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Save the Week: Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival Preps for 17th Year

The Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival Presented by BMI will make paradise even sweeter during the event’s 17th annual installment Wednesday, May 2 through Sunday, May 6 in its island namesake. Benefiting Operation Homefront, the festival will feature more than 100 top-tier performing songwriters in favorite venues conveniently located throughout the island. Anchor sponsor BMI will continue its widespread support of the fest, leading Key West’s annual transformation…
New Performers Announced for Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival

Presented by BMI, Perennial Favorite Slated for April 27-May 1 The Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival, presented by BMI, is exploding, surpassing even the biggest dreams of its founders and longtime supporters. The 2011 lineup is unprecedentedly deeper: genre-hopping singer/songwriters Raul Malo, Marshall Chapman, and Robert Earl Keen; serial country chart-toppers Lori McKenna,
Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival Preps for 16th Year

The Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival, presented by BMI, will make paradise even sweeter during the event’s 16th annual installment in its island namesake. Benefiting the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation, the festival will feature more than 100 top-tier performing songwriters. Anchor sponsor BMI will continue its widespread support of the fest, leading Key West’s annual transformation into a music mecca Wednesday, April 27 through Sunday, May 1,…
Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson Saluted with Leadership Music Dale Franklin Award

The Nashville music community came together to celebrate BMI pioneers Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson with the seventh annual Leadership Music Dale Franklin Award, presented during the organization’s gala dinner on Sunday, August 29 at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Music City. Vince Gill hosted the ceremony and Shawn Camp led the ace…
Legends Toast Hank Cochran at BMI

Living legends gathered to salute iconic songwriter Hank Cochran Monday, June 15 at BMI’s Music Row offices. Merle Haggard, Bobby Bare, Dean Dillon, Jamey Johnson, Lee Ann Womack, Gene Watson, Red Lane, and Whitey Shafer took turns delivering acoustic versions of Hank Cochran classics, while guests including Elvis Costello, Cowboy Jack Clement,…
Key West Fest Enjoys Record-Setting Year

The 14th Annual Key West Songwriters Festival invaded the Florida hotspot April 29 through May 3. Presented by Better Angels Music and benefiting the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation, the industry- and fan-favorite launched another year of songs in the sun Wednesday, April 29 with BMI’s kick-off party at La Concha Hotel, which was followed by a slew of intimate songwriter showcases and Key West-only moments. This year's lineup boasted…
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…
Josh Turner: As Country as Cornbread

With a baritone as rich as Godiva dark chocolate, a polite demeanor, all-American good looks, and a deep appreciation for the country music establishment and its heritage, Josh Turner is definitely the anti-Waylon. Not that he doesn’t revere the Outlaws as much as any other self-respecting country artist out there today — it’s just he’s cut from a little bit of a different cloth. And fans have…
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Inducts Bob DiPiero, Flatt & Scruggs and Hank Williams, Jr.

NSAI Also Presents Annual Awards Bob DiPiero, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and Hank Williams, Jr. were honored for their songwriting contributions and welcomed to the esteemed ranks of the Nashville Songwriters Hall Fame during the 38th Annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony held Sunday, October 14. Members of the Nashville songwriting and publishing community filled the ballroom of…
Brooks & Dunn Top BMI’s 2007 ACM Nominee List
Brooks & Dunn emphasized their perennial honky tonkin’ dominance with an exclamation point when the 2007 Academy of Country Music Award nominees were announced Monday, March 5. The longtime BMI affiliates snagged seven nominations, with an eighth nod tacked on to Ronnie Dunn‘s list for his role as a producer. The duo has been honored by the Academy more than any…
Recent Shawn Camp events
| Apr 1 2010 | BMI Showcase at Tin Pan South: Nashville |
| Apr 5 2008 | BMI Showcase @ Tin Pan South: Nashville |
