The American SetThe Writers Take Their Turn, One Song at a Time
ASCAP put its songwriters front and center on Wednesday night, October 7, with an in-the-round evening that served as the latest installment of the performing-rights organization's recurring monthly series. In this town, the people who write the songs are the quiet engine behind every name on a marquee, and a night built around them playing their own work in sequence is the industry's way of paying its respects. It is the format Nashville does better than anywhere else, and ASCAP keeps it on the calendar month after month.
With reporting from MusicRow.