The 2024 Texas Country Music Awards are set to take place on November 10th at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth, TX.  Today, the TCMA announced the finalists for the evening’s awards!

Entertainer Of The Year:

• Chad Cooke Band
• Jake Worthington
• Kin Faux
• Mike Ryan
• The Great Divide

Female Artist of the Year:

• Brandi Behlen
• Jordan Rainer
• Payton Howie
• Sarah Hobbs
• Summer Dean

Male Artist of the Year:

• Braxton Keith
• Grant Gilbert
• Jake Worthington
• Josh Ward
• Mike Ryan

Country Band of the Year:

• Chad Cooke Band
• Kin Faux
• Shane Smith & The Saints
• Silverada
• The Great Divide

Roots/Alternative Artist or Band of the Year

• The Damn Quails
• Johnny Falstaff
• Teague Brothers Band
• Treaty Oak Revival
• Two Tons of Steel

Emerging Artist of the Year:

• Billie Jo Jones
• Bubba Westly
• Chaser Crouch
• Jack Nelson
• Jordan Nix

Western Swing Artist or Band of the Year:

• The Broken Spokes
• Jake Blocker
• Jake Hooker & The Outsiders
• Jody Nix
• Landon Dodd & The Dancehall Drifters

Tejano Artist or Band of the Year:

• Art Tigerina Band
• Chente Barrera
• Grupo Stampede
• Jay Perez
• Sunny Sauceda

Country Album Of The Year:

• Cover Girl (Aaron Watson)
• Cheaper Than The Truth (Kin Faux)
• Kolton Moore – Self-Titled (Kolton Moore)
• Ready or Not (Ryder Grimes)
• Wandering Star (Flatland Cavalry)

Country Single of the Year:

• 8 Seconds At A Time (Ryder Grimes)
• Had Me At Goodbye ( Will Carter)
• Infinite Line (The Great Divide)
• Lesson I’ll Never Learn (Sarah Hobbs)
• Way It Goes (Mike Ryan)

Christian Country Artist of the Year:

• Curtis Grimes
• Crystal Yates
• Pamela Mary
• Tiona Campbell
• Whitlee Casey

Young Artist (18 & Under):

• Elle Townley
• Logan Papp
• Maggie Reese
• Payton Riley
• Ty Smith

Terrestrial Radio Station of the Year:

• 95.9 FM KFWR The Ranch, Ft. Worth
• 99.1 FM KNES Texas 99, Fairfield
• 99.7 FM KVST K-Star Country, Montgomery
• 100.9 FM KVMK Maverick, College Station
• 94.9 KOLI The Outlaw, Wichita Falls

Broadcast Personality Of The Year:

• Buzz Russell – 99.1 FM KNES Texas 99 – Fairfield
• Corliss – 100.9 FM KVMK Maverick – College Station
• James Cook – 94.9 FM KOLI The Outlaw – Wichita Falls
• Ryan Stone – 106.1 FM KTTX K-Tex Sounds Like Texas – Brenham
• Shayne Hollinger – 95.9 FM KFWR The Ranch – Fort Worth

Internet Radio Station of the Year:

• Real Texas Radio (Michael White, Owner)
• Texas 46 (Bruce Schwartz, Owner)
• Texas Red Hot Radio (Judith Merck, Owner)
• TroubadourCountryRadio.com (Jim Alvarado, Owner)
• UvaldeRadio.net (Robert Miguel, Owner)

Live Music Venue of the Year:

• Coupland Dance Hall (Coupland)
• Gruene Hall (Gruene)
• John T Floore Country Store (Helotes)
• Rhinestone Saloon (Fort Worth)
• The Kenney Store (Kenney)

Bassist of the Year:

• Andrew Carrell (Mickey & The Motorcars)
• Jake Taylor (Trent Cowie)
• Kelley Green (The Great Divide)
• Kevin Pool (Chad Cooke Band)
• Omar Oyoque (Silverada)

Drummer of the Year:

• Avery Castro (Kin Faux)
• Jaxon Ballard (Trent Cowie)
• JJ Lester (The Great Divide)
• Keith Reber (Jaret Ray Reddick)
• Mike Neyra (Chad Cooke Band)

Fiddler of the Year:

• Ben McPherson (Multi)
• Brady Black (Randy Rogers Band)
• Clayton Bankston (Casey Donahew Band)
• Rico Gonzales (Kin Faux)
• Scotty Alexander (Scotty Alexander)

Guitarist of the Year:

• Dallas McGilberry (Chad Cooke Band)
• Hayden Baker (Hayden Baker
• Jakey Black (Kin Faux)
• Roy Hudson (Ghosts of Hill Country)
• Ryan Igler (Trent Cowie)

Keyboard/Pianist of the Year:

• Allen Huff (Roger Creager)
• Bryce Conway (The Great Divide)
• John Wilson (Jon Stork)
• Todd Stewart (Randy Rogers Band)
• Travis Bishop (Neal McCoy)

Steel Guitarist of the Year:

• Adam Goodale (Jake Worthington)
• Danny Crelin (Matt Hillyer)
• Scott Jenkins (Jamie Richards Band)
• Wyatt Wilson (Josh Ward)
• Zachary Moulton (Silverada)

2024 TCMA Trailblazer Award

• Jason Boland

2024 TCMA Moe Bandy Icon Award

• Larry Joe Taylor

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This Date in Country Music History

• 2023 – HCM Daily Country Music News – April 11th, 2023
• 2022 – HCM Daily News – April 11th, 2022
• 2020 – HCM Daily News – April 11th, 2020
• 2019 – Brett Young‘s single “In Case You Didn’t Know” was certified Quadruple Platinum
• 2018 – Carrie Underwood released her single “Cry Pretty”
• 2006 – Kenny Chesney released his single “Summertime”
• 2006 – Toby Keith released his album White Trash With Money
• 1992 – Wynonna scored her first career #1 hit as a solo artist with “She Is His Only Need”
• 1981 – The David Frizzell & Shelly West duet “You’re The Reason God Make Oklahoma” topped the charts
• 1953 – Hank Williams topped the charts with “You’re Cheatin’ Heart”

Today’s Birthdays

• Chalee Tennison
• Jim Lauderdale
• Steve Azar

Today’s New Albums

• None Today

Today’s New Singles

• None Today

Today’s Photo Flashback

• Anthony Smith – 4/11/13 – Guanabana’s in Jupiter, FL
• David Nail – 4/11/15 – Tortuga Music Festival in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Doobie Brothers – 4/11/15 – Tortuga Music Festival in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Jake Owen – 4/11/15 – Tortuga Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Old Dominion – 4/11/15 – Tortuga Music Festival – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Trace Adkins – 4/11/15 – Tortuga Music Festival in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

This Week’s Notable Events

• Cattle Country Fest – Gonzales, TX – Apr 12, 2024
• Riley Green’s Duckman Jam – Pensacola, FL – Apr 12, 2024
• Cattle Country Fest – Gonzales, TX – Apr 13, 2024
• Riley Green’s Duckman Jam – Pensacola, FL – Apr 13, 2024
• Cattle Country Fest – Gonzales, TX – Apr 14, 2024

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Big news out of the Mile 0 Fest in Key West today from Texas/Red Dirt stars Mike and the Moonpies!  They are changing their name to Silverada effective immediately.  Here is what they posted on social media today: