The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will feature songwriter Luke Laird in the next installment of its in-depth interview series Poets and Prophets. The series features songwriters who have made significant contributions to country music. The program will take place on Saturday, Oct. 28, at 2:30 p.m. in …
Read More »Flying Burrito Brothers’ Four Iconic “Nudie Suits” Back Together
Today, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum celebrated the reunion of the Flying Burrito Brothers’ four iconic “Nudie suits” for the first time in more than half a century. The late Chris Ethridge’s long-lost suit has been found and was unveiled today alongside the three other suits currently …
Read More »Eric Church To Be HOF’s 18th Artist-In-Residence
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum has invited 10-time Grammy nominee Eric Church to be its 18th artist-in-residence. The museum’s annual artist-in-residence series spotlights an artist with an exemplary body of work and asks the featured artist to create one-of-a-kind performances over multiple evenings. The museum offers its …
Read More »LISTEN: Tanya Tucker’s “Kindness”
Tanya Tucker, who, earlier this week, became the newest inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, will release her new album, “Sweet Western Sound,” June 2 on Fantasy Records. Ahead of the release, the album’s lead track, “Kindness,” is out today (listen above). Produced once again by Brandi Carlile …
Read More »Bob McDill, Patty Loveless & Tanya Tucker 2023 HOF Inductees
The Country Music Association gathered at the Hall of Fame Rotunda at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum today, to reveal the 2023 inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame – Bob McDill, Patty Loveless and Tanya Tucker. McDill will be inducted in the “Songwriter” category, which …
Read More »Parker McCollum Sings About His Obsession
Parker McCollum has released another look at his forthcoming studio album, Never Enough, with the new track “Speed” available everywhere today. McCollum co-wrote “Speed” with Ryan Beaver (listen above). “My song ‘Speed’ is about my obsession with living fast. Life is always going a hundred miles an hour and it’s …
Read More »Bill Anderson Exhibit Will Open At HOF On Dec. 3
In 1957, a nineteen-year-old college student, Bill Anderson, sat atop a three-story hotel overlooking a few stoplights in the small town of Commerce, Georgia, and wrote “City Lights” on his guitar — singing to the starry night and envisioning a bustling metropolis: “A bright array of city lights as far …
Read More »Prine Family Announces “You Got Gold: Celebrating the Life & Songs of John Prine”
UPDATE: These 2021 events have been rescheduled to October 2022. Tickets on sale. The Prine Family has announced “You Got Gold: Celebrating the Life & Songs of John Prine” with a series of special concerts and events held across various venues in Nashville October 8-12, 2022. The weeklong celebration will …
Read More »HOF To Open Special Exhibition Honoring Bill Anderson
Country Music Hall of Famer, Grand Ole Opry member and songwriting legend, Bill Anderson, will be celebrated in a new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2020, aimed at entertaining and enlightening country music audiences and interpreting the ever-evolving story of the music and the …
Read More »J.D. Wilkes To Celebrate New Album With HOF Performance
Before signing his band, Legendary Shack Shakers, again with punk label Alternative Tentacles, J.D.Wilkes is revisiting his rural Kentucky roots with a banjo-and-harmonica-heavy solo record, Will I See You One Day in God’s Glory Land?. The sparsely-adorned old-time album was recorded both at the famous NuttHouse Studio in Muscle Shoals, …
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