Country Music(2019)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2019-09-15
Average Runtime: 1h 57m
Rating: 7.3
Votes: 26
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
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.
Keywords
country musicmusic businessmusic historybluegrasscountry folkmusic industryoutlaw country music
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Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 8E01
The Rub (Beginnings -1933)
Air Date: 2019-09-15
See how what was first called “hillbilly music” reaches new audiences through phonographs and radio, and launches the...
E02
Hard Times (1933 -1945)
Air Date: 2019-09-16
Watch as Nashville becomes the heart of the country music industry. The genre grows in popularity during the Great De...
E03
The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945 -1953)
Air Date: 2019-09-17
See how the bluegrass sound spreads in post-war America, and meet honky-tonk star Hank Williams, whose songs of surpr...
E04
I Can't Stop Loving You (1953 -1963)
Air Date: 2019-09-18
Travel to Memphis, where Sun Studios artists Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley usher in the era of rockabilly. Ray Charle...
E05
The Sons and Daughters of America (1964 -1968)
Air Date: 2019-09-22
See how country music reflects a changing America, with Loretta Lynn speaking to women everywhere, Merle Haggard beco...
E06
Will The Circle Be Unbroken? (1968 -1972)
Air Date: 2019-09-23
Learn how country music responds to a nation divided by the Vietnam War, as Army captain turned songwriter Kris Krist...
E07
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1973 -1983)
Air Date: 2019-09-24
Witness a vibrant era in country music, with Dolly Parton finding mainstream success; Hank Williams, Jr. and Rosanne ...
E08
Don't Get Above Your Raisin (1984 -1996)
Air Date: 2019-09-25
Learn how “New Traditionalists” like George Strait, Randy Travis and the Judds help country music stay true to its ro...
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