Episode One: Working on a Building
Sep 18, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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Episode description
The premiere episode of Points South, an Oxford American podcast.
Featuring:
THE PROLOGUE
Ken Burns and Rhiannon Giddens discuss the legibility of African and African-American contributions to country music—from the Carter Family to Lil Nas X—and how that influence has been erased in the American consciousness.
IN CONVERSATION
Documentarians Julie Dunfey and Ken Burns on the soundscape of Country Music.
IN SESSION
Dom Flemons performs from Black Cowboys live from the Oxford American stage.
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