Episode 1, Season 1 / Sep 17, 2019

Working on a Building

Why is country music so white?

The Prologue

The Prologue

Ken Burns and Rhiannon Giddens discuss the legibility of African and African-American contributions to country music—from the Carter Family to Lil Nas X—and how that influence has been erased in the American consciousness.

Featuring Ken Burns, Rhiannon Giddens, and Julie Dunfey

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In Conversation

In Conversation

Documentarians Julie Dunfey and Ken Burns on the soundscape of Country Music.

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In Session

In Session

Dom Flemons performs from Black Cowboys live from the Oxford American stage

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