This show requires a good bit of background info, but we’ll try to keep it tight: Beginning in 2009, live broadcast program Music City Roots was something akin to a Grand Ole Opry for roots music and Americana artists. After moving the show to a series of bigger homes to accommodate a growing in-person audience, organizers announced in late 2017 their plan to settle into a permanent home by the end of the following year. However, a succession of partnerships ultimately didn’t come to fruition, and the show has since remained dormant. The night before Thanksgiving, Harken Hall — the Madison venue that in a previous iteration was going to be the show’s own The Roots Barn — hosts a special reunion event to reintroduce the program. Veteran singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale hosts alongside Barclay Randall (seasoned writer and host, as well as a beloved educator) and “Ranger Doug” Green (of Riders in the Sky and The Time Jumpers). And they’ve got one heck of a guest lineup, including Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, Darrell Scott, Rob Ickes and The McCrary Sisters.
7 p.m. at Harken Hall
514 Madison Station Blvd., Madison
