Grammy-winning artist Trisha Yearwood will lead a concert at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s CMA Theater on Tuesday evening, July 22, celebrating the music of Linda Ronstadt and the Los Angeles country-rock scene of the 1960s through ‘80s. The concert, titled Trisha Yearwood and Friends Celebrate Linda Ronstadt and Los Angeles Country-Rock, will feature Yearwood and special guest performances by Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Patti Scialfa and James Taylor.

The event, which is co-produced by Yearwood and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, will benefit the nonprofit museum’s educational mission of preserving and interpreting the evolving history of country music.
Tickets will go on sale this Friday, May 16, at 10 a.m. Central here.

The concert is hosted in connection with the museum’s major exhibition Western Edge: The Roots and Reverberations of Los Angeles Country-Rock, presented by City National Bank. The exhibit, which will conclude its nearly three-year run on Sept. 1, traces the L.A.-based communities of visionary singers, songwriters and musicians who frequented local nightclubs, embraced country music, created and shaped the musical fusion “country-rock” and, ultimately, made a lasting impact on popular music.

The concert will feature Ronstadt’s music, among other country-rock classics, and highlight the connections between Grammy-winning artist and songwriter Crowell, Country Music Hall of Fame member Harris and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Taylor, who each contributed to this musical movement. Scialfa, a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the E Street Band, will also lend her voice and talents to the evening.

For Yearwood, Ronstadt and Los Angeles country-rock were significant influences on her career.

“Linda Ronstadt is a big reason I wanted to be a singer,” said Yearwood. “I was 10 years old when I discovered her music, and her big voice drew me in. She combined the country music that my parents listened to…like Tammy Wynette and Patsy Cline…but it had an edge to it that I loved. Through Ronstadt, I discovered Emmylou Harris, the Eagles, Jackson Browne, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons and many more. I’m honored to be a part of celebrating Linda and this incredible era of music that is such an important part of the history of country music.”

The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum collects, preserves and interprets country music and its history for the education and entertainment of diverse audiences. In exhibitions, publications, digital media and educational programs, the museum explores the cultural importance and enduring beauty of the art form. Among the most-visited history museums in the United States, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum was awarded the country’s highest honor in the arts, the National Medal of Arts, in 2024. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The Country Music Foundation operates Historic RCA Studio B®, Hatch Show Print® poster shop, Haley Gallery, CMA Theater, CMF Records, the Frist Library and Archive and CMF Press. Museum programs are supported in part by Metro Arts and Tennessee Arts Commission.

More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is available at www.countrymusichalloffame.org or by calling (615) 416-2001.