Artist Pics: Road to Bonnaroo, Point of Grace, Robby Johnson

BMI Celebrates Road to Bonnaroo Round 2 Winners

Broadcast Music, Inc. celebrates Future Unlimited, the electro-pop band who took the title of winner of Road to Bonnaroo round 2. The Nashville-based band will perform at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, to be held June 11-14, in Manchester, Tenn., joining the winner of round 1, Sol Cat, and the winner of the third show. Another round of competition will be held April 6 at the Mercy Lounge and High Watt venues, giving 10 more bands a chance to compete for a slot at the festival.

Pictured (L-R): BMI’s Penny Gattis, Future Unlimited’s Matt McCord, Jim O’Shea and David Miller, The Agency Group’s Justin Bridgewater, Future Unlimited’s Samuel D’Amelio, BMI’s Brooke Ivey, Future Unlimited’s Gabe Pigg, BMI’s Clay Bradley and BMI writer Chancellor Warhol.

Point of Grace Perform at Grand Ole Opry

Last Friday, March 6, Word Records Artist and two-time GRAMMY nominees Point of Grace performed at the Grand Ole Opry. With multiple Opry appearances to their credit, they shared music from their forthcoming album, Directions Home (Songs We Love, Songs You Know), which releases April 7, and includes duets with music icons Vince Gill (“Directions Home”) and Ricky Skaggs (“Two Roads”). Skaggs joined Point of Grace on-stage at the Opry for a special performance of their duet, “Two Roads.”

Pictured (L-R): Leigh Cappillino; Pete Fisher, Vice President/General Manager Grand Ole Opry; Shelley Breen; Denise Jones. Photo: Stuart Dill

Singer-songwriter Robby Johnson Returns To The Studio

Country singer/songwriter Robby Johnson isn’t wasting any time as the new year gets under way. Starting 2015 off with the resolution to “find the best country songs out there” for his forthcoming release, he spent the last few weeks meeting with the genre’s top songwriters and working with the award-winning producer James Stroud (Tim McGraw, Shelby Lynne) for his debut album. This month, the Nashville-based artist entered the studio to get new recordings laid down.

Pictured (L-R): engineer Julian King. producer James Stroud, assistant engineer Jake Burns, acoustic guitar player Biff Watson, piano player Steve Nathan, Robby Johnson, bass player Mike Brignardello, electric guitar player Brent Mason, drummer Wes Little, and background vocalist Wes Hightower.