Songwriters go to work just like the rest of us. If you can’t imagine a group of musicians huddled around a coffee table in a small office or recording studio, acoustic guitars on laps, working through different melodies and lyrics, then you might not be aware such a scene is vital to any productive music community—especially Nashville.
That sort of collaboration has evolved into songwriter rounds, live performances where artists get together onstage to perform their work and share the stories of each song’s creation, at homey venues like the Bluebird Café. Something similar has been going on for years on the Las Vegas Strip at Mandalay Bay’s Nashville Unplugged shows at the Rhythm & Riffs lounge.
