
The Ken Burns Effect: How ‘Country Music’ Doc Surged Sales for Country Legends
Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris and more all saw substantial jumps in sales and streaming
Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris and more all saw substantial jumps in sales and streaming
Superstar's marathon meet-and-greet at the 1996 Fan Fair is addressed in Ken Burns' 'Country Music' documentary
"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
"The Singing Brakeman" sings about what he knows — trains — in a 1929 film
From the godlike popularity of Roy Acuff to how Bob Wills ended up in space, highlights from the first four episodes of the documentary
The secret weapon of the documentary series talks about his “fairytale life” in country music, and what Burns gets right that others miss
A 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
Burns and collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey on making the eight-part series on PBS
The filmmaker's new documentary is a journey into the nation's rowdy, sentimental, multicultural soul
'Country Music: Live at the Ryman, A Concert Celebrating the Film by Ken Burns' will air on PBS on September 8th