BMI TO NAME DARYL COLEY AND RICHARD SMALLWOOD 2014 BMI TRAILBLAZERS HONOREES
Star-studded ceremony slated for January 17 in Nashville NASHVILLE, November 21, 2013 – Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®), a global leader in music rights management, is set to salute gospel leaders Daryl Coley and Richard Smallwood at its 15th annual Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards Luncheon in Nashville. The event is slated for Friday, January 17, 2014, the day before the 29th Annual Stellar Awards, at Rocketown (601 Fourth Avenue South). Gospel music’s premier songwriters, brightest stars and leading industry executives will attend the invitation-only event, which is part industry celebration and part awe-inspiring worship service. BMI will also announce the Most Performed Gospel Song of the Year at the luncheon. Daryl Coley’s voice is an inimitable instrument able to fuse musical genres into a unique, mellifluous and cohesive sound. His multi-decade career began as singer with Edwin Hawkins, which led to being a songwriter and musical director for...