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
The Render Sisters perform during the 2021 event.