Amel Larrieux http://www.bmi.com/affiliate/rss/C464 This BMI RSS feed contains news articles, events, and musicworld articles for a specific affiliate or group. en affiliates@bmi.com Copyright 2008 2008-10-10T20:53:00-05:00 Amel Larrieux http://www.bmi.com/musicworld/entry/233994 Artists, Jones, Norah, Larrieux, Amel, Sade, Musical Styles, Dance, Jazz, Pop, Urban, Musicworld, Hitmaker From her formative years with the mellow neo-soul duo Groove Theory to her current solo career, singer/songwriter Amel Larrieux has earned ecstatic reviews for her wide-ranging repertoire and jazz-influenced vocals. Yet, even by her own high standards, Larrieux's new album, Bravebird, is an ambitious step. A hypnotic melange of r&b, jazz, world music, hip-hop and folk, the album's torchy jazz flourishes are complemented by a lyrical conscientiousness that defies categorization.

Bravebird arrives on the luxuriant heels of Larrieux's acclaimed Epic/550 Music debut solo album, Infinite Possibilities , of which Vibe magazine noted: "With talent like Larrieux’s, anything is possible." The singer's new album affirms such notions, with tracks like "For Real," "Congo" and "We Can Be New" skirting the lines between cosmopolitan soul-jazz and earthy, mystical worldbeat. Bravebird positions Larrieux as a kindred cousin of Sade, Anita Baker and Norah Jones — a rarefied pantheon if ever there was one.

Larrieux was steeped in the arts from an early age. The daughter of a New York City dance critic and professor, Larrieux formed Groove Theory in the '90s with former Mantronix member Bryce "Bryce Luvah" Wilson. In 1995, the duo scored a gold-certified pop and r&b hit with "Tell Me," with the subsequent Groove Theory album climbing into the r&b Top 20. In 1996, Larrieux recast herself, appearing as a featured vocalist on the self-titled album by Sweetback, a group comprising former members of Sade's backing band.

In 1999, Larrieux officially launched her solo career with the single "Get Up." Now, with two acclaimed solo albums to her credit, she has made good on the title of her new album. A fearless musical experimentalist, Larrieux is a "Bravebird," indeed.

]]> 2004-03-09T17:00:00-05:00 Neptunes, Evanescence Top List of BMI Grammy Nominees http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233913 Artists, Aguilera, Christina, Akwid, Alabama, Audioslave, Banton, Buju, Batson, Mark, Black Eyed Peas, Blind Boys of Alabama, The, Blue Highway, Bowie, David, Branch, Michelle, Brecker, Randy, Brooks & Dunn, Buffett, Jimmy, Cam'ron, Cash, Rosanne, Clarke, Stanley, Corea, Chick, DiFranco, Ani, Eminem, Evanescence, Flaming Lips, The, Floetry, Foo Fighters, Fountains of Wayne, Franklin, Aretha, Gill, Vince, Gorillaz, Green, Pat, Guy, Buddy, Hamilton, Anthony, Hargrove, Roy, Harrison, Rich, Hill, Faith, Hugo, Chad, India, Intocable, James, Etta, Jane's Addiction, Jarrett, Keith, Jars of Clay, Jones, Norah, Keith, Toby, Kelly, R., Kenny G, Korn, Krauss, Alison, LaBelle, Patti, lang, k.d., Larrieux, Amel, Les Nubians, Lewis, Glenn, Lil' Kim, Linkin Park, Lonestar, Los Tigres del Norte, Loveless, Patty, Matrix, The, McBride, Martina, McClurkin, Donnie, McGraw, Tim, McLachlan, Sarah, Metheny, Pat, Miguel, Luis, Mirwais, Molotov, Muddy Waters, Nelson, Willie, Neptunes, The, Neville, Aaron, Nickelback, Parton, Dolly, Queens of the Stone Age, Roots, The, Scruggs, Earl, Setzer, Brian, Shorter, Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Sting, Tedeschi, Susan, Twain, Shania, Vincent, Rhonda, White Stripes, The, Williams, Lucinda, Williams, Pharrell, Wilson, Charlie, Wonder, Wayne, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yeston, Maury, Zevon, Warren, Musical Styles, Blues, Jazz, Pop, Rock 46th Annual Grammy Awards, announced December 4 at a press conference held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Pharrell Williams of red hot production duo, The Neptunes, leads the BMI pack with six nods including three individual and three with partner Chad Hugo, who himself earned five. In addition to nominations for Album of the Year as producers and Best Rap Song as songwriters, the pair is also up for the coveted Producer of the Year Grammy.


Evanescence
The White Stripes

Rock band Evanescence also topped this year's list, picking up five nominations including Best New Artist and Best Rock Album for their multi-platinum breakthrough release, Fallen. Other five-time nominees were rapper Eminem and the late Warren Zevon. Also receiving multiple nods were Willie Nelson, Jack White of The White Stripes (three with his band and one individual), and classical composer Jose Serebrier with four each and Christina Aguilera with three, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her smash hit, "Beautiful."


Willie Nelson
Eminem
Warren Zevon

The 46th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2004, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on CBS from 8-11:30 p.m. on the East and West Coasts.

BMI's Grammy Nominees

SIX NOMINATIONS
Pharrell Williams

FIVE NOMINATIONS
Eminem
Evanescence
Chad Hugo
Warren Zevon

FOUR NOMINATIONS
Willie Nelson
José Serebrier
The White Stripes

THREE NOMINATIONS
Christina Aguilera
Jeff Bass
Michael Brecker
Chick Corea
Anthony Hamilton
Alison Krauss
Lil' Kim
Shania Twain

TWO NOMINATIONS
Audioslave
Black Eyed Peas
Jorge Calderón
Ry Cooder
Foo Fighters
Fountains of Wayne
Aretha Franklin
Rich Harrison
Heather Headley
Bishop T.D. Jakes
Toby Keith
R. Kelly
k.d. lang (SOCAN)
The Matrix
Martina McBride
Aaron Neville
Nickelback (SOCAN)
Pink
Neal Pogue
Earl Scruggs
Wayne Shorter
Snoop Dogg
Sting (PRS)
Union Station
Doc Watson
will.i.am
John Williams
Lucinda Williams

ONE NOMINATION
Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Akwid
Allman Brothers Band
Audio Adrenaline
Marcia Ball
Luther Barnes & the Sunset Jubilaires
Buju Banton (PRS)
Mark Batson
Steve Berkowitz
Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
Carla Bley Big Band
Blind Boys of Alabama
Blue Highway
Michelle Branch
Randy Brecker
Brooks & Dunn
David Bowie (PRS)
Joe Budden
Jimmy Buffett
Martin Buttrich (GEMA)
Café Tacuba
Michel Camilo
Cam'Ron
Caribbean Jazz Project
Rosanne Cash
Stanley Clarke
Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater
The Crabb Family
The Crusaders
Sam Cooke
Adrian Cosentini
Diamond Rio
Ani DiFranco
Reggie Dozier
Jimmy Douglass
Eagles
Fred Ebb
Kurt Elling
Scotty Emerick
The Flaming Lips
Floetry
Bill Frisell
Kenny G
Vince Gill
Gorillaz (PRS)
Percy Gray, Jr.
Buddy Guy
Eddie Gonzalez
Jimmy Gonzalez y El Grupo Mazz
Pat Green
Stephan Haeri
William Hamilton
Roy Hargrove
Faith Hill
Dave Holland Quintet
Eric Idle (PRS)
India
Intocable
Jane's Addiction
Etta James
Keith Jarrett
Jars of Clay
Norah Jones
The Jordanaires
John Kander
Peter Kater
John P. Kee
Garrison Keillor
Kitaro (JASRAC)
Korn
Dave Koz
Nathaniel Kunkel
Patti LaBelle
Amel Larrieux
Glenn Lewis
Mark Levine
Linkin Park
The Light Crust Doughboys
Lonestar
Irving Lorenzo
Patty Loveless
Luis Miguel
Timo Maas (GEMA)
Marilyn Manson
Masters at Work
Donnie McClurkin
Del McCoury Band
Tim McGraw
Sarah McLachlan (SOCAN)
Jim McNeely
Joel McNeely
Pat Metheny
Bette Midler
Ismael Miranda
Molotov
Joel Moss
Newsboys
Bob Norberg
Les Nubians (SACEM)
The Oak Ridge Boys
Walter Ostanek (SOCAN)
Joe Pace
Dolly Parton
Nicholas Payton
Ray Price
Queens of the Stone Age
Eugene Record
Relient K
Don Rollins
Roomful of Blues
The Roots
Scott Rouse
David Sanborn
Pete Seeger
The Sensational Nightingales
Thomas Z. Shepard
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Sean Smith
Luciana Souza
Los Straitjackets
Micheal Strange, Jr.
Jimmy Sturr
Howard Tate
Susan Tedeschi
Télépopmusik (SACEM)
Jacky Terrasson
Los Tigres Del Norte
Los Tucanes De Tijuana
Caetano Veloso
Rhonda Vincent
Redd Volkaert
Muddy Waters
Charlie Wilson
Gerald Wilson Orchestra
Kim Wilson
Vickie Winans
George Winston
Wayne Wonder
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Yerba Buena
Maury Yeston
Yellowjackets

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