Dean Brody Wins CCMA Album of the Year Award; Stream New Patterson Hood, Black Prairie Albums; New Music Videos

• Dean Brody won Album of the Year and Male Artist of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards.

• Rollin “Oscar” Sullivan of Opry duo Lonzo & Oscar passed away at the age of 93.

• Debbie Piece, daughter of Webb Pierce and member of the group Chantilly, passed away on September 5 at the age of 58.

• Listen to NPR’s Americana mix, then tune in for the NPR/Folk Alley webcast of the Americana Honors and Awards on September 12.

• CMT’s Craig Shelburne writes about the new Patsy Cline exhibit at the Hall of Fame.

• Time for a new Quotable Country.

• Stream new albums from Patterson Hood and Black Prairie.

• The Milk Carton Kids were recently on Mountain Stage.

• Just what is Americana? Nashville’s City Paper attempts to answer that question with a Venn diagram.

• An excerpt from Peter Cooper’s article on Americana artists: While a major country performer seeks to thrill tens of thousands of fans at a time, many Americana performers seek to make a living charming tens of tens at a time, on a good night. For the most part, Americana performers seek a high artistry, low overhead equation. “I’ll tell you my dream,” Nashville songwriter and Americana vet Phil Lee often says. “Making $500 on a Tuesday night.”

• At Friday’s Stand Up to Cancer telethon, Taylor Swift debuted “Ronan,” a song written with the mother of Ronan Thompson, a young boy who lost his battle with neuroblastoma in 2011.

• Out October 22: Lady Antebellum’s Christmas album, On This Winter’s Night.

• Cara Luft got into a bit of trouble at the U.S.-Canada border when pot (that belonged to a “big-wig in the folk scene”) was found in her car. Luckily, she got a song out of it.

• WAMU’s Bluegrass Country is celebrating its 45^th anniversary with a killer show featuring the Gibson Brothers and Del McCoury Band.

• Jason Aldean’s partnership with Coors will kick off October 16.

• In other booze news, Jagermeister is sponsoring David Nail’s fall tour.

• The Tennessean has video of Keith Urban’s recent talk with Nashville-area high school students at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

• Cindy Watts chatted with Little Big Town about the group’s new record and touring with their kids.

• Recent music videos:

Trampled By Turtles – “Walt Whitman” (for CMT’s Concrete Country)

The Vespers – “Lawdy”

The Unsinkable Boxer – “When I Write the Book”

Rodney Crowell – “Hungry for Home”

Toby Keith – “I Like Girls That Drink Beer”

Mumford and Sons – “I Will Wait”

Gretchen Peters – “To Say Goodbye” (live)

Matraca Berg – “Strawberry Wine” (live)

Suzy Bogguss – “Wildwood Flower” (live)