The brand-spankin’ new American Country Awards are on tonight on FOX at 8pm. And the nominees are…….

Artist of the Year:
Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Zac Brown Band

Male Artist of the Year:
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban

Female Artist of the Year:
Jewel
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Artist of the Year: Duo or Group:
Lady Antebellum
Rascal Flatts
Sugarland
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band

Single of the Year:
‘Do I’ – Luke Bryan
‘A Little More Country Than That’- Easton Corbin
‘Need You Now’ – Lady Antebellum
‘Gimme That Girl’ – Joe Nichols
‘Why Don’t We Just Dance’- Josh Turner

Single of the Year – Male:
‘Do I,’ Luke Bryan
‘Little More Country Than That,’ Easton Corbin
‘That’s How Country Boys Roll,’ Billy Currington
‘Gimme That Girl,’ Joe Nichols
‘Why Don’t We Just Dance,’ Josh Turner

Single of the Year – Female:
‘White Liar,’ Miranda Lambert
‘Wrong Baby Wrong,’ Martina McBride
‘Consider Me Gone,’ Reba McEntire
‘Didn’t Know How Much I Loved You,’ Kellie Pickler
‘Cowboy Casanova,’ Carrie Underwood

Breakthrough Artist of the year:
Easton Corbin
Danny Gokey
Jaron and The Long Road To Love
Jerrod Niemann
The Band Perry

Album of the Year:
‘Doin’ My Thing,’ Luke Bryan
‘Need You Now,’ Lady Antebellum
‘Revolution,’ Miranda Lambert
‘Haywire,’ Josh Turner
‘Play On,’ Carrie Underwood

Single of the Year: Duo or Group:
‘Need You Now,’ Lady Antebellum
‘Little White Church,’ Little Big Town
*‘Unstoppable,’ Rascal Flatts
‘Keep on Lovin’ You,’ Steel Magnolia
‘Toes,’ Zac Brown Band

The Single of the Year by a Breakthrough Artist:
‘Little More Country Than That,’ Easton Corbin
‘Pray for You,’ Jaron and The Long Road To Love
‘Lover, Lover,’ Jerrod Niemann
‘Keep on Lovin’ You,’ Steel Magnolia
‘Beer on the Table,’ Josh Thompson

The Touring Headline Package of the Year:
Brooks & Dunn
Toby Keith
Martina McBride and Trace Adkins
Tim McGraw
Brad Paisley
Rascal Flatts
George Strait and Reba McEntire
Sugarland
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Music Video of the Year:
‘A Little More Country Than That,’ Easton Corbin
‘Need You Now,’ Lady Antebellum
‘Hillbilly Bone,’ Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins
‘Why Don’t We Just Dance,’ Josh Turner
‘The Man I Want to Be,’ Chris Young

Music Video – Male:
‘A Little More Country Than That,’ Easton Corbin
‘Southern Voice,’ Tim McGraw
‘Hillbilly Bone,’ Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins
‘Why Don’t We Just Dance,’ Josh Turner
‘The Man I Want To Be,’ Chris Young

Music Video – Duo or Group :
‘Need You Now,’ Lady Antebellum
‘Little White Church,’ Little Big Town
‘Unstoppable,’ Rascal Flatts
‘Keep on Lovin’ You,’ Steel Magnolia
‘Highway 20 Ride,’ Zac Brown Band

Music Video by Breakthrough Artist:
‘Giddy on Up,’ Laura Bell Bundy
‘A Little More Country Than That,’ Easton Corbin
‘Lover, Lover,’ Jerrod Niemann
‘Keep on Lovin’ You,’ Steel Magnolia
‘If I Die Young,’ The Band Perry

Music Video – Female:
‘White Liar,’ Miranda Lambert
‘Consider Me Gone,’ Reba McEntire
‘Didn’t Know How Much I Loved You,’ Kellie Pickler
‘Cowboy Casanova,’ Carrie Underwood
‘Work Hard, Play Harder,’ Gretchen Wilson

Little Big Town’s got a new song out called “Kiss Goodbye”. Here’s the video for it – enjoy!

-Joey V.

Don’t forget – CMA Awards are on tonight! All eyes will be on Miranda Lambert, who holds nine nominations. That’s the record for most nominations for a woman and puts her in second place for most overall behind Alan Jackson, who scored 10 in 2002.

Tonight’s show is hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, and includes performances from them as well as Miranda, Keith Urban, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Sugarland, Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson, Rascal Flatts, George Strait, Blake Shelton and Taylor Swift.

The CMA Awards air live at 8:00 p.m. ABC.

Here are the nominees:

Entertainer of the Year

Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band

Male Vocalist of the Year

Dierks Bentley
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
George Strait
Keith Urban

Female Vocalist of the Year

Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Album of the Year

Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Play On – Carrie Underwood
Revolution – Miranda Lambert
Twang – George Strait
Up on the Ridge – Dierks Bentley

Musical Event of the Year

“Bad Angel” – Dierks Bentley featuring Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson
“Can’t You See” – Zac Brown Band featuring Kid Rock
“Hillbilly Bone” – Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
“I’m Alive” – Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews
“Till the End” – Alan Jackson with Lee Ann Womack

New Artist of the Year

Luke Bryan
Easton Corbin
Jarrod Neimann
Chris Young
Zac Brown Band

Music Video of the Year

“Hillbilly Bone” – Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
“Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum
“The House That Built Me” – Miranda Lambert
“Water” – Brad Paisley
“White Liar” – Miranda Lambert

Single of the Year

“A Little More Country Than That” – Easton Corbin
“Hillbilly Bone” – Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
“Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum
“The House That Built Me” – Miranda Lambert
“White Liar” – Miranda Lambert

Song of the Year (songwriters award)

“A Little More Country Than That” – Rory Lee Feek, Bon Poythress, Wynn Varble (Easton Corbin)
“Need You Now” – Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Josh Kear (Lady Antebellum)
“The House That Built Me” – Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin (Miranda Lambert)
“Toes” – Zac Brown (Zac Brown Band)
“White Liar” – Miranda Lambert, Natalie Hemby (Miranda Lambert)

Vocal Group of the Year

Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band

Vocal Duo of the Year

Brooks and Dunn
Joey and Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland

Musician of the Year

Paul Franklin
Dan Huff
Brent Mason
Mac McAnally
Randy Scruggs

In case you missed this from a couple of Monday Nights ago…..It’s Toby Keith on WWE Monday Night Raw.

Enjoy!
- Joey V.

And here’s older footage from another time he got in the ring….

He’s not exactly howlin’ for ya, but there is a cowbell in the song. Listen to this and you’ll be saying, “more cowbell!”

From his new album “Get Closer” which is out on November 9th, the song is called “Put You in a Song”.
-Joey V.

Check it out! – Joey V.

Brad Paisley recently came across the creation and tweeted, “I have no idea who did this but it’s awesome. Good job whoever you are. You’re hired.”

-Joey V.

Bobblehead Brad “Water” from Bobblehead Brad on Vimeo.