EPISODE
SCHEDULE
Country Music - Season 1
In this documentary series, there will be a full detailed look at the country music that has spread all over the world. The series deals with the whole view of that music from its deep and intertwined roots in distinctive stories, poems, hymns and words. The series deals with archival footage showing the popularity of country music around the world and how it has evolved over the long term.
18 July 1954, Kentucky, USA
18 October 1961, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
November 1, 1937 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA
May 25, 1936 in Olive Hill, Kentucky, USA
August 7, 1950 in Houston, Texas, USA
19 September 1964, Monticello, Georgia, USA
30 April 1933, Abbott, Texas, USA
14 April 1932, Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, USA
5 June 1945
24 May 1955, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
22 June 1936, Brownsville, Texas, USA
26 September 1955, Madison, Tennessee, USA
19 January 1946, Sevierville, Tennessee, USA
11 December 1944, Lithonia, Georgia, USA
21 February 1977, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
January 16, 1943 in Robbinsville, North Carolina, USA
January 4, 1957 in Pikeville, Kentucky, USA
23 August 1970, Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
December 10, 1951 in Sabinal, Texas, USA
September 16, 2019
This epic, essential survey is both a history lesson of an American art form and 20th century U.S.A. itself.
September 16, 2019
By far Ken Burns' most entertaining documentary to date.
September 16, 2019
Compared to the best of the Burns-PBS collaborations, it drones on in a way that isn't equal to the high expectations and fanfare associated with Burns' epic made-for-public-TV ballads.
September 12, 2019
Like the songs that weave through nearly every moment of its runtime, the grace, simplicity, and sincerity of Country Music have a way of heightening its epic underpinnings.
September 16, 2019
Not a country fan? I can't guarantee Burns will convert you, but if you aren't tapping your feet to one of the many versions of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" (the series' unofficial theme song), you may want to check your pulse.
September 17, 2019
It makes the series' virtues and failings starker that it happens to have debuted in such a contentious year in country. And don't get me wrong: There are virtues to spare.
September 17, 2019
Burns and his team are in superb voice as they sing the praises of country music and those legendary talents who popularized it. As with any successful song, they really put their hearts into it.
September 16, 2019
You don't have to like country music at all -- in fact, you can despise it -- to be swept away by these gloriously eccentric yarns.
September 13, 2019
So whatever your thoughts about country music, expect to be immensely entertained, educated and even edified throughout this master course in pickin', grinnin' -- and so very much more.
September 16, 2019
For its running time, Burns effectively steers this wagon across country music's diverging timelines.
