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BMI Celebrates Grammy Week 2007

BMI executives headed to Hollywood to celebrate Grammy Week in honor of its many nominated artists and songwriters. From events including MusicCares honoring BMI songwriter Don Henley, to the BMI/L.A. Times “How I Wrote That Song” panel, BMI supported the many achievements of its talented songwriters, including Grammy-winning artist Natalie Cole, Gnarls Barkley’s Cee-Lo, BMI Award-winning songwriter/producers Cool &…


From News, posted 2.15.07

Chicks Flock to Grammy Stage with 5 Wins

Comeback queens the Dixie Chicks led the charge of BMI songwriters and artists who made the winners list for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles. With five wins out of five nominations, the country trio shook off the anti-Bush backlash and took the stage to pick up three of the night’s top awards—Record and Song of the Year for…


From News, posted 2.12.07

BMI Mourns Loss of Singer/Songwriter Warren Zevon

BMI singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, best-known for such quirky hits as "Werewolves of London," "Excitable Boy" and "Lawyers, Guns and Money," died in his sleep on Sept. 7 at his West Hollywood home. Zevon was diagnosed last summer with mesothelioma, a rare type of terminal lung cancer. He was 56.   Given only…


From News, posted 9.09.03

Warren Zevon Offers a Lesson in Living

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As a songwriter, Warren Zevon is one of the most articulate and witty observers of the vicissitudes, absurdities and ironies of modern life. He's given us glimpses at the "Werewolves Of London, the "Excitable Boy" and "Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner." He has called for "Lawyers, Guns and Money, done time in the "Detox Mansion, and shown us what it's like to be "Poor Poor Pitiful Me."…


From MusicWorld, posted 6.29.03

Sheryl Crow, Eminem, Norah Jones Top Grammy Nominees List

BMI songwriter/artists Sheryl Crow, Eminem and Norah Jones lead the list of nominees for this year's Grammy Awards with five nods each. Nominees were announced today (1/7) at a press conference at New York's Madison Square Garden. The 45th Grammy Awards will be held on February 23 at the Garden, and will be broadcast live on CBS from 8-11:30 (ET/PT).


From News, posted 1.06.03

Earl Scruggs Brings Out the Best

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A bunch of billies blend their genre-clashing talents on the latest bluegrass musical masterpiece, Earl Scruggs and Friends. There's British-billy Elton John joining the maestro in the down-home Elton/Bernie Taupin tour de fields "Country Comfort." Sounding anything like a "Sir," Elton launches visions of a rocker gone country, adorned not in glitter but in jeans, and rocking not on stage but in a wooden…


From MusicWorld, posted 5.31.02

BMI Stars Are Hot at CMT Flameworthy Nominations

BMI writer/artists Toby Keith and Martina McBride collected three nominations when the inaugural CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards were announced in Nashville (5/14). Landing two nominations apiece in country music's first ever music video awards were Brooks & Dunn, Faith Hill, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Tim McGraw,…


From News, posted 5.19.02

BMI to Honor Rock ‘n Roll Icons at 50th Annual Pop Awards

BMI will celebrate its 50th annual Pop Awards on May 14 at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. In honor of the milestone anniversary, rock & roll pioneers Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Little Richard will be presented with BMI ICON Awards in recognition of their many contributions to contemporary music. This is the first time the ICON…


From News, posted 4.16.02

Broad-Based Appeal Gives Sheryl Something to Crow About

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Although her new album isn't due out until early 2002, Sheryl Crow has nonetheless been spending a good deal of time in the public eye lately, thanks to a variety of musical activities. Indeed, it's hard to imagine any other artist who could release collaborations with both Tony Bennett and Kid Rock in the same month, as Crow has with her contributions to Bennett's new duets collection,…


From MusicWorld, posted 1.09.02

Music Heals and Unifies America During Crisis

In times of crisis, anger, and grief, the American people seek the comforting and unifying power of music to ease the collective pain of the nation. The phenomenon was especially evident after the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania when songs of patriotism, hope and platonic love surged in popularity for radio and television broadcasts and public gatherings. "Music is a means of communication…


From News, posted 9.26.01

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