Thomas Rhett To Kick Off And The Writer Is... CMA Awards Week November 6

New York, NY (Top40 Charts) On November 6, Big Deal Music Group and Mega House Music's acclaimed podcast series And The Writer Is… will partner with Country Music Association for CMA Awards Week, to compliment the CMA Awards being held on November 8.

The podcast, which normally releases a new episode each Monday, will offer a new episode every day, beginning with a conversation with CMA Male Vocalist of the Year nominee Thomas Rhett. Episodes with top country songwriters Rhett Akins, Nicolle Galyon, Ashley Gorley and Zach Crowell will follow.

Hosted by multi-platinum songwriter Ross Golan (Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban) and produced by Grammy-nominated songwriter/producer Joe London, And The Writer Is... explores the creative process, inspirations, and pitfalls of today's hottest songwriters across multiple genres. Since launching in late January, And The Writer Is... has received over 65,000 downloads, putting it in the top 5% of all podcasts. It's been covered by Rolling Stone, Billboard, Forbes, The LA Times, Music Row and more.

Previous guests interviewed for their second season have included Charlie Puth, Dan Wilson, and Jack Antonoff. Upcoming episodes include interviews with R&B icon Babyface, "Keep Your Head Up" singer Andy Grammer, and in-demand producer Sir Nolan.

New episodes of And The Writer Is... are available on major podcast directories including iTunes, GooglePlay, TuneIn, Stitcher, Blubrry and others, as well as their website www.andthewriteris.com. Each episode features an accompanying Spotify playlist of the guest's biggest hits at https://open.spotify.com/user/andthewriteris.