ACM Awards Add Songwriter of the Year Award

The Academy of Country Music has announced the addition of the Songwriter of the Year award. The honor will be awarded during the 2012 cycle in conjunction with the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, to be held this spring. The Songwriter of the Year honor has only been awarded once before, to Roger [...] Read More

Top 10 Country Tweets of the Week

Country music stars sure love Twitter! In this week’s edition of Top 10 Tweets, Brad Paisley extends a peace offering, Laura Bell Bundy pays off some travel karma debt, Scotty McCreery reveals his role in a Brad Paisley prank and Miranda Lambert is embarassed by her parents while watching them on Tom’s Wild Life. Here [...] Read More

Reba, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift Presented With ACM Honors

Artists, music industry elite and country music fans turned out for the Academy of Country Music’s 5th Annual ACM Honors, an evening dedicated to recognizing special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on September 19. Hosted by Joe Nichols, the event was held at the historic Ryman [...] Read More

Oak Ridge Boys, Brett Eldredge Added to ACM Honors Lineup

The Oak Ridge Boys, Brett Eldredge and Robin Meade have been added to the lineup for the 5th Annual ACM Honors. Joe Nichols is set to host the event and will also perform. ACM Honors is an evening dedicated to recognizing special honorees and off-camera winners from the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. [...] Read More

Lee Ann Womack to Honor George Jones, Tom T. Hall

Lee Ann Womack is heading into the studio to begin work on a new album and will kick off the process by honoring George Jones at the Grand Ole Opry tonight as the Opry celebrates George’s 80th birthday. Then on September 19, she will participate in the Academy of Country Music’s ACM Honors event at [...] Read More