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NomINEE List of all Past Years

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Arkansas Country Music Awards Official Nominees


A. J. PARKER

Radio DJ 2019

A ROWDY FAITH

Americana Artist 2019

AALESHA CARTNER

Promoter 2019

AARON CLAFTON

Song “Jesus and Janis” (writer) 2022

AARON DETHRAGE

Album “The Country Blues” (producer) 2021

ABBY LINDSEY

Female Vocalist 2022

Video “She Knew Better” (artist) 2021

ADAM CUNNINGHAM

Vocal Duo/Group (w/Anna Brinker) 2020

Song “Thinkin’ Bout You” (artist) 2020

ALEX KLINE

Song “World Without Willie” (writer) 2019

ALICE WALKER

Promoter 2021, 2022

AMY BURTON

Promoter 2020

AMY GARLAND

Radio DJ (Amy G) 2021

Songwriter 2018

ANDY WALLIS

Album “Givin’ a Damn (Don’t Go with My Outfit)” (producer) 2022

Music Producer 2021, 2022

ANNA BRINKER

Acoustic Act 2018, 2019, 2022

Vocal Duo/Group (w/Adam Cunningham) 2020

Album “Rain and Whiskey” (artist) 2021

Song “Thinkin’ Bout You” (artist) 2020

Video “The Possum” (artist) 2019

ANTHONY CRAWFORD

Album “Ten Penny Gypsy” (producer) 2018

APPLE & SETSER

Acoustic Act 2022

ARKANSAUCE 

Bluegrass Artist 2021, 2022

ARLIS ALBRITTON

Video “Pretty Blue View” (director) 2018

ASHLEIGH ROGERS

Female Vocalist 2019, 2020

AUSTIN POOL

Male Vocalist 2019, 2020

AUTUMN McENTIRE

Song “Recycled” (writer) 2021

AVERY SNYDER

Song “Bullet or a Bible” (writer) 2022

B. J. TAYLOR

Album “Rain and Whiskey” (producer) 2021

Song “Thinkin’ Bout You” (writer) 2020

Video “Water” (director) 2021

BAILEY HEFLEY

Country Artist 2021

Video “Dust on a Diamond” (artist) 2020

BARRY POYNTER

Music Producer 2018, 2019

Sound Engineer 2018, 2020

BART ANGEL

Drummer 2018, 2021

BARTH GRAYSON

Promoter 2018, 2019

BEEZER WAGLER

Guitar Player 2019

BEN COULTER

Inspirational Artist 2018

BETH BRUMLEY

Promoter 2021, 2022

BIG DAN HENTSCHEL

Radio DJ 2021

BIG SHANE THORNTON

Bass Player 2019, 2020, 2021

BILL and LINDA LOVETT

Promoter 2019, 2020, 2021

BILLY DON BURNS

Album “The Country Blues” (artist/producer) 2021

Songwriter 2022

BLANE HOWARD

Entertainer 2020

Country Artist 2022

Male Vocalist 2018, 2019, 2020

Video “Promise to Love Her” (artist) 2019, 2020

BOB ROBBINS

Radio DJ 2018

BONNIE MONTGOMERY

Entertainer 2018, 2019, 2020

Americana Artist 2018, 2019, 2020

Female Vocalist 2018, 2019, 2020

Vocal Duo/Group (w/Mark Currey) 2019

Album “Forever” (artist) 2019, 2020

Song “Come Sunday Morning” (artist) 2019

BRANDON BAXTER

Radio DJ 2018

BRANDON CHAMBERS

Video “Promise to Love Her” (director) 2019

BRENDA DENNEY

Inspirational Artist 2021

BREE OGDEN

Young Artist 2018, 2019

Song “Months Now” (artist/writer) 2020

BRENT WHEELER

Video “Water” (director) 2021

BRETT & TERI

Vocal Duo/Group 2018

Song “Golden Rule” (artist/writers) 2018

BRIAN IRWIN

Album “I’m Not Broken” (producer) 2022

BRICE LONG

Song “Great Again” (writer) 2021

BRITTANY MOORE

Song “Jesus and Janis” (artist/writer) 2022

BRYCE ROBERTS

Sound Engineer 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

BUDDY CASE

Guitar Player 2020, 2021

BUDDY HYATT

Album “Breaking All the Rules” (producer) 2019

BUTCH SUITT

Bluegrass Artist 2021

Male Vocalist 2020

Album “One More Bridge to Cross” (artist) 2020

CAITLIN DICKERSON

Young Artist 2020

CALEB COBB

Fiddle Player 2018

CALEB RYAN MARTIN

Americana Artist 2018, 2019

Acoustic Act 2018, 2019, 2020

Guitar Player 2019

CAM SHELTON

Video “Momma’s Bible” (artist) 2020

Young Artist 2018

CAREY WILLIAMS

Drummer 2018

CASEY PARADAY

Guitar Player 2022

CASEY PENN

Songwriter 2020

CHAD RANDALL CROW

Album “Unbroken” (producer) 2019

Song “Back Home in Arkansas” (writer) 2019

Video “Back Home in Arkansas” (director) 2019

CHARLEY SANDADGE

Songwriter 2021

CHARLIE AMMERMAN

Album “The Country Blues” (producer) 2021

CHARLIE WHITE

Guitar Player 2020, 2021, 2022

CHARLES BARNES

Bass Player 2022

CHRIS BURNS

Album “Forever” (producer) 2019, 2020

CHRIS KING

Promoter 2018

CHRIS SPENCER

Album “The Wildflower Revue” (producer) 2018

CHRISTIE MATTHEWS

Radio DJ 2022

CLIFF and SUSAN PROWSE

Song “Months Now” (writers) 2020

Promoter 2020, 2021

CLIFF PROWSE

Fiddle Player 2018

CODY RUSSELL

Steel/Dobro Player 2022

COLE REEVES

Song “Sober Up to Face the Night” (writer) 2019

COLTON EVERHART

Bass Player 2018

CORY JACKSON

Entertainer 2018

Country Artist 2018, 2019, 2020

Male Vocalist 2021

Video “Row by Row” (artist) 2018

Video “Put Some Country in Your Country” (artist) 2022

THE CREEK ROCKS

Acoustic Act 2021

CURT RYLE

Song “Golden Rule” (writer) 2018

D. J. TAYLOR

Radio DJ 2020, 2021

DANIEL UPTIGROVE

Sound Engineer 2020

DANNY DUNN

Album “Breaking All the Rules” (producer) 2019

DARIAN STRIBLING

Music Producer 2018, 2019, 2020

Sound Engineer 2018, 2019

DARRELL HAGOOD

Steel/Dobro Player 2020

DARREN CRISP

Sound Engineer 2020, 2021

DAVID ADAM BYRNES

Entertainer 2021, 2022

Country Artist 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Male Vocalist 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022

Album “Neon Town” (artist) 2021

Song “I Can Give You One” (artist/writer) 2020

Video “Pretty Blue View” (artist) 2018

Video “Old School” (artist) 2021

DAVID O’NEAL

Drummer 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

DaWAYNE GEORGE

Bass Player 2018, 2019, 2020

DEL HUGHES

Radio DJ 2018, 2019

DENNIS CROUCH

Bass Player 2022

DEXTER ROWE

Fiddle Player 2019

DIANE BERRY

Female Vocalist 2018

Vocal Duo/Group (w/Joe Wade Smith) 2021

Song “Yours” (artist) 2022

DILLON MASSENGALE

Young Artist 2022

DON PRESLEY

Songwriter 2019, 2020

DON RAMSEY

Promoter 2020

DOOBIE BOWIE

Drummer 2018, 2019

DOYLE McHAFFIE

Sound Engineer 2019

DOUBLE BOOKED

Acoustic Act 2019

DOUG DeFOREST

Album “Carry On” (artist/producer) 2018

Song “I Just Saw a Ghost” (artist/writer) 2018

Songwriter 2018, 2019

Video “Kids from School” (artist) 2018

Bass Player 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

DR. GARY SHIPLEY

Bluegrass Artist 2018

DRAKE MCGUIRE

Video “The Crown (For Mama)” (director) 2022

DREW GLOVER

Song “Bullet or a Bible” (writer) 2022

DYLAN RUCKER

Video “Old School” (director) 2021

ERIN DETHERAGE

Guitar Player 2018

ERIN ENDERLIN

Entertainer 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Country Artist  2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Female Vocalist 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Album “Whiskeytown Crier” (artist) 2018

Album “Faulkner County” (artist) 2020

Song “Ain’t It Just Like a Cowboy” (artist/writer) 2018

Song “World Without Willie” (artist/writer) 2019

Song “Tonight I Don’t Give a Damn” (artist/writer) 2020

Songwriter 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Video “Ain’t It Just Like a Cowboy” (artist) 2018

Video “World Without Willie” (artist) 2019

Video “I Can Be Your Whiskey” (artist) 2020

Video “If I’m Not in Hell” (artist) 2022

ERNIE McCOY

Sound Engineer 2019

EVAN HUTCHINGS

Drummer 2020, 2021, 2022

FLAP JONES

Radio DJ 2018

THE FLATLAND GOSPEL BAND

Inspirational Artist 2021, 2022

FRANKIE CADILLAC

Americana Artist 2018

GARLAND HARRIS

Steel/Dobro Player 2019, 2020

GARRETT JONES

Bass Player 2021

GARRY MURRAY

Fiddle Player 2021, 2022

THE GRAVEL YARD

Bluegrass Artist 2022

GREG WARD

Country Artist 2018

Male Vocalist 2018

Album “Breaking All the Rules” (artist/producer) 2019

GRACE STORMONT

Americana Artist 2021, 2022

Inspirational Artist 2021, 2022

Female Vocalist 2021

Acoustic Act 2021, 2022

Album “On Your Own” (artist/producer) 2022

Song “On Your Own” (artist/writer) 2021

Young Artist 2020

GRAND PRARIE

Bluegrass Artist 2018

HALLELUJAH HARMONY QUARTET

Inspirational Artist 2018, 2019

HANNAH BLAYLOCK

Song “Recycled” (writer) 2021

HARLEY SORRELLS

Bass Player 2018

HAYEFIELD

Vocal Duo/Group 2021

HEATH SANDERS

Acoustic Act 2019

HEATHER LITTLE

Song “Ain’t It Just Like a Cowboy” (writer) 2018

HEAVEN’S ECHOES

Inspirational Artist 2018, 2019, 2020

HIGHWAY 36

Bluegrass Artist 2019, 2020

HUCKLEBERRY JAM

Vocal Duo/Group 2022

Album “Phoenix” (artist/producer) 2022

Video “Water Me Down” (artist) 2022

INTERSTATE THIRTY

Bluegrass Artist 2019

IRL HEES

Bass Player 2021

J. R. ROGERS

Promoter 2018

J. R. RUNYUN

Radio DJ 2021

J. T. HUBBARD

Song “Thinkin’ Bout You” (writer) 2020

JABE BURGESS

Entertainer 2021

Country Artist 2021

Male Vocalist  2021, 2022

Song “Dianne’s Song” (artist/writer) 2021

Video “Everything But Us” (artist) 2021

JACKSON HAGERMAN

Song “Bullet or a Bible” (writer) 2022

JAMES HENRY

Song “Thinkin’ Bout You” (writer) 2020

JAMEY JOHNSON

Album “Whiskeytown Crier” (producer) 2018

Album “Faulkner County” (producer) 2020

JASON LEE CAMPBELL

Male Vocalist 2019

Songwriter 2021

JASON LEE HALE

Acoustic Act 2018

JASON MILLER

Music Producer 2019

JASON TEDFORD

Music Producer 2020

JEAN NOLAN

Song “Girl at the Bar” (writer) 2020

JEANNIE SEELY

Song “Yours” (writer) 2022

JEFF WILLIAMS

Album “The Country Blues” (producer) 2021

JENEE FLEENOR

Fiddle Player 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

JENNA DOOLITTLE

Video “World Without Willie” (director) 2019

JEREMY HUDDLESTON

Bass Player 2022

JERRY BONE

Bass Player 2019

JERRY ROLLER

Steel/Dobro Player 2018, 2019

JESSI JO DILLON

Song “Tonight I Don’t Give a Damn” (writer) 2020

JIM & LISA

Radio DJ 2020, 2021, 2022

JIM “MOOSE” BROWN

Album “Whiskeytown Crier” (producer) 2018

Album “Faulkner County” (producer) 2020

Album “Black Cats and Crows” (producer) 2021

Song “Tonight I Don’t Give a Damn” (writer) 2020

JIMMY YOUNG

Bass Player 2018

JOANIE HOWELL

Promoter 2021

JOANNE CASH

Inspirational Artist 2019

Album “Unbroken” (artist) 2019

Song “Back Home in Arkansas” (artist) 2019

Video “Back Home in Arkansas” (artist) 2019

JOCKO DEAL

Male Vocalist 2022

JOE LANE

Video “Arkansas’ Mine” (director) 2018

Video “Own It” (director) 2019

JOE TOUNGE

Song “Say It Again” (writer) 2021

JOE SIKKEMA

Video “Lost Boy” (director) 2021

JOE WADE SMITH

Vocal Duo/Group (w/Diane Berry) 2021

Song “Yours” (artist) 2022

JOEY EBACH

Song “God Wears Boots” (writer) 2022

JON BLUM

Drummer 2021

JOHN BRUNNER

Steel/Dobro Player 2018

JOHNNY SPRAYBERRY

Promoter 2022

JON CONLEY

Guitar Player 2020, 2021, 2022

JON RANEY

Album “Matthew Huff” (producer) 2019

Album “One More Bridge to Cross” (producer) 2020

Album “On Your Own” (producer) 2022

Music Producer 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Sound Engineer 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

JON WALKER

Promoter 2022

JONATHON ADAMS

Fiddle Player 2021

JOSH DOTSON

Drummer 2019

JOSH MATHENY

Song “Recycled” (writer) 2021

Steel/Dobro Player 2021, 2022

JOSH NEWCOM

Album “Tattooed on My Heart” (artist/producer) 2018

Album “Renegades, Outlaws and Gypsys” (artist/producer) 2020

JOSH YORK

Video “Kids from School” (director) 2018

JULIAN STACEY

Album “The Other Side” (producer) 2020

JUSTIN PARKER

Drummer 2018

JUSTIN WILSON

Song “I Can Give You One” (writer) 2020

THE KEISLER BROTHERS BAND

Bluegrass Artist 2018

Inspirational Artist 2018

Vocal Duo/Group 2018

KEITH SYMANOWITZ

Promoter 2019

KELLY BISHOP

Song “Sober Up to Face the Night” (writer) 2019

KELSEY LAMB

Country Artist 2020

Female Vocalist 2020, 2022

Vocal Duo/Group (with Taylor Goyette) 2022

Song “Girl at the Bar” (artist/writer) 2020

Song “Say It Again” (artist) 2021

Video “Little by Little” (artist) 2020

KEN MURPHY

Radio DJ 2019, 2020

KENNY DRAIN

Album “Horses and Steel” (artist/producer) 2021

Songwriter 2021, 2022

KENNY JACKSON

Video “Put Some Country in Your Country” (director) 2022

KENNY LOGGAINS

Radio DJ 2019

KENT WELLS

Music Producer 2021

KEVIN KING

Video “Row by Row” (director) 2018

Drummer 2018, 2019, 2020

KEVIN SOKOLNICKI

Album “Rain and Whiskey” (producer) 2021

KIM SWINK

Album “The Wildflower Revue” (producer) 2018

THE KINSMEN

Inspirational Artist 2019, 2020

KYLE KELLUMS

Radio DJ 2018

LANCE CARPENTER

Entetainer 2019, 2021, 2022

Country Artist 2019, 2020, 2022

Male Vocalist 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Song “Great Again” (artist) 2021

Song “God Wears Boots” (artist/writer) 2022

Songwriter 2022

LANCE CURTIS

Young Artist 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

LANCE McDANIEL

Songwriter 2018

LARRY & ANGEL CROSS

Radio DJ 2022

LARRY HIGHT

Steel/Dobro Player 2022

LAUREN RICHMOND

Song “Way Back” (artist/writer) 2019

Video “Water” (artist) 2021

LEE STREET LYRICAL

Acoustic Act 2019, 2021

LESLIE SATCHER

Song “World Without Willie” (writer) 2019

LEXY BURKE

Video “She Knew Better” (director) 2021

LILLYANNE McCOOL

Young Artist 2021

LOGEN CHRISTOPHER

Video “Little by Little” (director) 2020

LONNIE ABBOTT

Album “Givin’ a Damn (Don’t Go with My Outfit)” (producer) 2022

LUKE WILLIAMS

Guitar Player 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022

LUTHER ZACHARY

Album “Breaking All the Rules” (producer) 2019

LYDIA DALL

Song “Say It Again” (writer) 2021

MAE ESTES

Female Vocalist 2021, 2022

Song “Recycled” (artist/writer) 2021

MALLORY EVERETT

Acoustic Act 2020, 2021

MARK ALAN SPRINGER

Song “Dianne’s Song” (writer) 2021

MARK COLBERT

Sound Engineer 2018

MARK CURREY

Vocal Duo/Group (w/Bonnie Montgomery) 2019

Song “Come Sunday Morning” (artist/writer) 2019

Songwriter 2018

MARK MALONE

Sound Engineer 2022

MARK MANESS

Video “Momma’s Bible” (director) 2020

MARK MATOSKA

Steel/Dobro Player 2018

MARK WADE

Steel/Dobro Player 2020

MARTY SCARBROUGH

Promoter 2020, 2022

MARY HEATHER HICKMAN

Female Vocalist 2019, 2022

Vocal Duo/Group (with Stefanie Joyce) 2022

Song “Ouachita River” (artist/writer) 2022

MARY PARKER

Young Artist 2019

MARY STEENBURGEN

Songwriter 2020

MARYBETH BYRD

Inspirational Artist, 2022

Young Artist 2020

MATT ANDERSON

Music Producer 2020

MATT THOMAS

Video “Row by Row” (director) 2018

Bass Player 2018

MATTHEW HUFF

Album “Matthew Huff” (artist) 2019

MARK CAPPS

Album “I Play Country Music, Volume 1 and Volume 2” (producer) 2022

MAYBE APRIL

Entertainer 2021

Americana Artist 2020, 2021, 2022

Vocal Duo/Group 2020, 2021

Album “The Other Side” (artist) 2020

MELISSA CARPER

Americana Artist 2022

MELODIE ROOKER

Female Vocalist 2018

MELODY HART

Female Vocalist 2018

Fiddle Player 2018, 2019, 2020

MELODY POND

Acoustic Act 2018

MICHAEL RINNE

Bass Player 2020, 2021, 2022

MICHAEL STEPHEN WINSTON

Acoustic Act 2018

MIKE BAILEY

Music Producer 2022

Sound Engineer 2022

MIKE RANDOLPH

Album “The Country Blues” (producer) 2021

MILO DEERING

Music Producer 2018

MORGAN JOHNSTON

Song “Say It Again” (writer) 2021

MORGAN McGARRAH

Young Artist 2018

NATHAN AGDEPA

Fiddle Player 2020, 2021

NATHAN JEFFERS

Song “Bullet or a Bible” (writer) 2022

NATHANAEL STONE

Music Producer 2019, 2020, 2021

NATIONAL PARK RADIO

Americana Artist 2021

NICK DEVLIN

Guitar Player 2018

NIK & SAM

Vocal Duo/Group 2020, 2021, 2022

NOAH COFFEY III

Video “Everything But Us” (director) 2021

OPAL AGAFIA

Americana Artist 2020

PAM SETSER

Americana Artist 2021

PAM TILLIS

Video “Lost Boy” (director) 2021

Video “Small Spaces” (director) 2022

PAMELA HOPKINS

Country Artist, 2022

Female Vocalist 2021, 2022

Album “Givin’ a Damn (Don’t Go with My Outfit)” (artist) 2022

PAUL SIKES

Song “I Can Give You One” (writer) 2020

PHIL McGARRAH

Entertainer (PM & Runnin’ on Empty) 2018, 2019

Country Artist (PM & Runin’ on Empty) 2018

Male Vocalist 2018, 2019

Album “I Play Country Music, Volume 1 and Volume 2” (artist/producer) 2022

Songwriter 2020, 2021

POSEY HILL

Americana Artist 2022

Bluegrass Artist 2018

POSSUM TROT

Bluegrass Artist 2020, 2021

P. T. HOUSTON

Album “Givin’ a Damn (Don’t Go with My Outfit)” (producer) 2022

QUINN HILL

Drummer 2020, 2021, 2022

RANDALL GEORGE

Guitar Player 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

RANDY KOHRS

Album “I Play Country Music, Volume 1 and Volume 2” (producer) 2022

RANDY LOYD

Music Producer 2018

RANDY TERRY

Steel/Dobro Player 2021, 2022

RAY BINGHAM

Promoter 2018, 2019

REDMOND KEISLER

Steel/Dobro Player 2018

THE REEVES BROTHERS

Country Artist 2019

Vocal Duo/Group 2019

Album “King of Country Music” (artist/producer) 2019

Song “Sober Up to Face the Night” (artist) 2019

THE RENDER SISTERS

Video “Lost Boy” (artist) 2021

Video “Small Spaces” (artist) 2022

Young Artist 2021, 2022

RICK CAMPBELL

Guitar Player 2019

RICKY ROOKER

Guitar Player 2018

RITCHIE VARNELL

Fiddle Player 2022

THE ROADS BELOW

Vocal Duo/Group 2022

ROBBY SPRINGFIELD

Steel/Dobro Player 2020, 2021

ROBERT JONES

Steel/Dobro Player 2019, 2021, 2022

ROBERT MARTIN

Songwriter 2019

ROCKEY DON JONES

Video “The Crown (For Mama)” (artist) 2022

RODGER KING

Songwriter 2022

Steel/Dobro Player 2019

ROG TIPTON

Songwriter 2019, 2020

ROGER WOODS, SR.

Promoter 2018

ROMAN WHITE

Video “Dust on a Diamond” (director) 2020

ROUTE 3

Bluegrass Artist 2020

ROUTE 358

Americana Artist 2018, 2019, 2020

ROY HALE

Inspirational Artist 2020

THE ROVING GAMBLER BAND

Bluegrass Artist 2019, 2020

RUNAWAY PLANET

Bluegrass Artist 2018, 2019

RYAN CEOLA

Sound Engineer 2021, 2022

RYAN COTRONEO

Song “Bullet or a Bible” (writer) 2022

Drummer 2022

RYAN HARMON

Acoustic Act 2020, 2021, 2022

RYAN NOLAN

Video “I Can Be Your Whiskey” (director) 2020

Video “If I’m Not in Hell” (director) 2022

S. J. MCDONALD

Song “Jesus and Janis” (writer) 2022

THE SALTY DOGS

Vocal Duo/Group 2019, 2020, 2021

SAM ELLIS

Fiddle Player 2020

SARAH CECIL

Young Artist 2019, 2022

SARAH JANE NELSON

Female Vocalist 2021

Album “I’m Not Broken” (artist) 2022

SAVANNAH FREE

Young Artist 2021

SAVANNAH MORRIS

Female Vocalist 2019, 2020

SCOTT GIBSON

Drummer 2022

SHARPE DUNAWAY

Video “Water Me Down” (director) 2022

THE SHOTGUNBILLYS

Enterainer 2019, 2020

Vocal Duo/Group 2019

SIERRA CARSON

Young Artist 2022

SILVER STEPHENS

Album “Breaking All the Rules” (producer) 2019

SPILLWATER DRIVE

Bluegrass Artist 2021, 2022

STACY PIXLEY

Fiddle Player 2018

STAFFORD & FRIGO

Radio DJ 2019, 2020

STEFANIE JOYCE

Vocal Duo/Group (with Mary Heather Hickman) 2022

Song “Ouachita River” (artist/writer) 2022

STEPHEN MERLE KILGORE

Album “Breaking All the Rules” (producer) 2019

STEVE DAVIS

Album “Breaking All the Rules” (producer) 2019

STEVE DAVISON

Guitar Player 2019

STEVE JAWN

Video “Promise to Love Her” (director) 2020

STEVE MATLOCK

Steel/Dobro Player 2018, 2019

STEVE WILLIAMS

Song “Dianne’s Song” (writer) 2021

SUPI BOONAPHAI

Video “The Possum” (director) 2019

SYLAMORE SPECIAL

Entertainer 2022

Bluegrass Artist 2022

Young Artist 2022

T. SCOTT VARADY

Drummer 2019, 2020

TACIE AND THE SUNSHINE BAND

Bluegrass Artist 2021, 2022

Inspirational Artist 2022

TARA THOMPSON

Song “World Without Willie” (writer) 2019

TAYLOR GOYETTE

Vocal Duo/Group (with Kelsey Lamb) 2022

Song “Girl at the Bar” (writer) 2020

TEN PENNY GYPSY

Americana Artist 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

Vocal Duo/Group 2018, 2019

Album “Ten Penny Gypsy” (artist) 2018

TERRY RHOADES

Bass Player 2019, 2020

THOMAS GRAMUGLIA

Album “The Country Blues” (producer) 2021

TIM CROUCH

Music Producer 2021

Fiddle Player 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

THE TIPTONS

Inspirational Artist 2020, 2021

TOM DUKE

Radio DJ 2022

TOMMIE SUE WILKEY

Song “Fishing in the Sky” (writer) 2018

TRAVIS MOBLEY

Music Producer 2022

TRAVIS RYAN SMITH

Male Vocalist 2018

Song “Fishing in the Sky” (artist) 2018

TRENT WILMON

Album “Neon Town” (producer) 2021

TREY JOHNSON

Acoustic Act 2022

TRIPPP

Young Artist 2019, 2020, 2021

TWANG

Bluegrass Artist 2019, 2020

TY SIMS

Album “Phoenix” (producer) 2022

TYLER BELL

Music Producer 2022

TYLER KINCH

Entertainer 2022

Male Vocalist 2021

Song “Bullet or a Bible” (artist/writer) 2022

UNITED VOICE

Inspirational Artist 2018, 2019

THE VILLINES TRIO

Inspirational Artist 2021, 2022

WARD DAVIS

Country Artist 2021 

Album “Black Cats and Crows” (artist) 2021

WAYNE MASSENGALE

Fiddle Player  2019, 2022

WESTERN RED

Radio DJ 2020, 2022

WHISTLIN’ DIXIE

Entertainer 2020

THE WHISPERING WILLOWS

Americana Artist 2020

Acoustic Act 2020

Vocal Duo/Group 2020

THE WILDFLOWER REVUE

Vocal Duo/Group 2018

Album “The Wildflower Revue” (artist) 2018

WOODY WOOD

Sound Engineer 2021

ZAC CHEESMAN

Young Artist 2018

THE ZAC DUNLAP BAND

Entertainer 2018

Vocal Duo/Group 2018

Song “Arkansas’ Mine” (artist) (ZD, writer) 2018

Video “Arkansas’ Mine” (artist) 2018

Video “Own It” (artist) 2019

ZACH DAVIS

Male Vocalist 2022

ZANE KING

Steel/Dobro Player 2020, 2021

ZANE AND DONNA KING

Inspirational Artist 2020


RADIO STATION of the YEAR finalists

KABF 88.3 FM “The Vocie of the People” Little Rock 2018

KAMO 94.3 FM “Nash Icon” Rogers 2020

KCYT 96.7 FM “The Coyote” Springdale 2019, 2021

KDXY 104.9 FM “The Fox” Jonesboro 2019, 2021, 2022

KDYN 92.7 FM “True Country Radio” Coal Hill 2018

KFIN 107.9 FM “The Big” Jonesboro 2018

KHBZ 102.9 FM “The Z” Harrison 2020

KHLS 96.3 FM “Thunder Country” Blytheville 2020

KHPQ 92.1 FM “Hot Country” Clinton 2022

KMAG 99.1 FM “New Country” Fort Smith 2019

KMJX 105.1 FM “The Wolf” Little Rock 2019, 2020, 2022

KQUS 97.5 “US 97” Hot Springs 2020, 2021

KSSN 95.7 FM “Arkansas’ Radio Station” Little Rock 2018, 2021

KWCK 99.9 FM “Continous Country” Searcy 2018

KWOZ 103.3 FM “The Country Super Station” Batesville 2019

KXRD 96.7 “Red Dirt” Fayetteville 2022

KZHE 100.5 “KZ-100” Magnolia 2021, 2022


PUBLICATION / BLOG / PODCAST of the YEAR finalists

AY Magazine 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

Acoustic Music Talk with Brad Apple 2021, 2022

Arkansas Living 2018, 2020

Arkansongs 2022

TheCMBeat 2022

Country Fried 2020

The Daily Citizen 2019

Delta Crossroads 2020

Do South Magazine 2020

If That Ain’t Country 2021

Jonesboro Occasions 2018, 2021

Nightflying 2018, 2019

Ozark Highlands Radio 2020

Oxford American 2018, 2019

Raise Your Spirits Music Series 2022

The Sun Times 2019

The Vine Brothers Songwriter Series Presents: 2021


VENUE of the YEAR finalists

The Collins Theater (Paragould) 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

George’s Majestic Lounge (Fayetteville) 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022

Jimmy Doyle Country (North Little Rock) 2018, 2019, 2021

The Hall (Little Rock) 2022

Hempstead Hall (Hope) 2022

King’s Live Music (Conway) 2020, 2021

The Little O’ Oprey House (West Fork) 2019

Ozark Folk Center (Mountain View) 2018

Ozark Mountain Hoe-Down Music Theater (Eureka Springs) 2021, 2022

Round-up Music Show Theater (Brookland) 2018, 2019, 2020

South on Main (Little Rock) 2019, 2020

White Water Tavern (Little Rock) 2018

Pictured here, the multi-nominated Render Sisters perform during the 2021 event.

The Render Sisters perform during the 2021 event. 


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