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Jun 21, 2010 BMI’s Jody Williams, right, looks on as Candi Staton thanks One eskimO for sampling her song “He Called Me Baby,” written by Harlan Howard. View Photo

Jun 21, 2010 R&B legend Candi Staton mingles with One eskimO at BMI’s “Kandi” #1 party on June 17. View Photo

Jun 21, 2010 Harlan Howard Songs’ Melanie Howard and Candi Staton enjoy the “Kandi” #1 party at BMI on June 17. View Photo

Jun 17, 2010 Eighteen-year-old singer/songwriter Julia Sinclair, also a highly regarded classical guitarist, played BMI’s second June “Pick of the Month” showcase, held June 15 at Rockwood Music Hall. Pictured are Julia Sinclair, and BMI’s Samantha Cox and Brandon Haas. View Photo

Jun 17, 2010 BMI jazz great Randy Klein accepts an award on behalf of photographer Lena Adasheva from broadcaster Jim Wilke during the JJA Awards in New York. View Photo

Jun 17, 2010 Cyro Baptista shows off his JJA Jazz Award for Percussionist of the Year trophy, as presenter Elzy Kolb of Hot House magazine smiles in the background. View Photo

Jun 17, 2010 Rudresh Mahanthappa (right) celebrates his second consecutive JJA Jazz Award for Alto Saxophonist of the Year after receiving the honor from Laurence Donohue-Greene (left), editor of AllAboutJazz-New York. View Photo

Jun 17, 2010 Kurt Elling celebrates his Male Singer of the Year win at the JJA Jazz Awards. View Photo

Jun 17, 2010 Joe Lovano enjoys a night of big wins at the JJA Jazz Awards. View Photo

Jun 17, 2010 Award-winning songsmith Will Rambeaux recently came by the Nashville office to officially affiliate his new joint-publishing venture, Ram Writers Group, which he co-founded with Doug Merritt. Rambeaux is best-known for writing mega-hits including Faith Hill’s “Wild One,” John Michael Montgomery’s “How Was I to Know,” and a string of top ten hits, as well as producing Sherrié Austin’s last four… View Photo