The Ken Burns Effect: How ‘Country Music’ Doc Surged Sales for Country Legends
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Country Music
Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris and more all saw substantial jumps in sales and streaming
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Flashback: Garth Brooks Signs Autographs for 23 Straight Hours
Posted in: Country MusicSuperstar's marathon meet-and-greet at the 1996 Fan Fair is addressed in Ken Burns' 'Country Music' documentary
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Ketch Secor on Ken Burns’ ‘Country Music,’ Why Nashville Needs a Reckoning
Posted in: Country Music"I want to see diversity in the ranks of the music business," says Old Crow Medicine Show's singer, who is featured prominently in Burns' documentary
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Flashback: Jimmie Rodgers Becomes the ‘Father of Country Music’
Posted in: Country Music"The Singing Brakeman" sings about what he knows — trains — in a 1929 film
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Ken Burns’ ‘Country Music’: 10 Things We Learned From Week 1
Posted in: Country MusicFrom the godlike popularity of Roy Acuff to how Bob Wills ended up in space, highlights from the first four episodes of the documentary
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Marty Stuart on Making Ken Burns’ ‘Country Music’
Posted in: Country MusicThe secret weapon of the documentary series talks about his “fairytale life” in country music, and what Burns gets right that others miss
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‘Country Music’ Review: Ken Burns’ Epic, Essential Look at an American Artform
Posted in: TV ReviewsA 16-hour, eight-episode look at the evolution of a music that went from "hillbilly" to honkytonk to hit parade covers a massive amount of ground
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Ken Burns: Inside the Filmmaker’s Epic ‘Country Music’ Series
Posted in: Country MusicBurns and collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey on making the eight-part series on PBS
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How Ken Burns Connected Every Dot of Country Music’s Rich History in New Film
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe filmmaker's new documentary is a journey into the nation's rowdy, sentimental, multicultural soul
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See Vince Gill’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ From Ken Burns ‘Country Music’ Concert
Posted in: Country Music'Country Music: Live at the Ryman, A Concert Celebrating the Film by Ken Burns' will air on PBS on September 8th
