9 January 2020

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville had a hugely successful 2019, with 1,297,443 guests walking through the door in that time period. 2019 marked the fifth year running where the establishment welcomed over a million visitors and out of the almost 1.3 million, 114,400 visitors engaged in over 1600 educational programmes. The last 12 months saw the organisation – among other things – open exhibitions on Keith Whitley, Kacey Musgraves, Brooks & Dunn and Boudleaux and Felice Bryant. Speaking about the success over the last 12 months, Kyle Young – CEO – explained that being part of the Nashville community for half a century has played a key part in their success, but by being able to move downtown, the rewards have continued to grow. “We’ve been around and part of Nashville’s community for over 50 years,” said Young.  “We rolled the dice and came downtown in 2001. Then, we expanded in 2014. “These moves allowed us to double our space, grow our staff and broaden our offerings to tell the ever-evolving country music story. I’m proud to share that our attendance numbers continue to grow and that in 2019, we welcomed a record number of visitors.” The Country Music Hall of Fame can be found on 222 5th Ave S, Nashville

Una Healy gave her fans a Boxing Day surprise when she shared her second piece of new music in the space of a month in the form of Wild Grasses. You can watch the video below. [wpdevart_youtube]gKDIAALQu5k[/wpdevart_youtube] At the start of December, Healy released her cover of Set You Free by N-Trance and had promised to release an original song as well, which we now have with Wild Grasses. Speaking about the song, Healy explained that by working with Eric Bazillian in a writing capacity opened up a whole new channel for the track, which seemed to fall into place incredibly quickly. “I had a melody in my head for weeks and met with Eric and started humming it and the first words just came out and it flowed from there,” Healy said. “It has a real Celtic folk sound to it too. It is a very comforting song for anyone who has lost someone close to know that their spirit will always be there with them.” Healy spent the majority of 2019 writing new material and recording bits and pieces, with the plan of making 2020 a memorable year, though as of yet, there are no definitive dates as to when she will be sharing new material. In addition to creating music, Una Healy is also a presenter on Country Hits Radio.