BMI provided the closing entertainment for the Louisiana and Mississippi Broadcasters Associations at their joint annual convention held recently (5/21/15) at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi, MS. BMI songwriters and Louisiana natives, Jim McCormick and Payton Smith entertained together and separately, wowing the crowd during the closing… Read more...
While the United States is not among the 30+ countries that send a delegate to compete on international television in the annual Eurovision Song Competition, this year yielded some surprising results. Nashville-based father and son BMI songwriters Rob and Matthew Crosby, along with three other writers, wrote “Calm After the… Read more...
It’s that time of year again for sun, sand and songwriters. The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association’s 19th Annual Key West Songwriters Festival kicks off Wednesday, May 7, and continues through Sunday, May 11. The lineup this year is stronger than ever with Sara Evans, Anders Osborne, Kacey Musgraves, Robert… Read more...
The 14th Annual Key West Songwriters Festival will invade the venues of its paradisiacal namesake April 29 through May 3, 2009, offering eclectic show lineups that introduce crowds to the faces, voices and stories behind the songs. The festival features more than 100 top songwriters and revolves around five days… Read more...
Songwriter Rob Crosby received a BMI Million-Air certificate recognizing two million broadcast performances of "She's More." The tune was released as a single from Andy Griggs' RCA debut You Won't Ever Be Lonely. After hitting #1 on the charts in 1999, "She's More"… Read more...
BMI staged the 49th edition of its Country Awards last night, with ultimate honors saved for “I Hope You Dance,” songwriters Toby Keith, Marv Green and Aimee Mayo, and publishing titan Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. BMI Citations of Achievement were presented by President & CEO Frances… Read more...
