BMI joined broadcasters from across the state of Tennessee for the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters’ (TAB) 74th annual awards banquet which recognizes industry excellence. This year’s event, which took place recently (10/4) at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, TN, featured an inaugural Impact Award which was presented to… Read more...
BMI is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Loretta Lynn (née Webb), the trailblazing country singer/songwriter and BMI Icon who passed away at her Hurricane Mills, TN home Tuesday morning at the age of 90. A wife, mother, and grandmother hailing from Butcher Hollow in eastern Kentucky’s coal country,… Read more...
Five-time Emmy-winner Jeff Beal is renowned for scoring celebrated films and television series including House of Cards,Rome,Monk,Pollock, and Blackfish, as well as composing powerful orchestral works. The prolific and versatile composer has roots in classical music, which imbue his works with a wide range of moods and tones, augmented by improvisational… Read more...
Legendary composer Alan Menken was recently honored by Hollywood in Vienna, the annual film music gala, with the Max Steiner Achievement Award, a prestigious accolade which recognizes exceptional achievements in the art of film music. The ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra paid tribute to the multiple Oscar, GRAMMY, and Golden Globe-recipient… Read more...
BMI songwriter and Spin Doctors lead singer Chris Barron took center stage at the opening dinner of the 2022 Utah Tourism Conference in Vernal, UT. The performance took place under the stars at the Moonshine Arch Cliffs where the Princeton, New Jersey native rocked the large crowd of Utah hospitality &… Read more...
BMI is once again exceptionally proud of its many affiliates who were singled out for their outstanding musical accomplishments at last night’s Billboard’s Latin Music Awards, which were held in Miami at the Watsco Center. Among the evening’s multiple winners, Karol G led the way with awards for Hot Latin Song,… Read more...
BMI celebrated their monthly Rooftop on the Row concert series last night with BMI singer/songwriters Tenille Arts and Elvie Shane. Previous ACM nominee Tenille Arts started off the show with tunes from her 2021 album, Girl to Girl, and her latest single “Back Then, Right Now.” The CMT Next Women of… Read more...
This past Saturday, BMI composer Emer Kinsella helped bring to fruition a truly ambitious and unique immersive concert performance in downtown Culver City on the newly renovated Culver Steps. Kinsella performed her own dynamic pieces, as well as work from composers Allyson Newman, Carla Patullo, Yuichiro Oku and Justin Bell alongside… Read more...
BMI honored the #1 hit, “Damn Strait” on Monday evening at BMI’s office. The tune, sung by BMI country artist and songwriter Scotty McCreery, and written by Jim Collins and Trent Tomlinson, is a tribute to the legendary country icon George Strait. The song describes a relationship gone wrong, and the… Read more...
