THIS IS A PREPAID SHOW, REFUNDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
There are 18 tables, 8 bar seats and 8 church pew seats available for reservation. The remaining pew seats for this show are not reserved in advance. These seats are available on a first come/first served basis when doors open.
Ticket reservations at The Bluebird Cafe are an agreement to pay the non-refundable cover charge and applicable taxes/fees and to meet the $12.00 per seat food and/or drink minimum.
Traveling to Nashville to catch a show with us? We recommend flying with Southwest Airlines®, the official airline partner of The Bluebird Cafe. Book your flights today at Southwest.com.
Note: When making reservations, choose the table you would like and then add the number of seats you need to your cart by using the + button. You are NOT reserving an entire table if you choose 1 (by choosing 1, you are reserving 1 seat). We reserve ALL seats at each table. If you are a smaller party at a larger table, you will be seated with guests outside your party.
Tue Feb 11 2025
9:00 PM (Doors 8:30 PM)
$35 / $12 food/bev minimum
All Ages
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(PRE-SALE) In The Round with Katie Pruitt, George Teren & Tia Sillers
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Katie Pruitt is living proof of music's power to transform the way we experience the world. Soon after the arrival of her acclaimed debut Expectations — a 2020 LP on which she documented her journey in growing up queer in the Christian South — the Georgia-bred singer/songwriter/guitarist heard from countless listeners that her songs had impacted their lives on an elemental level. With her sophomore album Mantras, the Nashville-based musician now looks inward to explore such matters as gender identity, self-compassion or the lack thereof, and the struggle for peace in times of chaos and uncertainty — ultimately arriving at a body of work that speaks to the strength in undoing harmful self-beliefs and fully living your truth.
Mainly produced by Collin Pastore and Jake Finch (known for their work with boygenius and Lucy Dacus), Mantras delves deeper into the empathetic storytelling and incisive self-examination that defined Expectations — an album that earned Pruitt a nomination for Emerging Artist of the Year from the Americana Music Association and drew praise from major outlets like Rolling Stone (who hailed Pruitt as a "dynamic new presence") and Pitchfork (who noted that "[h]er songs are patient but determined, navigating serious subjects with quiet familiarity"). This time around, Pruitt sets her lived-in lyricism to a folk-leaning sound informed by her love for the more experimental edges of indie-rock, stacking her songs with plenty of propulsive grooves and overdriven guitars as well as working with musicians like string arranger Laura Epling (Orville Peck, Spencer Cullum).
Although several songs took shape with the help of co-writers like singer/songwriter Ruston Kelly (Bethany Cosentino, Amanda Shires), Pruitt wrote most of Mantras on her own and imbued her lyrics with an expansive element of autobiography. In penning the album-opening "All My Friends (Are Finding New Beliefs)," she mined inspiration from a Christian Wiman poem of the same name, dreaming up a fuzzed-out and summery track etched with both self-aware reflection and sharp-witted observation on the search for clarity and purpose. Next, on "White Lies, White Jesus and You," Pruitt shares a hazy yet frenetic meditation on hypocrisy in religion, tapping into her intense frustration with conservative Christian ideology. A profoundly introspective album, Mantras turns the lens on her own inner life with songs like "Self Sabotage" — a gloriously cathartic track that opens up about her struggle with negative thought loops. Meanwhile, on "Blood Related," Pruitt presents a raw but poetic rumination on how family can sometimes feel like strangers, enlisting her mother as a background vocalist and embedding the track with audio recordings of her father and brother from old home videos. And while Mantras often pushes into emotionally heavy terrain, its songs frequently echo the radiant sense of joy and discovery that defined the album-making process. On "Naive Again," for instance, Pruitt infuses the bright and dreamy tones of glockenspiel and xylophone into her melancholy contemplation on loss of innocence.
Looking over the tracklist to Mantras, Pruitt notes that a certain narrative thread emerged without her intention. "I didn't realize it at the time, but the throughline for this record ended up being my own personal journey of letting go and learning how to love myself again — it begins with tension, frustration, and fear and resolves to a place of acceptance, surrender, and stillness," she says. "I hope when people hear the record they feel what I felt after writing it, which was a sense of trusting myself and trusting that — no matter how bad things look — there's always hope where there's fear. I know that so much of the time we feel alone in our pain, so hopefully these songs help everyone to see that they can work through those big life changes and end up loving themselves a lot more."
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George Teren moved to Nashville from Boston in 1987. He spent 14 years at Zomba Music Publishing, garnering #1 hits for Tim McGraw (“Real Good Man”), Billy Ray Cyrus (“Busy Man”), Kevin Sharp (“She’s Sure Taking It Well”), and Rick Trevino (“Running Out Of Reasons To Run”).
In 2003, George signed with Full Circle Music Publishing, scoring #1 singles with “Homewrecker” for Gretchen Wilson and “When I Get Where I’m Going” by Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton, which in 2006 garnered Song Of The Year nominations for the Academy Of Country Music and CMA awards. The song also spawned a book by the same title, published by Rutledge Hill Press. His song “Ladies Love Country Boys” by Trace Adkins was a multiple week #1 in early 2007. And in 2008,“Stealing Cinderella”, the debut single on RCA artist Chuck Wicks, peaked at #3.
Additionally, Teren has had hit singles on Tracy Byrd, Mark Chestnutt, Blake Shelton, Gary Allan, Billy Dean, Neal McCoy, Clay Walker, Van Zant, The Pirates of Mississippi, and Lorrie Morgan. His songs have appeared on albums by Clint Black, Kathy Mattea, Patty Loveless, Trisha Yearwood, Jodee Messina, Suzy Bogguss, Bryan White, John Michael Montgomery, Montgomery/Gentry, Tracy Lawrence, and Trick Pony, to name a few.
In the pop world, Teren has had songs recorded by Britney Spears, Nick Lachey, Tower of Power, and the Christian group Avalon, among others.
In the last few years George has had cuts on Alabama, Jamey Johnson, Blake Shelton, Rodney Atkins, Trace Adkins, Gretchen Wilson, Brad Paisley, and Heidi Newfield.
A lifetime member of NSAI, George served on its Board of Directors for over a decade, and is a former vice president.
He has written, produced music for radio and TV, including themes for the NBA, ABC College Football and CBS Winter Olympics. His ad clients included Budweiser, Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Busch Beer, Valvoline, McDonald’s, Pabst Beer, Dominos Pizza and WalMart. For his work, Teren has been awarded a Clio, a Mobius, and a number of Tellys and Emmys.
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Tia Sillers’ landmark song “I Hope You Dance," initially recorded by Lee Ann Womack, struck an emotional chord with listeners and received national exposure on Oprah and through articles in Newsweek and the New York Times. It was even performed at the Nobel Prize awards ceremony and eventually went on to win every conceivable award including the Grammy, CMA, ACM, NSAI, ASCAP, and BMI Song of the Year. The song also enjoyed success in Europe and South America in a version recorded by popular international artist Ronan Keating, and a version by Gladys Knight was featured in the Tyler Perry film The Family That Preys. However, Tia is far from a one-hit wonder having penned hit songs for numerous other artists, including the #1 smashes "That'd Be Alright," recorded by Alan Jackson, and "There's Your Trouble," recorded by The Dixie Chicks.
Crossing genres, Tia has achieved success with a variety of artists including established rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd, with whom she has written multiple hits, including the top five songs "Last Goodbye”, "Was" and the #1 smash "Blue On Black", which not only held the top spot on the rock charts for seventeen weeks but was also the 1998 Billboard Rock Song of the Year. Tia was nominated for ten Canadian CMA awards in 2009 for her work with Canadian artistsJohnny Reid, Crystal Shawanda, and Victoria Banks. Other artists who have recorded Tia's songs include Martina McBride, Randy Travis, Trace Adkins, Trisha Yearwood, Diamond Rio, Wynonna, Patty Loveless, and Sister Hazel.
$35 / $12 food/bev minimum All Ages
THIS IS A PREPAID SHOW, REFUNDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
There are 18 tables, 8 bar seats and 8 church pew seats available for reservation. The remaining pew seats for this show are not reserved in advance. These seats are available on a first come/first served basis when doors open.
Ticket reservations at The Bluebird Cafe are an agreement to pay the non-refundable cover charge and applicable taxes/fees and to meet the $12.00 per seat food and/or drink minimum.
Traveling to Nashville to catch a show with us? We recommend flying with Southwest Airlines®, the official airline partner of The Bluebird Cafe. Book your flights today at Southwest.com.
Note: When making reservations, choose the table you would like and then add the number of seats you need to your cart by using the + button. You are NOT reserving an entire table if you choose 1 (by choosing 1, you are reserving 1 seat). We reserve ALL seats at each table. If you are a smaller party at a larger table, you will be seated with guests outside your party.
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