The premiere is here: Join singer-songwriter Carly Pearce and some of her friends and collaborators in "Unbroken Circle," an original video series produced by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in support of the exhibit "American Currents: The Music of 2018."

During their distinguished careers, Country Music Hall of Fame members Boudleaux and Felice Bryant composed more than 6,000 songs, and more than 900 were recorded by artists working across genres. Among their many hits: “Bye Bye Love,” “Wake Up Little Susie,” “Country Boy,” and "Rocky Top."

Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn rocketed to stardom in the 1990s, and for two decades, they remained leaders in country music, with hits including “Neon Moon,” “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” “Hard Workin’ Man,” “My Maria” and “Red Dirt Road.”

Channeling her own galactic country spirit and influences from Dolly Parton to Daft Punk, Kacey Musgraves is riding a critical wave behind her Grammy-winning, universally acclaimed album Golden Hour.

Johnny Paycheck’s defiant streak emerged long before 1977’s “Take This Job and Shove It” made him a country superstar. In 1956, then a navy man, he was court martialed (and jailed) for slugging a superior officer. In 1966, he released a (non-hit) single titled “(Pardon Me) I’ve Got Someone to Kill.” Few of his other musical or personal turns were much more tame. So when David Allan Coe wrote the now-famous blue-collar kiss-off, Paycheck—a fellow Ohioan, and established troublemaker—had the voice to deliver it with authority and authenticity.



RIGHT: Donald Eugene Lytle, who recorded briefly as Donnie/Donny Young before changing his stage name to Johnny Paycheck in the mid-1960s

PHOTO: Elmer Williams

Keith Whitley cast a long shadow in a short 33 years, his soulful songs and haunting voice influencing both contemporaries and successors, from Country Music Hall of Fame member Garth Brooks to Blake Shelton and Dierks Bentley.

The inspirational story of Naomi and Wynonna Judd, the mother-daughter duo whose triumphs over tragedy, perseverance, and stripped-down sound made a lasting impact on country music, and continues to encourage fans today.