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BMI to Host NY Song Circle May 2

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BMI will host the Monday, May 2 installment of New York Song Circle. Staged at the Bitter End (147 Bleecker Street, between Thompson and LaGuardia), the intimate acoustic showcase will pair the venerable BMI hit-maker Hugh Prestwood with a hand-picked selection of auspicious up-and-comers including Nashville-based roots singer/songwriter Bonnie Bishop; current Music Row hit-maker Dave Pahanish; pop-savvy New York City troubadour…


From News, posted 4.26.11

New Performers Announced for Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival

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Presented by BMI, Perennial Favorite Slated for April 27-May 1 The Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival, presented by BMI, is exploding, surpassing even the biggest dreams of its founders and longtime supporters. The 2011 lineup is unprecedentedly deeper: genre-hopping singer/songwriters Raul Malo, Marshall Chapman, and Robert Earl Keen; serial country chart-toppers Lori McKenna,


From News, posted 3.29.11

Key West Songwriters Festival: 15 Years & Counting

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One week every spring for the past 15 years, Key West has transformed itself into the nation’s best listening room. The Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival brings top songwriters and thousands of fans from around the world to this southernmost tip of the continental United States, where once a year, flip-flops and frozen concoctions complement a laid-back music mecca. BMI has been a sponsor of the event since…


From MusicWorld, posted 1.06.11

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

Special Guest John Oates Strums at “Songwriters Circle”

BMI joined The New York Songwriters Circle on March 3 to present “Nashville Night,” with special guest John Oates at The Bitter End. Oates, along with a diverse line-up of songwriters including Kylie Sackley, Jeff Cohen and Hugh Prestwood, performed acoustic interpretations of their songs to a standing-room-only crowd. Shown are…


From News, posted 3.18.08

12th Annual Key West Songwriters’ Festival Picks and Grins May 2-6

BMI will head south with a slew of Music City’s ace songwriters in tow for the 12th annual Key West Songwriters’ Festival in Key West, Florida, May 2-6. Designed to thrust the writers behind today’s country hits into a deserved spotlight, the festival boasts intimate live performances in the midst of paradise. The neighborhood’s favorite live music venues will host performances daily, while the beloved Hog’s Breath Saloon…


From News, posted 4.16.07

Jimmy Buffet, Hugh Prestwood Join Nashville Song Hall

The Nashville Songwriters' Hall of Fame christened two more BMI members Sunday night (10/22) at the annual induction ceremony hosted by the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) and the Nashville Songwriters Foundation (NSF). Songwriters selected sea-faring icon Jimmy Buffett and cherished bard Hugh Prestwood for induction, and both accepted the honor in person at the gala held in the…


From News, posted 10.26.06

Nashville Song Hall Nominates BMI Greats

BMI songwriters claimed an impressive majority of the 2006 nominations for induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame - 10 of the 15 call BMI home. The nods honor elite members of the songwriting community whose contributions to popular music span genres and decades.


From News, posted 8.17.06

Key West Songwriters Fest a Rousing Success

The 11th annual Key West Songwriter Festival exceeded expectations and cemented its status May 3-7 as a must-attend event for Nashville songwriters. Sixty BMI songwriters and artists performed and mingled during a week's worth of intimate performances and group activities. Hit songwriter Wendell Mobley took advantage of the week's ample pleasures and views the festival as therapy: "The new AA... Advil and Aloe Vera," Mobley…


From News, posted 5.22.06

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