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Nashville. Scratching the surface.

Nashville. Scratching the surface.

By: Alison Craig
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Emmy award winning songwriter Andrew Rollins and songwriter and broadcaster Alison Craig talk about the songs, the songwriters, the highs, lows, heartbreaks and beyond of Nashville.


Guests give their insight into the process, the town and the highs and lows within.


Andrew has 9 songs on Nashville The Show and a million stories to tell.

Find out where and how some of the best known songs in the world were written.

Meet some of the extraordinary people who are working and living there now.


40 years of songwriting experience and he lays it bare.


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Episodes
  • Ep. 9 Jeff Silbar the man who wrote Wind Beneath My Wings joins the party. Part One.

    Ep. 9 Jeff Silbar the man who wrote Wind Beneath My Wings joins the party. Part One.
    Mar 10 2026

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    From the first song her wrote as a kid...to the song he wrote the day we recorded this podcast Jeff Silbar is the true definition of a 'living legend'. He has had hits for Kenny Rogers, Fleetwood Mac, Dolly Parton and literally dozens of others.

    In the first half of this interview we hear how Jeff began in the business, the hard slog of being a songwriter, old Nashville, his first success a worldwide 7m seller for Kenny Rogers, how he came to write Wind Beneath My Wings and some of the laughs and tears along the way. He gives great story and a nicer guy you couldn't meet.....enjoy.

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    38 mins
  • Ep. 8 Digging deep into Songwriting, performing, AI and the madness of the music business.

    Ep. 8 Digging deep into Songwriting, performing, AI and the madness of the music business.
    Feb 16 2026

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    Andrew and Alison talk about everything songwriting and performing.

    How does it feel to perform in front of 40k people? Andrew talks about his experience of live performance with some of the biggest artists in the world.

    We play Alisons new single co-written with Andrew in LA released February 13th...Never Too Late...

    What drives people to write songs?

    Are you a songwriter or a performer - can you be both?

    Can AI ever really work for songwriters?



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    59 mins
  • Ep. 7 Rock N Roll lawyer to the stars for 40 years Steven Lowy - buckle up this is a cracker.

    Ep. 7 Rock N Roll lawyer to the stars for 40 years Steven Lowy - buckle up this is a cracker.
    Jan 6 2026

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    Steven Lowy has represented rock n roll legends, artists, songwriters and producers for 40 yrs and he gives great story. Some of the names include Ronnie Wood, Third Eye Blind, John Cougar, The Beat, Jane’s Addiction, Mary Wilson: George Thorogood; Canned Heat, Pat Boone, The Grass Roots, Jacob Lutrell, Jennifer Hudson; Gospel (e.g. Mano Hanes) Jazz (e.g. Chet Baker, Bill Evans, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Shadowfax); R&B: Louis Price, Mary Wilson; Hip Hop; American Songbook (Jules Styne); Folk; EDM, Swamp Pop, and Reggae, as well as many record and publishing companies who have put out and broken major artists (e.g. Shelter Records: Tom Petty, Dwight Twilly, Leon Russel, J.J Cale; RBC: Gucci Mane, Chief Keef; Dangerous Records: Bloods + Cripps; Criterion Music, Warner/Chappell and Wemar Music.

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    46 mins
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