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‘Road to Bonnaroo’ Reveals Strength of Nashville Rock Scene

The Features, The Protomen, & Heypenny Snag Three Bonnaroo Slots Music City’s pop-rock scene is flourishing, buoyed by high-profile resident and ordained rock beacon Jack White, the success of bands including Kings of Leon, Paramore, and American Bang, and a thriving pop scene led by Ben Folds and indie coalition Ten Out of Tenn. Not surprisingly, a recent study reported by The Atlantic revealed that a higher concentration of musicians…
The Features Snag First BMI ‘Road to Bonnaroo’ Slot

Middle Tennessee favorites The Features handily won a spot at the 2009 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in the first of a series of contests co-sponsored by BMI, Bud Select, and venue partner, Mercy Lounge. Dubbed “The Road to Bonnaroo,” the competition takes place over the course of three monthly shows at Nashville hot-spot The Mercy Lounge, where each night, eight regional bands play three-song sets. To…
The Road to Bonnaroo Passes Through 8 off 8th

BMI, the Mercy Lounge, Bud Select and Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival have joined forces to present “The Road to Bonnaroo,” which will offer 24 up-and-coming bands the chance to vie for three slots at the 2009 festival, slated for June 11 through 14 in Manchester, Tennessee. Using three 8 off 8th shows at the Mercy Lounge March 23, April 20 and May 18, and featuring eight bands each night…
BMI Announces 2004 Sundance Composers Lab Fellows
BMI is once again an anchor sponsor of the annual Sundance Institute Composers Lab, which marks its seventh year beginning July 20 and runs until August 4 in Sundance, Utah. BMI's Doreen Ringer Ross, Vice President of Film/TV Relations, returns as a founding advisor. This year's lab features Composers Lab Fellows Peter Fitzpatrick, Aiko Fukushima, Joseph Julian Gonzalez, Gary Louris, Raz Mesinai and Frank Macchia. During…
