The Listening Room Cafe
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The Listening Room Cafe

Nashville, Tennessee

Photo: Mike Larkin

A purpose-built listening room where Nashville's songwriters play their own material in an intimate, respectful setting. Unlike the Broadway honky-tonks, the audience here actually listens. The format is usually three or four writers trading songs in the round, telling the stories behind each one. You'll hear future hits being road-tested before they belong to anyone famous.

Insider tip

The songwriters in the round format. Book a table, order dinner, and let someone play you a song they wrote in their kitchen last week.

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