Musician Spotlight: The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys

The Read

The Po' Ramblin' Boys came up through the East Tennessee bluegrass circuit and have kept their approach deliberately old-fashioned: acoustic instruments, tight harmony, songs delivered without ornament. In a genre that keeps trying to modernize itself, a band content to play it as written is more interesting than it sounds. The Hall of Fame's Musician Spotlight series pairs performance with conversation — how the parts fit, where the songs came from, what the band is actually listening for on stage. One o'clock on a Sunday in the Ford Theater, included with museum admission. The rare Nashville music event that works for a family, a visitor, and a picker who wants to steal something.

The Room

Country Music Hall of Fame

222 Rep. John Lewis Way S

A museum complex whose performance spaces put 150 years of American music history in the room with whoever's playing tonight.