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Conversations: Béla Fleck & Earl Scruggs
Are legends simply born, or are they made? In an exclusive interview for BMI MusicWorld, renowned bluegrass-jazz synergist Béla Fleck sat down with revered five-string banjo godfather Earl Scruggs to discuss evasive and exhilarating composition processes, intertwined personal histories, and the virtuosic value of 10,000 hours. Béla Fleck (BF): So, you’ve been writing banjo tunes for a long time. What’s your writing process? Earl…
From MusicWorld, posted 4.06.09
Del McCoury Strikes With ‘Lightning’ at 2002 IBMA Awards
The Del McCoury Band and the live concert recording Down From the Mountain, featuring artists from the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, were each double winners at the 13th Annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards, held October 17 at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville.
From News, posted 10.29.02
Triple Winners Brooks & Dunn Move to Front of ACM Herd
Brooks & Dunn collected three "Hat" trophies at the 37th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (5/22) to become the winningest act in the history of the ACMs. Their victories for top Entertainer, Vocal Duo and Video brought their total to16, surpassing Merle Haggard on the all-time list. …
From News, posted 5.30.02
‘O Brother’ Soundtrack Rules 44th Annual Grammy Awards
The soundtrack to the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? was the surprise winner at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards, presented on February 27 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The multi-platinum album took home five Grammys including the coveted Album of The Year award, besting works by U2, Bob Dylan, OutKast and India.Arie. Produced by BMI songwriter/producer T Bone Burnett who was named Producer of the Year,…
From News, posted 2.27.02
Soggy Bottom Boys Hit the Top at 35th CMA Awards
BMI songwriters dominated the 35th Annual CMA Awards (11/7), with The Soggy Bottom Boys -- Dan Tyminski, Pat Enright and Harley Allen -- and T Bone Burnett as the evening's double winners. Burnett produced and The Soggy Bottom Boys performed on Single of the Year "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" and Album of the Year O…
From News, posted 11.07.01
Rhonda Vincent, Dan Tyminski Rake in Top Bluegrass Honors at IBMA Awards
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Dan Tyminski, and the soundtrack from the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? shared the bulk of the honors at the 12th Annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards, held October 4th at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville. Click here to see photos from BMI's IBMA Nominees Party
From News, posted 10.09.01
Sara Evans Soars to New Heights with 2001 CMA Nominations
Sara Evans Soars to New Heights with 2001 CMA Nominations The best in contemporary and traditional country sounds mixed it up when the nominees for the 35th Annual CMA Awards were announced at Nashville's Adelphia Coliseum (8/28). Among those BMI affiliates mentioned repeatedly were longstanding hitmakers Brooks & Dunn and Tim McGraw, bluegrass-rooted Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Nickel Creek and the Soggy Bottom…
From News, posted 8.28.01
BMI Great John Hartford Dies at 63
by Jay Orr, country.com John Hartford wrote "Gentle on My Mind," one of the most recorded songs in mainstream American popular music, and he championed the old-time fiddle tunes of Ed Haley and other original American masters. Hartford died at 4:30 p.m. Monday (June 4) at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville after a 21-year battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was 63. "John Hartford…
From News, posted 6.04.01
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