Family, friends, collaborators, and admirers share stories and performances centering around Country Music Hall of Fame member Waylon Jennings in this “Live at the Hall” video compilation. Included: Jennings’s wife and fellow singer-songwriter Jessi Colter, his bandleader Richie Albright, produce...

For the “Live at the Hall” series, Rissi Palmer—a singer, songwriter, and host of Apple Music’s “Color Me Country”—talks about her life and career and performs “Summerville” and “Country Girl,” backed by Charles Newkirk on guitar.

Palmer debuted on the record charts with the single “Country Girl...

Four-time Grammy winner Lyle Lovett sits down with Elizabeth Cook to discuss his new album, 12th of June, his first album in ten years. Lovett explains how growing up in Houston, Texas, and fatherhood affect his music, and performs songs including “Pants Is Overrated,” “12th of June,” and “Pig Me...

Singer-songwriter Rissi Palmer and accompanist Charles Newkirk perform songs from Palmer's deeply personal 2019 album, “Revival”: “Seeds,” written after the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and “You Were Here,” written after Palmer suffered a miscarriage. Part of the Museum’s “Live ...

Martina McBride discusses her life and career in-depth as part of the opening weekend of her Museum exhibition, "Martina McBride: The Power of Her Voice," and closes with a full-band performance of four of her biggest hits. The Museum’s Michael McCall conducts the interview, taped live on August ...

Singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cook talks about her “hardcore honky-tonk” family background, singing onstage and recording as a precocious child performer in rural Florida, and the twists and turns in her career in this interview and performance, taped July 29, 2021 as part of the Museum's "Live at ...

Singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cook sings “Stanley By God Terry” and “Two Chords and a Lie,” both from her 2020 album “Aftermath,” at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on July 29, 2021, as Bonus Tracks for the Museum’s “Live at the Hall” series.

For her main “Live at the Hall” program, Cook...

During this “Live at the Hall” episode, filmed July 2, 2021, Sam Williams discusses the misperceptions that come with being a member of one of country music’s most famous families, and how he overcame his hesitancy to become a musician once he discovered the therapeutic qualities of songwriting. ...

In the Museum’s CMA Theater, singer-songwriter and recording artist Sam Williams performs the deeply personal song “The World: Alone,” included on his 2021 album “Glasshouse Children,” and “Long Gone Lonesome Blues,” a 1950 hit for his grandfather, Country Music Hall of Fame member Hank Williams....

Fiddle players Bronwyn Keith-Hynes and Jason Carter perform songs including “A Good Woman’s Love,” “Angel Island,” “Bonaparte’s Retreat,” and “Opus 12,” and tell stories about their careers as musicians. Part of the Museum’s “Live at the Hall” series, this live performance was recorded on August ...

In this “Live at the Hall” episode, Jenee Fleenor—a two-time Country Music Association Award-winning instrumentalist of the year, and the first woman to ever win that prize from the CMA—performs live and talks about her journey from a precocious child in Springdale, Arkansas, to becoming one of N...

Fiddle players Bronwyn Keith-Hynes and Jason Carter perform a rendition of Butthole Surfers’ 1996 hit, “Pepper.” Part of the Museum’s “Live at the Hall” series, this live performance was recorded on August 28, 2022.
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes co-founded the progressive bluegrass band Mile Twelve. She r...

Songwriter Ronnie Bowman answers questions from the audience, 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.
During the show, Bowman discusses his inspiration for becoming ...

Jenee Fleenor performs the traditional American folk song “In the Pines,” popularized by “Father of Bluegrass” Bill Monroe, and the Buck Owens song “I Don’t Care (Just as Long as You Love Me),” as part of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s “Live at the Hall” performance and interview ser...

Amythyst Kiah discusses her career trajectory as she evolved from traditional acoustic music performer to contemporary Americana artist, and performs three songs—“Wild Turkey,” “Black Myself,” and “Hangover Blues”—from her acclaimed 2021 album, "Wary + Strange." Part of the Museum's "Live at the ...

Amythyst Kiah performs “Firewater” live at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on June 26, 2021, as part of the “Live at the Hall” performance and interview series. The song appears on Kiah's 2021 album “Wary + Strange.”

For her main “Live at the Hall” program, Amythyst Kiah joins the Muse...

David Grier—a world-class flatpicking guitarist who has impressed some of the giants of American music—talks about his guitar playing, musicians who have influenced him, and more, during a 2021 conversation with the Museum’s Peter Cooper. Grier’s episode of the “Live at the Hall” series also incl...

Recording artist and songwriter Elvie Shane performs “Sundress,” from his 2021 debut album “Backslider,” and one of his favorite gospel songs, “I’m Bound for that City,” as bonus tracks for his “Live at the Hall” episode. He also opens up about his faith and how it plays a role in his music and l...

For this 2021 episode of the Museum's "Live at the Hall," singer-songwriter Shannon McNally and pedal steel guitarist Fred Newell perform three songs together and discuss their individual careers and their collaborations on McNally’s 2021 album, “The Waylon Sessions.” They open the program with a...

Singer-songwriter Shannon McNally and steel guitar player Fred Newell perform their rendition of “You Asked Me To”—written by Billy Joe Shaver and Waylon Jennings, and released on Jennings's 1973 album “Honky Tonk Heroes”—as part of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s “Live at the Hall” s...

Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Steve Miller joins the Museum for a 2021 interview, as part of the "Live at the Hall" series, and explores a Music City connection: He recorded in Nashville in 1970, and discusses that period in his career with the Museum’s Michael Gray.

Miller—famous for his ma...

Singer and guitarist Val Storey has performed hundreds of times on the stage of Nashville’s Station Inn, the best-known bluegrass music club in the world. In this program, Storey performs two songs at the Station Inn: “Those Memories of You,” written by the Nashville Bluegrass Band’s Alan O’Bryan...

Lauren Alaina discusses her ten-year anniversary as a country hitmaker while displaying the powerful, wide-ranging voice that led to her becoming a favorite duet partner for other country artists. Appearing with her guitarist, Tico Hernandez, Alaina presents a solo version of “Getting Over Him,” ...

Lauren Alaina, along with guitarist Tico Hernandez, performs a selection of live songs as “Bonus Tracks” for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s “Live at the Hall” series.

Here, Alaina shares stripped-down versions of her chart-topping collaborations “One Beer,” recorded with Hardy and D...