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A look at the music of Ken Burns' Country

An hour of country music from the Ken Burns TV documentary series 'Country', currently screening on 成人快手4 and via the iPlayer; Ben Earle of UK country act The Shires is your host.

Ben Earle of The Shires with an hour of great country songs taken from the soundtrack of the Ken Burns documentary series "Country", now screening on 成人快手4.

Featured artists include Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, The Byrds, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris and Garth Brooks.

Ken Burns鈥� Country Music epic was filmed across eight years and features many of the biggest country stars. The series explores the history of this uniquely American art form across the twentieth century, from its roots in ballads, blues and hymns, to its global popularity.

Across eight episodes, Country Music features never-before-seen footage and photographs and interviews with more than 80 country music artists, with biographies of the fascinating characters who created and shaped the genre, from the Carter family, Jimmie Rodgers 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 more. It also covers the times in which they lived, featuring incredible stories of the joys and hardship they went through. The series will be broadcast as six hour long episodes followed by two 90 minute episodes.

57 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Nov 2019 02:00
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Will the Circle Be Unbroken

    • Will The Circle Be Unbroken.
    • Capitol.
    • 020.

  • The Carter Family

    Single Girl, Married Girl

    • RCA Country Legends: The Bristol Sessions.
    • RCA.

  • Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys

    Blue Moon Of Kentucky

    • Blue Moon Of Kentucky.
    • Columbia.
    • 3.

  • Hank Williams

    Long Gone Lonesome Blues

    • 40 Greatest Hits.
    • Music On Vinyl.
    • 1.

  • Johnny Cash

    I Walk The Line

    • Now 100 Hits Country (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Patsy Cline

    Crazy

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.

  • The Everly Brothers

    Bye Bye Love

  • Ray Charles

    I Can't Stop Loving You

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.

  • Loretta Lynn

    Don't Come 成人快手 A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)

  • The Byrds

    You Ain't Going Nowhere

    • Columbia.

  • Merle Haggard

    Okie From Muskogee

    • The No.1 Country Album (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Emmylou Harris

    Boulder to Birmingham

  • Willie Nelson

    On The Road Again

    • The Essential Willie Nelson.
    • Columbia.
    • 12.

  • Hank Williams, Jr.

    Family Tradition

    • Country Music: The Soundtrack.
    • Legacy.
    • 017.

  • Dwight Yoakam

    Guitars, Cadillacs

  • The Judds

    Have Mercy

    • The Judds Collection.
    • Curb.

  • Steve Earle

    Guitar Town

    • The No.1 Country Album (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Trisha Yearwood

    On a Bus to St. Cloud

    • Women In Country Vol.1 (Various Artis.
    • The Hit Label Ltd.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Nov 2019 02:00
    成人快手 Radio 2