How The Listening Room Became a Nashville Staple with Chris Blair | Ten Year Town Ep. 116

About this episode

Chris Blair discusses the impact of The Listening Room Cafe on Nashville's songwriting community.

Chris Blair is the founder and owner of The Listening Room Cafe, one of Nashville’s premier songwriter venues. Since opening its doors in 2006, The Listening Room has become a cornerstone of the city’s songwriting community, hosting hit writers, rising artists, and industry showcases while giving audiences an up-close experience with the stories behind the songs. In this episode, we discuss Chris’s path to opening The Listening Room, the role songwriter venues play in Nashville’s ecosystem, b...

People in this episode

Host: Troy Cartwright

Guest: Chris Blair

Topics covered

• songwriter venues
• Nashville music scene
• songwriting community
• artist showcases
• music industry

Keywords

• Listening Room Cafe
• Nashville
• songwriters
• music venues
• Chris Blair

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Listening Room Cafe

Places: Nashville

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