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Sep 19, 2012 Phil Madeira performs songs from MERCYLAND: Hymns for the Rest of Us at the Nashville Downtown Presbyterian Church during the Americana Music Festival. View Photo

Sep 19, 2012 Phil Madeira and friends perform songs from MERCYLAND: Hymns for the Rest of Us at the Nashville Downtown Presbyterian Church during the Americana Music Festival. View Photo

Sep 19, 2012 Phil Madeira pauses for a photo with BMI’s Jody Williams during the Americana Music Festival. View Photo

Sep 19, 2012 Phil Madeira and friends, including Emmylou Harris, Shawn Mullins, the North Mississippi All Stars, Buddy Miller, Matraca Berg, and Amy Stroup, pause for a photo with the Americana Music Association’s Michelle Aquilato (far left, standing) and Jed Hilly (second to right, standing) at the Nashville Downtown Presbyterian Church during the Americana Music Festival. View Photo

Sep 19, 2012 Phil Madeira and friends perform songs from MERCYLAND: Hymns for the Rest of Us at the Nashville Downtown Presbyterian Church during the Americana Music Festival. View Photo

Sep 18, 2012 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

Sep 18, 2012 Booker T. is interviewed by filmmaker and author Robert Gordon at the Americana Music Festival. View Photo

Sep 18, 2012 BMI invited three promising young songwriters to perform at its monthly songwriters round on September 13, staged at Nashville’s Two Old Hippies. Featuring the songs of Maggie Chapman, Briana Tyson, and Jenny Gill, the night helped further introduce the writers to music publishers, labels and other key industry tastemakers. Pictured are Chapman, BMI’s Leslie Roberts, Tyson and Gill. View Photo

Sep 14, 2012 Hailey Steele, BMI songwriter and alumna of NBC’s The Voice, recently stopped by BMI in Nashville to celebrate signing with BMG Chrysalis. Pictured are (seated) BMG Chrysalis’s Sara Johnson, Hailey Steele, and Graffam Middleton’s Tyler Middleton; (standing) BMG Chrysalis’s Darrell Franklin, Scott Knabe Management’s Scott Knabe, and BMI’s Bradley Collins. View Photo

Sep 11, 2012 Sol Cat performs at BMI’s 8 off 8th Back to School Spectacular. View Photo