Nine-time GRAMMY Award-winning, multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow is the first artist featured in the new Public Television series The Art of Music premiering this month. Presented by United MileagePlus® Cards from Chase and filmed in front of a live audience earlier this year at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Crow is interviewed by her friend and fellow GRAMMY Award-winning artist Jason Isbell.
As part of this unique series, Isbell led a conversation with Crow about her musical journey, sharing insights into their creative processes. The discussion intertwined some of Crow’s iconic songs which the duo performed together, delivering a singular musical experience.
The Art of Music was created to give viewers a rare look inside the artists’ lives and their creative practice. In this debut episode, Crow shares stories about her songs and significant moments in her career. Fans will also see performances of fan favorite tracks accompanied by Isbell including “Everyday Is A Winding Road,” “Redemption Day,” “My Favorite Mistake,” “Strong Enough” and “If It Makes You Happy” as well as “Evolution” the title track of her recent 11th studio album, Evolution.
“Art is what sustains us through all of our history. It is what documents who we are at any given moment,” shares Crow. “For me, art is the great hope.”
“The Met’s musical instrument collection celebrates music from across time and across culture, and we like to think of instruments as art used to create art,” said Jayson Dobney, the Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge of the Department of Musical Instruments at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Among its treasures is the world's oldest piano from Florence, crafted in 1720, alongside exquisite violins by Antonio Stradivari and the Amati family. We also house magnificent drums from Africa and ancient Chinese instruments, as well as a significant collection of iconic American guitars. It was a thrill to welcome Sheryl Crow and Jason Isbell, both extraordinary musicians, to view the collection before the performance.”
The debut episode of The Art of Music will air on public television stations nationwide beginning this month on stations representing close to 90% USTVHH, with airdates through the fall (check local listings). Fans may also watch on The Art of Music website or stream on the PBS app. Additional summer broadcasts include airings in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, August 2 at 10 pm local time. The national public television World Channel will air the episode on Saturday, August 17 at 7pm ET; Monday, August 19 at 4am ET; and Wednesday, August 21 at 5am ET and 11am ET (adjust according to local time zone).
Visit worldchannel.org/schedule/ to find your local World Channel station. The program will air in the fall on the All Arts Channel in the New York metro area and on the All Arts app.
This collaboration between Sheryl Crow and Jason Isbell presented by United MileagePlus® Cards from Chase was an unforgettable occasion for Chase United Cardmembers who were invited to attend the intimate live taping. The United Family of Cards from Chase provide Cardmembers with access to exclusive events and experiences in addition to many reward and travel benefits with United Airlines. Underwriters for The Art of Music are The Mark Hotel and Kistler Vineyards.
Additional artists to be announced for the series soon. For more information, visit www.aomtheshow.com.
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About Sheryl Crow
Songwriter. Activist. Rock star. Woman. Champion. Mother. Nine-time Grammy winner Sheryl Crow is many things, but at the core, she remains a creative spirit channeling her talents into music that lifts people up, brings them together, and speaks to the truths on the horizon. Crow’s is a career beyond dreams, with songs that defined the third wave of feminism, a rockist’s ability to sweep the pop charts without losing any edge and enough wide-open Midwestern joy to captivate the world. Her first nine studio albums have sold 35 million copies worldwide; seven charted in the Top 10, and five were certified for multi-platinum sales. 2023 saw another milestone accolade for Crow, as she has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Sheryl Crow's 11th studio album Evolution is available now.
About The Art of Music
The Art of Music invites audiences inside some of the most prestigious museums and cultural institutions in the world for intimate conversations and performances by today’s most iconic storytellers, taped and aired for public television.
The series is created and executive produced by iMaggination’s Don Maggi.
About LCM247
LCM247 is an award-winning television and film production company founded by Patrick Heaphy. LCM247 develops and produces documentaries with a specialization in multi camera concert productions with full multi track record, mix and delivery of programs to broadcast, streaming and theatrical. For more information visit lcm247.com.
About The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online. Since its founding in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum's galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures.
The Met’s collection of Musical Instruments—which demonstrates the technical and social importance of instruments as well as presents their visual and tonal beauty as art objects themselves—includes approximately 5,000 examples from 300 B.C. to the present, representing six continents and the Pacific Islands. The Department of Musical Instruments currently has an outstanding collection of European guitars from the 17th-19th centuries and includes a famed collection of American guitars.
About Chase
Chase is the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a leading financial services firm based in the United States with assets of $4.1 trillion and operations worldwide. Chase serves more than 82 million consumers and 6.4 million small businesses, with a broad range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. Customers can choose how and where they want to bank: More than 4,800 branches in 48 states and the District of Columbia, more than 15,000 ATMs, mobile, online and by phone. For more information, go to chase.com.