Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum Hosts Rosanne Cash Interview and Performance

Museum Writer-Editor RJ Smith, Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal and manager Danny Kahn
(Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum)

This afternoon, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum hosted a sold-out interview and performance with Rosanne Cash in support of its newest exhibition, Rosanne Cash: Time Is a Mirror. Cash discussed her groundbreaking career and performed several songs with her husband and longtime collaborator, the Grammy-winning songwriter and producer John Leventhal. Museum Writer-Editor RJ Smith hosted the program in the museum’s Ford Theater.

The exhibit explores Cash’s more than 40-year journey as an artist, songwriter and storyteller, and how she has embodied both tradition and innovation across her musical career. It’s now open through March 2026 and is included with museum admission. The exhibit includes stage wear, song manuscripts, instruments, photographs and more.

Cash will return with Leventhal for a full concert in the museum’s CMA Theater on Tuesday evening, May 13. Tickets will go on sale here this Friday, Jan. 31, at 10 a.m. Central.

Cash’s interview and performance was filmed and will premiere at a later date as part of the museum’s Live at the Hall digital programs series, available to stream on the museum’s website.

Beginning in the 1970s and continuing to the present day, Cash has staked out a distinctive place in American music. Her songs have drawn on rockabilly rhythms, the truth-telling of folk-rock songwriters, West Coast country-rock energy, new wave flash and deeply rooted country music. A four-time Grammy winner, her hits include “Seven Year Ache,” “Blue Moon with Heartache,” “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me,” “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party,” “It Hasn’t Happened Yet,” “Tennessee Flat Top Box, “No Memories Hangin’ Round” and “Never Be You,” among others. Throughout her career, she has maintained an unwavering artistic spirit and vision. In 2021, Cash became the first female composer to receive the MacDowell Medal, awarded since 1960 to an artist who has made an outstanding contribution to American culture.

About the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum:
The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum collects, preserves and interprets country music and its history for the education and entertainment of diverse audiences. In exhibitions, publications, digital media and educational programs, the museum explores the cultural importance and enduring beauty of the art form. Among the most-visited history museums in the United States, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum was awarded the country’s highest honor in the arts, the National Medal of Arts, in 2024. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the 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 Country Music Foundation operates Historic RCA Studio B®, Hatch Show Print® poster shop, Haley Gallery, CMA Theater, CMF Records, the Frist Library and Archive and CMF Press. Museum programs are supported in part by Metro Arts and Tennessee Arts Commission.