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Songs at the Center

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.

Songs at the Center  
  • Part Two: Becky Buller, Tim Easton, The Dinallos
    Friday, May 3
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • 100th Episode, Featuring Jeff Daniels
    Friday, May 10
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Part Two: Marti Jones, Don Dixon, The Shootouts, Austin Walkin' Cane & Chris
    Friday, May 17
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Part Two: Beth Nielsen Chapman, The Accidentals, Maia Sharp, Kim Richey
    Friday, May 24
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Tom Douglas
    Friday, May 31
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Encore Episode
    Friday, June 7
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • 10th Anniversary Celebration, Part 1
    Friday, June 14
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • 10th Anniversary Celebration, Part 2
    Friday, June 21
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Three Grammy Winners: Tom Paxton, Don Henry and Jon Vezner, Part 1
    Friday, June 28
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Hannah Aldridge, Julie Williams, Melody Walker, Part 1
    Friday, July 5
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Ava Preston, Delyn Christian, Jd Eicher, Part 1
    Friday, July 12
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Mary Gauthier, a Master Series Episode, at Nat'l Veterans Museum and Memorial
    Friday, July 19
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Comedy Songwriting Special with Heywood Banks, Steve Goodie & Carla Ulbrich
    Friday, July 26
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Nicole Boggs, Jordan Dean, Angel Snow, Part 1
    Friday, August 2
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Blues singer Nicole Boggs joins Muscle Shoals songwriter, Jordan Dean, and the introspective Angel Snow for an intimate songwriter's round. Hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda.
  • Three Grammy Winners: Tom Paxton, Don Henry and Jon Vezner, Part 2
    Friday, August 9
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    One show, three Grammy winners! American folk legend, Tom Paxton, shares the stage with Don Henry and Jon Vezner, AKA The Don Juans. Music, fun, and thoughts on the creative process. Hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda.
  • Hannah Aldridge, Julie Williams, Melody Walker, Part 2
    Friday, August 16
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Melody Walker, who hosts the weekly songwriter's round in Nashville, Writers' Kitchen, performs with Muscle Shoals native, Hannah Aldridge, and Julie Williams, who has toured the country with the Black Opry Revue. Hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda.
  • Ava Preston, Delyn Christian, Jd Eicher, Part 2
    Friday, August 23
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    JD Eicher, who created music to accompany the release of Nicholas Sparks' novel, Two by Two, is joined by jazz artist Ava Preston, and songwriter and radio talent, Delyn Christian. Hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda.
  • Master Series with Hall of Famer Thom Schuyler
    Friday, August 30
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Thom Schuyler presents a Master Series episode that is a primer on the art and craft of songwriting. A member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Thom wrote scores of hits, including the song that has been called "the songwriter's anthem," and recorded by Lacy J. Dalton, "Sixteenth Avenue." He performs some of his biggest hits and talks about the history of his songs. Hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda.

 

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  • Part Two: Molly Tuttle, Lilly Hiatt, Aaron Lee Tasjan
    Friday, April 26
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Todd Sharp
    Friday, April 19
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Part One: Beth Nielsen Chapman, The Accidentals, Maia Sharp, Kim Richey
    Friday, April 12
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Part One: Marti Jones, Don Dixon, The Shootouts, Austin Walkin' Cane & Chris Allen
    Friday, April 5
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.