Interviews
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum regularly hosts illuminating interviews with country artists, songwriters, and industry players, both in its Nashville home and on location.
The Museum’s regular interview series include Poets and Prophets, which spotlights the artistry and achievements of songwriters who have made significant contributions to American music, and Nashville Cats, which showcases musicians and singers who have played important roles in support of hit artists in either the studio or on tour.
The Museum's collection also offers thousands of video and audio interviews with country legends, mainstays, and rising stars, spanning from the 1920s to today.
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Rodney Crowell on ‘Texas’ • Live Songs and Interview, 2019
During this special program, Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and author Rodney Crowell sits down with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Peter Cooper to discuss and perform selections from his album “Texas.”
“Surely I’ve told everything I have to say about Texas and about my upbringi...
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Bev Paul • Louise Scruggs Memorial Forum, 2020
Bev Paul traces her career from managing a folk club to leading Sugar Hill Records during this forum, held February 20, 2020, at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and named for one of the Nashville music industry’s most formidable female music industry figures, Louise Scruggs.
On stage,...
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Boudleaux and Felice Bryant • Panel Discussion
“Bye Bye Love,” “All I Have to Do Is Dream,” “Wake Up Little Susie,” “Love Hurts,” “Rocky Top,” and more—husband-and-wife songwriting team Boudleaux and Felice Bryant made decades of groundbreaking contributions to American music history, and are remembered during this 2019 panel discussion at th...
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Pat Alger • Poets and Prophets, 2019
Songwriter Pat Alger—known for writing hits recorded by Garth Brooks and many others—performs and shares memories from his musical education and career, live in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Ford Theater.
Though Alger contributed significant hits to several artists, he made his big...
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Delbert McClinton • Songs and Interview, 2019
Delbert McClinton, three-time Grammy winner and a key figure in blues, R&B, country, and Americana music, visits the Ford Theater to talk with the Museum’s Peter Cooper about journeys in music and to sing four songs.
The Lubbock, Texas, native begins the program by talking about his way of getti...
