Miranda Lambert, John Prine highlighted in new Country Music Hall of Fame exhibit

2020 — a year unquestionably unlike any before it — gets a place in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. 

"American Currents: State of the Music," a recurring museum attraction capturing the prior year in country music, takes on 2020 in an exhibit featuring The Chicks, Luke Combs, Ashley McBryde, Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay, Dolly Parton, Gabby Barrett, Eric Church, Sister Sadie, Maren Morris, songwriter Casey Beathard and more.

It opens March 12 and runs through Feb. 6, 2022. 

The exhibit pays tribute to John Prine, who died of COVID-19 complications and earned a pair of posthumous Grammy nominations for his last song, "I Remember Everything." It also showcases Mickey Guyton, who earned a groundbreaking Grammy nomination for her vital single "Black Like Me." 

Along with contributions from chart-topping country singers, "American Currents" this year features bluegrass upstart Billy Strings, who creatively brought live music to his listeners during COVID-19 lockdowns. 

Rissi Palmer, a singer-songwriter and host of "Color Me Country" — an Apple Music program lifting stories of Black, Indigenous and Latinx artists in the genre — joins the exhibit, as does Eddie Stubbs, a Grand Ole Opry broadcaster who retired after 25 years. 

Artifacts in "American Currents" typically include instruments, wardrobes, awards, video footage and additional memorabilia. 

An exhibit section called "Unbroken Circle" illustrates connections between modern artists and their influences. This year, the museum tapped Jimmie Allen and Darius Rucker; Ingrid Andress and Faith Hill; Charley Crockett and Freddy Fender; and Dierks Bentley’s Hot Country Knights and the Statler Brothers’ Lester “Roadhog” Moran & the Cadillac Cowboys.

Find more information at countrymusichalloffame.org.