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Billy Gibbons: ZZ-Top’s future plans

Captured at BMI Pop Awards 2002

Birdman Ray: Official Bio

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Birdman Ray is a band. Their vision is a strange and potent one: To fuse the quiet dignity of Steve Reich, the yodel of Jimmie Rodgers, and the facial hair of Billy Gibbons into one ‘sound enchilada’. They always put the song first in what they do, and are extremely interested in that ill-defined area where Country meets Punk, and then…


From MusicWorld, posted 6.24.08

Nickelback: Making Music ‘For All the Right Reasons’

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"I really want to make music for the right reasons," says Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger. "The most important reason is to make music because you love it. And I think that's why we spend so much time on it." Nickelback's devotion to their craft inspired the title of the band's hard-hitting new album, For All the Right Reasons. Fueled by Kroeger's raspy vocals and melodic songs, the…


From MusicWorld, posted 6.12.06

BMI Country Stars Win Big at ACM Awards

The 41st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards provided a welcome excuse for Music City to invade Sin City Tuesday night (5/23), and there were plenty of experiences that, luckily, won't stay in Vegas. Top Male Vocalist Keith Urban (left) shares the stage with 21-time ACM winning duo


From News, posted 5.24.06

RockWalk Honors BMI Blues Legends

BMI celebrated its rich heritage with the blues by congratulating some of the genre's most renowned songwriters and artists as they were inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk. Held at the Guitar Center on April 4, the ceremony honored legendary BMI blues giants Solomon Burke, Robert Cray, Etta James, Ike Turner and the late Muddy Waters, who was inducted by ZZ Top's


From News, posted 4.07.05

BMI Salutes Rock ‘N Roll Past and Present at 50th Annual Pop Awards

BMI saluted the writers and publishers of the past year’s 50 most performed songs during the 50th Annual BMI Pop Awards tonight, with superlatives reserved for Rob Thomas’s song “If You’re Gone,” songwriter Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down and Universal Music Publishing. Frances W. Preston, President & CEO, and Barbara Cane, Vice President & General Manager, Writer/Publisher Relations, Los Angeles, handed out BMI Citations of Achievement to…


From News, posted 5.13.02

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