Adv. / goal: 40,000 / 35,000 ISBN: 9781501135606 eBook ISBN: 9781501135620 THE COMPANION BOOK TO THE GROUNDBREAKING PBS DOCUMENTARY SERIES—PRODUCED BY ROBERT REDFORD, JACK WHITE, AND T. BONE BURNETT—THAT CELEBRATES THE PIONEERS AND ARTISTS WHO GAVE US MODERN AMERICAN MUSIC. PBS PROMOTION: The “American Epic” four-part PBS (BBC simulcast) documentary series will premiere nationally February 16th, 2016. PBS will take full advantage of promotion during the final season of “Downton Abbey,” which begins the first week in January. “American Epic” will re-air on PBS in June as part of their summer pledge drive. NATIONWIDE TOUR: Jack White and many of the musicians who took part in the documentary—Beck, Willie Nelson, Nas, Elton John, and The Avett Brothers—will be touring throughout spring 2016 performing songs from the series. Tour stops include the Grammy Awards, SXSW, film festivals, and more. CELEBRITY BACKING: The PBS series is produced by music and entertainment superstars Jack White, Robert Redford, and T. Bone Burnett, and features narration from all three. SUNDANCE PREMIERE: Robert Redford will premiere the documentary at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2016. TANDEM SOUNDTRACK RELEASE: Sony will release a 5-piece box set of the remastered original recordings from the 1920s and 30s as well as a CD of today’s musicians reinterpreting songs from the series, including Beck, Nas, Alabama Shakes, Merle Haggard, Elton John, Willie Nelson. White’s Third Man Records is planning a deluxe vinyl box set. .