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Apr 04, 2011 Topspin’s Wayne Leeloy, Lori McKenna, and producer Garth Fundis enjoy the BMI and Universal Music co-hosted party celebrating the release of Lori McKenna’s new album Lorraine on March 29. View Photo

Apr 04, 2011 BMI and Universal Music Publishing partnered to celebrate the release of Lorraine, the new album from Lori McKenna, on Tuesday, March 29 at Sambuca in Nashville. McKenna delivered an acoustic performance of her intricately crafted story songs—quietly soulful vignettes of everyday people, pain, and hope that have made devoted fans out of Keith Urban, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Mandy Moore… View Photo

Apr 04, 2011 Lori McKenna and frequent collaborator Barry Dean perform during the party celebrating the release of her new album, Lorraine. View Photo

Apr 04, 2011 Lori McKenna performs during the party celebrating the release of her new album, Lorraine. View Photo

Apr 04, 2011 Lori McKenna delivers a stunning set to celebrate the release of her new album, Lorraine. View Photo

Apr 04, 2011 Songwriter/recording artist Emily West, Lorraine mix engineer Justin Loucks, and Lori McKenna celebrate the release of McKenna’s new album, Lorraine. View Photo

Apr 04, 2011 Actress Mary Steenburgen, singer/songwriter Matraca Berg, and Lori McKenna pose for a photo at McKenna’s album release party co-hosted by BMI and Universal Music Publishing on Tuesday, March 29 View Photo

Mar 29, 2011 Rick Huckaby recently signed with Tracy Lawrence’s Lawrence Music Group (LMG) and stopped by BMI to ink the paperwork. Huckaby wrote Trace Adkins' top 20 single “Muddy Water” and recently released his sophomore album Hittin’ My Stride. Pictured are (front row) Tracy Lawrence and Rick Huckaby; (back row) Lawrence Music Group’s Flip Anderson and Alex Torrez, and BMI’s Clay Bradley. View Photo

Mar 25, 2011 J.T. Harding (left) and Shane McAnally (right) celebrate at the “Somewhere with You” #1 party, held Wednesday, March 23 in Nashville. View Photo

Mar 25, 2011 BMI celebrated the success of Kenny Chesney’s #1 hit “Somewhere with You” at a party held at Cabana on Wednesday, March 23 in Nashville. The three-week chart-topper is the first #1 for BMI singer/songwriter J.T. Harding and his co-writer Shane McAnally, whose creative chemistry was immediately evident: The two knocked out the smash the first day they met. Pictured are… View Photo