The Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum 2009 Official Calendar. Photo courtesy of Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum.

Nashville, Tenn., — The Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum has released its official calendar for 2009.

The 2009 calendar features 12 colorful portraits of many of country music’s most popular artists: Kenny Chesney, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban and Gretchen Wilson.

The 12″ x 12″ wall calendar also includes dozens of archival photos from the Museum’s collection, and country music facts for every day of the year. The calendar is published by Universe Publishing, retails for $13.99 and is available at the Museum and retail outlets nationwide.

Also out this fall are a pair of DVDs produced by Shout! Factory and the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum showcasing classic performances by country music legends Tammy Wynette and Marty Robbins. With unreleased footage culled from the Museum’s collection, Tammy Wynette: Legendary Performances and Marty Robbins: Legendary Performances capture these iconic artists in the prime of their careers. DVD extras include extended interviews with Wynette and Robbins, and their inductions into the Country Music Hall Fame. The DVDs retail for $14.98 each.

To bring in the holidays, the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum has partnered again with Shout! Factory to release two more volumes of Johnny Cash’s legendary Christmas specials. The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978 and 1979 are both available to purchase individually, or as part of the 4-DVD box set The Johnny Cash Christmas Specials 1976-1979. The newly released specials unearthed from the Museum’s collection haven’t been seen in over 30 years and include special guests Kris Kristofferson, Steve Martin, Rita Coolidge, Tom T. Hall, Andy Kaufman and more. The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976 and 1977 were released in 2007. Individual DVDs retail for $14.98 each, and the 4-DVD box set retails for $42.98.

The Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum Official 2009 Calendar with this cover is also available. Photo courtesy of Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum.

The 2009 calendar and other Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum merchandise may be ordered online at www.countrymusichalloffame.com, via phone at (615) 416-2001 or by sending check or money order to: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Mail Order Dept., 222 Fifth Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37203. Orders should include the following shipping and handling: $5.50 per item for U.S. delivery, $10.25 per item for Canadian delivery and $15.50 per item for overseas air delivery. Tennessee residents must include 9.25% sales tax.

Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The Museum’s mission is the preservation of the history of country and related vernacular music rooted in southern culture. With the same educational mission, the Foundation also operates CMF Records, the Museum’s Frist Library and Archive, CMF Press, historic RCA Studio B and Hatch Show Print.

More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum is available online or by calling (615) 416-2001.