Songs at the Center

Hosted by singer-songwriter Eric Gnezda (Pronunciations: Ian=EE-an; Gnezda=NEZZ-duh), from The Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington, OH. Now in her fifth decade of writing songs and performing, Janis Ian has won three Grammy awards, totaling 10 nominations in eight different categories, a record for a solo artist, whose first nomination came at the age of 16 for her debut album, Janis Ian, featuring the classic protest song, Society's Child." She also scored big with the songs "At Seventeen," "Jesse," and "Stars." Janis earned her most recent Grammy in 2014 for her reading of Society's Child: My Autobiography, winning Best Spoken Word over stiff competition (President Bill Clinton, First Lady Michelle Obama, Rachel Maddow, and Ellen DeGeneres). Janis claims, "We artists are the last alchemists, pulling your dreams, your hopes, your deepest desires out of thin air. We turn them into something you can hear, and play, and sing. So let us never forget this - we don't sell music. We sell dreams. ABOUT THE VENUE - Transformed from a retired high school built in 1915 into a thoroughly modern arts center and performance space, The Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington is the home theater of Songs at the Center

Episode Duration: 26 minutes and 45 seconds

Episode Number: 611

About Songs at the Center:

SONGS AT THE CENTER is a new national music series featuring accomplished singer-songwriters performing "in the round" before a live audience.

The weekly, half-hour program showcases three-to-four artists per episode, and includes interviews and short features.

Songs at the Center is hosted and co-created by Eric Gnezda, an award-winning songwriter and Emmy-nominated TV journalist, who conceived the program based upon his decades of performing in venues across America, from concert and convention halls, to Nashville's iconic Bluebird Cafe.




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