ACM Awards Nominees Announced; Alabama Plans 40th Anniversary Tour; Shooter Jennings Premieres New Song
- The ACM Awards nominations were announced this morning (the full list of nominees can be found here):
Songwriter of the Year
Rodney Clawson
Dallas Davidson
Josh Kear
Luke Laird
Shane McAnally
Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Miranda Lambert
Blake Shelton
Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Toby Keith
Blake Shelton
Female Vocalist of the Year
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Kacey Musgraves
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Vocal Duo of the Year
Big and Rich
Florida Georgia Line
Love and Theft
Sugarland
Thompson Square
Vocal Group of the Year
The Band Perry
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Zac Brown Band
New Artist of the Year
Jana Kramer
Brantley Gilbert
Florida Georgia Line
Album of the Year
Carrie Underwood — Blown Away
Eric Church – Chief
Taylor Swift – Red
Luke Bryan – Tailgates and Tanlines
Little Big Town – Tornado
Song of the Year
Lee Brice, “A Woman Like You”
Eli Young Band, “Even If It Breaks Your Heart”
Miranda Lambert, “Over You”
Eric Church, “Springsteen”
Hunter Hayes, “Wanted”
Single Record of the Year
Eli Young Band, “Even If It Breaks Your Heart”
Miranda Lambert, “Over You”
Little Big Town, “Pontoon”
Eric Church, “Springsteen”
Hunter Hayes, “Wanted”
Video of the Year
Eric Church, “Creepin’” (Producer: Iris Baker Director: Peter Zavadil)
Hunter Hayes, “Wanted” (Producers: Stephanie Reeves, Eric Williams Directors: Traci Goudie, Patrick Hubik)
Little Big Town, “Tornado” (Producer: Iris Baker Director: Shane Drake)
Kacey Musgraves, “Merry Go Round” (Producers: Perry Bean, Kacey Musgraves Director: Perry Bean)
Taylor Swift, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (Producer: John Nguyen Director: Declan Whitebloom)
Zac Brown Band, ‘”The Wind” (Producer: Ben Kalina Director: Mike Judge)
Vocal Event of the Year
Kelly Clarkson, featuring Vince Gill, “Don’t Rush”
Rascal Flatts, featuring Natasha Bedingfield, “Easy”
Kenny Chesney, duet with Tim McGraw, “Feel Like a Rock Star”
David Nail, featuring Sarah Buxton, “Let It Rain”
Jason Aldean with Luke Bryan and Eric Church, “The Only Way I Know”
- Alabama will celebrate their 40th anniversary in April with the launch of their Back to the Bowery Tour.
- Dwight Yoakam sold out the Ryman in thirty minutes. A second show has been added.
- Here’s a neat article about the process of making the Johnny Cash postage stamp.
- There’s a free Steel Wheels live show available for download on NoiseTrade. The band’s next album, No More Rain, will be released in April, but you can watch this teaser until then.
- TheBoot.com premiered “Wild and Lonesome,” a new Shooter Jennings recording featuring Patty Griffin.
- Here are Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison covering “9,999,999 Tears” on Imus.
- Stream Mary Gauthier’s new release, Live at Blue Rock, at Performing Songwriter.
- From The Onion: After weeks of speculation within the music industry, English folk-rock group Mumford and Sons took home the big prize at Sunday’s 55th Annual Grammy Awards by winning the highly coveted Vest of the Year trophy. “Wow, I don’t even know where to begin,” said lead singer Marcus Mumford, after his slim-cut russet waistcoat secured the band its third win on a night in which the quartet also collected statuettes for Watch Chain of the Year and Best New Straw Hat.
- CMT Edge premiered a new video for Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors’ “Good Light.”
- Carrie Underwood: The Blown Away Tour will open at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on June 5 and run through November 10. The exhibit will “include costumes, instruments, microphones, set pieces and more from the six-time Grammy winner’s 2012-13 ‘Blown Away Tour.’”
- Ovation will run Song By Song: Dolly Parton, a six-episode series, beginning March 10.
- Chris Gray of the Houston Press interviewed Alejandro Escovedo.
- A tune for your Valentine’s playlist: Shannon Whitworth’s “You Are in Love.”
- Natalie Maines and Ben Harper are going to tour together later this year.
- Brian T. Atkinson interviewed Dustin Welch for CMT Edge.
- Three Tall Pines are working on a new EP.
- Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge will celebrate its 53rd birthday on November 21. The birthday bash will be “the kick-off event celebrating and honoring Country Music Hall of Fame member George Jones’ final Nashville concert, which takes place the following evening.”
- Colin Irwin of The Guardian writes about the new faces of the UK folk scene, including Chris Wood and Kathryn Roberts.
- Andrew Stafford profiled Carrie and the Cut Snakes, an Australian band with songs described as “the Pretenders on a Dolly trip.”
- Brad Paisley’s next record, Wheelhouse, will feature guests Charlie Daniels, Hunter Hayes, Dierks Bentley, Eric Idle, and LL Cool J. The song “Outstanding in Our Field” also apparently features Roger Miller. Huh.
- NPR is streaming All the Times We Had, the new album from folk-pop band Ivan & Alyosha.
- Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris talked about their new record, Old Yellow Moon, on the BBC.
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Alabama // Alejandro Escovedo // Ben Harper // Brad Paisley // Bruce Robison // Carrie and the Cut Snakes // Carrie Underwood // Charlie Daniels // Chris Wood // Dierks Bentley // Dolly Parton // Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors // Dustin Welch // Dwight Yoakam // Emmylou Harris // George Jones // Hunter Hayes // Johnny Cash // Kathryn Roberts // Kelly Willis // Mary Gauthier // Mumford and Sons // Natalie Maines // Patty Griffin // Rodney Crowell // Roger Miller // Shannon Whitworth // Shooter Jennings // The Steel Wheels // Three Tall Pines
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February 13, 2013 at 3:59 pm
Music City Roots Alert! Tonight’s show will feature two very attractive women named Etta Britt and Bonnie Bishop! That’s good enough for me! (lol) The rest of the line up is Lee Harvey Osmond (Is that name in good taste?), Jerry Joseph, and Chicago Farmer(?). Peter Cooper is the guest host.
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Not much in the above news round-up caught my attention except this: “Andrew Stafford profiled Carrie and the Cut Snakes, an Australian band with songs described as “the Pretenders on a Dolly trip.” I will definitely have to check that out! (lol)
It’s nice to read about Dwight Yoakam selling out the Ryman so quickly! This proves there are still fans of real country music living in Nashville besides Eddie Stubbs, not just all the tourists who take in an Opry show while they are there. Go Dwight!
So Shooter Jennings and Patty Griffin recorded a song together eh? From my perspective it should have been titled “Makin’ My Skin Crawl”! I’m starting to itch just thinking about it….
February 13, 2013 at 4:40 pm
Oh, I am so glad that the women who are going to sing on a radio show are good-looking! What on earth would we have done if they didn’t live up to some random guy’s standards for physical beauty?
February 13, 2013 at 6:51 pm
Not that I really care, but how does Luke Bryan get an entertainer of the year nod over Eric Church? Outside of wearing hipster tight jeans and dancing like a buffoon and releasing some awful singles what has Luke Bryan done for Country music exactly? I mean Church is kinda a d-bag, but at least I could play “Springsteen” to someone and not be embarrassed. How many Luke Bryan songs can say that? Plus they both seem pretty even in terms of record sales, radio airplay and live shows.
February 13, 2013 at 8:53 pm
Mike,
Kinda wondered that myself. Church is probably too politically incorrect. Not a personal fan of Bryan in any way, shape, or category. Of course, that is due to my own personal taste.
Didn’t they add a second Ryman show for Dwight?
Heard a snippet of Shooter and Patty. I’m pretty impressed. That is the song “Wild and Lonesome” I am referring to. It pleases me.
February 13, 2013 at 10:40 pm
So is this the first time a husband and wife have competed against each other for the top prize?
February 13, 2013 at 11:58 pm
Yeah, Church does shoot his mouth off and realistically he probably likes he wasnt nominated so he can play the Toby Keith type role of boasting how “disrespected” he is by Music Row and try to cultivate his “outlaw” image.
February 16, 2013 at 7:53 am
Just what I’ve been waiting for, a Brad Paisley and Justin Bie…ahh Hunter Hayes duet.
February 16, 2013 at 10:47 am
Hunter’ Hayes is not Justin Bieber, he’s just young and apparently girls like him, heaven ferfend; live with it. He’ll get older. He’s also very capable on a good dozen instruments, has songwriting skill, and very adult polish and sense of responsibility. I think he’s going to prove to be a keeper.
February 16, 2013 at 7:09 pm
All I know about Hunter Hayes is that video on you-tube of him doing Jambalaya with a miniature accordion when he was 4 with Hank Jr. in front of a crowd. He was quite a musician even then. I’d bet he can play hard country or pop–or probably classical, for that matter, if he wants to.
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