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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

Jun 17, 2010 Tom Douglas delivers a potent set at the Songwriters in the Round showcase. View Photo

Jun 17, 2010 Wynn Varble and Dallas Davidson perform at the Hard Rock Café Songwriters in the Round showcase. View Photo

Jun 17, 2010 Wynn Varble spins stories and songs at the Hard Rock Café Songwriters in the Round showcase on June 12 during CMA Music Festival. View Photo