Songs at the Center

Artists: Kay Harris & Molly Pauken, RJ Cowdery, Erica Blinn, and hosted by songwriter Eric Gnezda. Special feature: profile of Six String Concerts. Kay Harris & Molly Pauken are the songwriting engines of the group, Sirens. Kay has recorded numerous albums, providing vocals on more than 70 local and national jingles. Molly tours with Rodney Crowell when she's available, remaining home often enough to perform with the area's elite. The duo has toured throughout Europe and the Middle East. They perform "Left It Up To You." RJ Cowdery was the Kerrville New Folk Winner in 2008, and the 2012 winner of the Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest at Oregon's prestigious Sisters Folks Festival. Her most recent CD features special appearances by Pierce Pettis and Jonathan Byrd. She performs "Is There Time." Erica Blinn constructs American rock songs one earnest melody at a time. "A Midwestern beauty with a wistful voice and a country-rock sound somewhere between Lucinda Williams and Sheryl Crow..." (Don Thrasher, Active Dayton.) Erica has shared stages with The Family Stone, and Devon Allman, among others. She performs "Choices." "Scenes from the Scene" Segment: Six String Concerts is in its 28th year of bringing the top singer-songwriters to Columbus. Co-founder Kim Rice Wilson discusses the organization's history, and what Six String Concerts continues to bring to audiences today.