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On Wednesday night, May 15, BMI served up its second installment of the popular Rooftop on the Row series with Colin Elmore and A Thousand Horses. Both bands provided a rousing soundtrack to an evening with Nashville’s ever-changing skyline as the backdrop. Sony Nashville recording artist Colin Elmore kicked off…
BMI’s Rooftop on the Row Series Returns for Third Season of Unforgettable Music with Unbeatable View
BMI is pleased to announce the return of popular Music Row summer concert series, Rooftop On The Row Presented by George Dickel Tennessee Whisky. The 2019 series will kick off on April 23 with Big Loud recording artist HARDY co-headlining with fellow newcomer Filmore. HARDY penned the Florida Georgia Line…
BMI Congratulates its ACM Nominees
On April 2, in Las Vegas, the Academy of Country Music will air its 52nd awards ceremony on CBS, and BMI writers are situated to win big again this year! Leading the pack of BMI ACM nominees for 2017 are: Keith Urban with seven nods, Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris…
BMI Congratulates its MusicRow Award Nominees
Nashville’s longest running music industry trade publication honors, the MusicRow Awards, have named several BMI songwriters as 2016 nominees. Winners will be revealed during a private ceremony at BMI’s Nashville office on Wednesday, June 29. Here’s the list of BMI affiliates who received the prestigious nods: A Thousand Horses -…
Southwest Celebrates 30 Years of Service with BMI Artists A Thousand Horses and Maren Morris
BMI recently hosted a one-of-a-kind concert at Nashville’s airport, celebrating Southwest Air’s 30 years of service in Nashville. BMI songwriters A Thousand Horses and Maren Morris performed for the crowd of both travel and music industry executives in front of Southwest’s newest airplane, a Boeing 737-700 decorated with the Tennessee…
BMI Celebrates its 2016 ACM Nominees
BMI songwriters are again this year overwhelmingly leading the pack of 2016 ACM nominees. Eric Church, who is up for his first ACM Entertainer of the Year award, has an astounding five nods, including his third Male Vocalist of the Year nomination, Album of the Year for Mr. Misunderstood, as…
BMI Celebrates Writers of A Thousand Horses’ ‘Smoke’
Nashville’s South bar was packed with industry executives, family and friends to celebrate the writers of “Smoke,” A Thousand Horses’ first #1 hit off their debut album Southernality. Written by BMI songwriter and A Thousand Horses band member Michael Hobby and BMI songwriter Ross Copperman with Jon Nite, the track…
BMI Celebrates Ross Copperman’s #1 Hit “Don’t It”
BMI songwriter Ross Copperman was honored for his work on Billy Currington’s #1 hit “Don’t It” August 3 at the Country Music Association’s Nashville headquarters. Co-written with Ashley Gorely and Jaren Johnston, the song marks Copperman’s fourth number one hit. Copperman has an impressive number of cuts to his name,…
A Conversation With A Thousand Horses
It’s a dreary spring day in Nashville, but for the four gentlemen of A Thousand Horses, the future is nothing but bright. “It’s been crazy,” admits guitarist Zack Brown (no, not that Zac Brown), who is sitting around a boardroom table on Music Row with his three bandmates, who chuckle…
RAB Board Meeting Features Blistering Performance by BMI-affiliated Band
The Winter Board Meeting of the Radio Advertising Bureau, held recently (3/11) at the Westin Phoenix Downtown was highlighted by a performance from new country sensation “A Thousand Horses.” The 9 piece, BMI-affiliated band performed a number of songs from their upcoming album in front some of the nation’s top…
A Thousand Horses: A Thousand Horses Interviewed at the 2015 BMI Country Awards
Captured at 2015 BMI Country Awards