Country Music
2019
📺 1 Season
🎬 8 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 117 min/episode
Documentary
Explore the history of a uniquely American art form: country music. From its deep and tangled roots in ballads, blues and hymns performed in small settings, to its worldwide popularity, learn how country music evolved over the course of the 20th century, as it eventually emerged to become America’s music.
Where to Watch (US)
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PBS
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WETA+
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Seasons
Season 1
See how what was first called “hillbilly music” reaches new audiences through phonographs and radio, and launches the careers of country music's first big stars, the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers.
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Crew
Producer
Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, Julie A. Dunfey
Network
PBS
Production
WETA, Florentine Films
Keywords
country musicmusic businessmusic historybluegrasscountry folkmusic industryoutlaw country musiccountry rock