Nominees Announced
1.27.2010
-read full press release-

Official Nominees for the
Second Annual LoneStarMusic Awards

BEST ALBUM

Roadhouse Sun - Ryan Bingham

Beautiful Day - Charlie Robison

One Foot In the Ether - Band of Heathens

Undone - Various Artists

Everything You Love - Slaid Cleaves

BEST SONG

Dylan’s Hard Rain - Ryan Bingham (Ryan Bingham)

Country Love – Gourds (Kevin Russell)

White Van Blues - Brandon Jenkins (Brandon Jenkins)

40 Dogs - Bob Schneider (Bob Schneider)

51 Pieces - Cross Canadian Ragweed (Cody Canada, Micky Braun, Mike McClure)

BEST LIVE ACT

Ryan Bingham

Corb Lund

Gourds

Tejas Brothers

Wade Bowen

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE – MALE

One Foot in the Ether - Band of Heathens

Roadhouse Sun - Ryan Bingham

Vigil - Walt Wilkins

Beautiful Day - Charlie Robison

That Kind of Man - Seth James

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE - FEMALE

Revolution - Miranda Lambert

Fall - Norah Jones

Song Up In Her Head - Sarah Jarosz

Things I Know - Bonnie Bishop

Welcome Home - Shelley King

BEST EMERGING ARTIST

Sarah Jarosz

Sean McConnell

Dustin Welch

Matt King

Uncle Lucius

BEST SONGWRITER

Ryan Bingham

Radney Foster

Sean McConnell

Slaid Cleaves

Guy Clark

BEST MUSICIAN

Corby Schaub (Guitar, Mandolin) - Ryan Bingham

Rich Brotherton (Guitar) - REK

Brian Standefer (Cello) - many

Glenn Fukunaga (Bass) - many

Jeremy Plato (Bass) - CCR

BEST MUSIC VENUE OF THE YEAR

Gruene Hall - New Braunfels

Cheatham Street Warehouse - San Marcos

Stubbs - Austin

Firehouse Saloon - Houston

Billy Bob’s - Ft. Worth

BEST ALBUM ARTWORK

Happiness and All Other Things – CCR (Stephanie Briggs, artwork)

Revival - Radney Foster (Gina R. Binkley, design)

Barnstormer - Doug Moreland (Kerry Awn, artwork)

American Junkyard - Brian Burns (Tony Mennite, artwork)

Willie and the Wheel - Asleep & Willie (Shauna & Sarah Dodds, design)