There’s some excitement going around in the natural state! The official list of nominees for the 2024 Arkansas Country Music Awards was just announced this month on Thursday, February 8th!
This year, the seventh annual Arkansas Country Music Awards will return for the fourth year in a row to the Reynolds Performance Hall on the University of Central Arkansas Campus in Conway, Arkansas on June 3rd, 2024! Continue reading
There’s a lot of great country music artists who are from Arkansas! Some you may know are from the natural state and there’s some you might not know were from Razorback central.
This is why The CMBeat has created a list of twenty country music artists who are from Arkansas and the list features all types of artists from beloved ones to upcoming artists. Continue reading
A fantastic upcoming country music artist, Cory Jackson, just got a great opportunity that can possibly help him get more exposure and launch him to go farther in his country music career.
The singer that is making his home state of Jonesboro, Arkansas very proud, recently got to sing for the Blind Auditions on NBC’s The Voice and got three chair turns by three of the coaches! Continue reading
All kinds of people from the country music industry from across the state of Arkansas and farther, gathered in the natural state on June 4th, 2018, for the first inaugural Arkansas Country Music Awards, being held at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Continue reading
There’s a new exciting event coming to the natural state very soon and it’s just what everyone is talking about.
The Arkansas Country Music Awards are coming to Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 4th, 2018 and being held at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Hosts for the awards include country music singer/songwriter and Arkansas native, Collin Raye, along with Charles Haymes. Since it’s the first inaugural event, I talked with three Arkansas artists that are nominated and performing, about how they feel about the special upcoming awards. Continue reading
Every country singer we all know and love, of course comes from some state, rather that be from Tennessee, some from Texas or farther. There’s been a few to come from one state in particular such as Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Charlie Rich, Justin Moore, Buddy Jewell, Joe Nichols, and more. What state does these artists come from you may ask? Not only but my favorite, Arkansas. Continue reading
I have always enjoyed learning more about the musical artists I like, even those that have fallen out of the public eye. This past summer, I stumbled across an article published by the Washington Post about the popular 1960’s country artist named Bobbie Gentry, and how she hasn’t been seen or heard from since the late 80’s. I was immediately interested in finding out all I could about this mysterious artist.
Bobbie Gentry, born Roberta Lee Streeter on July 27, 1944, was most known for her song, Ode To Billie Joe. Like most fans, this was the only song I knew by her, and, to be honest, I knew it best from hearing other artists cover it live, like Jeannie Seely at the Grand Ole Opry. Most of Gentry’s songs were based on her hometown in Mississippi. Continue reading
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