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Lady GaGa Delivers Dynamic Dance-Pop
Up-and-coming chart-topper, fashion icon, and newly-minted Grammy nominee Lady GaGa makes no bones about her approach to pop music: Simply put, she’s trying to make it fun again. “It’s not really rocket science,” she says. “The music is intended to inspire people to feel a certain way about themselves, so they’ll be able to encompass, in their own lives, a sense of inner fame that they can…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.10.08
Alejandro Escovedo Gives Ferocious Performance for ‘Real Animal’
Austin-based BMI singer-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo made his way west for a performance at the world-famous Troubadour, where he was met by BMI's Marissa Lopez and a packed house. Escovedo gave a fiery and passionate performance in celebration of his current release and 9th solo album, Real Animal (Back Porch/Manhattan), produced by Tony Visconti (David Bowie, T.Rex, Thin Lizzy). The set featured songs "Chelsea Hotel…
From News, posted 10.01.08
One Block Radius
California-based hip-hop trio One Block Radius mixes old and new school styles on their soon-to-be-released self-titled album for Mercury/Island Def Jam. By combining pop, r&b, and hip-hop sounds, OBR seems set to open a lot of ears that might have missed its 2005 debut, Long Story Short (Avatar). “Every single style of music is represented in what we’re doing,” affirms Marty James, who founded the group five…
From MusicWorld, posted 8.14.08
Semi Precious Weapons
Fans of glam-era David Bowie and Roxy Music, listen up: There’s a new gang in town. Semi Precious Weapons, led by six-foot tall Justin “Precious” Tranter (“six foot, six inches with stilettos,” says his bio), is about to rock your — and everybody else’s — world. “Semi Precious Weapons is about everyone,” Tranter says. “If you love great rock & roll, if you love…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.22.08
BMI Brings a Global Rock Scene To Its Lollapalooza Stage
BMI has announced its lineup of performers at its 2007 Lollapalooza stage. On August 3-5 in Chicago, IL, at Grant Park’s Hutchinson Field, BMI’s stage will kick off performances at 11:15 a.m. each day and finish at 6:15 p.m. Presenting acts from the U.S. and abroad, BMI will showcase an array of rising rock, pop and singer/songwriter acts. From the blues rock of the Isle of Man’s
From News, posted 7.16.07
BMI Songwriters Dominate Mojo’s “100 Records That Changed The World”
Mojo, the prominent and influential British music magazine, has selected a list of “100 Records That Changed The World” in their June issue.. The list is described as “The most influential and inspirational recordings ever made, they changed music – the way it was played, bought or even imagined.” A group of prominent songwriters and performers – which include such BMI veterans as Chuck…
From News, posted 7.03.07
BMI Podcast #13 Jumps Across the Pond
BMI continues to share tomorrow's hottest music today with its groundbreaking "See It Hear First(tm)" new artist podcast series - the first of its kind in the music industry. Available at bmi.com/podcast, BMI podcast #13 showcases an assorted sampling of pop music from the U.K. Artists the Romance, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Cathead and
From News, posted 8.25.06
Celebrated BMI Artists to Receive Special Grammys
Some of BMI's most celebrated artists are among the recipients who will receive the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement honor at the 48th annual Grammy Awards next month. David Bowie
From News, posted 1.11.06
David Bowie Continues Pushing the Envelope
There’s a delightful irony in the fact that David Bowie’s most recent album is called Reality . After all, he’s the artist who came to fame in the early 1970s as the master of many musical guises such as Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane and The Thin White Duke. Of course, from the hindsight of a quarter-century later, we all know that whatever form the artist or…
From MusicWorld, posted 10.11.04
Cat Stevens: A Legacy of Lasting Favorites
The artist best known as Cat Stevens is a man of many names — born Steven Georgiou and now named Yusuf Islam — as well as a number of musical incarnations and at least a small measure of controversy. But his songs transcend all of that, as lasting favorites that continue to resonate in his own recordings and numerous cover versions. His songwriting legacy includes such…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.19.04
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