Blu-ray Review – Country Music

For his latest long-form documentary, director Ken Burns tackles the world of country music, which is not a subject I'm sure many expected him to give his traditional in-depth treatment. After recently exploring the life and times of The Roosevelts, Jackie Robinson, and filing through the history of The Mayo Clinic, Burns delivers a surprise with "Country Music," which gifts itself 16 hours of screen time to detail the history of American folk music and the scores of artists who helped to put it all together over the course of 60 years. "Country Music" is a traditional Burns behemoth (scripted by Dayton Duncan and narrated by Peter Coyote), and it deals with its fair share of tragedy and psychological darkness, but there a brighter sense of exploration as Team Burns works through musical history, spotlighting all the fantastic artists and extreme personalities found in the genre, which has welcomed some extraordinary talents. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com