The Country Playlist with Ben Earle

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The very best in Country music, celebrating the new alongside the defining legendary names

The very best in Country music, celebrating the new alongside the defining legendary names.

The Country Show with Bob Harris: A look at the music of Ken Burns' Country

Ben Earle from The Shires sits in

A look at the music of Ken Burns' Country

BBC Radio 2 - The Country Show with Bob Harris, A look at the music of Ken Burns' Country

Ben Earle of The Shires with an hour of great country songs from the BBC4 series 'Country'

An hour of country music from the Ken Burns TV documentary series 'Country', currently screening on BBC4 and via the iPlayer; Ben Earle of UK country act The Shires is your host.

Ben Earle of The Shires with an hour of great country songs taken from the soundtrack of the Ken Burns documentary series "Country", now screening on BBC4.

Featured artists include Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, The Byrds, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris and Garth Brooks.

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.

Amazing music. Played by an amazing line up.

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