Front and Center (TV Series)

Front and Center (TV Series) - Front and Center is a television series that began to air on public television in 2012, presented by WLIW.^[1] The series was originally called Front Row Center and was developed by the producers of Soundstage (TV series). ^[2] The show features Grammy Award winners, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, chart topping artists, and emerging artists. ^[3] Front and Center profiles some of the music world's most well known artists and combines behind the scenes interviews with intimate performances. ^[4]

CMA Songwriter Series

In 2014 Front and Center joined with the Country Music Association (CMA) to present two separate hour-long concert specials, featuring Nashville country artists. The first episode featured Lady Antebellum and the second was a 10th Anniversary CMA Songwriters Series celebration and featured Dierks Bentley, joined by songwriters Jim Beavers, Ross Copperman, Brett James and Jon Randall.^[5] The idea came to fruition when Don Maggi, executive producer of Front and Center, paid a visit to one of the Songwriter Sessions in New York City at Joe's Pub, featuring Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn alongside several songwriters. "Hearing the passion and the stories that surround [the songs] was something that captured us and, for lack of a better word, was so real," Maggi told Rolling Stone Country. "That’s something that we always try to capture on Front and Center." ^[6]

List of Episodes

Season Two (2013)^[7]

Season Three (2014)^[8]

Season Four (2014)^[9]

Season Five (2015)^[10]

Season Six (2016)^[11]

Season 7 (2017)^[12]

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