PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
From the American Experience series on PBS, this is "The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken", a comprehensive multi-media look at the early American popular country music group.
PBS
Pbs: American Roots Music
If teaching a unit about the history of popular music in America, this PBS web site supporting their four-part TV broadcast of a few years ago would make a great resource. Includes lesson plans and oral histories too.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Bristol Music Story
A short piece on the resolution of Congress recognizing Bristol, Tennessee, as the "Birthplace of Country Music."
Curated OER
The Carter Family
A feature on NPR probes the roots of country music beginning with the Carter Family. You can click on the titles and actually listen to them sing their famous songs. Also provides great links to further information.
Curated OER
The Carter Family Album of Smokey Mountain Ballads
A feature on NPR probes the roots of country music beginning with the Carter Family. You can click on the titles and actually listen to them sing their famous songs. Also provides great links to further information.