NASHVILLE, TENN. - Dale Earnhardt, Jr., recently voted NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver for the fifth year in a row, and Juan Pablo Montoya, winner of the Indianapolis 500, Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix and the 2007 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year title, have joined an all-star cast of drivers, team owners and country music artists participating in next month’s third-annual Sprint Sound & Speed Presented by SunTrust, the unique, interactive fan festival at Nashville’s Sommet Center featuring Grammy-winning and multi-platinum-selling recording artist Alan Jackson and special guest Taylor Swift, with Jason Michael Carroll, and a newly announced performance by The Wrights in concert.
NASHVILLE,TENN. - Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Friday, Nov. 9) at 10 a.m. for the 2008 Sprint Sound & Speed Presented by SunTrust festival, which for the third consecutive year will bring together stars of country music and NASCAR and concludes with a concert extravaganza headlined by Grammy-winning, multi-platinum-selling recording artist Alan Jackson, with special guests Taylor Swift and Jason Michael Carroll, and other top country music performers at Nashville’s Sommet Center.
NASHVILLE, TENN. - On country music’s most prestigious night, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum welcomed the newest members of the Hall of Fame on October 28 during an emotional, music-filled Medallion Ceremony featuring family, friends, close associates and fellow Hall of Fame members. Legendary broadcast personality Ralph Emery, contemporary country kingpin Vince Gill and all-round entertainer Mel Tillis accepted their gold medallions in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Ford Theater in a three-hour celebration filled with laughter, tears, memories and warm embraces.
NEW YORK - With an exclusive audience of actors, artists, musicians and business leaders listening, cheering and socializing at a star-studded after-party, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s inaugural All for the Hall New York fundraiser at the Nokia Theatre Times Square (October 10, 2007) was deemed by all involved an overwhelming success-financially and creatively.
With a full moon riding high in the early fall night and the lighted skyline of Nashville providing a spectacular backdrop, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Hugh Prestwood and a few of his celebrated friends gathered for Bluebird on the Bridge: An Evening with Hugh Prestwood and Friends. The event was the first-ever acoustic concert on the Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge, which spans the Cumberland River.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 25, 2007- Songs, storytelling, spontaneity and humor will be on parade when a quartet of singer-songwriters take the stage for All For the Hall New York, a traditional Nashville guitar pull (with a twist) scheduled for the Nokia Theatre Times Square on October 10, 2007. The gala event, which includes a live auction, will benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum.
Nashville, TN August 27, 2007...Skyline Music, BMI and the Bluebird Café presents "Bluebird on the Bridge: An Evening with Hugh Prestwood and Friends" on Wednesday, September 26th at 6:00pm. The unplugged acoustic performance will benefit the Nashville Songwriters Association Intl. and the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum.
Please mark your calendars for our next Circle Society and Friends event taking place on Saturday, August 4, 2007, celebrating the opening of the exhibit Marty Robbins: Among My Souvenirs. Look for your invitation soon!
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 15, 2007 - As part of an event series for Friends of the Museum and Circle Society, members were treated to a presentation at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum by Thomas Hart Benton expert Henry Adams, who explored Benton's last painting, The Sources of Country Music. Guests enjoyed a cocktail reception preceding the program.
LEBANON, TENN (August 23, 2006) – Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (“Cracker Barrel”) is taking a significant step in the music business by announcing an exclusive Songs of the Year CD and a special concert with one lucky person winning an all-expense paid trip for two to see the show. The Songs of the Year CD will be released October 3rd followed by a November 5th concert at the Schermerhorn Symphony Hall in Nashville.
Vince Gill and Lon Helton have issued the All for the Hall Radio Challenge – asking country radio to help raise $500,000 from its listeners to help preserve and protect the legacy of the music we all love.
Ray Price sits for historic interview at Country Music Hall of Fame ® and Museum during opening festivities of a new exhibit, For the Good Times: The Ray Price Story.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 18, 2006 - Guy Clark, who has used everyday language to construct extraordinary songs for more than 35 years, will bring his Martin guitar, some familiar works and newly recorded songs, his friends and his often self-deprecating humor to his post-of-honor as the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s 2006 artist-in-residence or three Wednesday evenings in September.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 9, 2006 - Award-winning Warner Bros. duo Big & Rich donated their signature guitars and a copy of their new The 8th of November: A True Story of Pain and Honor documentary to the Country Music Hall of Fame ® and Museum’s permanent collection on Thursday, June 8, 2006. The duo presented a three-song acoustic set, including a performance of their new single “8th of November” prior to receiving certificates of appreciation as mementoes of the occasion. Both Niles Harris, the subject of the documentary and single, and artist John Anderson were on-hand for the event which concluded with a screening of the documentary, which was shot on location in Vietnam.
At a recent press conference spotlighting Great American Country’s move from its Denver-based offices to its new Nashville headquarters, GAC President Ed Hardy presented a $25,000 donation to the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum.