Country superstar Brad Paisley and Americana powerhouse Emmylou Harris will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame this year.

SAN ANTONIO – For decades, country music’s Steve Wariner has been playing to sellout crowds across the nation. But in early March, all that changed when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, making those crowds a thing of the past. He said that it will likely be one of his first stops when the pandemic ends. He said, “You look on the front row and there’s young girls and they’re all singing along.”When he is not working on writing new music in his Nashville studio, Wariner is busy in another studio, trading a guitar for a paint brush. “And I’ve been trying some things and studying some artists.”Whether painting or picking, in spite of the pandemic, Wariner is upbeat.