Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb has invigorated country and Americana music with his work on acclaimed albums by Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, and many more. This conversation with the Museum’s Peter Cooper focuses on Cobb’s unlikely rise from a Georgia childhood that was hea...

The filmmakers behind a six-part documentary series titled “They Called Us Outlaws” speak about their interviews and inspirations for the ambitious project. Panelists Eric Geadelmann, Kelly Magelky, and Jack Ingram share the stage at the Museum on May 25, 2018, to coincide with the opening of the...

This 2018 panel discussion featuring Kinky Friedman, Kyle Lehning, and Marshall Chapman explores the halcyon days of Glaser Sound Studios, the funky and creative Nashville recording studio, publishing company, and musician hangout that became known as “Hillbilly Central.”

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Master guitarist Pete Wade, whose work has appeared on such classics as Ray Price’s “Crazy Arms” and Charley Pride’s “Mountain of Love,” discusses his six-decade career during this April 16, 2016, program, part of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Nashville Cats series.

The Norfolk, Vi...

Dixie Hall’s life and work are honored in the Louise Scruggs Memorial Forum for 2015. The late wife of Country Music Hall of Fame member Tom T. Hall, she was a musical force in her own right. The Museum’s Peter Cooper hosts the program—which includes video, photos, and live musical performances—a...

Mickey Raphael, harmonica virtuoso and featured player in Willie Nelson’s band, joins the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum for this 2018 interview, part of the Nashville Cats series exploring the careers of session musicians and the professional relationships they’ve had with country music s...

Armadillo World Headquarters co-founders Jim Franklin (the club’s artistic director and frequent master of ceremonies), attorney Mike Tolleson, and Eddie Wilson discuss the legendary Austin, Texas, venue during this 2018 panel discussion at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, held during t...

In support of the Museum’s exhibition “Loretta Lynn: Blue Kentucky Girl,” a panel discusses the contributions and struggles of pioneering women in country music. The speakers include Brenda Lee, who started as a child star and was eventually elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Count...

During a panel discussion about letterpress printing, graphic artists and designers share their early experiences in the field, their involvement with the community, and their advice for aspiring printmakers.

The May 27, 2017, panel is led by Hatch Show Print’s Celene Aubry, with assistance from...

Sonny Garrish, a steel guitarist who played on countless Nashville sessions from the 1960s through the 1990s, reminisces during this Nashville Cats program about his early interest in the instrument and the country legends he’s worked with along the way. Held December 1, 2018, at the Country Musi...

Country music and bluegrass fiddler Stuart Duncan discusses his life in music with fellow Nashville musician and host Bill Lloyd in this seventy-minute program, which includes vintage photos, film footage, and recordings. Duncan performs two numbers with vocalist-fiddler Alison Krauss and vocalis...

Jeff Stevens, who began producing and co-writing with Luke Bryan for his 2007 debut album, “I’ll Stay Me,” in 2007, discusses his approach to working with the country star, and explains the highs and lows of his own career, including his time as a recording artist and as a songwriter with major c...

Eddie Stubbs hosts a panel discussion memorializing Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, and pilot Randy Hughes, fifty years after the plane crash that took their lives.

Panelists for the program, held March 2, 2013, at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, include Cline’s widower,...

On stage at the Museum, Al Anderson performs live and details his transition from decades as guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the rock band NRBQ to becoming a successful country songwriter.

Early in the program—part of the Museum’s Poets and Prophets series, recorded on February 6, 2016—Ande...

The Nashville Chapter of the Audio Engineering Society honors Paul Buff, Robert E. Mulloy, Charlie Tallent, Jim Malloy, Tom Pick, and Randy Kling with the AES Nashville Lifetime Achievement Award, created to honor the city’s trailblazing recording engineers.

Held at the Country Music Hall of Fam...

Curly Putman—the writer or co-writer of hits including “D-I-V-O-R-C-E,” “Green, Green Grass of Home,” “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” and “My Elusive Dreams”—surveys his catalog of country classics during this live interview, held March 28, 2009, at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

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This 2016 program finds Jim Casey—a songwriter whose works have been recorded by Charley Pride, Bobby Bare, Waylon Jennings, Richie Havens, and others—recounting halcyon days when country stars flocked to Kingston Springs, Tennessee, and he and fellow laid-back country picker Vince Matthews align...

In conversation with the Museum’s Peter Cooper, producer Jim Rooney—among the architects of Americana music—talks about his life in music, from childhood days in Massachusetts to folkie days in Woodstock, New York, to Nashville days watching Cowboy Jack Clement waltz across a studio room with a g...

Friends, colleagues, and admirers of the late Chet Atkins remember the guitarist and producer’s life and work here, during a 2012 panel discussion at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Not only one of the world’s most respected guitar players, Atkins also ran RCA Victor’s Nashville divis...

John Hobbs surveys his career as a session pianist and producer in this thorough interview, held March 10, 2012, at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, as part of the Nashville Cats series. Among other topics, he discusses his decision to move from Los Angeles to Nashville and his work wit...

Leon Rhodes shares memories of his time as an electric lead guitarist in Ernest Tubb’s band, the Texas Troubadours, playing in the Grand Ole Opry band, the “Hee Haw” house band, and on numerous recording sessions. Part of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Nashville Cats series, the inte...

Kay Adams, Lorrie Collins, Rosie Flores, Rose Lee Maphis, and Jean Shepard share the stage for panel discussion "California Angels: Women of West Coast Country," focused on exploring the lives and music of women who made special contributions to the story of West Coast country music. Held at the ...

Michael Rhodes—an accomplished bassist who has recorded with icons of country, pop, rock, and blues—speaks about his formative years, his move to Nashville, his approach to session work, and the gear he prefers in the studio during this interview at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, held...

Shane McAnally is honored for his songwriting and reflects on his life and career during this 2016 interview and performance, held at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum as part of the songwriter-focused Poets and Prophets series.

The program opens with McAnally performing the Miranda Lamb...