Author Archive: Bobby Karl
Bobby Karl Works UMG’s Luncheon at The Ryman
If Country Radio Seminar is about Country – that is, music – more than it is about current Radio – that is, pseudo science – then its showcases should be its heart and soul.
Bobby Karl Works The DJ Hall of Fame Dinner, Aldean Party
The “official” kick-off of Country Radio Seminar is the annual presentation of the Country Radio Hall of Fame honors at the Convention Center (3/1).
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations
Bobby Karl Works MusicRow’s CRS Meet & Greet
The hundreds of day drinkers give it away: Country Radio Seminar is here once again. The occasion was the 9th annual Musicrow CRS Meet & Greet CountryBreakout Awards, staged at Cadillac Ranch on Tuesday afternoon (3/1). And the house was rockin.’
Bobby Karl Works The Grammy Viewing Party
Chapter 358—The Nashville Grammy viewing party had door prizes, a dance DJ upstairs hosted by Red Bull, the Gibson Guitar tour bus parked outside and a generally merry atmosphere.
Bobby Karl Works Taylor Swift’s Heavy Metal Party
The occasion was “Heavy Metal at the Hard Rock,” a bash staged downtown on Friday evening (1/28). We gathered to celebrate world conquest by the 21-year-old music phenom. Specifically, her Triple Platinum success with her Speak Now CD, her No. 1 triumph with “Mine” and her cumulative U.S. sales of 13 million.
Bobby Karl Works The Grammy Nominee Party
Talk about your star gazing – this year’s Grammy nominee party was the place to be.
Bobby Karl Works The CMA Awards
Performance photos by John Russell and Donn Jones Chapter 355 The earliest CMA Awards Show review came from the organization’s newly crowned Entertainer of the Year. “I think this was the best [CMA] show I’ve ever seen,” said Brad Paisley. “And I’ve been watching it all my life. I loved every minute. “Who Still Buys […]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations
Bobby Karl Works the BMI Country Awards
Chapter 354 Photos by Rick Diamond and Andrew H. Walker The 58th annual BMI Country Awards – the first of all the country accolades – mixed young with old like never before. Taylor Swift, 20, became the youngest person ever to be named the organization’s Songwriter of the Year. Nineteen tunesmiths won their first BMI […]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations, Publishing
Bobby Karl Works SESAC Awards and CMA Week Events
Chapter 353 Graciousness, warmth, elegance and relaxed conviviality—these are the things we associate with SESAC’s annual awards banquet. This year, the smallest of the performing rights organizations has shown more muscle than ever, with pieces of hits by such top stars as Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum, George Strait and Keith Urban. But its banquet (11/8) […]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations, Publishing
Bobby Karl At The Opry and CMHoF Inductions
Chapter 352 It was quite a weekend. On Saturday (10/24), Blake Shelton was inducted into the cast of the Grand Ole Opry. “It’s shocking,” he said backstage. “Because you walk up and down these halls and look at [photos of] who’s been here before.” I guess so, since both the Ryman and the Opry House’s […]
Bobby Karl: Songwriters Hall Inductions
BOBBY KARL WORKS THE ROOM: Chapter 351 One night each year, the absolute best person to be in the world is a hit Nashville songwriter. An entire ballroom fills with them. They gather for fellowship and to honor one another. A lucky few are saluted by their peers as the creators of the “Songs I […]
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations
