The 5th Annual Lone Star Music Awards will be held on Sunday, April 28th 2013, at the Texas Music Theater in San Marcos. Voting begins on Friday (March 1st). Ticket information and line up will be coming soon. Here's your nominees.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR The Departed – Adventus Jason Eady – AM Country Heaven John Fullbright – From The Ground Up Ray Wylie Hubbard – The Grifter’s Hymnal Rob Baird – I Swear It’s The Truth Turnpike Troubadours – Goodbye Normal Street Uncle Lucius – And You Are Me
ALBUM OF THE YEAR – COUNTRY Aaron Watson – Real Good Time Corb Lund – Cabin Fever Eleven Hundred Springs – Midway Jason Eady – AM Country Heaven Josh Abbott Band – Small Town Family Dream Roger Creager – Surrender Wade Bowen – The Given
ALBUM OF THE YEAR – AMERICANA/ROOTS American Aquarium – Burn. Flicker. Die. The Departed – Adventus Dirty River Boys – Science Of Flight Lincoln Durham – The Shovel Vs. The Howling Bones Shovels & Rope – O’ Be Joyful Turnpike Troubadours – Goodbye Normal Street Uncle Lucius – And You Are Me
ALBUM OF THE YEAR – SINGER-SONGWRITER/FOLK Chris Knight – Little Victories John Fullbright – From The Ground Up Ray Wylie Hubbard – The Grifter’s Hymnal Sean McConnell – Midland The Trishas – High, Wide & Handsome Todd Snider – Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables Walt Wilkins – Plenty
SONG OF THE YEAR The Departed – “Prayer For The Lonely” Jason Eady – “AM Country Heaven” John Fullbright – “Gawd Above” Lincoln Durham – “Clementine” Ray Wylie Hubbard – “Mother Blues” Rob Baird – “Dreams & Gasoline” Turnpike Troubadours – “Good Lord Lorrie”
LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR Cody Johnson Band The Damn Quails Dirty River Boys The Departed Robert Earl Keen Turnpike Troubadours Uncle Lucius
EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR John Fullbright Jordan Minor K. Phillips Rob Baird Six Market Blvd. The Trishas Tyler & The Tribe
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR Evan Felker John Fullbright Kevin Galloway Ray Wylie Hubbard Sean McConnell Todd Snider Walt Wilkins
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR Cody Canada – The Departed Corby Schaub Gary Clark Jr. John Fullbright Jon Grossman – Uncle Lucius Ryan Engleman – Turnpike Troubadours Seth James – The Departed
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Adam Odor – Adventus Jason Isbell – Burn. Flicker. Die Justin Pollard – Dandelion, Songs We Wish We’d Written II Kevin Welch – What The Hell Is Going On? Lloyd Maines – Surrender, Art Of Removing Wallpaper 2012 Ray Wylie Hubbard & George Reiff – Grifter’s Hymnal, The Shovel Vs. The Howling Bones Wes Sharon – From The Ground Up, Goodbye Normal Street
ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR American Aquarium – Burn. Flicker. Die. The Departed – Adventus The Flatlanders – Odessa Tapes John Fullbright – From The Ground Up Lincoln Durham – The Shovel Vs. The Howling Bones Paul Thorn – What The Hell Is Going On? Todd Snider – Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR Big Fest – San Marcos, TX Greenfest – New Braunfels, TX KNBT Americana Jam – New Braunfels, TX Larry Joe Taylor Fest – Stephenville, TX Lone Star Jam – Austin, TX MusicFest – Steamboat Springs, CO Old Settler’s -Driftwood, TX
MUSIC VENUE OF THE YEAR Billy’s Ice – New Braunfels, TX Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, OK Cheatham Street Warehouse – San Marcos, TX John T. Floore’s Country Store – Helotes, TX Gruene Hall – New Braunfels, TX Luckenbach Dancehall – Luckenbach, TX Texas Music Theater – San Marcos, TX