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Don Black, Steve McEwan, John Reid & More Honored at 2010 BMI London Awards

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BMI celebrated Europe’s premier songwriters, composers and music publishers tonight during its annual BMI London Awards. Guests filled London’s Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane to toast the past year’s most-performed songs on U.S. radio and television. Songwriter Don Black, OBE was honored as a BMI Icon. Black joins a list of past honorees that includes Donovan, Peter Gabriel, Bryan…


From News, posted 10.05.10

The Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival Announces Schedule

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The Key West Songwriters Festival will make paradise even sweeter during the event’s 15th annual installment Wednesday, April 28 - Sunday, May 2, 2010. Presented by Better Angels Music and benefiting the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation, the festival will feature more than 100 top-tier songwriters performing most-loved hits. Anchor-sponsor BMI will continue its widespread support of the fest, leading Key West’s annual transformation into a music mecca. Full band…


From News, posted 4.01.10

Key West Songwriters Festival Preps for 15th Year

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The Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival will make paradise even sweeter during the event’s 15th annual installment Wednesday, April 28 - Sunday, May 2, 2010. Benefiting the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation, the festival will feature more than 100 top-tier songwriters performing most-loved hits. Anchor-sponsor BMI will continue its widespread support of the fest, leading Key West’s annual transformation into a music mecca. Full band concerts will bookend…


From News, posted 1.29.10

‘Just a Dream’ Marks Eight Trips to the Top for Carrie Underwood

Music Row movers and shakers gathered for lunch co-hosted by BMI on Thursday, December 10 to toast the writers behind Carrie Underwood’s latest no. 1 single, “Just a Dream.” Co-penned by elite songwriting trio Steve McEwan, Hillary Lindsey, and Gordie Sampson, the poignant tune marks the vocal powerhouse’s eighth consecutive trip to the top of the charts. Since her career’s meteoric…


From News, posted 12.17.08

Hot Fun at BMI’s ‘Summertime’ Celebration

When New York-based songwriter Steve McEwan made a routine stop in Nashville recently, BMI was ready to make him feel at home with a congratulatory dinner at Park Cafe. The cause for celebration: McEwan co-wrote Kenny Chesney's feel-good No. 1 hit, "Summertime." Pictured enjoying the dinner…


From News, posted 9.06.06

BMI Sponsors 11th Annual Key West Song Fest

During the first week of May, it's highly possible that not a single hit song will be written in Nashville; that week, the hits will instead pour out of a more tropical songwriting oasis as the Key West Songwriters' Festival invades Key West, Fla., May 3-7, 2006. The festival continues its successful run at the world-famous Hog's Breath Saloon, the rowdy home base for festivities.


From News, posted 3.23.06

BMI Honors Top European Writers, Publishers at 2005 London Awards; Steve Winwood Named a BMI Icon

BMI saluted the top European songwriters and publishers in the pop, urban, country, dance, Latin, college, Christian and film/tv music genres at its 2005 London Awards held November 29. The gala dinner and awards ceremony, which honors the most performed songs on U.S. radio and television written by members of its foreign sister societies, was hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and BMI Senior Vice…


From News, posted 11.28.05

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