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Here are my picks for the 2015 ACM Awards: Entertainer of the Year:  Garth Brooks Male Vocalist of the Year:  Eric Church Female Vocalist of the Year:  Kacey Musgraves Vocal Duo of the Year:  Brothers Osborne Vocal Group of the Year:  Little Big Town New Artist:  Sam Hunt Album of the Year:  Dierks Bentley Single of the Year:  “American Kids” Kenny Chesney Song of the Year: “I Hold On” Dierks Bentley Video of the Year:  “Somethin’ Bad” Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood Vocal Event of the Year:  “Meanwhile Back At Mamas” Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill

For Will Hoge’s latest album, Small Town Dreams, inspiration was found in the past.  Hoge, a Franklin, Tennessee native, paints a vivid picture of life growing up in his own small town.  For the album, Hoge was excited to work with producer Marshall Altman who was behind Frankie Ballard’s “Helluva Life” and Eric Paslay’s “Friday Night”.  The rocking first single, “Middle of America” features the sweet story of parents shaking their heads while their children make the same mistakes that they made in the past.  Hoge has been writing and performing his own brand of country and rock since the 1990’s but has found a more stable home in country music as the genre continues to widen.  In an interview with Rolling Stone , Hoge shared, "At some point, country music became more inclusive.  People bust on country all the time — 'this bro-country thing, it's so bad, blah blah blah' — but there's a part of me that can't say that, because I feel like those...

1.  Location, location, location The pristine blue ocean and sandy beach provided a fantastic location for the beach loving country singers like Jake Owen and Kenny Chensey. 25,000 people singing “Beachin’” while on the beach is tough to beat. 2. Zac Brown Band The band showed once again why they are in elite company at the top of the country music scene. The band was able to put together a set that covered all the hits and included super fun covers like Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”, and Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb”. They finished their set with “Chicken Fried” and set off the most fun, raucous dance party of the weekend. 3. Sam Hunt Playing off the main stage, Hunt had the largest crowd of the weekend aside from Chesney and Zac Brown Band. Hunt played his number 1 singles “Leave the Light On” and “Take Your Time”. He also worked in some classic 90's covers like Reba’s “Fancy” and Deanna Carter’s “Strawberry Wine”. 4.  New...

Boston, MA: The most talked about Country Music band in New England has completed their first full length studio album – “Knockin’ Boots.”  The album release party will be held on Thursday May 7th, 2015 at the hottest Country music venue, Loretta’s Last Call at 1 Lansdowne St. Boston, Ma. The special event will be free to the public and will feature the Houston Bernard Band performing their new album in its entirety, as well as local acoustic artists and a DJ to keep the music going while the band hangs out with fans.    Lead singer Houston Bernard (who has become known as “The Bad Boy of Boston Country”) states: “It is a very exciting time for Country music in New England and we can’t wait to share our new album with the extremely supportive Boston country fans.  We’ve been working so hard on this release …it’s full of party songs as well as songs that contain deep meaning for us as a band. We have been blown away by the response that we’ve gotten fro...