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Americana Music Association Shines Spotlight on Roots Artists

BMI continued its enthusiastic support of the Americana Music Festival and Conference this year, sponsoring the 9th annual installment of the roots music extravaganza. On Thursday, September 18, BMI's official showcase offered wistfully soulful singer/songwriter Sarah Siskind and melodically brazen rockers the Branded Sons. At the Americana Honors & Awards ceremony held in the historic Ryman Auditorium Thursday evening, BMI artists,…


From News, posted 10.04.08

AMA Announces Nominees for 2008 Honors & Awards

BMI played happy host to the Americana Music Association Honors & Awards nominees’ announcement party Wednesday, June 11 in Nashville. Guests including Jason Ringenberg and Warner Hodges of Jason and the Scorchers fame, Fats Kaplin, Justin Townes Earle, legendary A&R executive Mary Martin, Mike Farris, Chuck Mead, Webb Wilder and so many more mingled in BMI’s main lobby. After opening remarks…


From News, posted 6.15.08

Mieka Pauley

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Her voice ranges from haunting, delicate beauty to an explosion of shattering, soaring soul. Her lyrics bloom from a place of uncompromising honesty and raw emotion, wise beyond her years. Her roots are the blues, classic soul and R&B, rock, gospel and folk, and the result is a personal brand of pop music that is uniquely her own. Billboard magazine and the Boston Globe have compared her to everything from…


From MusicWorld, posted 4.04.06

Musicians Take BMI Stage at ACL Music Fest

BMI will host a singer/songwriter stage at the 2nd Annual Austin City Limits Music Festival, to be held September 19 - 21 in Austin's beloved Zilker Park (2100 Barton Springs Road). Writers featured on the BMI-sponsored stage will include Bruce Robison ("Travelin' Soldier"), Shawn Camp ("Two Pi�a Coladas"), Robert Earl Keen ("This Old Porch") and


From News, posted 9.16.03

Tift Merritt

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Like that “overnight success” story about the singer who suddenly made it big — after ten years of toiling in clubs — one journalist recently wrote, “Tift Merritt seemingly came out of nowhere in 2002 . . .” Merritt has indeed been playing small clubs in North Carolina and learning her craft, though not quite for a decade. But one reason that writer likely made such…


From MusicWorld, posted 11.13.02

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