R&B Photo Archive
New Yorkers were treated to a surprise performance by soul singer Allen Stone at BMI Presents at Rockwood Music Hall on August 2. Pictured strumming his guitar at Rockwood Music Hall is Allen Stone. View Photo
Music enthusiasts were treated to a trio of performers at BMI Presents at Rockwood Music Hall on August 2 in New York. Pictured performing at the event is indie pop ingénue Frances Cone. View Photo
Singer-songwriter Lyle Divinsky performs at BMI Presents at Rockwood Music Hall on August 2 in New York. View Photo
Pictured at the TeeFlii showcase in conjunction with Power 106 and Young California are (L-R): Tuff Morgan of JV.7 Kingz; Nicole Plantin, BMI Director, Writer/Publisher Relations and Yvonne Drazan, peermusic A&R Director, West Coast and Mexico. View Photo
Legendary Motown songwriter Barrett Strong was a special guest at the Radio Advertising Bureau Spring Board Dinner held recently (4/25) in Detroit, where BMI presented the iconic writer with Million Air certificates to recognize several of his songs that have been performed at least a million times on the radio. Strong received two Million-Air certificates for "War," "I Wish it… View Photo
BMI and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum co-sponsored a discussion with legendary recording artist Booker T. on September 13 at the 2012 Americana Music Festival. The discussion was led by Grammy-winning filmmaker and author Robert Gordon and featured Booker T.’s stories from decades of recording music. Pictured are BMI’s Ari Surdoval, The Country Music Hall of Fame… View Photo
Booker T. is interviewed by filmmaker and author Robert Gordon at the Americana Music Festival. View Photo
Grammy-nominated producer and songwriter Salaam Remi visited the BMI Los Angeles offices on Thursday, July 12 to play new music from upcoming projects, including tracks from Nas’ new chart-topping album, Life Is Good, on which Remi is credited as producer on over half of the tracks. Pictured are BMI’s Nicole Plantin, Remi, and BMI’s Malik Levy. View Photo
BMI recently presented a Million-Air certificate recognizing more than four million performances of “Some Kind of Wonderful” to the song’s writer, Willie John Ellison. The smash was originally recorded by the Soul Brothers Six in 1967, and was later covered by others including Grand Funk Railroad and Huey Lewis and the News. Ellison also received his BMI Million-Air Award for… View Photo
Shay Mooney and T-Pain perform at BMI Presents: Live From Loews, held April 26 in Atlanta. View Photo