Matraca Berg Signs With UMPG Nashville

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Matraca Berg. Photo: Glen Rose

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (NaSHOF) member Matraca Berg has signed an exclusive global publishing agreement with UMPG Nashville.

With a career spanning nearly four decades, the 2023 BMI Icon Award recipient has also accumulated 11 BMI Millionaire Certificates. Her credits include hits like “Strawberry Wine,” “Wrong Side Of Memphis,” “I’m That Kind Of Girl,” “XXX’s And OOO’s” and “You And Tequila.”

“Cyndi Forman has known and worked with Matraca for more than 20 years. She and I were discussing songwriters that we both loved and respected, and it became obvious to both of us at the same moment that we needed to work with Matraca,” says Troy Tomlinson, Chairman & CEO, UMPG Nashville.

“I’ve been with the same publisher since my early 20s. Pat Higdon has always had my back. Finding another home after all these years was daunting. It feels good and natural to be at Universal Music Publishing now,” expresses Berg. “Troy and Cyndi have the same love of songs and deep respect for the music. Cyndi already knows some of my old catalog, and we know a lot of the stories and the history of this town, which is fun to share.”

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