The Writers Round: A Nashville Listening Room Experience
You know the songs. Now meet the Nashville writers behind them.
Shoptalk is three days of sessions and back-to-back meetings. This is your night to break away and hear the real Nashville.
We're hosting a private writers round featuring the songwriters behind country songs you already know and love. They take the stage together, trading songs and sharing the stories behind each one. You'll hear songs recorded by Luke Combs, Keith Urban, and Blake Shelton, played by the people that wrote them.
Register in advance for the VIP experience, including a custom poster and event t-shirt to remember the night.
Songwriters in the Round

Meet the artists behind Nashville's biggest country music hits. You may not know their names, but you'll know the songs they've written.
- Jay Brunswick With more than 180 cuts to his name, Jay has written songs recorded by Brantley Gilbert, Reba, Blake Shelton, and Scotty McCreery.
- Mae Estes A Nashville songwriter and recording artist with Blue Highway Records, named CMT's Next Women of Country, and Grand Ole Opry performer.
- Griffen Palmer A writer and artist whose songs have been cut by Keith Urban, Florida Georgia Line, The Band Camino, Chelsea Cutler, MacKenzie Porter, and Jade Eagleson.
- Sam Banks The writer behind cuts for Luke Combs, Riley Green, Craig Morgan, Matt Lang, Josh Ward, William Michael Morgan, and Jake Bush.
Reserve Your VIP Seat
Presented by SwiftOtter and Adobe
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Shoptalk is the rare week when so many of the people we admire in this industry are in one city, so we wanted to host a genuinely good night for them. Experience the heart of Nashville music, with good food and good company, on us.
It's a Nashville tradition, and the way a lot of the city first hears a song. A few songwriters sit together, up close, and take turns: one introduces a song, tells you how it came to be, and plays it with just a guitar, then the next writer does the same. No band, no big production, just the songs and the stories behind them.

