Live at the Hall

Live at the Hall

"Live at the Hall" is a digital series that features interviews and performances from a musically and culturally diverse roster of country music creators. The insight and expertise of songwriters, musicians, recording artists, scholars, and music industry leaders is explored through conversation with Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum staff and audiences. Live at the Hall takes viewers inside the creative process and behind the scenes to learn how music makers have shaped American culture over the past century.

All Museum programs are funded in part by grants from the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission and Tennessee Arts Commission.

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Live at the Hall
  • Musician Spotlight • Wyatt Ellis • 2024

    East Tennessee native, mandolin player, and songwriter Wyatt Ellis performs songs he has written as well as those that inspire him for the Museum’s weekly Musician Spotlight series. David Harvey and Mason Via join him on mandolin and guitar during this program, recorded on May 5, 2024.

    Ellis per...

  • Gee’s Bend Quilters • Panel Discussion • 2024

    Gee’s Bend quilters Loretta Pettway Bennett, Claudia Pettway Charley, and Marlene Bennett Jones unpack the history of their Alabama community’s longstanding quilting culture, the rise of their artwork in the fashion world, and the next generation of quilters that will carry on the sacred traditio...

  • Alice Randall • Conversation and Performance • 2024

    Novelist and songwriter Alice Randall tells stories of her career in music and discusses her newest book, “My Black Country,” and the companion album of songs she’s written. The Museum’s Paul Kingsbury moderated this conversation, which was followed by performances of two of Randall’s songs by ar...

  • Bobby Wood • Nashville Cats • 2024

    Keyboardist Bobby Wood retraces the steps of his historic music career from Mississippi to Nashville, including collaborations with Garth Brooks, Neil Diamond, Elvis Presley, and others. This in-depth discussion with the Museum’s RJ Smith was recorded live on August 17, 2024, as part of the Museu...

  • Songwriter Round: Luke Combs and Friends • 2024

    Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association award–winning artist Luke Combs keeps a close circle of songwriting collaborators, many of whom were unproven talents when they first crossed paths in Nashville. During this program, Combs is joined by four of those songwriters — Ray Fulcher,...

  • Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal • Conversation and Performance • 2023

    Grammy-winning musicians Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal share stories of their creative collaborations throughout their thirty years together and discuss their record label, RumbleStrip Records. This live interview and performance was presented in partnership with the Americana Music Association...

  • John Hiatt • Poets and Prophets • 2024

    Acclaimed singer-songwriter John Hiatt performs and shares stories from throughout his fifty-year career as part of the Museum's Poets and Prophets series, which honors songwriters who have made notable contributions to country music. Museum writer-editor Dave Paulson moderates this edition, whic...

  • CMT’s Next Women of Country • Concert and Conversation • 2024

    : Recording artist, songwriter, and CMT Next Women of Country mentor Kimberly Perry hosts this showcase and discussion featuring CMT Next Women of Country acts Tanner Adell, Mae Estes, Kylie Frey, Emily Ann Roberts, and Tigirlily Gold. This program was recorded on June 7, 2024, during CMA Fest 20...

  • Conversation and Performance: Prine Time Chicago • 2023

    The city of Chicago, Illinois, has supported a diverse arts and entertainment landscape, including singer-songwriter John Prine. Recorded on October 8, 2023, during the annual “You Got Gold: Celebrating the Life and Songs of John Prine” event, this program shares the impact Chicago had on Prine’s...

  • Songwriter Session • Carter Faith • 2024

    North Carolina native Carter Faith performs songs she’s written, answers questions, and shares stories from her songwriting career during this Songwriter Session, recorded on February 10, 2024. Faith has co-written songs with Tofer Brown, Kat Higgins, Lauren Hungate, Lori McKenna, Ashley Monroe, ...

  • Panel Discussion: The British Archive of Country Music • 2024

    British-born Dave Barnes began acquiring records as early as the 1930s and ‘40s and spent decades assembling the vast collection that became the British Archive of Country Music (BACM). This conversation about Barnes and the archive and its accompanying listening session were recorded on April 16...

  • Musician Spotlight • Mark Fain • 2024

    East Tennessee native, bassist, and producer Mark Fain performs songs and shares stories from his career during this Musician Spotlight program, recorded on April 14, 2024. He is accompanied by Brent Rader on keys and John Leventhal on guitar.

    During this program, seven-time Grammy-winner Fain a...

  • Panel Discussion • Night Train to Nashville • 2024

    R&B singers Jimmy Church and Frank Howard, along with Katie Blackwell—wife of the late Noble Blackwell—and Tracye Blackwell, Noble and Katie’s daughter, recount the origins and cultural impact of Noble Blackwell and his creation, “Night Train,” the nation’s first syndicated R&B television series ...

  • Meet the Eric Church Band • 2024

    Many of the same musicians have backed Eric Church, both on his albums and during live performances, since he got his start as a signed artist. In this program, Church’s current band—Jeff Cease, Lee Hendricks, Jeff Hyde, Billy Justineau, Driver Williams, and Craig Wright—discusses working with Ch...

  • Thomas Hart Benton’s “Sources of Country Music” at 50 • 2024

    Thomas Hart Benton—lauded American painter, muralist, and print maker—and his iconic mural “The Sources of Country Music” are expertly examined fifty years later in this fascinating, in-depth panel discussion. Moderated by Seth Feman, executive director and CEO of Nashville’s Frist Art Museum, th...

  • Altan and Jerry Douglas • Celtic and Country Music Connections • 2024

    Masters of traditional Irish folk music Altan and world-renowned dobroist Jerry Douglas bring together their deep collective knowledge of Celtic musical traditions for an insightful conversation and powerful musical performance. This program, which took place in the museum’s Ford Theater, was rec...

  • Kelsey Waldon • Songwriter Session • 2024

    Recording artist and songwriter Kelsey Waldon performs songs she has written and recorded and shares the stories behind them as part of the Museum’s Songwriter Session series. This program was recorded on March 2, 2024, in support of the Museum’s exhibition “American Currents: State of the Music....

  • Mark Miller & Mac McAnally • Songwriter Session • 2024

  • Audio Engineering Society Lifetime Achievement Awards • 2024

    The Nashville Section of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) pays tribute to the city’s trailblazing engineers during this award ceremony, their first since 2019. This program was recorded on June 2, 2024, in the Museum’s Ford Theater, and hosted by AES representatives Mike Porter, former Central...

  • Dan Dugmore • Nashville Cats • 2024

    Multi-instrumentalist Dan Dugmore, best known as a pedal steel guitarist, shares stories from his career as part of the Museum’s Nashville Cats interview series, which highlights legendary musicians. This live interview was recorded on March 9, 2024, in support of the Museum’s exhibition “Western...

  • Musician Spotlight • C. J. Lewandowski • 2024

    Mandolin player C. J. Lewandowski performs songs and shares stories from his career as part of the Museum’s weekly Musician Spotlight series. This program, recorded on March 3, 2024, was presented in support of the 2024 edition of the Museum’s exhibition “American Currents: State of the Music,” w...

  • Ashley Cooke • Songwriter Session • 2024

    Recording artist and songwriter Ashley Cooke performs songs she’s written and recorded and shares the stories behind them as part of the Museum’s Songwriter Session series. This program was recorded on March 23, 2024.

    Accompanied by guitarist Chauncey Arner, Cooke performs songs included on her ...

  • Chris Hillman and Bernie Leadon • Conversation • 2023

    Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members Chris Hillman and Bernie Leadon share stories from their music careers, from their beginnings in California as bluegrass musicians to their pioneering songwriting and time making music in the folk-rock and country-rock scenes. This conversation was recorded on Oct...

  • Jackie DeShannon • Poets and Prophets • 2024

    Jackie DeShannon shares stories from her pioneering songwriting career as part of the Museum’s Poets and Prophets interview series, which highlights legendary songwriters. This live interview and performance was recorded on April 6, 2024.

    During the interview with the Museum’s Michael Gray, DeSh...