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Bobby Braddock, Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Sony/ATV & More Honored at 2011 BMI Country Awards
BMI celebrated the songwriters and publishers behind country music’s most-performed songs of the past year during the 59th annual BMI Country Awards. BMI staged the event in its Nashville offices, located in the heart of Music Row, where behind-the-scenes hit-makers and center stage superstars came together to toast one another as songwriters. Rhett Akins and Dallas Davidson share the Songwriter of the Year crown. Georgia natives and close…
From News, posted 11.08.11
Rhett Akins, Making Music Row Hits for the Boys and Girls Down Home
Rhett Akins, a friendly and talkative Georgia native and a co-writer of Blake Shelton’s sunny hit, “Honey Bee,” connects with country fans on the simplest of levels. “They’re all just young, country redneck boys and girls in their big jacked-up trucks and rebel flags wavin’,” Akins says. “They just want to have a good time. That’s how I grew up and those are the…
From MusicWorld, posted 6.14.11
Harley Allen Dies
BMI singer, songwriter, and musician Harley Allen died last week after a battle with cancer. He was 55. Allen moved naturally from honky tonk to bluegrass to country music’s mainstream, and back again. The 2005 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year wrote or co-wrote BMI Country Award-winning songs including Alan Jackson’s searing “Between the Devil and Me” (1998) and “Everything I Love,” Joe Nichols’ “I’ll Wait for You”…
From News, posted 4.05.11
Dallas Davidson Flies High with a Little Help from His Friends
If you were to be lucky enough to corner a chart-topping songwriter in Nashville, say, at some locals-only lunch hotspot a few paces from Music Row, and if—during that cornering—you were able to ask this writer what it was that aided in their breaking into the forefront of the industry’s writing elite, promoted from the within the ranks of its many struggling scribes, the answers you could expect to receive…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.28.11
Carrie Underwood Leads BMI Wins at American Country Awards
Members of BMI’s country family made multiple trips to the stage during the inaugural American Country Awards ceremony, staged Monday, December 6 in Las Vegas, as BMI songwriter/artists took home 90% of the awards. Carrie Underwood took home six of the show’s custom Fender guitar awards: Artist and Female Artist of the Year, as well as Album for Play On, Female Single and Female Music Video for…
From News, posted 12.07.10
Jace Everett Reaps Good Fueled by ‘Bad Things’
For one week in 2006, Jace Everett’s “Bad Things” was downloaded for free by about 210,000 iTunes users – and one of them just happened to be Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball. Country radio ignored the single but Ball ultimately resurrected the spooky-but-sexy song to play under the opening credits of his HBO vampire drama, True Blood. “He just fell in love with it,” Everett says.…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.26.09
Anthony Hamilton Breaks Down ‘The Point of It All’
Anthony Hamilton’s singing voice revealed itself early, making friends and turning ears from the first time he opened his mouth as a youngster at the Macedonia Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C. His songwriting “voice,” however, remains an instrument he constantly hones — and occasionally reshapes — as he emerges as one of music’s foremost r&b practitioners. Both voices are at their sharpest and loosest on The Point…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.20.09
Heidi Newfield Leads List of BMI ACM Award Nominees
The Academy of Country Music announced nominees for the organization’s 44th annual awards Wednesday, February 11 in Nashville, and BMI artists, songwriters, and producers decisively populate category after category.Heidi Newfield leads the pack of BMI nominees, underscoring the success of her solo debut with five nominations, including top female vocalist, and single and song of the year for “Johnny & June.” Jamey Johnson garnered…
From News, posted 2.11.09
‘WCRS Live!’ Showcase Lineup Announced for CRS-40
BMI singer-songwriters Bobby Pinson, Paul Overstreet, Josh Turner and Jamey Johnson will perform at the WCRS Live! event during CRS-40. Slated for Thursday, March 5 between 4:10 and 5:30 p.m., the annual showcase is sponsored by BMI and Country Aircheck.“ This group is a perfect picture of BMI’s cream of the crop, as it pertains…
From News, posted 1.20.09
Composer Scott Brasher Scores First Feature Film ‘Billy: The Early Years’
Nashville-based BMI composer Scott Brasher has penned the original score for new biopic Billy: The Early Years, which traces the roots of evangelical pastor Billy Graham. The movie marks Brasher’s first foray into feature film scoring, but is a due step forward for the proven writer. Formerly the keyboardist for award-winning contemporary Christian artist Michael Card, the versatile Brasher has co-written radio-friendly hits including Card’s “The New Jerusalem” and composed…
From News, posted 10.30.08
Recent Josh Turner events
| Jun 12 2011 | CMA Music Festival: Nashville |
| Jun 11 2011 | CMA Music Festival: Nashville |
| Jun 10 2011 | CMA Music Festival: Nashville |
| Jun 9 2011 | CMA Music Festival: Nashville |
| Mar 5 2009 | CRS Live!: Nashville |
| Apr 5 2008 | BMI Showcase @ Tin Pan South: Nashville |
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