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Key West Songwriters Festival Slated for April 29 – May 3
The 14th Annual Key West Songwriters Festival will invade the venues of its paradisiacal namesake April 29 through May 3, 2009, offering eclectic show lineups that introduce crowds to the faces, voices and stories behind the songs. The festival features more than 100 top songwriters and revolves around five days and nights of more than 20 free concerts, staged at an array of the island’s most popular drinking holes and…
Key West Songwriters Festival Mixes Roots Music Royalty with Mainstream Songwriting Elite
Lineup Includes Robert Earl Keen, Raul Malo, Kim Richey & Jeffrey Steele The 13th Annual Hog's Breath Key West Songwriters Festival looms enticingly on the horizon. Presented by Cherry Heart Music and proudly supported by charter sponsor BMI, the event is slated for April 30 through May 4 in Key West, Florida. The festival revolves around five days…
Copyright Royalty Board Begins Mechanical Rate Hearings
For many years now, BMI has led the fight to protect copyright and songwriter's livelihoods. BMI songwriters have joined us and "walked the halls" of Congress for major revisions of the copyright laws that have greatly benefited future generations songwriters, composers and music publishers. Today we face perhaps the greatest challenge to songwriters livelihoods in more than a decade, as the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) comes to grips with the…
NSAI Assumes Ownership of Bluebird Cafe
The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) will ring in 2008 by assuming ownership and full operating responsibility of legendary songwriter venue the Bluebird Café. Amy Kurland founded the Bluebird in 1982, and what began as a gourmet restaurant featuring acoustic live music developed into a virtual academy for aspiring singer/songwriters and beloved showcase hall for established masters. NSAI will retain Kurland's cherished staff and time-tested method of operation, ensuring the…
Willie Nelson, Jeffrey Steele, Sony/ATV Earn Top Honors at BMI Country Awards
Awards Honor Premier Songwriters and Publishers at BMI's 55th Annual Ceremony The BMI Country Awards turned a spry 55 years old as they were held tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the performing right organization's Music Row offices in Nashville. Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) - the first home for country music - was also the first U.S. organization to honor the genre's songwriters and publishers with their own awards show in…
Music Row Toasts ‘Every Mile a Memory’
The Sportsman's Grill in Nashville's Hillsboro Village recently hosted an intimate gathering to celebrate Dierks Bentley's latest No. 1 hit, "Every Mile A Memory." Co-writers Bentley, Brett Beavers and Steve Bogard showed up with friends and family to receive a plethora of congratulatory plaques and cups. The three have co-written at least one tune for each of Bentley's albums, but this was the trio's first to be chosen…
Jimmy Buffet, Hugh Prestwood Join Nashville Song Hall
The Nashville Songwriters' Hall of Fame christened two more BMI members Sunday night (10/22) at the annual induction ceremony hosted by the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) and the Nashville Songwriters Foundation (NSF). Songwriters selected sea-faring icon Jimmy Buffett and cherished bard Hugh Prestwood for induction, and both accepted the honor in person at the gala held in the…
Jack Ingram’s First #1 Supplies Steve Bogard’s Lucky #7
BMI hosted the feel good party of the summer last week, as BMI singer/songwriter Jack Ingram celebrated his first No. 1 single "Wherever You Are." Jack's performance of the tune, penned by BMI songwriter Steve Bogard, created much-deserved buzz for the hard-working Texan and supplied Bogard with his seventh No. 1 hit.
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere
BMI helped songwriter Don Rollins celebrate the success of his first #1 hit, " It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," with a rooftop party and hurricanes a-plenty at BMI Nashville. Other honored revelers included co-writer Jim Brown, publishers Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. and R. Joseph Publishing, and producer Keith Stegall. The CMA Award-nominated song was recorded by Arista artist Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett and is featured on Jackson's…
‘I Hope You Dance’ Steps to ‘Song Of The Year’ Tune at 49th Annual BMI Count
BMI staged the 49th edition of its Country Awards last night, with ultimate honors saved for “I Hope You Dance,” songwriters Toby Keith, Marv Green and Aimee Mayo, and publishing titan Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. BMI Citations of Achievement were presented by President & CEO Frances W. Preston and Vice President Paul Corbin to the songwriters and publishers of the past year’s 50 most performed songs…
