PBS broke the news at the Television Critics Association conference in Pasadena, confirming that the documentary will be 16 and a half hours long. Like many of Burns’ documentaries, Country Music will feature actual live footage of performances done in the last few decades.

Burns also confirmed that the documentary will limit its number of on-screen historians and allow only one scholarly author, Bill Malone. A big reason for that is because most of the country artists featured have been in the business for long and know about the genre’s history pretty well.

“We made it clear to some of the people who appear in our film as commentators—like Dierks Bentley, Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show and Rhiannon Giddenns—that they’re too damn young for us to cover their career,” Dayton Duncan, a writer and producer in the film, said.

In total, 101 country artists were filmed, including 40 Half of Famers and 17 who’ve already passed away.

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August and Everything After” not only served as an inspiration for the title of Counting Crows’ debut release, but its lyrics were also featured on the cover of the album. Despite this, the track didn’t make the cut since frontman Adam Duritz felt it was unfinished. More than a decade later, the band started playing it on live concerts but it wasn’t until last November that they decided to make a proper studio recording with composer Vince Mendoza and the London Studio Orchestra.

“I never really thought much about this song back in the day because it wasn’t finished- said Duritz in a statement. “But when we got the chance to work with Vince Mendoza, I thought it was a good time to rewrite it and get it right.”

Although this song represents a real gem for all Counting Crows fans, the band decided to go down the unconventional road and share the song exclusively on Amazon.

Counting Crows’ last studio release came in 2014, when they presented Somewhere Under Wonderland. The album met with positive reviews and managed to peak at No.6 on the US Billboard 200.

The post Counting Crows Share Unreleased Song from their Debut Album appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

PBS broke the news at the Television Critics Association conference in Pasadena, confirming that the documentary will be 16 and a half hours long. Like many of Burns’ documentaries, Country Music will feature actual live footage of performances done in the last few decades.

Burns also confirmed that the documentary will limit its number of on-screen historians and allow only one scholarly author, Bill Malone. A big reason for that is because most of the country artists featured have been in the business for long and know about the genre’s history pretty well.

“We made it clear to some of the people who appear in our film as commentators—like Dierks Bentley, Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show and Rhiannon Giddenns—that they’re too damn young for us to cover their career,” Dayton Duncan, a writer and producer in the film, said.

In total, 101 country artists were filmed, including 40 Half of Famers and 17 who’ve already passed away.

The post PBS to Release 16-Hour Country Music Documentary Produced by Ken Burns appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

August and Everything After” not only served as an inspiration for the title of Counting Crows’ debut release, but its lyrics were also featured on the cover of the album. Despite this, the track didn’t make the cut since frontman Adam Duritz felt it was unfinished. More than a decade later, the band started playing it on live concerts but it wasn’t until last November that they decided to make a proper studio recording with composer Vince Mendoza and the London Studio Orchestra.

“I never really thought much about this song back in the day because it wasn’t finished- said Duritz in a statement. “But when we got the chance to work with Vince Mendoza, I thought it was a good time to rewrite it and get it right.”

Although this song represents a real gem for all Counting Crows fans, the band decided to go down the unconventional road and share the song exclusively on Amazon.

Counting Crows’ last studio release came in 2014, when they presented Somewhere Under Wonderland. The album met with positive reviews and managed to peak at No.6 on the US Billboard 200.

The post Counting Crows Share Unreleased Song from their Debut Album appeared first on Hot Pop Today.