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Nashville. Scratching the surface.

Nashville. Scratching the surface.

By: Alison Craig
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Emmy award winning songwriter Andrew Rollins and songwriter and broadcaster Alison Craig talk about the songs, the songwriters, the highs, lows, heartbreaks and beyond of Nashville.


Guests give their insight into the process, the town and the highs and lows within.


Andrew has 9 songs on Nashville The Show and a million stories to tell.

Find out where and how some of the best known songs in the world were written.

Meet some of the extraordinary people who are working and living there now.


40 years of songwriting experience and he lays it bare.


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Episodes
  • Ep.10. Jeff Silbar Part 2.Wind Beneath My Wings - the incredible story of that song and many others.

    Ep.10. Jeff Silbar Part 2.Wind Beneath My Wings - the incredible story of that song and many others.
    Apr 2 2026

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    Final episode of this series is a beauty.

    Jeff Silbar legendary songwriter gives in-depth story of writing one of the best known songs in the world and it is fascinating. He reveals how long the song took to gather the momentum to take off - how many people and who covered it first and then after quite some time the moment Bette Midler recorded it and the awards began to come in.

    Jeff still writing now, with Andrew and others gives great advice in staying power, the personal touch, the bug that is songwriting and some other great tales of how some of the biggest opportunities in the world landed thanks to his determination.

    Beaches, the musical is launching now in New York 2026 on stage and Jeff will be there - this is a life long passion for songwriting and it is far from over.



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    46 mins
  • Ep. 9 Jeff Silbar the man who wrote Wind Beneath My Wings joins the party. Part One.

    Ep. 9 Jeff Silbar the man who wrote Wind Beneath My Wings joins the party. Part One.
    Mar 10 2026

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    From the first song her wrote as a kid...to the song he wrote the day we recorded this podcast Jeff Silbar is the true definition of a 'living legend'. He has had hits for Kenny Rogers, Fleetwood Mac, Dolly Parton and literally dozens of others.

    In the first half of this interview we hear how Jeff began in the business, the hard slog of being a songwriter, old Nashville, his first success a worldwide 7m seller for Kenny Rogers, how he came to write Wind Beneath My Wings and some of the laughs and tears along the way. He gives great story and a nicer guy you couldn't meet.....enjoy.

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    38 mins
  • Ep. 8 Digging deep into Songwriting, performing, AI and the madness of the music business.

    Ep. 8 Digging deep into Songwriting, performing, AI and the madness of the music business.
    Feb 16 2026

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    Andrew and Alison talk about everything songwriting and performing.

    How does it feel to perform in front of 40k people? Andrew talks about his experience of live performance with some of the biggest artists in the world.

    We play Alisons new single co-written with Andrew in LA released February 13th...Never Too Late...

    What drives people to write songs?

    Are you a songwriter or a performer - can you be both?

    Can AI ever really work for songwriters?



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    59 mins
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