He's examined the Civil War, prohibition, baseball, jazz, and now filmmaker Ken Burns will take on the subject of country music for his next documentary series for PBS. 

Burns' eight-part series 'Country Music' will air next fall. The anthology is six years in the making and it's only the second music genre he's tackled, the aforementioned jazz.

Here's a few previews.

Burns conducted over 100 interviews with artists, songwriters, and industry figures.

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