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BMI, Galaxie Agency & Nashville Blues Society Celebrate Life & Work of Motown Legend Barrett Strong
On Sunday, August 28 at B.B. King’s Blues Club in Nashville, Galaxie Agency, BMI and the Nashville Blues Society will partner to celebrate the life and work of the incomparable soul songwriter Barrett Strong, with all proceeds going directly to Strong to offset care and medical bills. Featuring performances by John Ford Coley, Sarah Buxton, Nick Nixon, Jimmy…
From News, posted 8.22.11
BMI Songwriters Dominate First Six Months of 2011 Awards Season
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Half of 2011 is already history, complete with a suite of awards ceremonies celebrating music’s best. From the Grammys to the Tonys, the cultural supremacy of BMI’s deep repertoire has been on full display. January The year launched with a high bar, as Atticus Ross’s music for The Social Network earned Best Original Score at the 68th Annual Golden Globes and 83rd
From News, posted 7.18.11
BMI Greats Dominate Blues Music Awards
The BMI family of bluesmen and women dominated the 32nd Blues Music Awards, winning an overwhelming 98% of the awards handed out last week in Memphis. Buddy Guy led the BMI surge, proving his brand of soul-soaked blues only gets better with time: The 2010 Blues Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award honoree took home B.B. King Entertainer and Album of the Year for Living…
From News, posted 5.10.11
Morgan Freeman Receives Star on Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center Walk of Fame
BMI Senior Vice President, Government Relations Fred Cannon proudly helped celebrate living legend and fellow Mississippi native Morgan Freeman with a new bronze star on the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center's Walk of Fame at a recent ceremony in downtown Meridian, Mississippi. Cannon is a member of the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center (MAEC) board. The Meridian Star quotes Cannon as saying, “I had this…
From News, posted 5.09.11
2010 Award Season Belongs to BMI Songwriters & Composers
BMI songwriters dominated the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, winning almost two-thirds of the awards that were handed out across all genres and categories. The Grammy wins cap an incredible year in which BMI songwriters and composers were the most celebrated creative voices in awards presentations and on the charts. When BMI opened its doors in 1939, the depth and diversity quickly amassed in the company’s repertoire redefined industry…
From News, posted 1.27.11
Buddy Guy Leads List of 2011 Blues Music Awards Nominees
BMI blues-slingers accounted for 91 percent of the 2011 Blues Music Awards nominations, announced yesterday. 2010 Blues Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Buddy Guy proves there’s more where that came from, leading the list of nominees with five nods including B.B. King Entertainer and Album of the Year for Living Proof. 2010 B.B. King Entertainer winner Janiva Magness will vie…
From News, posted 12.16.10
B.B. King, Buddy Guy Look at the Past and Future of the Blues
These days, the blues — the deceptively simple poetry that rose from the field hollers of Southern slavery, propelled by African rhythms, carrying life’s most hopelessly human truths in the sparest of rhyme schemes — is everywhere and nowhere. The veritable DNA of popular music, there is no rock & roll — no punk, no funk, no soul, no metal, no hip-hop, no Motown, no Stax, no Elvis, no Beatles,…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.24.10
Homemade Jamz Gets the Blues
Ryan Perry was stoked. Minutes before his scheduled interview with BMI MusicWorld, the 17-year-old singer, songwriter and guitarist completed his latest tinkering project—an electric guitar built from a cigar box. “We just put the finishing touches on it five minutes ago,” Perry said. “We plugged into the amp and it works fine. We used a buzzer from an alarm clock for the (transducers).” The guitar assembly project is just the…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.03.10
Joe Louis Walker Leads BMI Nominees for 2010 Blues Music Awards
BMI artists, songwriters and musicians garnered the majority of 2010 Blues Music Awards nominations, which were recently announced. Joe Louis Walker leads the list with five nods, including Album and Contemporary Blues Album of the Year for Between a Rock and the Blues, Contemporary Blues Male Artist, Guitarist, and Song of the Year for “I’m Tide.” James “Super Chikan” Johnson also garnered a slew of nominations, including B. B. King…
From News, posted 12.12.09
Buddy Guy Leads BMI Winners at 30th Annual Blues Music Awards
BMI blues legends dominated the 30th Annual Blues Music Awards, held Thursday, May 7 in Memphis, Tennessee. With three trophies, icon Buddy Guy walked away with the most wins, including album and contemporary blues album of the year for Skin Deep, as well as contemporary blues male artist of the year. Acclaimed singer Janiva Magness earned the prestigious B.B. King entertainer…
From News, posted 5.13.09
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