Series 6.5 TMDB audience rating
Country Music
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.
Roughly 15h 36m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 8 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 117 minutes.
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Trailer
Play trailer: Country Music by Ken Burns: Trailer | BBC Trailers
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Series cast and crew
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Peter CoyoteNarrator
8 episodes -
Jimmy RogersHimself (archive footage)
1 episode -
DeFord BaileyHimself (archive footage)
1 episode -
Roy AcuffHimself (archive footage)
1 episode -
Hank WilliamsHimself (archive footage)
1 episode -
Randy TravisSelf (archive footage)
1 episode
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