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What is country music? It’s a complicated question, and Ken Burns has a 16-hour answer.

"Country Music" poses an essential question: What is country music? That’s essentially the same one brought about the success of “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X’s enormous “Is it country, or is it rap?” hit that has caused country music gatekeepers to wring their hands in 2019.

Johnny Cash, in an image from 'Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns,' the 8 part documentary that begins airing on PBS on Sept. 15.
Johnny Cash, in an image from 'Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns,' the 8 part documentary that begins airing on PBS on Sept. 15.Read moreSony Music Archives
    by Dan DeLuca
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