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May 17, 2010 The Tommy Castro Band wins Band of the Year at the 31st Annual Blues Music Awards. View Photo

May 17, 2010 Jason Ricci accepts his trophy for Harmonica player of the year at the 2010 Blues Music Awards. View Photo

May 17, 2010 Album of the Year winner Joe Louis Walker performs at the 2010 Blues Music Awards. View Photo

May 17, 2010 BMI proudly hosted the annual Americana Honors & Awards Nominee Announcement Party on Wednesday, May 12 at the W.O. Smith School of Music in Nashville. Roots royalty Emmylou Harris and Todd Snider announced the 2010 nominees after the crowd savored the live sounds of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Pictured at the party are BMI’s Clay Bradley; nominees Ray Wylie Hubbard… View Photo

May 17, 2010 The 11th Annual BMI Foundation Jerry Harrington Awards for Creative Excellence were presented during a ceremony held on May 10 at the BMI New York offices. These awards, funded by BMI Assistant Vice President and BMI Foundation board member Evelyn Buckstein in honor of her colleague, the late Jerry Harrington, who was passionately devoted to musical theatre, are given to… View Photo

May 13, 2010 The BMI Foundation named Peter Bateman one of three recipients of the 21st annual Pete Carpenter Fellowship in February, and as part of the prize, Bateman will work with esteemed BMI composer Mike Post. The BMI Foundation’s Linda Livingston recently caught up with both Post and Bateman in Post’s Burbank, CA studio. Pictured are Livingston, Bateman and Post. View Photo

May 12, 2010 BMI recently welcomed Christopher Von Uckermann to its growing family of songwriters, composers and music publishers. Christopher has already enjoyed long, successful careers in both acting and music. Formerly a member of super group Rebelde (RBD), he has also appeared in telenovelas for more a decade. Currently, he is taping the first season of TV series Kdabra and working in… View Photo

May 12, 2010 The International Broadcasters Idea Bank Conference was held May 4 in Nashville, and BMI sponsored a guitar pull featuring a trio of country music’s best songwriters. George Ducas, Dave Pahanish and Jeffrey Steele have written countless hits, as well as almost a dozen chart-toppers between the three of them. The trio’s considerable talents were on full display for the appreciative… View Photo

May 12, 2010 Pictured at the May 3 installment of BMI’s popular Acoustic Lounge Series at Genghis Cohen in Los Angeles are (front row) featured performer Diana Mera, Jennifer Trani, BMI’s Delia Orjuela, featured performer Elyan Diaz, and BMI’s Marissa Lopez; (back row): Derik Nelson, Rozzie Crane, BMI’s Tracie Verlinde and Tavi Shabestari, featured performer Mia Kim and Adrian Pieragostino. View Photo

May 12, 2010 BMI’s Brandon Haas (center left) and Dave Claassen (center right) pose with Gringo Star at the 2010 Florida Music Festival. View Photo