Moroney, Smith, Tigirlily Gold win ACM new artist honors
The winners of the ACM New Artist of the Year categories were announced during the Live from the ACM Awards: ACM New Artist Winners Celebration, part of the ACM Country Kickoff fan festival at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
Moroney won ACM New Female Artist of the Year, while Smith took home ACM New Male Artist of the Year, and Tigirlily Gold wasg ACM New Duo or Group of the Year.
Performances from all three winners streamed live on the Amazon Music Channel on Twitch and hosted by Amber Anderson and Kelly Sutton of Amazon Music's Country Heat.
As a result of their wins, each artist will perform Thursday as part of the ACM Awards show programming. Moroney will have a performance featured during the ACM Awards Red Carpet Show, Smith will make his ACM Awards performance debut in a special collaboration with Avril Lavigne, and Tigirlily Gold will take the ACM Awards stage for the first time.
The awards show will air on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch starting at 7 p.m. eastern time on Thursday.
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- 08/27/24: Moroney asks "Am I Okay?"
- 08/23/24: Smith strikes "California Gold"
- 07/27/24: The Red Clay Strays, Tigirlily Gold top releases
- 07/10/24: Moroney puts on a "Hell of a Show"
- 06/21/24: Tigirlily Gold want to "End Up Us"
- 06/07/24: Moroney is okay with "Man on the Moon"
- 05/16/24: Smith teams with Lavigne on "Bullet Proof" recording
CD reviews
Although Megan Moroney titles her album "Lucky," luck has nothing to do with its success. The football-themed love song "Tennessee Orange" was the first introduction to Moroney for many, but her consistently high-quality album is ending up on many 'best albums of 2023' lists for good reason. Even its extended 15-song deluxe edition has no weak cuts.
It may be difficult to get past how sad Moroney sounds on the otherwise happy love song "Tennessee Orange," ...
Nate Smith has a wonderful, quivering voice. It's a voice often pushed to its limit, though, because so many of the songs feature pounding drums and roaring electric guitars. It's a whole lot of pounding and roaring because it – like many (too many?) contemporary country albums – is extra-long. The deluxe edition, in fact, sports 26 songs and clocks in at nearly an hour-and-a-half. All this loud music is just a bit much, though, by the time all's said and done. ...
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