Explore the history of country music – from its roots in ballads ... learn how country music evolved over the course of the 20th century. The series, directed by Ken Burns, features never ...

Ken Burns' new series, 'Country Music', unpacks the complex rise of the genre from its hillbilly beginnings to its pop-inflected, star-struck present. I grew up on R&B and rock & roll. But in the ...

Explore the history of country music, from its deep roots in ballads, fiddle and banjo tunes, church music, and the blues to the beginnings of its mainstream popularity. Watch country grow in ...

Explore the history of country music – from its roots in ballads ... music evolved over the course of the twentieth century. The series, directed by Ken Burns, features never-before-seen ...

Earlier this year, a book by Mississippi State history professor ... one and two of this series, we have traced the fundamental split that was always part of country music. When Nashville ran ...

Beyoncé has once again made history. At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, she finally clinched the coveted “Album of the Year award” for Cowboy Carter, marking ...

Although Black history, culture ... For example, on the 1927 Bristol Sessions, a series of recordings that helped kickstart commercial country music, El Watson — the only Black artist present ...