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Songwriters Under the Covers with Victoria Shaw feat. Shelly Peiken & Chely Wright

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Victoria Shaw

Right in the heart of Times Square, underneath the infamous Stardust Diner, Songwriters Under the Covers with Victoria Shaw at the Iridium takes you into the minds of the writers of the music industry’s biggest hits. An intimate night, and behind the scenes as they tape for television, you hear the stories that inspired the music we all know and love. Host and writer, Victoria Shaw, invited her two friends, Shelly Peiken and Chely Wright, to play some of the songs they wrote. Peikin started off with what was her first number one song, and the first number one song of the millennium, Christina Aguilera’s “What a Girl Wants”. This is the moment that it was evident that the creatives sitting in front of you are incredibly talented people behind the scenes in the industry, not to mention their Grammy nominations and published books. It was inspired by when she was deciding to move to Los Angeles, and her husband gave her space and time to figure it out for herself.

Chely Wright played “I Already Do”, a touching song she wrote and recorded with MCA Records. Victoria invited rising stars Carly & Martina, two young twins whom she wrote with when they were 15, to sing a few of their songs, one of which was the number one most requested for 6 weeks on Radio Disney, “Block His Number”. These girls are extremely talented vocally and lyrically, and will be the next generation of songwriters.

The night really did take you under the covers of the big hit songs and show avid music listeners sides and stories of a song they might never have known before. The first season is available on the All Arts Channel, and this episode will be a part of Season 2; an incredible insight into this amazing world of country and music we all love.

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Victoria Shaw Launches New Web Series “Songwriters Under the Covers”

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Songwriters Under the Covers

If you have never been to a songwriter round, you are certainly missing out. Each round is unique, featuring songwriters of the biggest songs of our time, and each songwriter takes time to chat with usually an intimate audience about the process and headspace they were in when they gave life to a brand new song.

Hit songwriter Victoria Shaw has been hosting similar nights for years but now is taking the wonderful art of storytelling through songs to television. Songwriters Under the Covers with Victoria Shaw is launching on ALL ARTS, a multimedia arts platform launched earlier this year by WNET and is being produced by Brighton Entertainment.

“I’m blessed to know a lot of talented, funny, wonderful musicians who are dear friends,” Victoria said in a statement. “I invite those friends who just so happen to be top-selling songwriters from across the pop, rock and country worlds to join me on stage to play their huge hits and reveal what went into creating those iconic songs.  It’s very organic, and my shows feel like you’re hanging out in my living room listening in on a bunch of songwriters singing songs, swapping stories and cracking jokes. That’s my goal every night, for my shows to feel like a party at my house.“

NYCountry Swag attended a taping of Songwriters Under the Covers back in March with Marcus Hummon, Beth Nielsen Chapman and of course, Victoria Shaw. For a full recap of what to expect from that episode, click here.

Being that each show is held at Birdland Jazz Club which is located in the heart of New York City, you never know who might be in the audience. Shaw’s been in the business for many years and has many friends who may just happen to be sitting there and are willing to join her on stage.

Songwriters Under the Covers with Victoria Shaw premieres Wednesday, October 16 at 8:30 p.m. on the ALL ARTS streaming app and website. Check your local listings for more info.

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Lee Brice Hosts Charity Songwriter Round in Nashville

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Lee Brice Charity

Last night in Nashville, Lee Brice held a fundraiser for Women of Country at the Analog at Hutton Hotel. It was a “Lee and the Ladies” kind of night. Brice is hosting a series of three special shows supporting charities that are important to him in partnership with SESAC. The first of the series was a benefit for the military and first responders and last night NYCountry Swag was lucky enough to attend the second event supporting Women of Country.

The country superstar had by his side Maddie & Tae, and songwriters, Liz Rose, and Victoria Shaw. Maddie & Tae played their new single “Friends Don’t”  and their hit “Girl In a Country Song” while Rose had the entire crowd jamming out to her Taylor Swift cuts “Tim McGraw” and “You Belong With Me.”  Shaw, who we saw earlier this year in NYC at Birdland played the smash hit song she wrote for Garth Brooks “The River”.

We can’t forget about Brice in the mix of the outstanding women on stage last night. He sang his beautiful ballad “Boy” and also his upcoming single, “Rumor.” A special guest he brought out was the one and only Neal McCoy. The two started jamming out together to McCoy’s track “They’re Playing Our Song.”

All of the proceeds from the tickets went to the nonprofit organization Thistle Farms. Amy Paige, DJ from the BIG 98 explained their mission is to “heal, empower, and employ so many women survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction, it has changed their lives so profoundly.”  Thistle Farms has a store located in Nashville, Tennessee selling handmade natural body & home products. If you’re interested in reading more about Thistle Farms and their mission, you can click here.

Brice’s last event is set for Oct 1, 2018, remembering Route 91 on the one year anniversary of this tragedy.

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“Under the Covers” NYC Songwriter Night ft. Lee Brice & Morgan Evans with Victoria Shaw…

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Victoria Shaw

Award-winning singer-songwriter, Victoria Shaw hosted her “Under the Covers” concert series last night at Birdland, bringing a little bit of Nashville to New York City.  The venue was the perfect setting for a night full of stories behind the songs, as candles flickered on the tables and fans of music nestled into their seats.

Shaw took the stage and kicked off the night by singing Lady Antebellum’s 2008 single, “I Was Here”, a song she co-wrote with Hilary Scott. After a rousing applause, Shaw introduced her two guests, rising star Morgan Evans and award-winning singer-songwriter Lee Brice. The three took turns singing the songs they have written and recorded, all the while bantering back and forth with each other.

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Shaw sang a medley of hits she wrote for Garth Brooks including, “Baby Let’s Lay Down and Dance” and one of Brooks’ most critically acclaimed songs, “The River”.  She closed out the night with a meaningful version of “Never Alone” a song that was recorded by both Sara Evans and Lady Antebellum and written with Sarah Buxton and Gary Burr.

Newcomer, Morgan Evans performed his first single to hit country radio, “Kiss Somebody” as well as a song he had written for his now wife, Kelsea Ballerini when they were only just dating, “I Do”. He also got the crowd clapping along to “Day Drunk” and a rowdy version of a song he wrote, “We Will Never Be This Young Again”.

Lee Brice I Don't Dance

Lee Brice, who has also written songs for plenty of talented country artists, sang songs off his new album including “Songs in the Kitchen” and “Boy” which was written by Nicolle Gaylon and Jon Nite.  Brice told the audience, “This song is perfect, and I love to be able to say that, because I didn’t write it,” before singing his latest single “Boy” which he dedicated to his two sons Takoda and Ryker. For his last song, Brice chose to sing “I Don’t Dance” the first song that was a major hit that he had written.  He explained how happy he was that his wife was there to hear him sing it and she watched lovingly from the bar.

At one point in the evening, Shaw asked legendary songwriter and producer Mark Hudson to come up and sing a song. After telling some hilarious stories, he sat down to detail his writing session with Aerosmith and the Grammy awarding-winning song that was written that day, “Livin’ On the Edge”.

Overall, bringing a little bit of a  Nashville songwriting round to New York City had the audience howling, wishing the night wouldn’t end. All three performers stayed to chat and take pictures with the crowd after the show.  For more information on Birdland and the events they host head to birdlandjazz.com and make sure to follow us on instagram and check out our IG Stories as we post snippets from these fun NYC shows.

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