Nashville Songwriters in the Round
August 20, 2022
Songwriters in the Round features artists who have penned classics for some of the top names in music. After savoring dinner from Chuy's, while listening to live music, join the songwriters around their stage as they share their songs and the stories behind them. In the spirit of Nashville and the Bluebird Café enjoy a magical evening with rare acoustic performances with the people who create the music you know and love. A night you will not forget! For sponsorship opportunities contact Shawn at 865-988-4711 or development@rideatstar.org
Check back this summer for ticket announcements
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Meet the writers 2021

Raised in the Appalachian foothills of the Carolinas, Phillip Lammonds was immersed in music. As a boy, he listened to his father sing gospel songs on his grandfather’s Sunday morning radio show and spent hours stretched out alongside the upright piano while his aunts practiced for the Pentecostal service. Not that he just plays guitar. Lammonds is a musical virtuoso of sorts, equally gifted at playing mandolin and other stringed instruments.
He signed a publishing deal with Curb Records in Nashville and has written songs with or for artists like Darius Rucker, Lee Brice, Edwin McCain, Blake Shelton, Craig Morgan, Josh Turner and Hootie and the Blowfish, among others.
He signed a publishing deal with Curb Records in Nashville and has written songs with or for artists like Darius Rucker, Lee Brice, Edwin McCain, Blake Shelton, Craig Morgan, Josh Turner and Hootie and the Blowfish, among others.
Matt Warren was born in Nashville and began his music career in 1996 with his band, 40 East. Matt is the recipient of 2 ASCAP Awards for most spins in a year (2009, 2013). In 2013, he co-wrote the ASCAP award-winning #1 hit and biggest selling Gary Allan single ever, “Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)." He continues on the music scene, writing and performing. |
Makayla Lynn. Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as a new artist you need to know, Canadian born Makayla Lynn is a fresh new face in Nashville working hard to make a name for herself on both sides of the border.
Winner of the East Coast Music Award for Country Album of the Year after spending a little time at #1 on CMT’s 12 pack countdown, Makayla’s sound is often described as neither traditional nor mainstream, but instead a sweet spot right in the middle. https://www.makaylalynn.com/ |
Kelsey Hart. Born and raised in western Kentucky, Kelsey was never far away from the influence of the Nashville country music community. At 19, he landed his first gig as the lead singer of a local country band where he began cultivating his own unique sound and passion for the craft of country music songwriting. Following his move to music city, Kelsey found his first co-writing success in November 2017 with "As Long As You're In It," recorded by Jake Owen for his Greatest Hits collection. As one of the newest members of the Curb|Word songwriting family, Kelsey has quickly established himself as a soughtafter co-writer, vocalist and artist on the rise.
https://www.facebook.com/kelseyhartmusic/?ref=page_internal |
Dinner Entertainer
Mollie Kuhlers is an acoustic guitarist and full time college student who lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She has been playing guitar for fourteen years and has been a guitar instructor for the past four years at a local music studio. She has also become involved with Borderless Arts, a non profit organization in Middle Tennessee that provides art and music classes to special needs young adults. In her own playing, Mollie focuses on solo instrumental pieces. Playing fingerstyle guitar, she uses influences from country, jazz, and everything in between. |
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