Contributors

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Alison Craig

An award winning broadcaster and more recently a songwriter AC Scott aka Alison Craig has had a life long love of all things music, played piano since she was 5 and only recently began songwriting with her debut album being released in early 2026. 


After uncovering a passion for songwriting she travelled by ship to the US in 2024 to work and write with Andrew Rollins in his LA studio. 


A firm friendship was formed and the shared passion for music and songwriting the next natural step was a podcast. And so Nashville Scratching The Surface was born. 




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Andrew Rollins

Andrew is an award winning composer, songwriter, producer. 


A prolific songwriter Andrew has written with and for many artists. He has 9 songs in Nashville the series.

Andrew has worked with well known recording artists including Andre Benjamin, B.B. King, Chaka Khan, Marc Anthony, Chante Moore, Charles Esten, Ronnie Dunn, Terrance Trent D’Arby, Graham Nash, Billy Ray Cyrus, Blink 182, Dan Wilson, Dionne Warwick, Jose Feliciano, Johnny Lang, Dicky Barrett, K-Ci & Jo-Jo, Deana Carter, Carole King, Joe Walsh, Gary Allen, Saison, IV Xample, and En Vogue, among many others.

In 2018, Andrew won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song “Who I Am”. He has also won 3 SISA International Music Awards for Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, and Song of the Year for I Believe,  a Telly Award,  and the Axion Award for Musical Excellence.


https://www.rollins-music.com/

Guests

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Charles Esten

Charles Esten

played the role of country singer Deacon Claybourne on the drama Nashville from 2012 to 2018, which subsequently kickstarted his own musical career. He also played Ward Cameron on the teen drama series Outer Banks. He appeared in the improvisation show  Whose Line Is It Anyway? as a series regular between 1999–2005 and returned with guest appearances from 2017–2020.

https://www.charlesesten.com

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Chuck Cannon

Chuckcannon.com


Living legend, extraordinary songwriter and all round brilliant guy. Read about Chuck from the link above and enjoy hearing Chucks thoughts on songwriting, songwriters, life in Nashville and then pitfalls and joys of his way of life. 

https://chuckcannon.com

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Jeff Silbar

The Wind Beneath My Wings” was voted Song of the Year earning Jeff Silbar the coveted Grammy Award.  “Wind” has received seven ASCAP Pop Awards, including a Song of the Century honor, and  American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest Movie Songs. Dozens of songs in film and tv.

John Cougar Mellencamp, “China Girl” on triple-platinum album American Fool; Fleetwood Mac“Hard Feelings” a single from the platinum album Behind the Mask; Kenny Rogers recorded “Goodnight Sleeptight Man” for the quadruple-platinum album The Gambler.

Sheena Easton, Gladys Knight, Dolly Parton, Poco, Willie Nelson, and Alabama Other artists who have recorded Silbar’s material include Jonny Lang, Reba McEntire, LeVert, Wynonna

Honored by the Nashville Songwriters Association International as Songwriter of the Year, Jeff has earned more than thirty ASCAP awards for his most-performed pop and country songs. 

We have no space left but there are dozens more.


https://jeffsilbar.com

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