Name: The Franklin Theatre Songwriters Series Presents: Canaan Smith, Abram Dean, and Matt Rogers
Start: 2025-11-20T19:30:00-06:00
Location: 419 Main St, Franklin, TN, United States, Tennessee 37064

The Franklin Theatre Songwriters Series Presents: Canaan Smith, Abram Dean, and Matt Rogers

Matt Rogers
Grammy Award winning songwriter Matthew J. Rogers has written for some of country music’s premiere superstars, topping the charts with singles by Brett Eldredge, Randy Houser, Jimmie Allen - and the Cody Johnson smash, “‘Til You Can’t,” which earned a Grammy Award for Country Song of the Year, as well as CMA Single of the Year.
Since moving to Nashville in 2006, Rogers has built a catalog of songs that’ve been recorded by Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan, Lainey Wilson, Cole Swindell, Dustin Lynch, Darius Rucker, Eli Young Band, Nate Smith, Justin Moore, Chris Young, Dylan Scott, Matt Stell, Mitchell Tenpenny, Randall King, and Chris Janson.

Canaan Smith
With over 500 MILLION STREAMS, 3 Nationwide headlining tours, and a Platinum-selling Billboard #1 single, Williamsburg, VA native Canaan Smith released his third full length studio album ‘Chickahominy’ Jan 24, 2025 and racked up over 1 million streams the first week. An award-winning songwriter, Smith has penned songs for Jason Aldean, Cody Johnson, Florida Georgia Line, HIXTAPE feat. Morgan Wallen and HARDY, Cole Swindell, and Tyler Hubbard’s latest #1 “Park.”

Abram Dean
Abram Dean grew up just outside Richmond, Virginia, writing songs before he ever realized it could be a career. By 17, that passion took him across the country to Los Angeles, where within six months, he landed his first publishing deal with Warner Chappell — one of the most respected names in the business.
Over the next few years, Abram dove headfirst into songwriting, collaborating with some of the industry’s best and writing with major artists in mind. His first major cut came with Andy Grammer on the 2014 album Magazines or Novels.
In 2015, a week-long writing trip to Nashville changed everything. After just three days back east, it felt like home — so much so that by the end of the month, he’d packed up and made the move.