CMA SONGWRITERS SERIES
ANNOUNCES C2C LONDON PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY 12TH MARCH 2020 – INDIGO AT THE O2
Performers include: Jaren Johnston (The Cadillac
Three), Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Niko Moon and Liz
Rose
Tickets went on sale Friday 22nd November at 10am
The Country Music Association’s critically acclaimed CMA
Songwriters Series will return to Country to Country Festival on Thursday 12th
March 2020, at indigo at The O2. Featuring songwriting trio Hillary Lindsey,
Lori McKenna and Liz Rose, alongside Jaren Johnston (of The
Cadillac Three) and Niko Moon.
Accompanying Rose on guitar will be Australian hit
songwriter Phil Barton.
WHEN: Thursday 12 March 2020 @ 7:00 pm
WHERE: Indigo At The O2, Greenwich (Millennium
Way, Greenwich, SE10 0BB)
TICKETS £26.00 (£22.00) - £32.35 (£27.50)
GENERAL SALE started Friday (Nov 22,
2019) at 10am available from:
The
CMA Songwriters Series, now approaching its 7th year kicking off the C2C
weekend in London, has given artists including Jimmie Allen, Brandy Clark, Luke
Combs Travis Denning and Maren Morris their first U.K. performances. This year
the CMA Songwriters Series at C2C is excited to introduce audiences to new
Nashville artist, Niko Moon.
CMA
Songwriters Series introduces artists and songwriters to audiences all over the
world through its intimate storytelling format. Audiences get to know the
performers, their journeys and the stories behind their songs throughout the
two-hour seated show, as artists take turns performing their songs
acoustically. Each CMA Songwriters Series is unique—the one-off performances
are unrehearsed, uplifting and heartwarming, leaving audiences feeling closer
to the artists and the music.
“Each year we look forward to the CMA Songwriters Series on the eve of C2C,” says Milly Olykan, CMA Vice President, International Relations and Development. “The show has become very special to the U.K. fans and to the artists and songwriters who have experienced it. There’s no doubt we’re going to see the magic happen once more with these hit writers on stage together.”
“Each year we look forward to the CMA Songwriters Series on the eve of C2C,” says Milly Olykan, CMA Vice President, International Relations and Development. “The show has become very special to the U.K. fans and to the artists and songwriters who have experienced it. There’s no doubt we’re going to see the magic happen once more with these hit writers on stage together.”
Currently in its 15th season, CMA
Songwriters Series has presented more than 100 shows including multiple cities
across the U.S., U.K. and Europe. Artists and songwriters who have
participated in the series internationally include Jimmie Allen Cam, Luke Combs,
Ross Copperman, Jessi Alexander, Kristian Bush, Brandy Clark, Chris DeStefano,
Natalie Hemby, Shane McAnally, Lori McKenna, Maren Morris, Eric Paslay, Liz
Rose, Striking Matches, Drake White, Charlie Worsham, Chris Young and
more.
Jaren Johnston
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| Jaren Johnston Photo Credit: Joseph Llanes |
Born and raised in Nashville, TN,
Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer Johnston has always been surrounded by
music. He got his start playing drums at a very young age, and when he was 13,
his dad bought him his first guitar. Influenced by diverse artists such as
Nirvana, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Tom Petty, Johnston began to explore the craft of
writing songs in his teens and is now lucky enough to call it a career.
Johnston celebrated his first No. 1 song with “You Gonna Fly,” recorded by
Keith Urban, and has had other cuts with Urban including the No. 1 single
“Raise ‘Em Up.” His list of hit singles include: Jake Owen’s “Beachin’,”
“Days of Gold” and “American Country Love Song”; Billy Currington’s “Don’t It”;
Tim McGraw’s “Meanwhile Back At Mama’s” and “Southern Girl”; Frankie Ballard’s
“Sunshine & Whiskey” and “It All Started With A Beer”; and Drake White’s
“Livin’ The Dream.”
Hillary
Lindsey
With 22 No. 1 songs under her belt, Lindsey has had songs recorded by Lady Gaga, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Avicii, Florida Georgia Line, Kacey Musgraves, Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Dierks Bentley, Tim McGraw, Gary Allan, Lady Antebellum, and countless others.
With 22 No. 1 songs under her belt, Lindsey has had songs recorded by Lady Gaga, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Avicii, Florida Georgia Line, Kacey Musgraves, Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Dierks Bentley, Tim McGraw, Gary Allan, Lady Antebellum, and countless others.
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| Hillary Lindsey Photo Credit: Becky Fluke |
Her
many awards include Grammys for Best Country Song for “Jesus,
Take the Wheel” (recorded
by Carrie Underwood) in 2007 and “Girl Crush” (recorded by Little Big
Town) in 2016. “Girl
Crush” also earned honors for CMA Song of the Year and Single of
the Year in 2015. It topped the Billboard Hot Country
Songs chart for a record-breaking 13 weeks.
Lindsey
has a career total so far of four CMA Triple Play Awards (the
prestigious award honors a songwriter who has penned at least three
chart-topping hits within a 12-month period).
She
is the only writer since Kris Kristofferson in 1973 to receive three, Nashville
Songwriters Association International (NSAI) Song Of the Year wins – a coveted
award voted on by her peers as part of NSAI’s “Ten Songs I Wish I Had
Written.” Lindsey was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original
Song for “Coming Home,” recorded by Gwyneth Paltrow for the movie “Country
Strong” and “There’s A Place For Us,” recorded by Carrie Underwood
for “The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn
Treader” soundtracks. In 2018, Lindsey had two songs, “Always Remember
Us This Way” and “I’ll Never Love Again,” featured in the blockbuster
film, “A Star Is Born,” starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.
Lori
McKenna
Home,
and the people who make it have captivated McKenna for years. Over the last
three decades, as she became a wife and mother of five, she has also emerged as
one of the most respected, prolific singer-songwriters in popular music. Her
2016 releaseThe Bird and the Rifle netted three
Grammy nominations, along with Americana Music Association nods––all firsts for
McKenna as an artist.
Then,
she made history: In 2016, she became the first woman ever to win CMA Song
of the Year two years in a row for co-writing Little Big Town’s “Girl
Crush” and singlehandedly penning Tim McGraw’s No. 1 “Humble and
Kind.”
Both
songs also clinched back-to-back Grammy wins for Best Country Song. In 2017,
she became the Academy of Country Music’s first female Songwriter of the
Year. THE TREE, her much-anticipated eleventh
studio album, was released on July 20, 2018 on CN Records via Thirty Tigers.
Produced
by Dave Cobb, The Tree, recently nominated for the 2019
Americana Awards Album of the Year, takes one of McKenna’s signature themes––family––and
builds a tapestry of experiences she has lived and overheard, been told and
dreamed up, to create a stunning ode to life’s defining relationships. www.lorimckenna.com
Niko
Moon
Based in Atlanta, GA, Moon was a regular co-writing collaborator with Zac Brown and is credited on five No.1 Zac Brown Band hits: “Loving You Easy,” “Homegrown,” “Beautiful Drug” and “Keep Me In Mind” plus “Heavy Is The Head,” which topped the rock charts with Chris Cornell singing lead.
Based in Atlanta, GA, Moon was a regular co-writing collaborator with Zac Brown and is credited on five No.1 Zac Brown Band hits: “Loving You Easy,” “Homegrown,” “Beautiful Drug” and “Keep Me In Mind” plus “Heavy Is The Head,” which topped the rock charts with Chris Cornell singing lead.
Brown
formed Sir Roosevelt with Moon and Ben Simonetti, pushing Moon’s experimental
tendencies even further, melding Country, pop and EDM. That project coincided
with a move to Nashville, and Moon expanded his co-writing work, landing a
Rascal Flatts single, “Back To Life,” and supporting reggae/hip-hop artist
Michael Franti as a co-writer and producer. During his work on Franti’s
Stay Human, Vol. II, Moon’s personal journey reached a tipping point,
inspiring him to make his own artistic statement. The goal of his forthcoming
genre-testing debut EP is simply to be a positive force in the world. www.nikomoon.com
Liz Rose
Multi-award winning songwriter Rose’s first collaboration with Taylor Swift resulted in Swift’s first two singles, “Tim McGraw” and “Teardrops On My Guitar.” This success led Rose to win 2007 SESAC Songwriter of the Year. Rose continued to collaborate with Swift on her second album, Fearless, which included Grammy Award nominated “You Belong With Me” and title track “Fearless,” along with Grammy Award winning “White Horse” for Best Country Song in 2009. She won CMA Song of the Year in 2015 for her co-written single “Girl Crush” (recorded by Little Big Town). That same year “Girl Crush” was also nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year and Best Country Song and took home the award for Best Country Song. Recently, Rose has collaborated with Miranda Lambert, co-writing five songs on her new album, WILDCARD including the first and current single “It All Comes Out in the Wash.” She has co-written Carrie Underwood’s single “Cry Pretty” as well as single “Crazy Girl” performed by Eli Young Band, which won her the 2012 ACM Award for Song Of The Year. Other artists she has collaborated with include Tim McGraw, Dan + Shay, Allison Krauss, Blake Shelton, LeeAnn Womack, Chris Young, Jill Johnson, and many more. www.lizrosemusic.com
Multi-award winning songwriter Rose’s first collaboration with Taylor Swift resulted in Swift’s first two singles, “Tim McGraw” and “Teardrops On My Guitar.” This success led Rose to win 2007 SESAC Songwriter of the Year. Rose continued to collaborate with Swift on her second album, Fearless, which included Grammy Award nominated “You Belong With Me” and title track “Fearless,” along with Grammy Award winning “White Horse” for Best Country Song in 2009. She won CMA Song of the Year in 2015 for her co-written single “Girl Crush” (recorded by Little Big Town). That same year “Girl Crush” was also nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year and Best Country Song and took home the award for Best Country Song. Recently, Rose has collaborated with Miranda Lambert, co-writing five songs on her new album, WILDCARD including the first and current single “It All Comes Out in the Wash.” She has co-written Carrie Underwood’s single “Cry Pretty” as well as single “Crazy Girl” performed by Eli Young Band, which won her the 2012 ACM Award for Song Of The Year. Other artists she has collaborated with include Tim McGraw, Dan + Shay, Allison Krauss, Blake Shelton, LeeAnn Womack, Chris Young, Jill Johnson, and many more. www.lizrosemusic.com
