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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  
  • Bill Miller
    Friday, December 27
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Part One: Marti Jones, Don Dixon, The Shootouts, Austin Walkin' Cane & Chris Allen
    Friday, January 3
    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 One: Beth Nielsen Chapman, The Accidentals, Maia Sharp, Kim Richey
    Friday, January 10
    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.
  • Todd Sharp
    Friday, January 17
    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 Two: Molly Tuttle, Lilly Hiatt, Aaron Lee Tasjan
    Friday, January 24
    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.
  • Part Two: Becky Buller, Tim Easton, The Dinallos
    Friday, January 31
    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, February 7
    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, February 14
    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, February 21
    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, February 28
    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, March 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.

 

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  • Part One: Becky Buller, Tim Easton, The Dinallos
    Friday, December 20
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    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.
  • Part One: Molly Tuttle, Lilly Hiatt, Aaron Lee Tasjan
    Friday, December 13
    12:01 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.
  • Nicole Boggs, Jordan Dean, Angel Snow, Part 2
    Friday, December 6
    12:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Songwriter Angel Snow, who believes that "when the lights go down and the world turns off, the truth comes into focus," joins Jordan Dean, who's debut album was "a love letter to old car culture," and bluesy songwriter, Nicole Boggs, on Songs at the Center. Hosted by singersongwriter Eric Gnezda.
  • Master Series with Hall of Famer Thom Schuyler
    Friday, November 29
    12:01 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.
  • Ava Preston, Delyn Christian, Jd Eicher, Part 2
    Friday, November 22
    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.
  • Hannah Aldridge, Julie Williams, Melody Walker, Part 2
    Friday, November 15
    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.
  • Three Grammy Winners: Tom Paxton, Don Henry and Jon Vezner, Part 2
    Friday, November 8
    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.
  • Nicole Boggs, Jordan Dean, Angel Snow, Part 1
    Friday, November 1
    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.