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NomINEE List of all Past Years

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Arkansas Country Music Awards past nominees are listed alphabetically.

 

A. J. PARKER

Radio DJ  2019

A. J. PRUIS

Album “Free Country” (producer)  2024

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

AARON HEADLEY

American Artist  2024

Acoustic Act  2024

ABBY LINDSEY

Female Vocalist  2022

Video “She Knew Better” (artist)  2021

ADAM CHMIELEWSKI

Album  “The Demo Sessions” (producer)  2023

ADAM CUNNINGHAM

Vocal Duo/Group (w/Anna Brinker)  2020

Song “Thinkin’ Bout You” (artist)  2020

ADAM HAMBRICK

Male Vocalist  2023

Album “Free Country” (artist)  2024

Song “Wreck Me Again” (artist/writer)  2023

Songwriter  2023, 2024

ALEX CARSON

Guitar Player  2024

ALEX KLINE

Song “World Without Willie” (writer)  2019

ALEX NIXON

Drummer  2023

ALEXIS WILKINS

Female Vocalist  2023, 2024

Song “Stand” (artist)  2023

ALICE WALKER

Promoter  2021, 2022

AMBER RAE DUNN

Video “My Ryan” (artist)  2023

AMY BURTON

Promoter 2020

AMY GARLAND

Radio DJ (Amy G)  2021

Songwriter  2018

ANDY WALLIS

Music Collaboration “Just the Same” (artist/producer)  2024

Song “Just the Same” (artist)  2024

Video “Just the Same” (artist)  2024

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

Music Producer  2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

ANNA BRINKER

Acoustic Act  2018, 2019, 2022

Vocal Duo/Group (w/Adam Cunningham)  2020

Album “Rain and Whiskey” (artist)  2021

Album “Highway 300: Drive” (artist)  2023

Song “Thinkin’ Bout You” (artist)  2020

Song “Walk of Honor” (writer)  2024

Video “The Possum” (artist)  2019

ANTHONY CRAWFORD

Album “Ten Penny Gypsy” (producer)  2018

ANTON RASMUSSEN

Music Producer  2024

Sound Engineer  2024

APPLE & SETSER

Acoustic Act  2022, 2023

ARKANSAUCE 

Bluegrass Artist  2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

ARLIS ALBRITTON

Video “Pretty Blue View” (director)  2018

ASHLEIGH ROGERS

Female Vocalist  2019, 2020

ASHTYN BARBAREE

Americana Artist  2023

Acoustic Act  2024

AUSTIN POOL

Male Vocalist  2019, 2020

AUTUMN McENTIRE

Song “Recycled” (writer)  2021

Song “Your Hands” (writer)  2023

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 BIGGER

Americana Artist  2023

Video “Arkansas Is Nice” (artist)  2024

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

BART BUSCH

Album “Keep Up with a Cowgirl” (producer)  2023

BARTH GRAYSON

Promoter  2018, 2019

BEEZER WAGLER

Guitar Player  2019

BEN COULTER

Inspirational Artist  2018

BETH BRUMLEY

Promoter  2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

BIG DAN HENTSCHEL

Radio DJ  2021

BIG SHANE THORNTON

Music Collaboration “Just the Same” (artist)  2024

Song “Just the Same” (artist/writer)  2024

Video “Just the Same” (artist)  2024

Bass Player  2019, 2020, 2021, 2023

THE BILDERBACKS

Inspirational Artist  2023, 2024

BILL and LINDA LOVETT

Promoter  2019, 2020, 2021

BILLY DON BURNS

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

Album “I’ve Seen a Lot of Highway” (artist)  2024

Songwriter  2022

BILLY LAWSON

Album “I’ve Seen a Lot of Highway” (producer)  2024

BLANE HOWARD

Entertainer  2020

Country Artist  2022, 2023

Male Vocalist  2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024

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

Video “Boot ‘n’ Rally” (artist)  2024

BOB ROBBINS

Radio DJ  2018

BOBBY G. RICE

Music Collaboration “Other Side of Lonesome” (producer)  2024

BONNIE MONTGOMERY

Entertainer  2018, 2019, 2020

Americana Artist  2018, 2019, 2020, 2024

Female Vocalist  2018, 2019, 2020

Vocal Duo/Group (w/Mark Currey)  2019

Album “Forever” (artist)  2019, 2020

Song “Come Sunday Morning” (artist)  2019

BRAD WILLIAMS

Album “Highway 300: Drive” (artist)  2023

Album “The Greatest Is Love” (artist/producer)  2024

BRANDON BAXTER

Radio DJ  2018

BRANDON CHAMBERS

Video “Promise to Love Her” (director)  2019

BRANDON VESTAL

Video “Rodeo” (director)  2023

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

BRODY MCKINNEY

Young Artist  2024

BROOKE MARTIN

Young Artist  2023, 2024

BRYCE ROBERTS

Sound Engineer  2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

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

THE BUTLER CREEK BOYS

Inspirational Artist  2024

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

CALLIE DIXON

Song “Addicted” (writer)  2024

Video “People Pleaser” (director)  2024

CAM SHELTON

Video “Momma’s Bible” (artist)  2020

Young Artist  2018

CANDY LEE

Songwriter  2024

CAREY WILLIAMS

Drummer  2018

CARYN DIXON

Song “Addicted” (writer)  2024

CASEY PARADAY

Song “Hey Maker” (writer)  2024

Guitar Player  2022, 2023

CASEY PENN

Bluegrass Artist  2023, 2024

Songwriter  2020

CHAD RANDALL CROW

Album “Unbroken” (producer)  2019

Song “Back Home in Arkansas” (writer)  2019

Video “Back Home in Arkansas” (director)  2019

CHARLA FREELAND

Young Artist  2023

CHARLEY SANDADGE

Songwriter  2021

CHARLIE AMMERMAN

Album “The Country Blues” (producer)  2021

CHARLIE WHITE

Guitar Player  2020, 2021, 2022

CHARLES M. BARNES

Bass Player  2022

Specialty/Utility Musician  2024

CHASE MARTIN

Song “Wreck Me Again” (writer)  2023

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

Vocal Duo/Group  (C&S)  2023, 2024

Album “Fiddle & Keys” (artist)  2024

Song “Months Now” (writers)  2020

Promoter  2020, 2021, 2023

CLIFF PROWSE

Music Collaboration “Good Clean Livin’” (producer)  2024

Album “Fiddle & Keys” (producer)  2024

Fiddle Player  2018

CODY BELEW

Video “Rodeo” (artist)  2023

CODY RUSSELL

Steel/Dobro Player  2022

COLE REEVES

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

COLTON EVERHART

Bass Player  2018

COMMON ROOTS

Acoustic Act  2023, 2024

CORY JACKSON

Entertainer  2018

Country Artist  2018, 2019, 2020

Male Vocalist  2021, 2024

Song “Your Love” (artist/writer)  2023

Video “Row by Row” (artist)  2018

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

THE CREEK ROCKS

Acoustic Act  2021

CRIS MOBLEY

Music Collaboration “Words Unspoken” (artist)  2024

CRYSTAL STRIBLING

Album “Highway 300: Drive” (artist)  2023

CURT RYLE

Song “Golden Rule” (writer)  2018

D. J. TAYLOR

Radio DJ  2020, 2021, 2023, 2024

DANIEL UPTIGROVE

Sound Engineer 2020

DANNY DUNN

Album “Breaking All the Rules” (producer)  2019

DARIAN STRIBLING

Album “Highway 300: Drive” (producer)  2023

Music Producer  2018, 2019, 2020

Sound Engineer  2018, 2019

DARRELL HAGOOD

Steel/Dobro Player  2020

DARREN BARRY

Guitar Player  2024

DARREN CRISP

Sound Engineer  2020, 2021, 2023, 2024

DAVID ADAM BYRNES

Entertainer  2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Country Artist  2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Male Vocalist  2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Album “Neon Town” (artist)  2021

Album “Keep Up with a Cowgirl” (artist/producer)  2023

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

Song “If I Was Your Cowboy” (artist/writer)  2024

Video “Pretty Blue View” (artist)  2018

Video “Old School” (artist)  2021

Video “Keep Up with a Cowgirl” (artist)  2023

DAVID O’NEAL

Drummer  2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

DaWAYNE GEORGE

Bass Player  2018, 2019, 2020

DEAN HOLMAN

Steel/Dobro Player  2023

DEL HUGHES

Radio DJ  2018, 2019

DENNIS COOKE

Song “Addicted” (writer)  2024

DENNIS CROUCH

Bass Player  2022, 2023, 2024

DENNY KNIGHT

Album “I’ve Seen a Lot of Highway” (producer)  2024

DEREK WOOD

Album “Highway 300: Drive” (producer)  2023

DEXTER ROWE

Fiddle Player  2019

DIANE BERRY

Female Vocalist  2018

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

Song  “Yours”  (artist)  2022

DILLON MASSENGALE

Music Collaboration “Whistle Whine” (artist/producer)  2024

Young Artist  2022, 2023

DOC HOPPER

Guitar Player  2023

DON PRESLEY

Songwriter  2019, 2020

DON RAMSEY

Promoter  2020

DONNY HERNDON

Video “People Pleaser” (director)  2024

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, 2023, 2024

DR. GARY SHIPLEY

Bluegrass Artist  2018

DRAKE MCGUIRE

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

DREW GLOVER

Song “Bullet or a Bible” (writer)  2022

DREW PULLIAM

Young Artist  2023, 2024

DUSTY BARKER

Video “Keep Up with a Cowgirl” (director)  2023

DYLAN RUCKER

Video “Old School” (director)  2021

EAST NASH GRASS

Bluegrass Artist  2023

ELI ADAMS

Album “Boneheaded” (artist)  2024

THE ELLIS FAMILY

Inspirational Artist  2023

ERIN DETHERAGE

Guitar Player  2018

ERIN ENDERLIN

Entertainer  2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Country Artist  2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Female Vocalist  2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024

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, 2023, 2024

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, 2023, 2024

EUREKA STRINGS

Americana Artist  2024

EVAN SIELING

Album  “The Demo Sessions” (producer)  2023

FLAP JONES

Radio DJ  2018

THE FLATLAND GOSPEL BAND

Inspirational Artist  2021, 2022

FRANKIE CADILLAC

Americana Artist  2018

FRONT PORCH

Bluegrass Artist  2024

4RUNNER

Vocal Duo/Group  2024

GABE NEAL

Song “Addicted” (writer)  2024

GARLAND HARRIS

Steel/Dobro Player  2019, 2020

GARRETT JONES

Bass Player  2021, 2024

GARRETT MASSENGALE

Music Collaboration “Whistle Whine” (producer)  2024

GARRY MURRAY

Fiddle Player  2021, 2022

GEORGE MASON

Fiddle Player  2023, 2024

GRACE WELLS

Young Artist  2024

THE GRAVEL YARD

Bluegrass Artist  2022, 2023

GREG MOODY

Steel/Dobro Player  2023

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, 2023

Music Collaboration “Good Clean Livin’” (artist)  2024

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, 2023

HANNAH BLAYLOCK

Female Vocalist  2023, 2024

Song “Recycled”  (writer)  2021

HARRY CLARK

Specialty/Utility Musician  2024

HARLEY SORRELLS

Bass Player  2018

HAYEFIELD

Vocal Duo/Group  2021, 2024

HEATH SANDERS

Song “Hey Maker” (artist/writer)  2024

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, 2023

Album  “Phoenix”  (artist/producer)  2022, 2023

Video  “Water Me Down”  (artist)  2022

INTERSTATE THIRTY

Bluegrass Artist  2019

IRL HEES

Bass Player  2021

JD CLAYTON

Entertainer  2023

Americana Artist  2023, 2024

Male Vocalist  2023

Songwriter  2023

J. R. ROGERS

Promoter  2018

J. R. RUNYUN

Radio DJ  2021

J. T. COOPER

Song “Stand” (writer)  2023

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

JACOB JASPER

Video “Mountain View” (director)  2023

JAKE STOGDILL

Guitar Player  2023, 2024

JAMES HENRY

Song “Thinkin’ Bout You” (writer)  2020

JAMEY JOHNSON

Album “Whiskeytown Crier” (producer)  2018

Album “Faulkner County” (producer)  2020

JAMIE TATE

Album “Shelby Park” (producer)  2023

JASON LEE CAMPBELL

Male Vocalist  2019, 2024

Music Collabortion “Words Unspoken” (artist)  2024

Songwriter  2021

JASON LEE HALE

Acoustic Act  2018

JASON MILLER

Music Producer  2019

JASON TEDFORD

Music Producer  2020

JASON WEINHEIMER

Album “Boneheaded” (producer)  2024

JEAN NOLAN

Song “Girl at the Bar” (writer)  2020

JEANNIE SEELY

Song  “Yours”  (writer)  2022

JED CLARK

Acoustic Act  2023

JEFF WILLIAMS

Album “The Country Blues” (producer)  2021

JENEE FLEENOR

Fiddle Player  2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

JENNA DOOLITTLE

Video “World Without Willie” (director)  2019

JEREMY HUDDLESTON

Sound Engineer  2023, 2024

Bass Player  2022

JERRY BONE

Bass Player  2019

JERRY LASETER

Album “I’ve Seen a Lot of Highway” (producer)  2024

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, 2023

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

Video “Santa Rosa” (director)  2023

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

Album  “The Demo Sessions” (producer)  2023

Song  “God Wears Boots” (writer)  2022

JOHN BRUNNER

Steel/Dobro Player  2018

JOHNNY STORY

Radio DJ  2024

JOHNNY SPRAYBERRY

Promoter  2022

JON BAILEY

Music Collaboration “Good Clean Livin’” (artist)  2024

JON BLUM

Drummer  2021

JON CALDWELL

Album  “The Demo Sessions” (producer)  2023

JON CONLEY

Song “Your Love” (writer)  2023

Guitar Player  2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

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, 2023, 2024

JON WALKER

Promoter  2022, 2024

JONAS HAHN

Album  “The Demo Sessions” (producer)  2023

JONATHON ADAMS

Fiddle Player  2021

JOSH CANNON

Video “Arkansas Is Nice” (director)  2024

JOSH DOTSON

Drummer  2019

JOSH MATHENY

Song “Recycled” (writer)  2021

Steel/Dobro Player  2021, 2022, 2023

Specialty/Utility Musician  2024

JOSH NEWCOM

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

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

JOSH RONEN

Album  “The Demo Sessions” (producer)  2023

JOSH YORK

Video “Kids from School” (director)  2018

JOSIE HARGIS

Inspirational Artist  2023, 2024

JULIAN STACEY

Album “The Other Side” (producer)  2020

JUNIOR BROWN

Music Collaboration “Whistle Whine” (artist)  2024

JUSTIN KEITH

Music Collaboration “Just the Same” (artist)  2024

Song “Just the Same” (artist)  2024

Video “Just the Same” (artist)  2024

JUSTIN PARKER

Drummer  2018

JUSTIN WILSON

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

KATHY KAY WALLACE

Song “Your Love” (writer)  2023

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, 2023, 2024

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

KIRBY BLAND

Drummer  2023, 2024

KISH MOODY

Music Collaboration “Other Side of Lonesome” (artist/producer)  2024

KYLE KELLUMS

Radio DJ  2018

LACY HAMPTON

Promoter  2024

LAINEY-BETH & THE CHICKEN HAWK

Radio DJ  2023, 2024

LANCE CARPENTER

Entetainer  2019, 2021, 2022

Country Artist  2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024

Male Vocalist  2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Album  “The Demo Sessions” (artist/producer)  2023

Song “Great Again” (artist)  2021

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

Songwriter  2022, 2023, 2024

LANCE CURTIS

Young Artist  2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

LANCE McDANIEL

Songwriter  2018

LANE LONG

Video “Mountain View” (artist)  2023

LARRY BEAID

Album “Fiddle & Keys” (producer)  2024

LARRY & ANGEL CROSS

Radio DJ  2022

LARRY HIGHT

Steel/Dobro Player  2022, 2023

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

LIBBY CUMMINGS

Song “Addicted” (writer)  2024

Video “People Pleaser” (director)  2024

LILLYANNE McCOOL

Young Artist  2021

LISA JOHNSON

Radio DJ  2024

LOGEN CHRISTOPHER

Video “Little by Little” (director)  2020

LONNIE ABBOTT

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

Song “Walk of Honor” (writer)  2024

LUCAS CLONTS

Promoter  2024

LUKE WILLIAMS

Song “Just the Same” (writer)  2024

Guitar Player  2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

LUTHER ZACHARY

Album “Breaking All the Rules” (producer)  2019

LYDIA DALL

Song “Say It Again” (writer)  2021

MAE ESTES

Country Artist  2023

Female Vocalist  2021, 2022, 2023

Song “Recycled” (artist/writer)  2021

Song “Your Hands” (artist)  2023

MAKS GABRIEL

Album  “The Demo Sessions” (producer)  2023

MALLORY EVERETT

Acoustic Act  2020, 2021

MARK ALAN SPRINGER

Song “Dianne’s Song” (writer)  2021

MARK EDGAR STUART

Music Producer  2023

MARK COLBERT

Sound Engineer  2018, 2023

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

MARKUS PEARSON

Acoustic Act  2023, 2024

MARTI DODSON

Song “Your Hands” (writer)  2023

MARTY SCARBROUGH

Promoter  2020, 2022, 2023

Radio DJ  2024

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

Country Artist  2024

Inspirational Artist, 2022

Female Vocalist  2024

Song “Addicted” (artist/writer)  2024

Video “People Pleaser” (artist)  2024

Young Artist  2020

MASON HORNE

Song “Hey Maker” (artist/writer)  2024

MATT ANDERSON

Music Producer  2020

MATT THOMAS

Video “Row by Row” (director)  2018

Bass Player  2018

MATHEW MORRISEY

Song “Your Hands” (writer)  2023

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, 2023

Vocal Duo/Group  2020, 2021

Album “The Other Side” (artist)  2020

MELISSA CARPER

Americana Artist  2022, 2023

MELODIE ROOKER

Female Vocalist  2018

MELODY HART

Female Vocalist  2018

Music Collaboration “Whistle Whine” (producer)  2024

Fiddle Player  2018, 2019, 2020

MELODY POND

Acoustic Act  2018

MICAH SCHWEINSBERG

Video “Drive” (director)  2024

MICHAEL HEAVNER

Specialty/Utility Musician  2024

MICHAEL RINNE

Bass Player  2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

MICHAEL SCHEMBRE

Fiddle Player  2023, 2024

MICHAEL STEPHEN WINSTON

Acoustic Act  2018

MIDNIGHT SOUTH

Entertainer  2023, 2024

Vocal Duo/Group  2023, 2024

MIKE BAILEY

Music Producer  2022, 2023

Sound Engineer  2022

MIKE RANDOLPH

Album “The Country Blues” (producer)  2021

MILO DEERING

Music Producer  2018

MITCH TROTTER

Drummer  2024

MOONSHINE MAFIA

Music Collaboration “Other Side of Lonesome” (artist)  2024

MORGAN JOHNSTON

Song “Say It Again” (writer)  2021

MORGAN McGARRAH

Young Artist  2018

NATHAN AGDEPA

Fiddle Player  2020, 2021, 2024

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, 2023

Acoustic Act  2024

NOAH COFFEY III

Video “Everything But Us” (director)  2021

OPAL AGAFIA

Americana Artist  2020

P. T. HOUSTON

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

PAM LLOYD

Promoter  2023

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

Song “Walk of Honor” (artist/writer)  2024

PAUL SIKES

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

PAULA MARIE MARTIN

Album “Highway 300: Drive” (producer)  2023

PHIL EVANS

Songwriter  2024

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, 2024

Bluegrass Artist  2018

POSSUM TROT

Bluegrass Artist  2020, 2021

QUINN HILL

Drummer  2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

RANDALL GEORGE

Guitar Player  2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024

RANDY ADEN

Steel/Dobro Player  2023

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

RAY HOLLIS

Inspirational Artist  2024

REDMOND KEISLER

Steel/Dobro Player  2018

THE REEVES BROTHERS

Country Artist  2019

Vocal Duo/Group  2019, 2023

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, 2023

RICKEY CRAWFORD

Promoter  2024

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 AKERS

Bass Player  2024

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

Album “Shelby Park” (artist/producer)  2023

SAVANNAH FREE

Young Artist  2021

SAVANNAH MORRIS

Female Vocalist  2019, 2020 

SCOTT GIBSON

Drummer  2022, 2024

SEBASTIEN BORDEAUX

Bass Player  2023

SHARPE DUNAWAY

Video “Water Me Down” (director)  2022

Video “Just the Same” (director)  2024

SHELBY LILO

Song “Stand” (writer)  2023

THE SHOTGUNBILLYS

Enterainer  2019, 2020

Vocal Duo/Group  2019

SIERRA CARSON

Young Artist  2022

SILVER STEPHENS

Album “Breaking All the Rules” (producer)  2019

SOFIE AND THE NEW RELICS

Young Artist  2024

SLAVEK BOLUBAH

Drummer  2023

SPILLWATER DRIVE

Bluegrass Artist  2021, 2022

STACY PIXLEY

Fiddle Player  2018

STAFFORD & FRIGO

Radio DJ  2019, 2020, 2023

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

Video “Boot ‘n’ Rally” (director)  2024

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, 2024

Bluegrass Artist  2022, 2023, 2024

Inspirational Artist  2024

Vocal Duo/Group  2024

Young Artist  2022

T. SCOTT VARADY

Drummer  2019, 2020

TACIE AND THE SUNSHINE BAND

Bluegrass Artist  2021, 2022, 2024

Inspirational Artist  2022

TARA THOMPSON

Song “World Without Willie” (writer)  2019

TAWGS SALTER

Song “Wreck Me Again” (writer)  2023

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, 2023

Specialty/Utility Musician  2024

THE TIPTONS

Inspirational Artist  2020, 2021

TOM DUKE

Radio DJ  2022, 2023

TOM YANKTON

Entertainer  2024

Video “Drive” (artist)  2024

TOMMIE SUE WILKEY

Song “Fishing in the Sky” (writer)  2018

TRAVIS MOBLEY

Music Collaboration “Words Unspoken” (producer)  2024

Music Producer  2022, 2023, 2024

TRAVIS RYAN SMITH

Male Vocalist  2018

Song “Fishing in the Sky” (artist)  2018

TRENT GOINS

Promoter  2023

TRENT WILMON

Album “Neon Town” (producer)  2021

TREY JOHNSON

Acoustic Act  2022

TREY PENDLEY

Music Collaboration “Good Clean Livin’” (artist)  2024

Song “Daddy’s Son” (artist/writer)  2023

Songwriter  2023

TRIPPP

Young Artist  2019, 2020, 2021

TWANG

Bluegrass Artist  2019, 2020

TY SIMS

Album  “Phoenix”  (producer)  2022, 2023

TYLER BELL

Music Producer  2022, 2023, 2024

TYLER KINCH

Entertainer  2022, 2023, 2024

Male Vocalist  2021, 2024

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

UNITED VOICE

Inspirational Artist  2018, 2019

THE VILLINES TRIO

Inspirational Artist  2021, 2022, 2023

WADE KIRBY

Song “If I Was Your Cowboy” (writer)  2024

WARD DAVIS

Country Artist  2021, 2024

Album “Black Cats and Crows”  (artist)  2021

WAYNE MASSENGALE

Music Collaboration “Whistle Whine” (producer)  2024

Fiddle Player  2019, 2022, 2023, 2024

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

YUBU KAZUNGU

Video “My Ryan” (director)  2023

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

Video “Santa Rosa” (ZD, artist)  2023

ZACH DAVIS

Male Vocalist  2022, 2023 

ZANE KING

Steel/Dobro Player  2020, 2021

ZANE AND DONNA KING

Inspirational Artist  2020

ZARNI DEVETTE

Album  “The Demo Sessions” (producer)  2023

 

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, 2024

KBFC 93.5 FM “Delta Country” Forrest City  2024

KCYT 96.7 FM “The Coyote” Springdale  2019, 2021

KDXY 104.9 FM “The Fox” Jonesboro  2019, 2021, 2022, 2024

KDYN 92.7 FM “True Country Radio” Coal Hill  2018

KFIN 107.9 FM “The Big” Jonesboro  2018, 2023

KHBZ 102.9 FM “The Z” Harrison  2020

KHLS 96.3 FM “Thunder Country” Blytheville  2020

KHPQ 92.1 FM “Hot Country” Clinton  2022, 2023, 2024

KIXB 103.3 FM “KIX 103” El Dorado  2023

KKYR 102.5 FM “Kicker 102.5” Texarkana  2024

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, 2023

KTCS 99.9 FM “KTCS 99.9” Fort Smith  2023

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, 2024

Acoustic Music Talk with Brad Apple  2021, 2022

AcoustiCult  2023

Arkansas Living  2018, 2020

Arkansongs  2022, 2023

The C.L.I.M.B.  2024

TheCMBeat  2022, 2023, 2024

Country Fried  2020

The Daily Citizen  2019

Delta Crossroads  2020

Do South Magazine  2020

Fayettetunes  2024

If That Ain’t Country  2021, 2023

Jonesboro Occasions  2018, 2021

Nightflying  2018, 2019

Ozark Highlands Radio  2020

Oxford American  2018, 2019

The Payton Collier Podcast  2024

Raise Your Spirits Music Series  2022

Sounds of Unity  2023

The Sun Times  2019

The Vine Brothers Songwriter Series Presents:  2021

 

VENUE of the YEAR finalists

The Collins Theatre (Paragould)  2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024

The Farm (Eureka Springs)  2023

The Forum (Jonesboro)  2023

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

The Hall  (Little Rock)  2022, 2023, 2024

Hempstead Hall  (Hope)  2022, 2023, 2024

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

King’s Live Music (Conway)  2020, 2021

The Little O’ Oprey House (West Fork)  2019

The Majestic (Fort Smith)  2023, 2024

Ozark Highlands Theater (Mountain View)  2018, 2024

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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