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"Nashville Scene" Compiles Country Critics Poll

January 27, 2011/by Sarah Skates

The Nashville Scene corresponded with 77 writers from across North America for this year’s Country Music Critics Poll.
Jamey Johnson led the pack, being voted Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Male Vocalist of the Year. Meanwhile, his ambitious two-disc effort, The Guitar Song, as voted the year’s best album.
Miranda Lambert’s “The House That Built Me” was selected by critics as the year’s best single; they also named her Female Vocalist of the Year and runner-up Artist of the Year.
Also garnering attention were Dierks Bentley, Taylor Swift, Elizabeth Cook, Little Big Town, Zac Brown Band, Easton Corbin and others.
Written and compiled by Geoffrey Himes, the cover story explores the current state of country music, and includes an interview with Cook.

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Sarah Skates has been a writer and editor in the music business since 2004. She is a longtime contributor to MusicRow.
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  1. george allen hicks
    george allen hicks says:
    January 29, 2011 at 4:14 pm

    hi my name is george allen hicks i love all of you
    i would like to be in your nashville family i would
    like to be a songwriter and pitch my songs to nashville artist or become a staffwriter for a great publishing company can anyone help me with this thanks

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