Country Music

About Country Music

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.

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Cast & Crew

Directed by Ken Burns

Starring Peter Coyote, Jimmy Rogers, DeFord Bailey, Roy Acuff, Hank Williams

Produced by Florentine Films