The Ryman Auditorium, deemed the "Mother Church of Country Music," has a long and ... the birth of bluegrass within its walls with a music-history-making performance from Earl Scruggs in '45.
Sitting in the heart of downtown Nashville – kitty-corner from Bridgestone Arena – the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opens every day at 9 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m.
October 4, 2024 • NPR Music's Lars Gotrich and Sheldon Pearce round up the most exciting albums out this Friday, and reflect on the history of instrumental music as protest.