Basic Info
First Air: September 15, 2019
Rating: ⭐ 7.3/10 (26 votes)
Status: Ended
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Last Episode
Name: Don't Get Above Your Raisin (1984 -1996)
Season: 1, Episode: 8
Air Date: 2019-09-25
Runtime: 114 min
Learn how “New Traditionalists” like George Strait, Randy Travis and the Judds help country music stay true to its roots. Witness both the rise of superstar Garth Brooks and the return of an aging Johnny Cash to the industry he helped create.
Videos
Country Music by Ken Burns: Trailer | BBC Trailers (YouTube)
Official Extended Trailer (YouTube)
Charlie Daniels Meets Itzhak Perlman (YouTube)
Official Trailer (YouTube)
Marty Stuart on the Mystery of Songwriting (YouTube)
Rosanne Cash Reflects on ‘Walk the Line’ (YouTube)
Country Music
2019
1 seasons
8 episodes
⭐ 7.3/10
26 votes
Overview
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.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
- Norwegian no
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Cast
Peter Coyote
Narrator
Crew
Ken Burns
Executive Producer
Dayton Duncan
Executive Producer
Julie A. Dunfey
Executive Producer
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