Nashville, Tenn. — Three artists who started their careers after the dawn of television and went on to achieve great success in that medium were welcomed into the Country Music Hall of Fame during a three-hour ceremony on May 17.

Designed to celebrate the honorees, their extended families and important colleagues, the intimate evening was filled with emotion, humor, storytelling and the music that made them famous—the same elements that made their TV shows and their careers so successful.

Considered country music’s most prestigious night, the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum’s Medallion Ceremony represented the official induction of multi-media stars Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell and Charlie McCoy…

Nashville, Tenn. — The Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum’s successful quarterly program series Nashville Cats: A Celebration of Music City Session Players returns on Saturday, February 21, with a salute to legendary drummer Jerry Carrigan. The 1:30 p.m. program, which will be held in the Museum’s Ford Theater, is included with Museum admission and is free to Museum members….

Nashville, Tenn. — After more than a year of lengthy negotiations with Robert Waldschmidt, the Trustee for the Robert W. McLean Bankruptcy Estate, the Country Music Foundation, the not-for-profit 501(c)(3)educational organization that operates the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum, has reached a $750,000 settlement with the McLean estate.

Nashville, Tenn., — Country Music Hall of Famer Vince Gill will bring his guitars, his songs, his voice and, most likely, many of his favorite collaborators when he takes the Ford Theater stage as the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s 2009 Artist-in-Residence. The Tuesday evening performances are slated for February 3, 17 and 24, 2009.

Nashville, Tenn. — Lycrecia Williams Hoover, the daughter of Audrey Williams and half-sister of Hank Williams Jr., will visit the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum on Saturday, December 13, for an intimate interview in the Museum’s Ford Theater. The program, which is presented in conjunction with the Museum’s exhibition Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy, Co-Presented by SunTrust and Ford Motor Company, will begin at 1:30 p.m.

Hosted by Family Tradition co-curator Michael McCall, the program will include audiovisuals from the Museum’s Frist Library and Archive and from the Williams family.