Tag Archives: Tin Pan South

Tin Pan South (Eric Holljes/Kris Allen/Steve Poltz/Emma Hern) @ The Local / Nashville TN / March 29, 2019

This night’s trip to Tin Pan South for another evening of writers in the round was a no brainer for yours truly. Long ago, I decided that it would take an awful lot to keep me from missing a Nashville Steve Poltz performance. The guy is just so darn musically entertaining, and he makes me […]

Tin Pan South (Tenille Townes/Keelan Donavan/Kate York/Daniel Tashian) @ City Winery Lounge / Nashville TN / March 26, 2019

I doubt that anyone knows who coined the term “Nashville guitar pull,” but the concept of songwriters getting together and taking turns showing off their wares has been going on in Music City longer than hot chicken. Now an established concert format, it’s a treasured part of Nashville’s musical identity with several rooms featuring “writers […]

TIN PAN SOUTH—JILL ANDREWS, MINDY SMITH, DANIEL TASHIAN & KATE YORK / The Listening Room Cafe / Nashville, TN / April 3, 2013

Tin Pan South is a somewhat under-the-radar Nashville songwriter festival now in its 21st year. Meant to showcase the writers behind the hits “past, present and future,” this event seems to bring more tourists to town than attract locals. The Listening Room, one of this year’s host venues, is a “wannabe” Bluebird, now in its […]