Big Easy Express

The film debuted on March 17th, the final night of the 2012 SXSW film festival to positive critical reviews.^[1][2] The film also won the Headliner Audience Award at SXSW that year.^[3][4]

Despite the commercial and critical success of the featured bands, Mumford & Sons had received two Grammy nominations the previous year, while recent albums by Old Crow Medicine Show and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros had charted in the top 100 of the Billboard 200, Big Easy Express did not follow a traditional theatrical release strategy. Instead, the film employed a "running-in-reverse" distribution model, launching first on iTunes in 50 countries on June 26, 2012, followed by a DVD release on July 24, and concluding with a theatrical release several months later.^[5] Following its digital release, the film continued to receive favorable reviews.^[6]

In 2013, Big Easy Express was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Music Film.^[7]

• Big Easy Express at IMDb