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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Sister Sadie Bonus Tracks • Live at the Hall, 2022
Award-winning bluegrass group Sister Sadie performs the Merle Haggard classic “The Fugitive" and the gospel traditional “Glory, Glory Hallelujah (Lay My Burden Down)” as Bonus Tracks for their episode of the “Live at the Hall” series.
The band recorded these performances and their main “Live at ...
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The Black Opry: Conversation and Performance • Live at the Hall, 2022
Black Opry founder and co-director Holly G and the Museum’s Angela Stefano Zimmer host this conversation and showcase featuring recording artists and songwriters the Kentucky Gentlemen, Nikki Morgan, Aaron Vance, and Julie Williams, all involved with the Black Opry. Founded in April 2021 as a dig...
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Ronnie Bowman Bonus Tracks • Live at the Hall, 2022
Songwriter Ronnie Bowman performs and tells stories behind some of the songs he has written. Part of the Museum’s “Live at the Hall” series, this live performance was recorded on August 6, 2022.
A long-time co-writer with Chris Stapleton, Bowman performs “Outlaw State of Mind,” a song included o... -
Caitlyn Smith • Live at the Hall, 2022
Recording artist and songwriter Caitlyn Smith performs and tells stories behind some of the songs she has written. Part of the Museum’s “Live at the Hall” series, this live performance was recorded on June 11, 2022.
During the show, Smith talks about moving to Nashville to pursue music, her song... -
Bill Anderson • Live at the Hall, 2022
Country Music Hall of Fame member Bill Anderson joins the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in for an intimate interview and performance, tracing his lauded, decades-long career as a recording artist, songwriter, TV host, and actor.
Recorded live at the Museum on December 4, 2021, the progra...
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Elvie Shane • Live at the Hall, 2022
Recording artist and songwriter Elvie Shane shares stories behind songs from his 2021 debut album “Backslider,” including his breakthrough hit “My Boy” and his latest single, “County Roads.” Shane also performs “I Will Run” and “Miles (with My Mama),” and fields questions from the audience, discu...
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Emily West’s Winter Wonderland • Live at the Hall
Emily West and the band Whiskey Wolves of the West visit Historic RCA Studio B for a special holiday concert, performing a selection of original compositions, holiday favorites, and songs originally recorded in Studio B—including “The End of the World” by Skeeter Davis and “If Every Day Was Like ...
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DeFord Bailey Harmonica Salute • Live at the Hall, 2022
Hosted by the Museum’s Adam Ollendorff, Carlos DeFord Bailey, grandson of DeFord Bailey; Ketch Secor, multi-instrumentalist and front man of the band Old Crow Medicine Show; and Jake Groves, harmonica player for Colter Wall and host of WXOX Louisville’s Faint of Harp Radio Hour, talk about the in...
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Emily West’s Winter Wonderland Bonus Track • Live at the Hall
Emily West and the band Whiskey Wolves of the West perform "Crying," written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson, during a special holiday concert at Historic RCA Studio B.
Filmed live on December 8, 2018, this bonus track is presented as part of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s “Live at t...
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Martina McBride and Friends Bonus Tracks • Live at the Hall, 2022
These bonus tracks are part of a larger program featuring Martina McBride performing, discussing her creative process, and sharing the stories behind her music with songwriters and collaborators Leslie Satcher, husband-and-wife songwriters Chris Lindsey and Aimee Mayo, and Brett Warren. At the re...
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Jon Langford • Live at the Hall, 2021
Musician and visual artist Jon Langford joins the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Warren Denney to discuss his varied career, and performs a selection of songs live.
Langford is a founding member of the punk band the Mekons, the post-punk group the Three Johns, and the alternative-count...
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Rodney Crowell • ‘Poets and Prophets’ • Live at the Hall, 2022
Songwriter Rodney Crowell performs and shares stories from his life and career on March 19, 2022, as part of the Museum's ‘Poets and Prophets’ series, which spotlights songwriters who have made significant contributions to country music.
During the program, Crowell shares stories behind his hits...
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Jon Langford Bonus Tracks • Live at the Hall, 2021
Jon Langford—known for his work with punk band the Mekons and alternative-country ensembles the Waco Brothers and Pine Valley Cosmonauts—performs “Slightly South of the Border” and “1234Ever.” Part of the Museum’s “Live at the Hall” series, these live performances were recorded on October 26, 202...
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David Ferguson • Live at the Hall, 2021
David “Fergie” Ferguson joins the Museum’s Peter Cooper to discuss his career as recording engineer and producer. Accompanied by Mark Howard and Pat McLaughlin, Ferguson also performs “Chardonnay” and “Looking for Rainbows,” both tracks included on his 2021 album “Nashville No More.”
During the ...
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John Osborne • Live at the Hall, 2022
One half of the Grammy award-winning duo Brothers Osborne, guitarist, songwriter, backing vocalist John Osborne details his musical journey during this Musician Spotlight program. With the guitar in his hands serving as constant punctuation to his light-hearted storytelling, Osborne plays riffs f...
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David Ferguson Bonus Tracks • Live at the Hall, 2021
Music producer David “Fergie” Ferguson is joined by musicians and writers Pat McLaughlin and Mark Howard to perform “Four Strong Winds,” written by Ian Tyson, and “Hard Times Come Again No More,” written by Stephen Foster. Both songs are included on Ferguson’s 2021 album “Nashville No More.”
Par...
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Brittney Spencer • Live at the Hall, 2021
Singer-songwriter Brittney Spencer takes questions from the audience, performs, and tells stories behind a selection of songs she’s written on stage at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Recorded on September 11, 2021, the live performance is presented here as part of the Museum’s “Live a...
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Brittney Spencer Bonus Tracks • Live at the Hall, 2021
Singer-songwriter Brittney Spencer performs her songs “100 Years Old” and “Whiskey Lows” as Bonus Tracks for her “Live at the Hall” episode, recorded live on September 11, 2021, at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
For her main “Live at the Hall” program, Spencer discusses her musical i...
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Country Music Hall of Fame 2020 Class • Live at the Hall Encore
The Country Music Hall of Fame’s 2020 inductees—Dean Dillon, Marty Stuart, and Hank Williams Jr.—are recognized in this “Live at the Hall” encore, featuring performance and interview clips from past programs at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
The compilation episode includes highligh...
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Jim Lauderdale • Live at the Hall, 2021
In partnership with AmericanaFest, Jim Lauderdale joins the Museum’s Peter Cooper for a conversation marking the thirtieth anniversary of “Planet of Love,” Lauderdale's major label debut, produced by Rodney Crowell and John Leventhal and featuring harmony vocals from Shawn Colvin and Emmylou Harr...
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Vincent Neil Emerson • Live at the Hall, 2021
Recording artist and songwriter Vincent Neil Emerson performs and tells stories behind a selection of songs he’s written, including “Ripplin’ and Wild,” “Learnin’ to Drown,” “The Ballad of the Choctaw-Apache,” “7 Come 11,” and “High on Gettin’ By,” during this episode of the “Live at the Hall” se...
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Vincent Neil Emerson Bonus Tracks • Live at the Hall, 2021
Vincent Neil Emerson performs his songs “Texas Moon” and “Debtor’s Blues,” along with a cover of John Hartford’s “Gentle on My Mind,” for his “Live at the Hall” episode, recorded at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum during AmericanaFest on September 25, 2021.
For his main “Live at the Ha...
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John Sebastian • Live at the Hall, 2021
John Sebastian—best known from his work with the Lovin’ Spoonful—joins the Museum to discuss his career in folk, country, pop, and rock music and to perform two Lovin’ Spoonful songs with guitarist Arlen Roth.
Sebastian was the Lovin’ Spoonful’s founder, frontman, and principal songwriter. In th...
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John Sebastian Bonus Tracks • Live at the Hall, 2021
John Sebastian—best known for his work with the Lovin’ Spoonful—is joined by guitarist Arlen Roth on “Welcome Back,” the “Billboard” Hot 100 chart-topping theme song to the 1970s television sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter,” and “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?,” the second single from the Lo...