BMI songwriter and producer Allen Reynolds recently received the Leadership Music Dale Franklin Award during the organization’s annual gala August 23 in Nashville. The prestigious honor recognizes “music trailblazers who exemplify the highest quality of leadership and leading by example.” Reynolds certainly fits the bill. He cut his teeth with fellow… Read more...
Esteemed troubadour Hal Ketchum celebrated the release of his new album, Father Time, Monday, September 15 amidst industry peers and fans in BMI’s Nashville Writer/Publisher lobby. Ketchum recorded the ambitious labor of love live to two-track over two stacked days in the studio. Released on his longtime label home Curb Records,… Read more...
BMI played happy host to the Americana Music Association Honors & Awards nominees’ announcement party Wednesday, June 11 in Nashville. Guests including Jason Ringenberg and Warner Hodges of Jason and the Scorchers fame, Fats Kaplin, Justin Townes Earle, legendary A&R executive Mary Martin, Mike Farris, Chuck Mead, Webb Wilder and so… Read more...
"Tough Little Boys" was the center of attention during a luncheon at BMI Nashville, when BMI Award-winning writer Harley Allen, co-writer Don Sampson and MCA artist Gary Allan celebrated the song's #1 achievement. Also recognized for their contributions were publisher Coburn Music, Inc., producer Read more...
Award-winning songwriter Harley Allen and Warner Bros. artist Blake Shelton were guests of honor at BMI Nashville for a celebration of their #1 hit, "The Baby." Also on hand to receive congratulations and engraved commemorative cups were producer Bobby Braddock and the song's publisher, Coburn… Read more...
Curb Music Publishing and BMI Nashville got together recently to share some laughs and lots of music. After a luncheon, publishers Jeff Tweel, Drew Alexander, Brad Kennard and Portis Tanner and songwriters Bobby Tomberlin, Jamie Richards, Jack Sundrud, Billy Montana, Jeremy Campbell, John Barner, Lisa Graham and Gilles Goddard shared… Read more...
BMI songwriter Bobby Tomberlin's friends -- of whom there are many -- turned out in full force to celebrate his first #1 single, "One More Day," recorded by Diamond Rio. The single, published by Mike Curb Music and produced by Diamond Rio and Michael Clute, spent two non-consecutive… Read more...
Nashville music’s best sellers joined renowned chef Charlie Trotter of Chicago and wine connoisseurs from the best cellars in Nashville for the second annual Nashville Best Cellars Dinner at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel on March 12. The star-studded event was presented by the T.J. Martell Foundation (TJMF) and raised more than… Read more...
Al Anderson — who, along with Shania Twain, Skip Ewing and Dixie Chick Martie Seidel, was named a BMI Country Songwriter of the Year this past fall — has in recent years emerged as one of Nashville's most dependable tunesmiths, churning… Read more...
A lot of trivia and trash comes rolling down the Internet, but there's treasure out there, too, as Harley Allen discovered. "I was reading my e-mail one morning and came across a story forwarded by my brother," says Harley, a singer/songwriter. "That story really shook me… Read more...
