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Dolly Parton signs Martin D-28 guitar. Parton is among the 76 of the 101 country music artists interviewed for the series who signed two Martin D-28 guitars.

Explore the history of a uniquely American art form: country music. From its deep and tangled roots in ballads, blues and hymns performed in small settings, to its worldwide popularity, learn how country music evolved over the course of the twentieth century. The series, directed by Ken Burns, features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more than 80 country music artists. No one has told the story this way before.

William Anderson Hatfield (center) sits surrounded by his family on a winter’s day.
Circa 1890s.

American Experience: The Feud

Tonight at 9:00 p.m.

Raúl at his country home, 1982.

AMERICAN MASTERS : Raúl Juliá: The World's a Stage

Friday at 9:00 p.m.

A message from Ben DeJesus, Director/Producer in
"Raúl Juliá: The World's a Stage." 




Blue Ridge PBS ROCKS!

Come visit us at Olde Salem Days this Saturday and paint a rock for the Blue Ridge PBS rock garden and take one home for yourself.
Passport Member Update:
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

For fifty years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” Empire of the Air examines the lives of three remarkable men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success and whose genius, friendship, rivalry and enmity combined in unexpected and often tragic ways.

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