Lots of familiar faces from Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley are in the running for this year’s Arkansas Country Music Awards. Fort Smith’s J.D. Clayton is up for entertainer of the year as well as male vocalist on the year. Along with Clayton, Ashtyn Barbaree and Melissa Carper of Northwest Arkansas are nominated for Americana Artist of the Year. Arkansauce, The Gravel Yard and Sylamore Special are up for Bluegrass Artist of the Year, and Ozark’s Lance Carpenter is in the running for Best Country Artist. In the inspirational music category are The Bilderbacks and The Villines Trio of Northwest Arkansas. Common Roots and Grace Stormont are up for Best Acoustic Act. There’s more familiar names and too many categories to list. Vote for your favorites at surveymonkey.com/r/arkansas2023. Last day to vote is March 14. Read more about the Arkansas County Music Awards at arkansasmusic.org.  Read More  

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