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Aug 30, 2010 Rob Baird celebrates the release of his eponymous full-length debut at 12th & Porter on August 26 View Photo

Aug 30, 2010 Adam Hood delivers a strong set at 12th & Porter on August 26. View Photo

Aug 30, 2010 BMI and Carnival Music partnered to present a night of roots music magic on August 26 at 12th & Porter. A soul-stirring acoustic performance by Adam Hood was followed by a fiery full-band set from promising singer/songwriter Rob Baird, who celebrated the release of his eponymous debut, out August 31. Pictured are Carnival Music’s Emily Schiraldi, Adam Hood, BMI’s Bradley… View Photo

Aug 26, 2010 Steel Magnolia performs an acoustic set at BMI’s Nashville office on August 25. View Photo

Aug 26, 2010 Big Machine Records up-and-comers Steel Magnolia stopped by BMI’s Music Row offices Wednesday, August 25 to treat staffers to an intimate acoustic performance. Winners of the second season of CMT’s Can You Duet, Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones had the highest-ever chart debut for a male-female country duo with “Keep on Lovin’ You.” Pictured after the performance are Combustion… View Photo

Aug 25, 2010 On a beautiful Monday afternoon August 23, BMI toasted the creative team behind playful chart-topper “Lover, Lover” in the grand lobby of the company’s Music Row offices. Songwriter Dan Pritzker actually wrote the song for his band Sonia Dada in 1992, and the tune, originally titled “You Don’t Treat Me No Good,” was #1 hit for the group in Australia.… View Photo

Aug 25, 2010 Pictured celebrating with Jerrod Niemann at the “Lover, Lover” #1 party on August 23 are Dallas Davidson, Jamey Johnson, Christian Kane, Niemann, Rob Hatch, and Lee Brice. View Photo

Aug 25, 2010 Songwriter Dan Pritzker accepts his Takamine special edition BMI guitar at the “Lover, Lover” #1 party on August 23. View Photo

Aug 25, 2010 Jerrod Niemann fields questions from journalists prior to the “Lover, Lover” #1 party on August 23. View Photo

Aug 25, 2010 Jerrod Niemann strums a 1957 Gibson 185 acoustic guitar given to him as a thank-you gift by “Lover, Lover” writer Dan Pritzker during the party celebrating the chart-topper at BMI. View Photo