Tristan Clarridge of Redding, Calif., was crowned the Grand Master Fiddler for 2008 earlier this month during the Grand Master Fiddler Championship, which is part of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Fan Fest in Nashville, Tenn.

Country music superstar Randy Travis will visit the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s Ford Theater on Friday, November 7, for a rare public interview. Travis, whose powerful yet understated baritone and hard-country aesthetic changed the course of country music in the mid-1980s and ushered in the New Traditionalist era, will talk about his career and his new CD, Around the Bend, with Museum Editor Michael Gray. The program, which will begin at 1:00 p.m., is included with Museum admission and is free for Museum members.