2020 - 8-DVD-Set - Die achtteilige Serie erzählt die Geschichte und Bedeutung der Country-Musik in der amerikanischen Kultur. Country Music features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more than 80 country music artists. The eight-part 16-hour documentary series is directed and produced by Ken Burns; written and produced by Dayton Duncan; and produced by Julie Dunfey… from the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills to Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks and many more.
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- Episode 1: “The Rub” (Beginnings – 1933) | January 3
- Country music’s eclectic influences create room for the genre’s earliest stars.
- Key players: Jimmy Rogers, The Carter Family, and more
- Episode 2: “Hard Times” (1933 – 1945) |January 10
- The cowboy makes his entrance as the Great Depression makes radio a booming business.
- Key players: Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl, and more
- Episode 3: “The Hillbilly Shakespeare” (1945 – 1953) | January 17
- As honky-tonk music takes off, bluegrass is invented.
- Key players: Hank Williams, Kitty Wells, Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, The Stanley Brothers, and more
- Episode 4: “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (1953 – 1963) | January 24
- Nashville gets a polished sound in the rise of Music Row, and rockabilly ruffles some feathers.
- Key players: Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Wanda Jackson, Marty Robbins, and more
- Episode 5: “The Sons and Daughters of America” (1964 – 1968) | January 31
- Unlikely stars shape the course of the genre in ways that never could have been predicted.
- Key players: Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Charley Pride, Connie Smith, Buck Owens, Minnie Pearl, Roger Miller, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Porter Wagoner, Hank Snow, and more
- Episode 6: “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” (1968 – 1972) | February 7
- As the nation is faced with social strife, its music characterizes captures the growing divide.
- Key players: Kris Kristofferson, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Glen Campbell, Roy Clark, The Byrds, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and more
- Episode 7: “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?” (1973 – 1983) | February 14
- Dolly Parton has a meteoric rise to fame as fellow country artists redefine their own legacies.
- Key players: Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Jr., Rosanne Cash, Marty Stuart, and more
- Episode 8: “Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’” (1984-1996) | February 21
- Bluegrass experiences a revival as country music’s best-selling artist becomes known to the world.
- Key players: Garth Brooks, George Strait, The Judds, Ricky Skaggs, Randy Travis, Reba McEntire, Emmylou Harris, Dwight Yoakam, Vince Gill, and more
