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Country Music

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  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: September 15, 2019
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 8
  • Networks: PBS
  • Genres: Documentary
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Country Music(2019)

TMDB Rating: 7.3 (26 votes)

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.

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8 episodes • 2019Avg: 5.3

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1The Rub (Beginnings -1933)Sep 15, 20195.0
2Hard Times (1933 -1945)Sep 16, 20194.8
3The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945 -1953)Sep 17, 20195.4
4I Can't Stop Loving You (1953 -1963)Sep 18, 20195.4
5The Sons and Daughters of America (1964 -1968)Sep 22, 20195.0
6Will The Circle Be Unbroken? (1968 -1972)Sep 23, 20196.0
7Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1973 -1983)Sep 24, 20195.0
8Don't Get Above Your Raisin (1984 -1996)Sep 25, 20195.4

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