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Moving from her native Alabama to Nashville at a young age to hone her craft on the DIY music scene, Charli Adams is a singer/songwriter whose remarkable music leaves few listeners indifferent. With a haunting voice delivering her stories with striking intimacy, Charli’s power to mesmerize her audiences with cinematic…
BMI Presents at the Bluebird Café Highlights Local Nashville Songwriters
BMI continued its monthly series at the Bluebird Café on Tuesday, March 21 with local singer/songwriters Channing Wilson, Meghan Linsey, and Tyler Cain. Meghan Linsey, runner-up of the eighth season of NBC’s The Voice, took the stage and sang her songs, “Over the Moon,” “You Ruined That Song,” and “Say…
Lolla Indie Spotlight: Ruston Kelly
This Nashville-based singer/songwriter is known for his delicately sculpted sound that captures chaos, heartbreak and redemption. A South Carolina native, he relocated to Music City at age 17 and landed a publishing deal with BMG Nashville in 2013. Since then, he has written for Tim McGraw and Josh Abbott Band,…
Ruston Kelly: A Supernova is Born
When Ruston Kelly’s debut full-length, Dying Star, came out on Rounder Records in September, he was immediately pegged as an artist to watch, drawing comparisons to the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Townes Van Zandt. Lauded for his vulnerable, fearless songwriting – and a masterful melodic sensibility, no doubt shaped…
BMI Returns to Austin With its Signature Stage at ACL Fest
BMI is set to return to Austin, TX, for another great year of curated music with twenty-four up-and-coming artists October 5-7 and 12-14. With fifteen years of Austin City Limits history under its belt, the BMI stage has solidified its reputation as Zilker Park’s hottest location for music discovery throughout…