Name: Songwriters Roller Derby Showcase
Start: 2026-03-31T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 185 Clingman Avenue Asheville, NC 28801-3207

ALL AGES
SEATED SHOW
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The Songwriters Roller Derby Showcase, presented by the Asheville Songwriters Association, is a quarterly music show with no roller skates included - just four performers "rollin' out the songs, elbows-n-all." Curated and hosted by Thomas Kozak and Jodi John Pippin, each "Derby Night" at The Grey Eagle will showcase the craft of songwriting in an intimate and welcoming setting. As an added element of the Songwriters Roller Derby Showcase, a surprise guest will join the performers on stage for interactive, on-the-spot commentary ~ a "look under the hood of the songwriting process" of sorts. The audience will have a chance to share comments as well, if they are inspired to do so. For most of the evening, the songwriters will perform finished songs, but they will also each share a brand new song that has not yet been performed on stage. Come support the songwriters as they show their vulnerable side and help nurture the art and craft of songwriting in the region and beyond.
The performers for this 3rd Derby are:
Chuck Brodsky
Chuck Brodsky is a storytelling, songwriting, modern-day troubadour, whose genuine warmth and quirky, finely-crafted songs touch hearts, funny bones, and a nerve or two. With irony and wit, his 13 CDs celebrate the eccentric, holy, courageous, inspiring, and the beautiful, while poking fun at what needs poking. Over the past 33 years he’s played concerts all across the USA and in eleven countries. Several of his songs have appeared in movies and on tv, and 22 of his Baseball story songs have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame’s sound recording library.
Claire Whall
Claire Whall is a songwriter who creates from the shadow realm of a 3 am mental breakdown and balances it out with the hope and certainty of a morning sunrise. She blends folk, grunge, and indie genres and has no concept of lyrical stoicism. There is nothing emotionally reserved in her work, all the cards are on the table, all the mirrors are pointed outward.
Sun Brother
Sun Brother is the musical moniker for Asheville based Billy Toulson. His songs are moments in life, captured in three minute durations. A personal tale here. An observation there. It's all grist for the mill and an opportunity to create meaning.
Michael Flynn
Michael Flynn is an Americana-adjacent singer/songwriter from Saluda. His songs have been featured on shows like Grey’s Anatomy and he’s won a few awards for his songwriting, most recently the Newsong Music Grand Prize in 2021. He mostly releases music under the name Slow Runner and has a new album called ‘Dog Years’ coming July 2026.