After two years of COVID cancellations, the UK Americana Music Week returned to East London between January 23 - 26, 2023. As one of the UK’s biggest celebrations of American roots music, BMI supported this year’s events that concluded with the prestigious UK Americana Awards at the Hackney Empire on… Read more...
BMI is saddened by the passing of Don Everly, half of the timeless duo, the Everly Brothers. Don, along with his brother Phil, whom he survived by several years, was renowned for classic songs they sang together including several penned by BMI songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, such as the… Read more...
“The first time I heard the song ‘Bo Diddley’ in 1955, it just nailed me,” recalls Kentucky native Don Everly, one-half of the monumental early rock duo the Everly Brothers. “I remember thinking, ‘I’ll never be able to have that type of rhythm in any kind of country music.’” By… Read more...
The Nashville Songwriters Foundation recently inducted four new members into its Songwriters Hall of Fame during a banquet at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel in Nashville. Those honored were the late Johnny Russell, Dennis Linde, and Don… Read more...
The Nashville Songwriters Foundation (NSF) has announced this year’s nominees for the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Winners will be revealed at the annual dinner and induction ceremony on Sunday, November 4. BMI songwriters earned 12 of the 15 nominations, including all in the "Songwriter/Artist Pre-1981" field. BMI nominees… Read more...
