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Songs at the Center

Website: http://www.songsatthecenter.tv/
Next Airing: Fri, May 3rd, 2024 at 12:00 AM on UEN-TV

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SONGS AT THE CENTER is a new national music series featuring accomplished singer-songwriters performing "in the round" before a live audience. The weekly, half-hour program showcases three-to-four artists per episode, and includes interviews and short features. Songs at the Center is hosted and co-created by Eric Gnezda, an award-winning songwriter and Emmy-nominated TV journalist, who conceived the program based upon his decades of performing in venues across America, from concert and convention halls, to Nashville's iconic Bluebird Cafe.

Episodes:

  • Part Two: Becky Buller, Tim Easton, The Dinallos

    Ten-time International Bluegrass Music Association award-winner, Becky Buller, with Tim Easton, The Dinallos, and hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda. From the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio, Van Wert, OH.

    Next Airing: Fri, May 3rd, 2024 at 12:00 AM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:26:45
    Usage rights: 7/18/2022 to 7/17/2025
  • 100th Episode, Featuring Jeff Daniels

    Two-Time Emmy Award-winning actor (and songwriter) Jeff Daniels performs on Songs at the Center's one-hundredth episode, hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda.

    Next Airing: Fri, May 10th, 2024 at 12:00 AM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:26:46
    Usage rights: 7/25/2022 to 7/24/2025
  • Part Two: Marti Jones, Don Dixon, The Shootouts, Austin Walkin' Cane & Chris

    Marti Jones, former A&M Records, RCA Records, Sugar Hill Records artist, Don Dixon, songwriter and producer, The Shootouts, and Memphis Blues Challenge Winner, Austin Walkin' Cane, with Chris Allen, and hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda. From the Canton Palace Theatre, Canton, OH.

    Next Airing: Fri, May 17th, 2024 at 12:00 AM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:26:45
    Usage rights: 8/1/2022 to 7/31/2025
  • Part Two: Beth Nielsen Chapman, The Accidentals, Maia Sharp, Kim Richey

    Grammy Nominee Beth Nielson Chapman, Sav Buist and Katie Larson of the Accidentals, Maia Sharp, Kim Richey, and hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda. From the Holland Theatre, Bellefontaine, OH.

    Next Airing: Fri, May 24th, 2024 at 12:00 AM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:26:46
    Usage rights: 8/8/2022 to 8/7/2025
  • Tom Douglas

    Grammy Award-winning songwriter, Tom Douglas, performs on this "Master Series" episode. Douglas' song, "The House That Built Me," won a Grammy for Country Song of the Year, CMA Song of the Year, ACM's Song of the Year...and earned the Academy of Country Music's first ever Song of the Decade award. From the McConnell Arts Center, Worthington, OH.

    Next Airing: Fri, May 31st, 2024 at 12:00 AM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:26:47
    Usage rights: 8/15/2022 to 8/14/2025
  • Encore Episode

    Songs at the Center's season-ending show features the season's most compelling artists doing great, original material that has not yet been broadcast, hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezd.

    Next Airing: Fri, Jun 7th, 2024 at 12:00 AM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:26:46
    Usage rights: 8/22/2022 to 8/21/2025
  • 10th Anniversary Celebration, Part 1

    This is the first of two shows in Songs at the Center's tenth season with mega-hit songwriters. This one highlights Beth Nielsen Chapman ("This Kiss"), John Oates ("Maneater"), Janis Ian ("At Seventeen"), Ray Stevens ("The Streak"), and Marc Cohn ("Walking In Memphis"). Hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda.

    Next Airing: Fri, Jun 14th, 2024 at 12:00 AM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 5/27/2024 to 5/26/2027
  • 10th Anniversary Celebration, Part 2

    This is the second show in Songs at the Center's tenth season that features mega-hit songwriters. Don Schlitz ("The Gambler"), joins Molly Tuttle ("The Light Came In"), Tom Douglas ("The House that Built Me"), Suzy Bogguss ("Letting Go"), Tony Arata ("The Dance"). Hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda.

    Next Airing: Fri, Jun 21st, 2024 at 12:00 AM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 6/3/2024 to 6/2/2027
  • Three Grammy Winners: Tom Paxton, Don Henry and Jon Vezner, Part 1

    Three Grammy Award winners on one show! Tom Paxton, the Lifetime Grammy Achievement Award winner wrote the classic American folk tune, "The Last Thing on My Mind." Tom Paxton is a songwriting legend... and a national treasure. Then, on the same Songs at the Center stage are Don Henry and Jon Vezner, the two Grammy Award winners who wrote "Where've You Been?" which was highlighted on Ken Burns' documentary Country Music. Hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda.

    Next Airing: Fri, Jun 28th, 2024 at 12:00 AM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 6/10/2024 to 6/9/2027
  • Hannah Aldridge, Julie Williams, Melody Walker, Part 1

    Hannah Aldridge, a classically trained pianist turned internationally touring songwriter, joins Julie Williams, chosen as a CMT Next Women of Country Class of 2023, and Melody Walker, who emerged from that pandemic by co-writing four songs on the Grammy-winning album, Crooked Tree, by Molly Tuttle. Hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda.

    Next Airing: Fri, Jul 5th, 2024 at 12:00 AM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 6/17/2024 to 6/16/2027
  • Ava Preston, Delyn Christian, Jd Eicher, Part 1

    Ava Preston, who performed at the 2023 Monterey Jazz Festival, joins Americana songwriter, Delyn Christian, and JD Eicher, a nationally touring troubadour. Hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda.

    Next Airing: Fri, Jul 12th, 2024 at 12:00 AM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 6/24/2024 to 6/23/2027
  • Mary Gauthier, a Master Series Episode, at Nat'l Veterans Museum and Memorial

    Mary Gauthier, the Grammy nominee brings her healing songs to an audience of veterans at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum. During the taping, this performance brought a very emotional audience response from veterans and non-veterans alike. The album she wrote with the help of veterans and their families, Rifles & Rosary Beads, was nominated for a Grammy Award. Accompanied on the show by singer-songwriter, Jaimee Harris, Mary is also the author of the book, Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting, which explores the art and healing power of songs and songwriting. Hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda.

    Next Airing: Fri, Jul 19th, 2024 at 12:00 AM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2027
  • Comedy Songwriting Special with Heywood Banks, Steve Goodie & Carla Ulbrich

    SONGS AT THE CENTER presents a Comedy Songwriting Special, featuring three masters of the craft, radio's favorite "Toastmaster," Heywood Banks, and The Bluebird Cafe's Sunday Songwriter's Night host, Steve Goodie, both of whom are regulars on Dr. Demento's outrageous radio program. And, our favorite "songwriting zany," Carla Ulbrich, rounds out the show in hysterical fashion. Truly, a Thinking Woman's Comedian. Hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda.

    Next Airing: Fri, Jul 26th, 2024 at 12:00 AM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 7/8/2024 to 7/7/2027
  • Bill Miller

    Three-time Grammy Award winner, Native-American songwriter, Bill Miller, performs in a "Master Series" episode, hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda. From the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio, Van Wert, OH.

    Length: 00:26:45
    Usage rights: 6/13/2022 to 6/12/2025
  • Compilation Special

    Songs at the Center's season-ending Compilation Special features the season's most compelling artists doing great, original material we have never broadcast.

    Length: 00:26:46
    Usage rights: 8/23/2021 to 8/22/2024
  • Part One: Becky Buller, Tim Easton, The Dinallos

    Ten-time International Bluegrass Music Association award-winner, Becky Buller, along with Tim Easton, and The Dinallos, and hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda. From the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio, Van Wert, OH.

    Length: 00:26:45
    Usage rights: 6/6/2022 to 6/5/2025
  • Part One: Beth Nielsen Chapman, The Accidentals, Maia Sharp, Kim Richey

    Grammy Nominee Beth Nielson Chapman, Sav Buist and Katie Larson of the Accidentals, Maia Sharp, Kim Richey, and hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda. From the Holland Theatre, Bellefontaine, OH.

    Length: 00:26:46
    Usage rights: 6/27/2022 to 6/26/2025
  • Part One: Marti Jones, Don Dixon, The Shootouts, Austin Walkin' Cane & Chris Allen

    Marti Jones, former A&M Records, RCA Records, Sugar Hill Records artist, Don Dixon, songwriter and producer, The Shootouts, and Memphis Blues Challenge Winner, Austin Walkin' Cane, with Chris Allen, and hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda. From the Canton Palace Theatre, Canton, OH.

    Length: 00:26:45
    Usage rights: 6/20/2022 to 6/19/2025
  • Part One: Molly Tuttle, Lilly Hiatt, Aaron Lee Tasjan

    The East Nashville music scene is highlighted through Molly Tuttle, Lilly Hiatt, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda. From Basement East, Nashville, TN.

    Length: 00:26:45
    Usage rights: 5/30/2022 to 5/29/2025
  • Part Two: Molly Tuttle, Lilly Hiatt, Aaron Lee Tasjan

    The East Nashville music scene is highlighted through Molly Tuttle, Lilly Hiatt, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda. From Basement East, Nashville, TN.

    Length: 00:26:46
    Usage rights: 7/11/2022 to 7/10/2025
  • Todd Sharp

    Hit songwriter for Christine McVie and Juice Newton, Todd Sharp, performs in a "Master Series" episode, hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda. From Todd Sharp Amplifier warehouse, Nashville, TN.

    Length: 00:26:45
    Usage rights: 7/4/2022 to 7/3/2025

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