BMI Serena Ryder Set For 'Pick Of The Month' 5/3 At Mercury Lounge

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the American performing right organization, will present Serena Ryder at the May edition of BMI's "Pick of the Month" series. Slated for Monday, May 3 at the Mercury Lounge (217 E. Houston St, NYC), the performance begins at 9:30 p.m. General admission tickets for the May "Pick" showcase are $12 and can be purchased at http://tinyurl.com/ybe9g8c. 

Serena Ryder has already made an indelible impression in Canada, where her album If Your Memory Serves You Well has been certified gold and contributed to her winning the 2008 Juno Award for Best New Artist.

For American listeners, this sets the stage for is it o.k., her full-length debut for Atlantic Records, on which Ryder paints a self-portrait that's bitter in betrayal in "Sweeping the Ashes," furious and yet not without affection in the hard-hitting "Little Bit of Red," teasingly romantic on "Brand New Love," struggling to understand another's pain on "Hiding Place," even careening through cascades of contradictory emotion, almost from one word to the next, on "All for Love." The sound of is it o.k. heralds the arrival of Serena Ryder, an artist unlike any other, an artist who is ready to change the world. http://www.myspace.com/serenaryder

BMI's Pick of the Month is a live monthly showcase series focusing on a band or artist. The monthly series is meant to help expose the performer to the music industry and public through a top quality venue and discounted admission. Past BMI "Pick of the Month" participants include Lady GaGa, Macy Gray, Counting Crows and The Feeling.

Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI) is an American performing right organization that represents more than 400,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music and more than 6.5 million works. BMI reported $905 million for its 2009 fiscal year in performing right collections. BMI has represented the most popular and beloved music from around the world for 70 years. The U.S. corporation collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it then distributes as royalties to the musical creators and copyright owners it represents.