Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns & Winter is Coming Blog Hop!

Published by Kristin on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

Do you have a country music fan or history buff in your life?  If so, I have the perfect gift idea for you! “Country Music” is 16 hours of pure magic.  Here is the scoop…

Directed and produced by noted documentarian, Ken Burns, “Country Music” is an epic series that explores the roots of “America’s music.” Focusing on biographies of country music royalty and its original trailblazers: the Carter Family, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, and more, the documentary also features over 100 interviews with country music stars, 40 of which are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. These include Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Naomi and Wynonna Judd, among many others.

The documentary traces the history of the genre from its early years in the 1920s when country music was called “hillbilly” music, to when Hollywood B movies started the fad of singing cowboys, to the rise of Juke Joints after WWII, which changed the style of the music completely. Throughout, the documentary focuses on the constant struggle between the desire to make country music as mainstream as possible and the periodic reflexes to bring it back to its roots.

At the documentary’s heart are the stories of unforgettable songs and the artists who created them.

My Thoughts:  I wouldn’t call myself a really huge country music fan however, I loved this jaunt back into time.  This DVD is filled with history, interviews, and performances.  Ken Burns brings us down the path of how this genre of music came to be and brings to the forefront the icons who truly started the movement.  This one is a must for your own library and would make a wonderful holiday gift.  Buy it today from Amazon….

Win It!  PBS is giving one lucky SimplifyME reader the complete DVD set of “Country Music”!  Thanks so much to PBS.  Please use the Rafflecopter form below to enter.

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This giveaway is a part of the “Winter is Coming” Giveaway Hop!  Kick-off winter by visiting the blogs below to enter to win loads of great giveaways just in time for the holidays. Have fun and good luck!