A quarter-century ago, T Bone Burnett and a band of ragtag roots musicians reminded the world that old-time music isn’t only for old-timers. On the soundtrack for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, these artists captured lightning in a banjo, propelling bluegrass, folk and traditional country into the mainstream spotlight and broadening the groundwork for today’s beloved catchall guitar-strummin’ genre, Americana. Featuring performances from Dan Tyminski, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss and others, the project barnstormed the Grammy Awards in 2002, winning Album of the Year. Now a handful of O Brother collaborators join a new class of Americana storytellers — including Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle and Sarah Jarosz — for a one-night celebration of the album’s 25th anniversary. In addition to Strings, Tyminski, Tuttle, Harris, Krauss and Jarosz, the lineup includes Old Crow Medicine Show, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, O Brother actor Tim Blake Nelson and the Del McCoury Band, among others.
7 p.m. at the Grand Ole Opry House
600 Opry Mills Drive
