The coveted Americana Honors & Awards nominations are out with several BMI songwriters poised to win big. Brandi Carlile leads the pack with three nods this year in the major categories of Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year. The ceremony will be held… Read more...
Last night, the AMA-UK, a professional trade association representing and advocating for the voice of American Roots music in the UK, announced the winners of this year’s prestigious UK Americana Awards. BMI is proud that several of our songwriters, as well as international writers who choose BMI for U.S. representation,… Read more...
Zella Day is a Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter who hails from the remote town of Pinetop, AZ. Raised by a bohemian family from Long Beach, CA and Mexico, Day immediately gravitated towards music as a child, covering Bob Dylan at age nine, performing in her grandmother’s coffee house, and recording her… Read more...
Last night the AMA-UK, a professional trade association representing and advocating for the voice of American Roots music in the UK, announced the winners of this year’s prestigious Americana UK awards. BMI is proud that several of our songwriters, as well as international writers who choose BMI for U.S. representation,… Read more...
Deftly interweaving country and soul into a beguiling mix on her debut album, Walk Through Fire, British singer/songwriter, Yola, is a genre-bending musical force to be reckoned with. While steeped in orchestral strings, fiddle, pedal steel and tremolo guitars, the album – produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys… Read more...
Deftly interweaving country and soul into a beguiling mix on her audacious debut album, Walk Through Fire, established British singer/songwriter Yola is a genre-bending musical force to be reckoned with. While steeped in orchestral strings, fiddle, pedal steel and tremolo guitars, the album – produced by Dan Auerbach of the… Read more...
Year after year, we are proud that BMI songwriters have taken home a majority of The GRAMMYS, and 2013 is no exception. This time around, BMI writers claimed an impressive 53+% of the awards. Some of the evening’s most memorable highlights include: BMI songwriters Jack Antonoff and Jeff Bhasker winning… Read more...
