The CMA Songwriters Series presented by U.S. Bank Showcases the best of Country’s mega-hit songwriters! Each night of the series features successful songwriters, who line up on stage and, with guitar in hand, take turns telling the stories behind their hit songs and performing them in the raw as originally written. Launched in 2005 at Joe’s Pub in New York City, CMA Songwriters Series has been exposing fans across the country and the globe to the artisans who, through their craft, pen hits that touch the lives of millions of music fans. CMA Songwriters Series has presented nearly 120 shows in 18 cities, including Boston, Belfast, Chicago, Dublin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Paris, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. at the renowned Library of Congress and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.   The Series has featured nearly 200 of music’s most gifted storytellers who collectively have 100 CMA Song of the Year nominations.   Additional artist that have been part of the Series include Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Brett Eldredge, Randy Houser, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Kip Moore, Kacey Musgraves, The Cast of “Nashville”, Darius Rucker, Steven Tyler, Carrie Underwood, and Chris Young, as well as Country Music Hall of Fame members Bill Anderson, Bobby Bare, Ronnie Milsap, and Don Schlitz.