Welcome to Direct from Nashville: Songwriters in the Round! 

A portion of this evening’s proceeds will benefit Sweetser in support of mental health awareness.

Join us for an unforgettable intimate evening of music and storytelling, featuring hit making and next breakthrough artists & songwriters straight from Music City – as we welcome Plumb, Luke Sheets and Lacy Green to the stage! (More on each of these talented folks below.)

Through thoughtful curation with our Tennessee colleagues, we are bringing a blend of some of Nashville’s established hit-making and next “breakthrough” artists & songwriters to Maine for this signature event series, to experience their unique talent, creativity, and the power of storytelling through music. The talent selected for this series have collectively:

• charted #1 hits (across multiple genres of music),
• been featured everywhere from intimate Nashville stages (such as The Bluebird Café, The Listening Room, 3rd and Lindsley, etc.) to the 90,000-seat Wembley Stadium in London, and
• written for, opened for, shared the stage with and otherwise collaborated with a veritable list of accomplished cross-genre Grammy, CMA and other award-winning acts – e.g. from Billy Joel, Charles Kelley (Lady A), Faith Hill, Gary Clark Jr., Katy Perry, Little Big Town and Phoebe Bridgers to Pink, Sheryl Crow, Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), Tim McGraw, Walker Hayes and Zac Brown Band … just to name a few!

This is an intimate in-person event as most songwriters rounds are, allowing the audience to feel up close and personal with each of the artists / songwriters (behind some of the hits you love!), as they perform solo acoustic (one after the other “in a round”) – but often joining in with each other adding harmonies and/or contributing guitar / piano riffs, etc. A lot of the fun comes through the “living room vibe” of the writers discussing how and why they wrote the songs, their storytelling, and their interactions.

These types of sell out events are a mainstay in the Nashville music community … but now brought to our doorstep here in Maine. We look forward to your joining us for this unique opportunity and evening to remember! *Please note that this is a traditional Nashville “listening room” style show and will kindly expect conversations be kept to a whisper out of respect to the talent on stage and audience.

About the artists & songwriters for this event:

Plumb is an artist, songwriter, and storyteller whose career spans modern rock, pop, CCM, EDM, and film/TV. Since her 1997 debut, her music has reached audiences worldwide across radio, film, and television. Her deeply personal work – especially Need You Now – has connected with listeners through its honesty and emotional depth, earning a six-week #1 and a Song of the Year nomination.

After stepping away for several years, Plumb has returned with renewed purpose – reclaiming her voice, embracing self-advocacy, and creating from a place of strength and healing. Celebrating 25 years of her breakthrough album candycoatedwaterdrops, she revisited it with reimagined, breathing new life into the songs that now reflect her journey of strength, healing, and advocacy. Her recent releases – Fighter, Free, and Brave – continue that story, capturing resilience, courage, and the freedom to live authentically. Today, she expands her storytelling into film while continuing to create music that reminds listeners they are not alone.

Luke Sheets is a Nashville-based songwriter and producer known for genre-spanning work in pop, country, CCM, and sync. He first gained industry attention through The Nashville 9, a songwriting challenge where he wrote nine songs in nine days for nine artists. Since then, he has written and produced multiple chart-topping songs, including Plumb’s Hang On and the six-week #1 Need You Now (How Many Times).

A collaborator with artists like Vince Gill and Sam Tinnesz, his work has appeared in film and television, including Nashville and The Ranch. With a track record of #1 records and major sync placements, he continues to create music for artists and media projects from Nashville and Montreal.

Lacy Green began her musical journey in the foothills of North Carolina and now calls Nashville home. A gifted songwriter with a soulful voice, she has had more than 50 songs recorded by other artists, along with placements in film and television.

She has performed on some of Nashville’s most iconic stages, including CMA Fest and The Bluebird Cafe, and is a passionate mentor through the Nashville Songwriters Association. She is also the lead vocalist of the roots-rock band The Wonderful Nobodies, whose latest album MORE highlights her distinctive voice and storytelling.