Chip Taylor http://www.bmi.com/affiliate/rss/C741 This BMI RSS feed contains news articles, events, and musicworld articles for a specific affiliate or group. en affiliates@bmi.com Copyright 2008 2008-07-24T20:09:00-05:00 Songwriters Kelly Willis, Chip Taylor and Shawn Phillips Tell Tales at SXSW BMI Panel http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/536243 Willis, Kelly, Taylor, Chip BMI presented popular SXSW panel Songwriters Tell Tales Thursday, March 13, at the Austin Convention Center. Moderated by BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville Jody Williams, the in-depth discussion delved into the business and art of both intellectually and lucratively successful songwriting. The panel relied on a diverse hive of creative minds, including Kelly Willis, Shawn Phillips and Chip Taylor.

More coverage of BMI's activities at SXSW2008 is available here.

]]> 2008-03-18T18:37:01-05:00 Americana Music Elite Gather at BMI Nashville for AMA Announcement Party http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/334867 Artists, Cary, Caitlin, Cash, Rosanne, Douglas, Jerry, Drive-By Truckers, Greencards, The, Hunter, James, Kaplin, Fats, Lauderdale, Jim, McClinton, Delbert, McMurtry, James, Moorer, Allison, Robinella, Rodriguez, Carrie, Stuart, Marty, Taylor, Chip, Vaughan, Kenny, Musical Styles, Country Allison Moorer announce the 2006 Americana Music Association Awards nominees. The packed house enjoyed margaritas and tapas, while the audience's ears feasted on the music of the AMA nominees drifting from the speakers.

Pictured are (l to r): AMA Board President Tamara Saviano, BMI VP Jody Williams, Allison Moorer, Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, AMA Executive Director Jeff Green and BMI's Mark Mason. Photo by Alan Mayor 

BMI singer/songwriter James McMurtry led the pack with three nominations, including Album and Artist of the Year. Rosanne Cash and Marty Stuart followed closely behind with two nods apiece. Other noteworthy picks include the second New/Emerging Artist of the Year nomination for the Greencards (their first came in 2004), and Dixie Chick Martie Maguire's Song of the Year mention for the band's controversial single, "Not Ready to Make Nice."

Tennessean music critic Peter Cooper, BMI's Kay Clary and Elisabeth Dawson, and Grimey's Music co-owner and AMA board member Doyle Davis. Photo by Sonata Stanton 

The 5th Annual Americana Honors & Awards show will take place on Friday, September 22 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Hosted by perennial favorite, Jim Lauderdale, the Americana Honors & Awards will once again feature an all-star "house band" led by Buddy Miller. The ceremony is scheduled to be broadcast around the world by both Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, as well as by BBC Radio 2 and Voice of America.

Vector Management's Lisa Jenkins, AMA Board President/Saviano Media Owner Tamara Saviano, Sugar Hill's Kim Fowler, Vector Management's Kathi Whitley and GAC's Shaun Moseley. Photo by Elisabeth Dawson 

BMI is a major sponsor of the Americana Music Association and its convention held in Nashville each fall.

ASCAP's Michelle Goble, BMI's Mark Mason and ASCAP's Mike Sistad Photo by Kay Clary 

BMI's 2006 Americana Music Association Award Nominees:

Album of the Year
James McMurtry -- Childish Things
Delbert McClinton -- Cost of Living
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives -- Souls' Chapel

Artist of the Year
Rosanne Cash
James McMurtry
Marty Stuart

Duo/Group of the Year
Caitlin Cary
The Drive-By Truckers
Fats Kaplin
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez

Instrumentalist of the Year
Jerry Douglas
Kenny Vaughan

New/Emerging Artist of the Year
The Greencards
James Hunter
Robinella

Song of the Year (songwriter award)
"Black Cadillac" written by Rosanne Cash
"Not Ready to Make Nice" written by Martie Maguire
"We Can't Make It Here" written by James McMurtry

]]> 2006-06-25T18:00:00-05:00 Carrie Rodriguez Joins BMI Family http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233821 Artists, Rodriguez, Carrie, Taylor, Chip, Awards, Musical Styles, Bluegrass, Country Carrie Rodriguez stopped by the BMI New York office recently to sign some paper work. Rodriguez is an accomplished fiddle player who was discovered at Austin's South by Southwest music convention in 2001 by legendary BMI songwriter Chip Taylor. The pair's second album of duets entitled The Trouble With Humans is due out in September. Their first album, Let's Leave This Town, is a blend of folk, bluegrass, country and Texas swing and marked Rodriguez's debut as a singer. That CD was recently nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize, an award given to the industry's most creative albums as selected by the world's top musicians.


Pictured in the BMI New York office are (seated) Carrie Rodriguez, Chip Taylor, and (standing) BMI's Charlie Feldman and J.W. Johnson. photo: Dana Rodriguez
]]> 2003-08-21T18:00:00-05:00 Chip Taylor, Carrie Rodriguez: The Next Big (Wild) Thing http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233701 Artists, Blue Highway, Rodriguez, Carrie, Taylor, Chip, Awards, Musical Styles, Country, Rock Chip Taylor, best know for writing such rock and country classics as "Wild Thing," "Angel of the Morning" and "Son of a Rotten Gambler," stopped by the BMI New York office recently with newcomer Carrie Rodriguez to perform some songs. Chip and Carrie played a short set for BMI executives and staff, debuting several new songs including "Memphis, Texas" and "Confessions from Newport News" before heading to Holland to play at the Blue Highway Festival. The pair recently released an album of duets entitled Let's Leave This Town, a blend of folk, bluegrass, country and Texas swing that marked Rodriguez's debut as a singer. Taylor, who has penned numerous hits over the last 40 years, discovered the young fiddle player at Austin's South by Southwest music convention in 2001.


BMI's New York Writer/Publisher Relations department greets Carrie and
Chip (center). Pictured are BMI's Samantha Cox and Charlie Feldman,
Rodriguez, Taylor, BMI's J.W. Johnson and Brooke Primont


Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez perform with bass player Tony Mercadante (seated)

photos: Gary Gerhshoff]]> 2003-04-29T18:00:00-05:00 Americana Music Conference Kicks-off with Chip Taylor http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233067 Artists, Taylor, Chip, Thorn, Paul, Musical Styles, Country The second Americana Music Association Conference, held November 1-3 in Nashville, brought together a knockout triple-bill of Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Chip Taylor and Paul Thorn for an opening night reception and concert hosted by BMI. Among the highlights at the Belcourt Theatre were presentations to Taylor from BMI (a six Million-Air certificate for "Angel Of The Morning") and from EMI Music Publishing (a plaque for 10 million units of Shaggy's Hotshot album featuring the smash single "Angel").


BMI's David Preston, EMI Music's Bruce Burch and Chip Taylor

A few days later as the AMA Conference segued into Country Music Week, Welch and Rawlings celebrated the Album of the Year win of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, on which they performed.


BMI's David Preston, Chip Taylor, EMI Music's Gary Overton and Bruce Burch, and Americana Music Association's JD May


BMI's David Preston, David Rawlings, Gillian Welch and BMI's Paul Corbin


Chip Taylor, Paul Thorn and BMI's David Preston

photos by Alan Mayor

]]> 2001-11-12T17:00:00-05:00 Chip Taylor http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233394 Artists, Taylor, Chip, Musical Styles, Pop BMI songwriter Chip Taylor (center), who penned the classic "Angel of the Morning," is seen here at an album release party held at the Cross Keys of Chelsea in London celebrating his forthcoming album, Black and Blue America. Taylor was presented with a Gold Disc from EMI Music Publishing's Bob Clifford and a Million-Air Certificate from BMI's Phil Graham for more than 6 million broadcast performances. Originally a hit for Merrilee Rush and later Juice Newton, the song is back on top of the US and UK charts with rapper Shaggy's version. Taylor also performed with John Platania and PP Arnold, who flew in just for the occasion.

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