Country Music

On PBS

A sweeping, affectionate documentary history of country music's evolution from folk and blues roots to American cultural dominance, structured as a narrative journey through the 20th century.

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.