News

On Dec. 8, 1991, Roy Acuff became the first country artist to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Kennedy Center Honors.
For the first time ever, the doors to the home built for Roy Acuff will open to showcase a limited-time exhibit.
Roy Acuff, the singer and fiddler who was known to millions of Grand Ole Opry listeners as the ”King of Country Music,” died Monday at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. He was 89. He died … ...
The band Mostly Other People Do The Killing is known for humorous, virtuosic music which explodes jazz conventions — and cover art to match. Label owner and bassist Moppa Elliott explains his ...
Acuff was one of the pioneers in country and bluegrass music. His daughter will attend the tribute.
Update: Anti album cover artist Roy Nachum and inlay designer Chloe Mitchel have inscribed seven poems into the LP artwork in Braille. They will accompany an equal number of oil paintings by ...
Happy birthday to the King of Country Music! East Tennessee native Roy Acuff was born Sept. 15, 1903 in Maynardville. He died in 1992 in Nashville.
Roy Acuff, a man equally skilled in music and finance, was the exception who proved the rule. Over the course of this project, the words “Acuff-Rose,” the name of the famed publishing company ...
In 1942, Roy Acuff set up Acuff-Rose Music in partnership with Nashville-based songwriter and talent scout Fred Rose. The new publishing company was dedicated to treating songwriters decently. They ...
A new photo exhibit showcasing the work of Opry photographer Les Leverett will be staged in Roy Acuff's former home.
See why Rihanna commissioned six sculpted braille paintings by artist Roy Nachum for her upcoming eighth studio album, Anti.
Rihanna officially announced her long-awaited eighth studio album at a Los Angeles art gallery on Wednesday night, with artwork designed by the Jerusalem-born designer Roy Nachum. Here’s what we ...