Wed., Sep. 25 at 8 pm. on WKAR-HD 23. 1 | Streaming FREE in the PBS App and at video.wkar.org | In the final episode of Ken Burns' Country Music, watch how country music skyrockets to new heights.
As the genre takes off, learn how “New Traditionalists” like George Strait, Randy Travis and the Judds help country music stay true to its roots. Witness both the rise of superstar Garth Brooks and the return of an aging Johnny Cash to the industry he helped create.
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MORE ABOUT COUNTRY MUSIC
Country Music explores crucial questions –– “What?is?country music?” and “Where did it come from?”–– while focusing on the biographies of the fascinating trailblazers who created and shaped it — from the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe and Bob Wills to Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks and many more — as well as the times in which they lived. Much like the music itself,?the film tells unforgettable stories of hardships and joys shared by everyday people.