CMA Songwriters Series Returns to Nashville with Brandy Clark, Jaren Johnston on November 4
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During CMA week, the immensely popular CMA Songwriters Series will once again return to Nashville. Performers announced so far are Brandy Clark and Jaren Johnston.
Check out the press release below for info on the writers and how to get tickets:
As part of the events and activities leading up to “The 48th Annual CMA Awards” on Wednesday, Nov. 5, the CMA Songwriters Series will return to Nashville on Tuesday, Nov. 4 (9:00 PM/CT) at the CMA Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (222 Fifth Ave. South). The CMA Songwriters Series will feature 2014 CMA Awards nominees Brandy Clark and Jaren Johnston (other songwriters to be announced soon).
Clark received two CMA nominations this year: New Artist of the Year and Song of the Year (for the Kacey Musgraves’ hit “Follow Your Arrow,” which she co-wrote with Musgraves and Shane McAnally). Her debut album 12 Stories was named the best album of 2013 in any genre by New York Magazine, New York Post, Boston Globe, and NPR’s Ann Powers, among others. Clark also wrote Miranda Lambert’s No. 1 hit “Mama’s Broken Heart” (with McAnally and Musgraves), The Band Perry’s No.1 hit “Better Dig Two” (with McAnally and Trevor Rosen) as well as songs recorded by Sheryl Crow, Craig Morgan, Reba, LeAnn Rimes, Darius Rucker, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, and more. She will embark on Eric Church’s “The Outsiders World Tour” beginning Oct. 16.
Johnston also boasts two CMA Awards nominations. He is nominated in the Single of the Year category for co-producing Dierks Bentley’s “Drunk On A Plane” as well as for Album of the Year for co-producing Bentley’s Riser. He also wrote 2014 CMA Single and Musical Event of the Year nominated song “Meanwhile Back at Mama’s,” recorded by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. Johnston also penned No. 1 songs for Urban (“You Gonna Fly”) and Jake Owen (“Beachin’”). He is a member of Big Machine Records recording group The Cadillac Three, who are currently on Owen’s “Days Of Gold Tour.”
Tickets for the Nov. 4 CMA Songwriters Series at the CMA Theater located in the Country Music Hall of Fame are on sale today and are $30 for floor and mezzanine seating and $20 for first and second tier seating. To order tickets, visit CMASongwritersSeries.com.
For nearly a decade, the CMA Songwriters Series has provided a platform for the artisans who, through their craft, pen hits that touch the lives of millions of music fans. Since it began at Joes’ Pub in New York City in 2005, the CMA Songwriters Series has presented more than 75 shows in 15 cities, including Austin, Boston, Belfast, Chicago, Dublin, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. at the renowned Library of Congress.
For more information on the CMA Songwriters Series visit CMAsongwritersseries.com.
Liv Carter
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
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