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Last night the 2010 CMA Awards took place in Nashville. The Country Music Association highlighted newcomers like Miranda Lambert and Zac Brown Band in favor of old favorites like Tim McGraw. This has sparked a bit of an open ended debate of experience versus fresh acts.
Reba McEntire voiced her thoughts after watching Miranda, who boasted 9 noms total, take home 4 awards.
Via CNBC:
“The only thing that I was disappointed in was the acts that have been headlining for so many years, they were not nominated,” McEntire said. “In particular, Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts. I would’ve assumed they would’ve been in that nomination before Zac Brown Band, Lady A and Miranda Lambert.”
Reba isn’t alone. Jay Demarcus, Rascal Flatts country music veteran, is also voicing his confusion regarding out with the old and with the new.
“”I’ve been trying to get to the bottom of it for years,” said DeMarcus, who is chairman of the artists relations committee. “I still don’t understand it. I sit in those rooms and say, ‘Can someone explain this to me?’ … There are certainly people who have been denied before and I think it’s something that needs to be addressed and fixed.”
I admittedly don’t listen to country. (Country? Please, I listen to classical music while taking a bubble bath in my ruby studded tiara. Ok, I take baths in hotel shower caps while listening to show tunes. Same thing.) So, to all those far classier than me, what do you think? Is it time for a change in the country music world?
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