From left: Dolly Parton (Queen of the Known and Unknown Universe), Dayton Duncan (writer) and Ken Burns (director). Credit: Katy Haas MERCURY: First of all, why country music? What was it about this ...

Country Music (8 p.m. and 10 p.m., PBS / UNC-TV) - Documentary filmmaking master Ken Burns does it again, this time providing a definitive eight-part, 16-hour chronicle of the history of country music ...

“We have been told that the Bristol Sessions will figure prominently into the film's narrative. Knowing how Ken Burns’ films present a deeply researched and thoughtfully nuanced account of history, I ...

From left: Dolly Parton (Queen of the Known and Unknown Universe), Dayton Duncan (writer) and Ken Burns (director). Credit: KATY HAAS Ken Burns is a goddamn American treasure. For more than three ...