Ken Burns' 16-hour doc series 'Country Music' covers the evolution of an American art from from hillbilly to hit parade—it's epic, exhaustive and essential viewing. Our four-star review:
But most of all, this epic, essential survey is both a history lesson of an American art form and 20th century U.S.A. itself. Like Burns’ 2001 deep diveit puts the music’s cultural and geographic roots front and center. You are never allowed to forget that thiswas forged in the flaming-blowtorch fusion of the American South, incorporating melodies from English/Irish/Scottish ballads sung in the Appalachians and instruments brought over by European immigrants and African slaves.
And while most of the foundational business is laid out in the first episode — every subsequent installment covers a timeframe, from between four to a dozen years — all of‘s chapters seem to have one eye on the past as they rocket forward into the future.
And while the phrase “country music” might bring to mind a certain specific type of tune to you — maybe it’s the lightning-speed breakdowns of bluegrass; maybe it’s the arena C&W of Garth Brooks —endeavors to go full Baskin-Robbins and give viewers as many flavors as possible. Both the acoustic style practiced by Monroe, Ricky Skaggs, et al. and the Music City bombast of the late 1980s get the close-read treatment.
It’s a massive enough endeavor to attempt charting the form’s dozens of evolutions and legion of MVPs, much less trying to use it a vehicle for viewing our nation’s attitudes towards prejudices, protest movements and political-tide turnings.
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