Country Music - Season 1 - Eps 3: The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945 -1953)
See how the bluegrass sound spreads in post-war America, and meet honky-tonk star Hank Williams, whose songs of surprisingly emotional depth are derived from his troubled and tragically short life.
About Country Music
Title: Country Music
First Air Date: 2019-09-15
Last Air Date: 2019-09-25
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.6/10 (from 24 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 8
Network: PBS
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: WETA, Florentine Films
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Peter Coyote
Narrator
