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Winter 2011

Vol. 4, Issue No. 4

Promoting the World of Country Music Around the Globe

French, British Country Music Awards

The ninth annual French Country Music Awards were held Oct. 15, with several familiar American faces taking top honors.  Blake Shelton and Ashton Shepherd were the Male and Female Vocalist winners, while Brad Paisley took home Entertainer of the Year.  Big & Rich were named Best Duo and Alison Krauss & Union Station won Best Bluegrass Band.  French artist winners included Astrid Espinosa (French Female Vocalist), David Frumin (French Male Vocalist) and the Mariotti Brothers (Best French Group).  Visit the FACM website here for more coverage.

The sold-out BCMAwards took place in London on Oct. 23.  International Act of the Year went to Brad Paisley, with local artists Darren Busby and Nadine Sommers taking home Best Male and Female Vocalist honors.  Henry Smith was named Entertainer of the Year, and Album of the Year went to Brian Hughes (pictured with BCMAwards exec Lee Williams).  This year’s British Hall of Fame inductees were Iona Boggie and Charlie Landsborough.  Visit here for more information.

CMA Songwriter Series Goes Global

For the first time, the Country Music Association’s CMA Songwriters Series is traveling to the U.K. and Ireland with special performances in February 2012 scheduled for London, Belfast and Dublin. The international tour will be known as CMA & BMI Present the CMA Songwriter Series. Participating songwriters include Country Music Hall of Fame member Bill Anderson, former CMA Male Vocalist of the Year Clint Black and host Bob DiPiero.

“The CMA Songwriter Series began in 2005 in New York and has expanded to cities across the United States including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and Washington D.C.,” CMA CEO Steve Moore said. “The popularity of our music overseas and the appreciation the audience in the U.K. has for our songwriters made this a good fit and an opportune time to travel the series abroad. And it is terrific to have BMI as a partner in this exciting initiative.”

The CMA Songwriters Series showcases the best of Nashville's mega-hit songwriters and songwriter artists. Participants take turns telling the stories behind their hit songs, performing them in the raw as originally written.

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