NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sept. 4, 2024 –The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will feature songwriter Hillary Lindsey in the next installment of its in-depth interview series Poets and Prophets. The series features songwriters who have made significant contributions to country music. The program will take place on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 2:30 p.m. in the museum’s Ford Theater and is included with museum admission.
Lindsey grew up in Washington, Georgia, and arrived in Nashville in 1994 after enrolling at Belmont University. She signed her first song-publishing deal as a college senior and earned her first #1 song in 2002 with Martina McBride’s “Blessed.” In 2007, she won her first of three Grammys for “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” which is one of more than four dozen of Lindsey’s compositions recorded by Carrie Underwood. Lindsey’s songs have been recorded by Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Michelle Branch, Florida Georgia Line, Hardy, Parker McCollum, Tim McGraw, Kacey Musgraves, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban, among others. She wrote songs performed on the television drama “Nashville” and in the 2018 film “A Star Is Born” starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. Lindsey also worked with Lady Gaga on the pop star’s 2016 album, Joanne, writing four songs and singing background vocals.
Lindsey often writes with fellow songwriters Lori McKenna and Liz Rose as the Love Junkies. In 2020, she founded her own song-publishing company, Hang Your Hat Music, in partnership with Concord Music Publishing. She is a 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, a 2022 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, a two-time Academy of Country Music Songwriter of the Year award winner (2020, 2021) and a Country Music Association Song of the Year award winner (“Girl Crush,” 2015).
The interview will be moderated by museum writer-editor Angela Stefano Zimmer and will be accompanied by vintage photos, film and recordings. Following the program, Lindsey will sign commemorative Hatch Show Print posters.
The program is included with museum admission and free to museum members. Seating is limited, and a program ticket is required for admittance.
A full list of previous Poets and Prophets honorees and video of past interviews are available on the museum’s website.
About 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. 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 museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, and is among the most-visited history museums in the U.S. The Country Music Foundation operates Historic RCA Studio B®, Hatch Show Print® poster shop, Haley Gallery, CMF Records, the Frist Library and Archive and CMF Press. Museum programs are supported in part by Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission and Tennessee Arts Commission.
More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is available at www.countrymusichalloffame.org or by calling (615) 416-2001.
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