Name: The Art of the Storyteller Hosted by Brandy Clark with Special Guest Shane McAnally
Start: 2025-09-11T10:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-11T11:45:00-05:00
Location: 222 Rep John Lewis Way S, Nashville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37203

Music and Conversation: The Art of the Storyteller Hosted by Brandy Clark with Special Guest Shane McAnally
Grammy- and Country Music Association Awards-winning and Tony-nominated musician Brandy Clark will sit down with her close friend, fellow songwriter, and frequent collaborator Shane McAnally to share the stories behind their craft, weaving personal anecdotes with acoustic performances. Clark is known and respected as one of her generation’s most esteemed songwriters and artists. In 2024, she won Best Americana Performance at the Grammys for her song “Dear Insecurity,” featuring Brandi Carlile. Clark has also written songs such as “A Beautiful Noise,” recorded by Carlile and Alicia Keys; Kacey Musgraves’s “Follow Your Arrow”; and Miranda Lambert’s “Mama’s Broken Heart.” McAnally has written and/or produced dozens of hit songs for artists including Kenny Chesney, Sam Hunt, Kacey Musgraves, and Blake Shelton. He has won three Grammys and two Academy of Country Music Songwriter of the Year awards. Together, Clark and McAnally composed the music for the hit musical Shucked, which won Outstanding Music at the 67th Drama Desk Awards.
Ford Theater. Program ticket required. Included with Museum admission. Free to Museum members. Members reserve tickets starting at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 28. Non-members must purchase Museum admission.
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