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Country Music, the new 16-hour documentary from Burns and his filmmaking partner Lynn Novick, may be the best example yet of their artful narrative skills.
The world is only one month away from the premiere of PBS' Country Music, a massive documentary that explores the history of the beloved genre. The multi-part film is directed and produced by Ken ...
Read our interview with Ken Burns and collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey on the new PBS series, 'Country Music.' ...
NASHVILLE — For renowned documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, chronicling country music history, in some ways, is a race against time. The genre’s legends — men and women who can recount the ...
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with filmmaker Ken Burns about his latest PBS documentary, Country Music.
In classic storyteller fashion, Florentine Films team saved the most powerful moment in the PBS series Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns for the last of its eight episodes. Kathy Mattea had ...
The history of country music offers Americans a "new perspective" on the nation’s own complex story, filmmaker Ken Burns told ABC News' Political Director Rick Klein.
Country music has never gotten the kind of comprehensive treatment that Ken Burns gives it in his latest documentary which traces its roots back to America's coming of age from the fiddlers and ...
Ken Burns on Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ and the Black history of country April 3, 2024 More than 1 year ago 8 min ...
On the debut episode of 16-hour PBS documentary epic “Country Music,” Ken Burns tackles “The Rub” that ignited an American musical flame. The story begins nearly 100 years ago, with Burns ...
For renowned documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, chronicling country music history, in some ways, is a race against time. The genre’s legends — men and women who can recount the roots and the ...