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BMI at 2008’s Folk Alliance Conference The 2008 edition of the Folk Alliance Conference took up residency at the Marriott hotel in downtown Memphis February 20 through 25. BMI’s showcase, held Thursday, February 21, featured a slew of clever troubadours, including Los Angeles’ Bill Reveles, New York City’s Natalia Zukerman,…
BMI Sponsors 2nd Annual Mucklewain Music Festival
BMI is proud to sponsor the second annual Mucklewain Music Festival September 28 & 29. Held in Pinewood, Tennessee, 45 miles west of Nashville, the event basks in the ample glow of southern art, music and culture. A lineup including BMI roots artists Todd…
BMI Sponsors First Annual Mucklewain Festival
On Saturday, Aug. 19, BMI will sponsor Mucklewain, the brand new festival created to celebrate the contemporary culture of the South, featuring southern voices expressed through music and visual art. The campgrounds of Whicker Park in Harriman, Tenn., 35 miles west of Knoxville, will…
Garrison Starr
BMI songwriter Garrison Starr (left) is greeted by BMI's Brooke Primont at the Mercury Lounge in New York City, where Starr performed to a packed, silent room. She is touring to promote her recent album Songs From Take Off to Landing on Back Porch.
BMI Wraps First Year of ‘Songwriters Club’
BMI celebrated a highly successful first year of the BMI Songwriters Club with a packed final show in November. Singer/songwriter Duane Neillson describes it best: “The night I performed reminded me why I love singing and writing music... it was possibly the warmest I’ve ever felt on stage. People…