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While the recording of Country music is said to have begun when Fiddlin’ John Carson laid down his version of “Little Old Log Cabin Down The Lane” for the Okeh label in 1923, the genre achieved mass-market appeal with the emergence of Nashville as the capital of Country music... read more
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Tom T. Hall, Wynn Varble and Easton Corbin to Headline WCRS Live! at CRS 2010
Legendary artist, songwriter and storyteller Tom T. Hall will perform at WCRS Live! with fellow singer-songwriters Wynn Varble and Easton Corbin during CRS 2010, slated for Feb. 24-26, 2010. The annual WCRS Live! acoustic songwriter showcase, sponsored by BMI and Country Aircheck, takes place Thursday, Feb. 25, from 4:10 – 5:30 p.m. in the Nashville Convention Center. “Every part of BMI’s…
From News, posted 2.05.10
Key West Songwriters Festival Preps for 15th Year
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 1.29.10
Bridges and Burnett Introduce ‘Crazy Heart’ to Nashville
New West Records and the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum sponsored the Nashville premiere of Crazy Heart on Tuesday, January 12. In Crazy Heart, the debut feature film from writer-director Scott Cooper, four-time Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too…
From News, posted 1.15.10
Durango Songwriter’s Expo Set for February
BMI is proud to sponsor the 6th annual Durango Songwriter's Expo/Santa Barbara Wine Country, Feb. 25-27 at The Santa Ynez Valley Marriott and offer a 10 per cent discount on registration to BMI members. The registration is limited to 200, with over 40 music industry pros (including BMI's Tracie Verlinde) and hit songwriters in attendance. The Expo is a combination of workshops, listening sessions, showcases, panels, and open mics. Three…
From News, posted 1.11.10
Waylon Payne Walks the Line
Waylon Payne is hitting Nashville early on a hot July morning. He’s driving a new, used gold Mercedes Benz and he needs a shave and a shower and a couple cups of coffee. He’s been up late seeing old friends, which by his own admission is not a wise decision. He’s up, though, nursing a root beer. “I’m trying,” he sighs. It isn’t easy. Payne’s had more…
From MusicWorld, posted 1.01.10
Miranda Lambert’s Revolution
"I have no idea what makes a song a hit single,” says Miranda Lambert. “There’s no rulebook for that. I just cut songs I love, and then hope that radio will play them.” Rulebook or not, Lambert has struck a deep chord with fans and critics alike. Each of her first two major-label albums — 2005’s Kerosene and 2007’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend –— placed high on a slew…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.27.09
Justin Townes Earle’s Dust Bowl Revival
Justin Townes Earle’s dad, Steve Earle, pushed the musical envelope in the mid-’80s by spiking his country with rock muscle. Now the younger Earle is doing it by unplugging and turning the clock back more than half a century, making honky-tonk, ragtime and blues seem like the most dynamic music around. “People ask me, like, why I don’t play electric guitar and stuff like that,” says the…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.25.09
Taylor Swift Voted AP Entertainer of the Year
The Associated Press has named Taylor Swift the 2009 Entertainer of the Year, adding yet another shiny title to the country crossover star’s growing collection. Still in the midst of a dazzling trajectory that shows no signs slowing, Swift is preparing to kick off the new year as the most-awarded and most-watched star of 2009. Just last month, the 20-year-old singer/songwriter became the youngest artist ever to…
From News, posted 12.21.09
Tim McGraw’s ‘Southern Voice’
When Tim McGraw first arrived in Nashville 20 years ago, he was just one more gung-ho foot soldier in the city’s perpetually teeming ranks of country music aspirants, battling it out on nightclub stages and facing tremendous odds against ever making any headway. Yet within several years, the Louisiana-born singer-guitarist had established himself as Nashville royalty. Despite his mind-bendingly successful track record, with sales topping 40 million…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.21.09
Hard Times in the Big Easy
Four years have not lessened the horror of what happened in New Orleans during the first week of September 2005. Spared a direct hit from Hurricane Katrina, the city was decimated when the levee and federal flood protection systems failed in more than 50 places. Eighty percent of the city flooded. Visions of hell unfolded in real time as global media captured images of victims waiting for rescue and fighting…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.17.09
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