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Feb 28, 2011 Ruby Jane performs with Max Frost at the BMI showcase during Folk Alliance 2011. View Photo

Feb 28, 2011 Pokey LaFarge performs at the BMI showcase at the BMI showcase during Folk Alliance 2011. View Photo

Feb 28, 2011 Chatham County Line performs at the BMI showcase at the BMI showcase during Folk Alliance 2011. View Photo

Feb 28, 2011 Mark Olson performs at the BMI showcase at the BMI showcase during Folk Alliance 2011. View Photo

Feb 28, 2011 Sahara Smith performs at the BMI showcase during Folk Alliance 2011 in Memphis. View Photo

Feb 28, 2011 Singer/songwriter Yunel Cruz recently played Mega 97.9 FM’s Estrella event in New York. He performed his single “Dominicanita,” which is steadily climbing Billboard’s Latin Tropical Songs chart. Pictured at the event are Cruz, BMI’s Porfirio Piña and manager Jose Cruz. View Photo

Feb 28, 2011 Pictured at BMI’s February edition of Symmetry Live are (back row) The Dead Westerns’ Ian Campbell, Kevin Justmann, and Jeff Beach; (front row) BMI’s David Claassen, The Dead Westerns’ Barry Piacente and Ryan Stephens, and Lauren St. Jane. View Photo

Feb 28, 2011 BMI’s February installment of Symmetry Live featured the sounds of Tyler Lyle and Lauren St. Jane & the Dead Westerns. Held monthly at the Atlanta W Downtown, the series highlights promising up-and-comers lighting up the Southeast. Pictured are BMI’s David Claassen, Tyler Lyle, Lauren St. Jane and Ryan Stephens. View Photo

Feb 24, 2011 BMI recently saluted songwriter James House, whose song “A Broken Wing,” recorded by Martina McBride, has logged more than 2 million performances. Also the writer behind Dwight Yoakam’s “Ain’t That Lonely Yet” and Diamond Rio’s “In a Week or Two,” House released the critically acclaimed EP “Home Part I,” featuring the song “I Love You, Man,” last year. Pictured are… View Photo

Feb 23, 2011 Iran-bred band Yellow Dogs recently stopped by BMI’s New York office to discuss their upcoming projects. Pictured are manager Ali Salehezadeh, Yellow Dogs’ Koory, Sina, Looloosh, and Obaash, and BMI’s Samantha Cox. View Photo