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Episode 1 | Country Music: 'The Rub' (Beginnings - 1933)
7 TONIGHT & STREAMING: See how what was first called “hillbilly music” reaches new audiences through phonographs and radio.University Place | The Story of Country Music
STREAMING: Bill C. Malone, scholar, author and musician, shares the history of country music through songs and stories. Malone, a country music expert, appears in the PBS documentary “Country Music, a Film by Ken Burns.”WisContext | EXTREME PRECIPITATION AND WISCONSIN'S CLIMATE
Explore in-depth reporting on how climatologists have projected that the upper Midwest will experience heavier precipitation.Blank on Blank | Dolly Parton
STREAMING: In this preserved and animated interview of Dolly Parton in 1978 she discusses poverty in childhood, her love of 'snug' clothes and makeup and the importance of being who you are.Country Music | Live at the Ryman Concert
STREAMING: Join a lineup of celebrated artists for a concert celebrating the film by Ken Burns.
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