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Charlie Daniels to Be Honored as BMI Icon at Country Awards Oct. 18
BMI today announced that country music legend Charlie Daniels will be honored as a BMI Icon at the performing rights organization's 53rd annual Country Awards. The gala ceremony and dinner, which salutes the most performed country songs of the past year, will be held October 18 at BMI's Music Row offices. Daniels, whose hits include the Grammy Award-winning Southern rock classic "The…
Béla Fleck Broadens the Banjo’s Appeal

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to state that genre-bending banjoist Béla Fleck has revolutionized his instrument's place in contemporary music. With his eclectic combo the Flecktones, Fleck - who recently won Grammy Awards in the categories of Best Contemporary Jazz Album (for his album Outbound) and Best Country Instrumental Performance (for "Leaving Cottondale," a duet with fellow banjo virtuoso Alison Brown) - has consistently taken the instrument…
