The Academy of Country Music announces winners of the Special Awards to be given at ACM Honors
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The Academy of Country Music® announced today the winners of the Special Awards for the 52nd ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS™. Honorees will be celebrated during the 11th ANNUAL ACM HONORS™, an evening dedicated to recognizing the special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards. The event will take [...]
By Leslie Armstrong|2017-05-30T11:38:17+00:00May 30th, 2017|Categories: Music, Country, Nashville, ACM Honors|Tags: Nashville, Country Music, Kelsea Ballerini, Ryman, Lori McKenna, ACM Honors, TV, Taping|0 Comments
Lori McKenna makes history with ACM awards win
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Lori McKenna was surprised with the announcement of winning the ACM Songwriter of the Year from Cam during the ACM Party for a Cause: Songwriter Showcase show on Friday night. McKenna is the first woman to win the honor at the Academy of Country Music Awards which is in its 52nd year. Other songwriters who [...]
By Leslie Armstrong|2017-04-01T12:48:04+00:00April 1st, 2017|Categories: Music, Country, Nashville, ACM Awards|Tags: Nashville, Country Music, Lori McKenna, ACM Awards, Vegas|0 Comments
Lori McKenna Nominated for Four Grammy Awards
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Lori McKenna is nominated as both a songwriter and artist at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. Her four nominations include "Best Country Song" for her solo-penned, No. 1 hit "Humble and Kind" (Tim McGraw), "Best Americana Album" for her acclaimed new album The Bird & The Rifle and "Best American Roots Song" and "Best American Roots [...]
By Dakota Croog|2016-12-08T01:00:40+00:00December 8th, 2016|Categories: Music, Country, Nashville, Lori McKenna|Tags: Nashville, Country Music, Lori McKenna|0 Comments
Lori McKenna wins "Song of the Year" for "Humble & Kind" at The 50th Annual CMA Awards
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Photo Credit: Becky Fluke Lori McKenna won "Song of the Year" at The 50th Annual CMA Awards for her solo-penned, No. 1 hit "Humble & Kind" (Tim McGraw). McKenna is the first female songwriter to win back-to-back "Song of the Year" nods following last year's breakthrough "Girl Crush" (co-written with Liz Rose and Hillary Lindsey), [...]
By Torben MacCarter|2016-11-03T18:01:06+00:00November 3rd, 2016|Categories: Music, Country, Nashville, 50th Annual CMA Awards, Lori McKenna|Tags: Lori McKenna|0 Comments
Lori McKenna scores a "Song of the Year" at CMA Awards
Lori McKenna's "Humble & Kind" is nominated for "Song of the Year" at "The 50th Annual CMA Awards." Recorded and taken to No. 1 by Tim McGraw, "Humble & Kind" is the first song penned by a solo songwriter to be nominated for "Song of the Year" since 2012. The awards show will broadcast live [...]
By Leslie Armstrong|2016-09-05T22:32:20+00:00September 5th, 2016|Categories: Music, Country, Nashville, Lori McKenna|Tags: Lori McKenna|0 Comments
Lori McKenna's New Album 'The Bird & The Rifle' Now Streaming at NPR Music
Lori McKenna's anticipated new album, The Bird & The Rifle, is now exclusively streaming in full as part of NPR Music's First Listen series. In her glowing review, NPR Music's Ann Powers calls the album, "one of 2016's best releases" and goes on to assert, "There's a heroic aspect to McKenna's sound, but it's the [...]
By Leslie Armstrong|2016-07-23T15:40:10+00:00July 23rd, 2016|Categories: Music, Country, Nashville, Lori McKenna|Tags: Lori McKenna|0 Comments
Lori McKenna's 'Humble & Kind' Now on iTunes
Lori McKenna's "Humble & Kind" premiered yesterday at CMT.com and can now be streamed via Spotify and purchased at iTunes. Written by McKenna, "Humble & Kind" was recently recorded by Tim McGraw, who took it to No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts––the first time in more than four years a [...]
By Leslie Armstrong|2016-07-08T15:35:56+00:00July 8th, 2016|Categories: Music, Country, Nashville|Tags: Lori McKenna|0 Comments