![Songwriting Retreat to Help Soldiers](https://www.shevory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Songwriting-Retreat-to-Help-Soldiers.jpg)
NYT
For the New York Times, I profiled an innovative new songwriting retreat started by Texas musicians to help soldiers and veterans readjust to life back home. They work one-on-one with each soldier to write a song about their time at war or at home. The results, which can be listened to online, were more than impressive for a long weekend.
![Songwriters Radney Fsotery, Jay Clementi and Darden Smith](https://www.shevory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Songwriters-Radney-Fsotery-Jay-Clementi-and-Darden-Smith.jpg)
NYT
Singer-songwriters Radney Foster, Jay Clementi and Darden Smith, who have written for the Dixie Chicks, Toby Keith and Luke Bryan, lead the retreat.