This Week In Americana: November 14, 2025
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AMERICANA MUSIC NEWS
Morgan Wallen Fans Are NOT Happy That He Was Completely Snubbed At This Year’s CMA Awards: “A Total Joke”
Another year empty handed after the CMA Awards for Morgan Wallen. Tonight, host Lainey Wilson took home the coveted Entertainer of the Year award trophy, after being up against a stacked group in Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Luke Combs, and of course, Morgan Wallen. View this post on Instagram We knew going into it that Morgan was highly unlikely to attend, because he won Entertainer of the Year last year and didn’t show up, and he never even really addressed […]
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“100% In The Illuminati” – Conspiracy Theories Fly As Lainey Wilson Takes Home Her Second CMA Entertainer Of The Year Award
I mean, it could just be because she’s talented? I’ll admit, I thought Morgan Wallen absolutely deserved to win Entertainer of the Year tonight at the CMA Awards. Nobody is bigger or has done more for country music over the past year. But it’s hard to find anything bad to say about Lainey Wilson winning it either. Lainey took home her second Entertainer of the Year award tonight, after first winning the night’s top prize back in 2023. And naturally, […]
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Country Music Fans Rejoice As Red Clay Strays Are Crowned CMA Vocal Group Of The Year
IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME. Last year, the Red Clay Strays were nominated for their first-ever CMA Award in the Vocal Group of the Year category. Some may have considered the fact that they were even nominated as a win, and there might have been a small part of the band that thought that way, too. They walked away empty-handed at the 2024 CMAs, but the band from Mobile, Alabama, was up for the very same award this year. And it […]
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