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American Country Awards 2012 Winners

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Complete List of 2012 American Country Awards Winners. Tonight the 3rd Annual American Country Awards aired on FOX live from Las Vegas! This is a fan voted show, so it’s representative of which artists are most popular with country music fans, which sets it apart from other awards shows. See the complete list of winners below to which artists country fans love the most. 2012 American Country Awards Complete List of Winners. Artist of the Year Luke Bryan Artist of the Year: Male Luke Bryan Artist of the Year: Female Carrie Underwood Artist of the Year: Group Lady Antebellum Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist Jake Owen Artist of the Year: New Artist Lauren Alaina Album of the Year Luke Bryan, “tailgates & tanlines” Single of the Year: Luke Bryan, “I Don’t Want This Night To End” Single of the Year: Male Luke Bryan, “I Don’t Want This Night To End” Single of the Year: Female Miranda Lambert, “Over You” Single of the Year: Group Lady Antebellum, “We Owned The Night” Single of the Year: New Artist Hunter Hayes, “Wanted“ Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist Brantley Gilbert, “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do“ Single of the Year: Vocal Collaboration Brad Paisley featuring Carrie Underwood, “Remind Me” Touring Artist of the Year Jason Aldean Music Video of the Year: Luke Bryan, “I Don’t Want This Night to End” Music Video: Male Luke Bryan, “I Don’t Want This Night To End” Music Video: Female Miranda Lambert “Over You“ Music Video: Group or Collaboration Little Big Town “Pontoon“ Music Video: New Artist Hunter Hayes “Wanted“ Song of the Year: Eric Church “Springsteen“ Check out the complete list of the 2012 Nominees. See highlights from the show!

Country Christmas 2012 Playlist

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Get In The Spirit of the Season with the CMNB Country Christmas 2012 Playlist. Christmas is only a couple weeks away, and we’re really getting into the holiday spirit with our Country Christmas playlist! We’ve got it started with about twenty of our personal favorites, and we need YOUR help to round it out! Listen to the playlist below, and then comment with your favorite tune in the comment section to let us know what we missed! Listen: Country Christmas 2012 Playlist.

Shot of Country Playlist

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of Country Playlist: Drink Recipes Inspired by Country Music Lyrics! The CMNB Team has been hard at work on an original video series we like to call “Shot of Country“! We take the country music lyrics we leave, and craft drink recipes that are inspired by those songs. We then share those recipes with you through our weekly posts! Sometimes, we even throw in a drinking game. We’ve already created quite a few recipes, and so, we decided to put them all in one place for y’all. Consider this your one stop shop for drink ideas for that next bonfire! Cheers! Watch: Shot of Country Playlist.

Lisa Matassa Somebody’s Baby Video Success with Fans

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Lisa Matassa’s Recently Released Somebody’s Baby Video Successful with Fans! These days an easy way to find out if fans are really into something is to check out the response it receives on social media platforms! For Lisa Matassa, her current success can be measured by the popularity of her new video for ”Somebody’s Baby“! The video debuted on YouTube just a little over a month ago, and it has already garnered over 2 million views, which is pretty impressive! When you hear the song and see the vid, its easy to understand why the tune strikes such a cord with fans. Watch it below, and let us know what you think. Watch: Lisa Matassa’s “Somebody’s Baby” Video. Check out Lisa’s EP on iTunes.

Watch: LoCash Cowboys What Time Is It Christmas Video

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Check Out LoCash Cowboys Christmas Themed Video for “What Time Is It?” It’s not often that we get a brand new Christmas tune (versus a cover of a classic), but the LoCash Cowboys have come up with a fun new song all about the simple joys of the holidays from cutting down the tree to drinking Momma’s eggnog. They released the video last week, and you can check it out below. Be sure to let us know if this holiday song will become one of your new favorites for the season. Watch the LoCash Cowboys “What Time Is It?” Video!

Texas Thunder 2013 Line-Up

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Texas Thunder Festival Announces 2013 Line-Up. It’s that time of year again…that time when all the country festivals coming up in the next year start leaking their line-ups! Joining the list of fests with amazing rosters is the 2013 Texas Thunder Festival which will feature two stages, food, cold beer, thrill rides and more, all done up Texas style (and by Texas style…I mean real big!)! Texas Thunder will take place May 17-19, 2013, and you can find the complete line-up for the main stage below. 2013 Texas Thunder Main Stage Line-up. Friday, May 17: 3:00-4:00pm Bri Bagwell 4:30-5:30pm Granger Smith 6:00-7:00pm Micky and The Motorcars 7:30-8:30pm Charlie Robison 9:00-10:00pm Aaron Watson 10:30-12:00am Josh Abbott Band Saturday, May 18th: 1:30-2:30pm Kimberly Dunn 3:00-4:00pm Johnny Cooper 4:30-5:30pm Brandon Rhyder 6:00-7:00pm Whiskey Myers 7:30-8:30pm Turnpike Troubadours 9:00-10:00pm Wade Bowen 10:30-12:00am Randy Rogers Band Sunday, May 19th: 1:00-2:00pm Jake Kellen 2:30-3:30pm Kyle Bennett 4:00-5:00pm William Clark Green 5:30-6:30pm Brian Milson 7:00-8:30pm Stoney LaRue 9:00-10:30pm Casey Donahew Band

Brad Paisley Southern Comfort Zone Video Live Ustream

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Brad Paisley Will Debut Music Video for “Southern Comfort Zone” Live Via Ustream! Brad Paisley is all set to release the music video for current single “Southern Comfort Zone“, and he’s going to do it in a really fun way! On December 10th fans will be able to see the video debut live via Ustream, and following the premiere fans will be able to participate in an online chat with Brad! You can access the broadcast by going to his website or by visiting his Ustream page. To participate in the chat use #bradpaisleychat by logging into Twitter or the social stream next to the Ustream broadcast window. The live premiere will start at 2pm CT. Listen: Brad Paisley’s “Southern Comfort Zone“.

Grammy Awards 2013 Country Nominations

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Complete List of Country, Bluegrass, Americana and Folk Grammy Nominations for 2013. Last night the recording industry through a shindig to announce the nominees for the 2013 Grammy Awards. Below you’ll find the complete list of country, bluegrass, american and folk nominations! Be sure to tell us what you think about those being who earned noms. The awards show will air live on CBS on February 10th at 8/7c. In the meantime, the album featuring the music of all the nominees will be available on January 22nd. 55th Grammy Nominations: Best Country Solo Performance “Home“: Dierks Bentley “Springsteen“: Eric Church “Cost Of Livin’“:Ronnie Dunn “Wanted“: Hunter Hayes “Over“: Blake Shelton “Blown Away“: Carrie Underwood Best Country Duo/Group Performance “Even If It Breaks Your Heart“: Eli Young Band “Pontoon“: Little Big Town “Safe & Sound“: Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars “On The Outskirts Of Town“: The Time Jumpers “I Just Come Here For The Music“: Don Williams Featuring Alison Krauss Best Country Song “Blown Away”:Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood) “Cost Of Livin’”: Phillip Coleman & Ronnie Dunn, songwriters (Ronnie Dunn) “Even If It Breaks Your Heart”: Will Hoge & Eric Paslay, songwriters (Eli Young Band) “So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore”: Jay Knowles & Adam Wright, songwriters (Alan Jackson) “Springsteen”: Eric Church, Jeff Hyde & Ryan Tyndell, songwriters (Eric Church) Best Country Album Uncaged: Zac Brown Band Hunter Hayes: Hunter Hayes Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran: Jamey Johnson Four The Record: Miranda Lambert The Time Jumpers: The Time Jumpers Best Americana Album The Carpenter: The Avett Brothers From The Ground Up: John Fullbright The Lumineers: The Lumineers Babel: Mumford & Sons Slipstream: Bonnie Raitt Best Bluegrass Album The Gospel Side Of: Dailey & Vincent Life Finds A Way: The Grascals Beat The Devil And Carry A Rail: Noam Pikelny Scratch Gravel Road: Special Consensus Nobody Knows You: Steep Canyon Rangers Best Folk Album Leaving Eden: Carolina Chocolate Drops Election Special: Ry Cooder Hambone’s Meditations: Luther Dickinson The Goat Rodeo Sessions: Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark: (Various Artists) Shawn Camp & Tamara Saviano (producers) Noteworthy: Taylor Swift got a nod in the multi-genre Record of the Year category for “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together“ To see the complete list of nominations head to the official page.

Carrie Underwood Adds New Dates to 2013 Blown Away Tour

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Carrie Underwood Adds New Dates In The U.K., Ireland and Canada To Her 2013 Blown Away Tour! So far, Carrie Underwood‘s Blown Away Tour has been a success, and now, she is adding even more dates in 2013! New shows include stop in Dublin, Irelan, British Colombia Canada and a pop over in London to headline to newly announced Country to Country Festival! New 2013 Blow Away Tour Dates: 3-14     Dublin, IE: Olympia Theater 3-15     Belfast, IE: Belfast Waterfront Hotel 3-17     London, UK: London O2 Arena- Country to Country Festival 5-17     Moose Jaw, SK Canada: Mosaic Place 5-20     Dawson Creek, BC Canada: EnCana Events Center 5-21     Prince George, BC Canada: CN Centre 5-23     Abbotsford, BC Canada: Abottsford Entertainment & Sports Centre

Scotty McCreery Signing Albums In Nashville December 7th

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Scotty McCreery Will Be Making An Appearance and Signing Album at Opry Originals on December 7th! Attention Scotty McCreery fans, your fave ex-Idol will be making an appearance at Opry Originals in Nashville, TN this Friday, December 7th, and will be taking the time to sign copies of his Christmas album, Christmas with Scotty McCreery! The signing will take place after his Ryman performance from 9:30 – 10:30 pm. Get complete details below. Scotty McCreery December 7th Signing Details: An autograph voucher is required to participate in the signing Opry Originals will open on Friday, Dec. 7 at 11 a.m. Autograph vouchers will be available on property starting at 11 a.m. on Fri., Dec. 7 with purchase of a Scotty McCreery product from Opry Originals Scotty McCreery will sign a limited number of autographs No person is guaranteed an autograph voucher, which will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis Only one (1) autograph voucher per person Only two (2) items per person can be signed due to time constraints