MidsouthMouth.OctaviaKeats"Explore the Roots & Branches of Country Music" by Ken Burns on PBS
<<Country music wasn’t called that yet, but it was music of the country. It was a combination of the Irish; the recently freed slaves, bringing the banjo into the world; the Spanish effects of the vaqueros down in Texas; the Germans bringing over the “oom-pah” of polka music, all converging. >>
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https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music/roots-branches-of-country-music/
Explore the Roots & Branches of Country Music | Country Music | Ken Burns | PBS
Country music is not–and never was–one style of music. It has always been a mixture of many styles, springing from many roots and sprouting many new branches to create a complicated chorus of American voices, joining together to tell a complicated American story, one song at a time. Learn more.
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