Courtesy Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Just over two hours from Nashville, the north Alabama town of Muscle Shoals and its nearby communities became an unlikely but ultra-rich musical wellspring in the 1960s. And seems to have made history in every decade since, right up to today. A new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and a huge new book offer fans of American music two ways into this dynamic and soulful story.
ON DEMAND
VIDEO
Watch Taylor Rae perform "Not Mine" and "The Airport Song" from her record The Void live at the 2025 AmericanaFest Day Stage.
Listen live and stream your favorite WMOT shows on the go with our mobile app.
NPR TOP STORIES
-
"This is very valuable to us, and we will pay," Savannah Guthrie said in a new video message, seeking to communicate with people who say they're holding her mother. -
Their lawyers fear the notices are merely the first step toward the removal without due process of Somali asylum applicants in the country. -
U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move was banned from competition for decades until 2024. -
Rachel Weaver worked for the Forest Service in Alaska where she scaled towering trees to study nature. But in 2006, she woke up and felt like she was being spun in a hurricane. Her memoir is Dizzy.
Sign up for our weekly newsletter, featuring music news, contests and our concert calendar.
WMOT's video archive is now on YouTube. Click here to subscribe.
Click here to view the latest ticket giveaways.