BLUEBIRD at the UNITED with J.T Harding, Josh Jenkins & Jenn Schott

UNITED Black Box Auditorium

Chairman’s Council & President’s Circle Member On Sale – 6/30 10:00am 

Carte Blanche Member On Sale – 7/1 10:00am 

Cinema Circle & Friend Member On Sale – 7/2 10:00am 

General Public On Sale – 7/1 12:00pm

Our September show in the BLUEBIRD @ the UNITED concert series in partnership with the renowned Bluebird Cafe features J.T. Harding, Josh Jenkins & Jenn Schott – three legendary songwriters and performers of Nashville taking center stage to share their music and the compelling stories that inspired their songwriting journey. 

Doors: 7:00pm – Show: 8:00pm – all ages  

Tickets:   $52 to $62

This event is part of the UNITED’s “Nashville North” initiative, a dynamic cultural exchange bringing Country and Americana music to Rhode Island from around the U.S. and celebrating Nashville’s iconic music scene through a series of educational, artistic, and performance programs from partners in Nashville and beyond. 

J.T. Harding

T. Harding is a hit songwriter and published author whose songs have been streamed over a billion times. He has written No.1 songs for Keith Urban, Darius Rucker, Kenny Chesney, and more. J.T. created a musical called MUSIC CITY featuring his hits that has been praised by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. MUSIC CITY, the musical is now playing one block from Times Square in New York City.

Josh Jenkins

Josh Jenkins is a Grammy nominated Nashville based singer-songwriter whose songs have been recorded by artists such as Jordan Davis, Tucker Wetmore, Dustin Lynch, Tim Mcgraw, Walker Hayes, Randy Houser, and more. He co-wrote the viral, RIAA certified 7x Platinum smash hit “Fancy Like” by Walker Hayes, which has spent more than 10 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, reached Top 5 on Billboard’s Hot 100, and ruled every country sales and streaming chart for several weeks. Jenkins is also a co-writer on the 5x platinum hit “Buy Dirt” performed by Jordan Davis featuring  Luke Bryan. The song won the 2022 NSAI Song of the Year as well as 2022 CMA Song of the Year. He scored his 3rd number one in 2024 with the Jordan Davis song “Tuscon Too Late”. These successes contributed to Jenkins being named the No. 1 Billboard Hot Country Songwriter for multiple weeks straight, 2022 SESAC Songwriter of the Year, and Music Row Rising Songwriter of the Year.  Before he started songwriting full time, he spent 15 years as the lead singer of the band, Green River Ordinance, while signed to Capitol Records had several records top the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and went on to have multiple hits on the Texas Country charts. Jenkins has accumulated over 70 cuts in his career.

Jenn Schott 

Born and raised in Pittsburg, Kansas,  Jenn Schott was destined to have a career in music.  It’s in her genes. Her grandfather was the concert master violinist for the CBS orchestra including the Ed Sullivan show, her father was a university professor of woodwinds, and her mother is a flutist.  After graduating with a journalism degree from the University of Missouri, Jenn made the move to Nashville to pursue a career as a songwriter.   More than 25 years later, Jenn’s songs continue to resonate with artists in Nashville and beyond.  Jenn co-wrote Tim McGraw’s #1 hit single, “7500 OBO” which also received the coveted “10 Songs I Wish I’d Written” Award from the Nashville Songwriters Association.  She also co-wrote the title track of McGraw’s Grammy nominated album, “Two Lanes of Freedom,” which went on to be the namesake of McGraw’s 2013 summer tour.  Jenn also penned Mickey Guyton’s debut single, “Better Than You Left Me,” which was named one of Billboard’s 10 Best Country Songs of 2015. Other artists who have recorded Jenn’s songs include Rascal Flatts, The Eli Young Band, Kenny Whitmire, McCoy Moore, George Birge, Shane Profitt, Billy Ray Cyrus, Pam Tillis, Lonestar, Gloriana, Jana Kramer, Francesca Battistelli, Lucy Hale, and Restless Heart.   Jenn is an alumna of Leadership Music and proudly sits on the board of the Nashville Songwriters Association and a committee for the Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC).

ABOUT THE BLUEBIRD CAFE

Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe is a small but mighty venue where up-and-coming songwriters and artists build their careers and rise to fame. Over the past 43 years, the tiny room has evolved into one of the most significant music venues in the world where all songwriters are welcomed and supported, from novice to established hit-makers. Artists such as Kathy Mattea, Garth Brooks, Faith Hill and Taylor Swift have had career moments along with countless hit songwriters whose music is represented on a wide range of charts.

A typical show at The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville features 3 or 4 songwriters performing “in the round,” a format made famous at the club where the performers take turns playing their original music, sharing the stories behind their songs, accompanying each other instrumentally, and vocally. The venue’s “SHHHH” policy establishes it as a listening room where audience members are encouraged to pay attention to the song itself – and since it accommodates only 86 people per show, the demand is high, and tickets sell out in minutes.

Over 80,000 people visit the venue annually; many of them as a result of seeing The Bluebird Cafe on television, in news pieces, The Foo Fighters’ documentary, Sonic Highways, the feature film, The Thing Called Love, or on the ABC hit drama, Nashville. The Bluebird Cafe has been featured in publications such as Southwest Spirit, National Geographic Traveler, The New York Times and Rolling Stone magazine where the club was voted one of the Top 10 Best Clubs in America. The venue’s history was featured in the 2019 documentary, BLUEBIRD, available on streaming channels including iTunes and Amazon. For more information bluebirdcafe.com.