Ken Burns Producing Country Music Documentary for 2018

PBS has confirmed that documentarian Ken Burns is currently working on a multi-episode documentary series that will examine the roots of country music and how it has evolved through out time.

The documentary titled Country Music, will be directed and produced by Burns and longtime partner Dayton Duncan, who will write as well as produce the project.

According to a PBS release, “Country Music will be a multi-episode series, exploring the question ‘What is country music?’ while focusing on the biographies of the fascinating singers and songwriters who created it — from the Carter family, Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills to Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks and many more — as well as the times in which they lived. Like the music itself, ‘Country Music’ will tell unforgettable stories — stories of the hardships and joys shared by everyday people.”

Burns is currently working on several other PBS projects, such as a documentary on the Gettysburg Address that is set to air in the Spring, and a film on Jackie Robinson, Vietnam, and the Roosevelt family.

Country Music isn’t set to air until 2018.