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2007 ACL Music Fest Hits Austin Sept. 14-16
BMI Sponsors Stage for Fifth Consecutive Year BMI, the leading performing right organization, is proud to present and sponsor a stage at the Austin City Limits Music Festival September 14-16, in Austin, Texas. The namesake of the long-running PBS series, ACL fittingly invades the Live Music Capital of the World each year with eight stages and a myriad of the world's finest live performers. Over the festival's three-day stint…
Americana Music Elite Gather at BMI Nashville for AMA Announcement Party
Roots music aficionados and creators gathered in BMI Nashville's main lobby on June 15 to hear Americana giants Steve Earle and Allison Moorer announce the 2006 Americana Music Association Awards nominees. The packed house enjoyed margaritas and tapas, while the audience's ears feasted on the music of the AMA nominees drifting from the speakers.
Drive-By Truckers

Athens, Georgia's Drive-By Truckers are currently stirring up considerable attention with their audacious concept album Southern Rock Opera. The ambitious two-CD set — originally released in late 2001 on the band's own indie Soul Dump label and recently picked up for wider distribution by Lost Highway — draws on the band members' Alabama roots to address what leader Patterson Hood refers to as "the…
