CMA Songwriters Series Debuts At SXSW Music Festival

CMA Songwriters Series returned to Austin to make its South by Southwest Music Festival debut at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday (March 19). 2014 CMA Song of the Year Award winners Kacey Musgraves and Shane McAnally were joined by hit songwriter and two-time CMA Awards nominee Josh Osborne to perform for a full house and share stories behind their top songs.

More than 60 CMA members and other special guests gathered at a reception in the Paramount Theatre’s Houdini Lounge before the performance.

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Pictured (L-R): Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves, and Josh Osborne perform during the CMA Songwriters Series Saturday at the Paramount Theatre in Austin. Photo: Mario Villeda / CMA

Pictured (L-R): Shane McAnally, CMA Board member; Kacey Musgraves; Kurt Johnson, CMA Board member and SVP of Programming, Townsquare Media; and Josh Osborne. Photo: Mario Villeda / CMA