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Sep 12, 2011 Old friends and stone-cold country aficionados gathered to celebrate the release of Connie Smith’s Long Line of Heartaches at an intimate reception hosted by BMI on Thursday, September 8. Smith and her band performed a short set featuring cuts from the acclaimed new release, which is already being praised by many critics as the best country album of the year.… View Photo

Sep 12, 2011 Connie Smith performs a selection of singles from her latest album Long Line of Heartaches at a BMI-hosted reception on September 8. The album also includes five singles either written or co-written by Smith, including the title track, which she and husband Marty Stuart composed. View Photo

Sep 12, 2011 Marty Stuart, Connie Smith, and Ricky Skaggs celebrate the release of Smith’s Long Line of Heartaches on September 8 at BMI. View Photo

Sep 09, 2011 BMI presented the latest installment of its Noche Bohemia showcase series September 7 at the Gibson Showroom in Beverly Hills. The six-deep lineup featured U.N.O., Horacio Palencia, Paulyna Carraz, Arthur Hanlon, Norka and Orlando, who each performed stacked sets of songs they have written for themselves and other major Latin recording artists. Pictured at the show are Paulyna Carraz, Carlos… View Photo

Sep 09, 2011 Javier Sanroman, Arthur Hanlon, BMI’s Delia Orjuela, Horacio Palencia, Norka, Archie Peña and BMI’s Marissa Lopez huddle for a photo at the September 7 installment of BMI’s Noche Bohemia showcase series in Los Angeles. View Photo

Sep 09, 2011 BMI’s Barbara Cane (l) and Wardell Malloy pause for a photo in BMI’s LA office with hit-making scribe Makeba Riddick, who recently won a 2011 BMI Urban Award for her contribution to Rihanna’s no. 1 opus, “Rude Boy.” View Photo

Sep 08, 2011 Grammy-nominated BMI singer/songwriter Gerardo Ortiz recently celebrated the release of his sophomore album, Entre Dios y el Diablo, on September 6 at the Conga Room in downtown Los Angeles. The album debuted at no. 1 on the Latin iTunes chart. Lately, Ortiz has been flying high: He scored ten nominations at the upcoming first annual Billboard Mexican Music Awards, slated… View Photo

Sep 08, 2011 The Savoy in London recently played host to feel-good festivities celebrating the 65th birthday of late legend Freddie Mercury. Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor were joined at the party by peers and fans, as well as members of the royal family. BMI sponsored the green room at the event, which also commemorated Queen’s 40th anniversary. In October, BMI will… View Photo

Sep 08, 2011 Briana Tyson performs at BMI Presents at 12th & Porter on September 6. View Photo

Sep 08, 2011 BMI featured four promising up-and-comers at its recent BMI Presents at 12th & Porter showcase on September 6. Packed with peers, industry tastemakers and fans, the show featured Briana Tyson, David Kroll, Morgan Myles and the Hogslop String Band. Pictured are BMI’s Leslie Roberts, Tyson and BMI’s Mark Mason. View Photo