Major funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.This voluminous and hugely entertaining introduction to country music coincides with the release of the eponymous PBS series, by producer and writer Duncan ( Out West) and producer and filmmaker Burns ( The Civil War). Dawson, Senator Bill and Tracy Frist, Susan and David Kreisman, Rocco and Debby Landesman, Lillian Lovelace, John and Leslie McQuown, Mindy's Hope Foundation, the Segal Family Foundation, Michelle Smith. Berdell Foundation, David Bonderman, Deborah P. Bass, Fred and Donna Seigel, Gilchrist and Amy Berg, James R. Walter and by members of ‘The Better Angels Society,’ including: The Blavatnik Family Foundation, the Schwartz/Reisman Foundation, the Pfeil Foundation, Diane and Hal Brierley, John and Catherine Debs, the Fullerton Family Charitable Fund, the Perry and Donna Golkin Family Foundation, Jay Alix and Una Jackman, Mercedes T. Support for the local broadcast and Country Music Day Event in Keene provided by C&S Wholesale Grocers, inc.įunding for Country Music was provided by Bank of America, the Annenberg Foundation, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Belmont University, Tennessee Department of Tourist Development, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Rosalind P. The eight-part 16-hour series is directed and produced by Ken Burns written and produced by Dayton Duncan and produced by Julie Dunfey. Country Music features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more than 80 country music artists.
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. Explore the history of a uniquely American art formĮxplore the history of a uniquely American art form: country music.
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