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Sep 25, 2009 Pictured at BMI’s Americana Showcase at the 2009 Americana Music Festival and Conference are BMI’s Kay Clary and Bradley Collins; Pete Molinari; Justin Townes Earle; Baskery’s Greta, Stella, and Sunniva Bondesson; and BMI’s Clay Bradley. View Photo

Sep 24, 2009 Pictured at the 1st Annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters’ Festival are (front row) Natalie Hemby, Paul Overstreet, Kim Carnes, Hugh Prestwood, and Scotty Emerick; (middle row) Dave Ellingson, Daniel Tashian, BMI’s Leslie Roberts, Lucie Silvas, BMI’s Mary Loving, and James Slater; (back row): Key West Songwriters Festival Director Charlie Bauer, Jeff Cohen, BMI’s Charlie Feldman, Chris Barron, Billy Panda, Storme Warren,… View Photo

Sep 24, 2009 Jeff Cohen performs at the Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters Festival on September 18 at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven, MA. View Photo

Sep 24, 2009 During the 1st Annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters Festival, singer-songwriter Chris Barron was awarded Million-Air certificates for his hits “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” and “Two Princes,” both performed by his band, The Spin Doctors. Pictured are BMI’s Mark Mason, Barron, and BMI’s Charlie Feldman. View Photo

Sep 24, 2009 Pictured at the 1st Annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters’ Festival on September 18 are Dave Ellingson, Daniel Tashian, Lucie Silvas, Kim Carnes, Natalie Hemby and Jeff Cohen, with BMI’s Mary Loving and Charlie Feldman. View Photo

Sep 24, 2009 Performing at the first annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters Festival on September 19 at the Union Chapel Theatre in Oak Bluffs, MA, are Billy Panda, Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson, and Chris Barron. View Photo

Sep 24, 2009 Pictured at the 1st Annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters’ Festival on September 19 are BMI’s Mark Mason, Natalie Hemby, and Paul Overstreet. View Photo

Sep 23, 2009 BMI recently honored Marv Green with a stack of Million-Air certificates recognizing a jaw-dropping total of 12 million performances: Green’s “Amazed,” recorded by Lonestar, has amassed more than 6 million performances; “True,” recorded by George Strait, has earned more than 2 million; while “Proud of the House We Built,” cut by Brooks & Dunn, “Wasted,” recorded by Carrie Underwood, “Let’s… View Photo

Sep 23, 2009 Celebrating at NSAI’s World’s Largest #1 Party are BMI’s Clay Bradley, retired BMI Vice President of Writer/Publisher Relations and recipient of NSAI’s Maggie Cavender Award of Service Roger Sovine, and BMI’s Jody Williams. View Photo

Sep 23, 2009 Pictured during the NSAI’s annual World’s Largest #1 Party on Monday, September 21 are Eulene Sherman and daughter Piper, Angelo Petraglia, BMI’s Leslie Roberts and Beth Mason, Hillary Lindsey, Steve McEwan, Gordie Sampson, and BMI’s Bradley Collins. Petraglia co-wrote chart-topper “It’s America,” while Lindsey, McEwan and Sampson co-wrote Carrie Underwood’s “Just a Dream.” View Photo