{"id":2075015,"date":"2025-10-07T14:57:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2075015"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:57:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:57:20","slug":"marcus-k-dowling-launches-new-music-industry-podcast-culture-at-large","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/marcus-k-dowling-launches-new-music-industry-podcast-culture-at-large\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus K. Dowling Launches New Music Industry Podcast ‘Culture At Large’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Tennessean<\/em>\u00a0country music reporter Marcus K. Dowling<\/strong> is launching a\u00a0new weekly music industry\u00a0podcast series Culture At Large,<\/em> live from Nashville\u2019s Anzie Blue beginning Oct. 13.<\/p>\n

The first episode of the H Bar C co-sponsored podcast will feature Grammy-nominated, award-winning and chart-topping songwriters Laura Veltz<\/strong> and Ben Johnson,\u00a0<\/strong>who will discuss how the No. 1 songs they have co-written influence culture beyond genres.<\/p>\n

Over the past five years, Johnson and Veltz\u2019s songs have been streamed approximately five billion times. Veltz had a hand in penning Dan + Shay\u2019s \u201cSpeechless,\u201d Maren Morris\u2019 \u201cThe Bones\u201d and 11 cuts from pop breakout star Jessie Murph\u2019s 2025 album Sex Hysteria<\/em>. She landed cuts in Christian, country, pop and rap in 2025, and co-wrote the song \u201cYou\u2019ll Be Okay Kid\u201d on the soundtrack of the Demi Lovato documentary Child Star.<\/em><\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s best known for co-crafting HARDY\u2019s \u201cTruck Bed,\u201d Jelly Roll\u2019s \u201cLiar\u201d and No. 1 country and pop hits, including BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman\u2019s \u201cAll The Way.\u201d He is currently one of a dozen songwriters featured on Hitmakers<\/em>, a Netflix docu-series where songs are written worldwide for John Legend, Shaboozey, Usher and K-pop favorite Lisa.<\/p>\n

The 30-minute podcast taping\u2019s premiere is free to attend, and RSVP information is available via cultureatlarge1anzieblue.eventbrite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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