American Epic - Season 1 (2017)

When a music scout travels to Tennessee in 1927, he ignites not only the "Big Bang" of Country music but also the "Big Bang" of rhythm and blues.

In 1927 a sanctified preacher unites a southern town and inspires Bebop, coal-miners use music to rebel against their cruel working conditions, and a wild bluesman emancipates the Mississippi Delta.

In the 1920s, the Hopi, Hawaiians, Hispanics, Cajuns, and a once forgotten folk singer are all brought together to make records that let America hear itself for the first time.