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Remembering Etta James: 1938-2012
Etta James died on Friday, January 20. She was 73 years old. “With the passing of Etta James, we lose one of the most powerful and beautiful voices of blues and soul, and a woman whose spirit was as fierce and unapologetic as her music,” said BMI President & CEO Del Bryant. “James lived a life of both triumphs and…
From News, posted 1.23.12
BMI Offering New Songwriting Workshop
BMI is offering an eight-week songwriting workshop at its New York offices, taught by songwriter Billy Seidman and designed to help hone songwriting skills by focusing on lyric writing, music theory and arranging/productions techniques in contemporary songwriting. The class will feature constructive feedback, stimulating assignments, and literature created especially for the BMI Songwriting Workshop. Classes will meet on Thursdays for eight consecutive weeks starting September 29 —…
From News, posted 8.22.11
BMI, Galaxie Agency & Nashville Blues Society Celebrate Life & Work of Motown Legend Barrett Strong
On Sunday, August 28 at B.B. King’s Blues Club in Nashville, Galaxie Agency, BMI and the Nashville Blues Society will partner to celebrate the life and work of the incomparable soul songwriter Barrett Strong, with all proceeds going directly to Strong to offset care and medical bills. Featuring performances by John Ford Coley, Sarah Buxton, Nick Nixon, Jimmy…
From News, posted 8.22.11
BMI Songwriters Dominate First Six Months of 2011 Awards Season
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Half of 2011 is already history, complete with a suite of awards ceremonies celebrating music’s best. From the Grammys to the Tonys, the cultural supremacy of BMI’s deep repertoire has been on full display. January The year launched with a high bar, as Atticus Ross’s music for The Social Network earned Best Original Score at the 68th Annual Golden Globes and 83rd
From News, posted 7.18.11
BMI Composers Make Up Majority of DownBeat Critics Poll Winners
BMI’s family of jazz songwriters and composers garnered the majority of 59th Annual DownBeat Critics Poll nods, revealed in the magazine’s August issue. The honorees underscore the muscle of BMI’s jazz repertoire, which is the home of the genre’s legends and contemporary torchbearers. Critics opted to induct BMI songwriters Abbey Lincoln and Paul Chambers into the DownBeat Hall of Fame. Lincoln, who died almost one year…
From News, posted 7.14.11
“Memphis Beat,” Reborn: Keb’ Mo’, Dickey Lee & Allen Reynolds Win BMI Film/TV Awards
Keb’ Mo’ had two big reasons to smile during a recent visit to BMI’s Nashville offices. The acclaimed blues slinger earned BMI Film/TV Awards—one for composing the original theme and background music for brand new series Mike & Molly, and the other for his role in the music for TNT’s new crime drama Memphis Beat. The Memphis Beat music’s back story is further proof that a…
From News, posted 6.28.11
BMI Greats Dominate Blues Music Awards
The BMI family of bluesmen and women dominated the 32nd Blues Music Awards, winning an overwhelming 98% of the awards handed out last week in Memphis. Buddy Guy led the BMI surge, proving his brand of soul-soaked blues only gets better with time: The 2010 Blues Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award honoree took home B.B. King Entertainer and Album of the Year for Living…
From News, posted 5.10.11
Pinetop Perkins Dies
Blues pioneer Pinetop Perkins died on Monday at his home in Austin, Texas. He was 97 years old. Perkins epitomizes BMI’s unparalleled relationship with the blues. As the first performing right organization to open its doors to the blues, BMI shepherds the deepest blues catalog in the industry, populated by new voices and legends like Perkins. Widely revered as one of the last original Delta bluesmen, Perkins…
From News, posted 3.22.11
BMI Blues Dominates List of 2011 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees
BMI represents the world’s most lauded creators in all forms of music, and the organization’s ties to the blues run especially deep. When the 2011 Blues Hall of Fame inductees were announced last week, a commanding 80% of the honorees, which encompass performers, albums, songs, producers, and record executives, are longtime BMI songwriters and catalog jewels. Legendary BMI singer/songwriters Robert Cray, John Hammond,
From News, posted 2.22.11
G. Love Visits Past, Emerges Fixin’ To Die
Garret Dutton has been better known as G. Love for his nearly two decades as a professional musician. But it’s only with his most recent and soon to be released album that Dutton lays bare the exact folk and blues variety that sparked, and intermittently permeated his 20 years as G. Love. “Fixin’ To Die,” due February 22, is a rootsy collection of covers and originals, with…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.15.11
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