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Bringing Ken Burns' Country Music up to date!

Ben Earle of The Shires brings the story of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ4's 'Country Music' series up to date with an hour of modern country hits including Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson, Taylor Swift & more!

Ken Burns’ 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.

The series finishes in 1996, and in this hour Ben Earle of UK country stars The Shires brings the story up to date with an hour of modern country hits, including songs from Shania Twain, The Mavericks, Florida Georgia Line & Little Nas X.

57 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Nov 2019 03:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Mavericks

    Dance the Night Away

  • Shania Twain

    You're Still The One

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Lonestar

    Amazed

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.

  • Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett

    It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

    • American Heartland: Legends Of Country.
    • Sony Music.
    • 017.

  • Gretchen Wilson

    Redneck Woman

    • Gretchen Wilson - Here For The Party.
    • Epic.

  • Keith Urban

    Days Go By

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Carrie Underwood

    Before He Cheats

    • Blown Away.
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Taylor Swift

    Love Story

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Lady A

    Need You Now

    • Need You Now.
    • Capitol Nashville.
    • 1.

  • Miranda Lambert

    The House That Built Me

    • Revolution.
    • SME.
    • 001.

  • Eric Church

    Springsteen

    • Chief.
    • Wrasse Records.
    • 1.

  • Florida Georgia Line

    Cruise

  • Darius Rucker

    Wagon Wheel

    • True Believers.
    • Capitol Nashville.
    • 3.

  • Sam Hunt

    Leave The Night On

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA Nashville.
    • 002.

  • Lil Nas X

    Old Town Road (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 103 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Nov 2019 03:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2