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Sunday, September 24, 2006

Americana Highway #92 -September 24, 2006

And the winner is...

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Tonight we reveal the winners in the 2006 Americana Highway HEMI Awards! Jack Ryan will announce the Top 3 vote-getters in each of this year's categories and then after announcing the winner you'll hear from the victorious artist with his or her or their award-winning song!

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Congratulations to all the 2006 Americana Highway HEMI Award Winners:

Favorite Local Male - Phil Leadbetter

Favorite Local Female - Karen E. Reynolds

Favorite Local Band/Duo - Lone Mountain Station

Favorite Local Song - Papaw Taught Me by Blue Moon Rising

Favorite International Artist - The Greencards

Favorite Future Female - Tresa Jordan

Favorite Future Male - Michael O'Neill

Favorite Future Band/Duo - Lou Reid & Carolina

Favorite Acoustic Performance - Within by Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Favorite Song From A Movie - Jackson from Walk The Line

Favorite Special Event Recording - Being Me by The Grascals with Dierks Bentley

Favorite Cover Song - Runaway Train by Darcy Lynne Ward

Favorite Songwriter - Doug & Telisha Williams

Favorite Instrumental Performance - Unionhouse Branch by Alison Krauss + Union Station

Favorite Gospel Song - Jesus Built A Bridge To Heaven by Rhonda Vincent

Favorite Band/Duo - Blue Moon Rising

Favorite Male Artist - Mike Dekle

Favorite Female Artist - Rhonda Vincent

Favorite Song - Step Out Of The Shade by Amy Speace

Favorite Album - This World Is Not My Home by Amy LaVere

The Americana Highway Hall of Fame Inductee - Dolly Parton

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Thanks to everyone who made the first ever Americana Highway HEMI Awards a tremendous success. We hope that it was as much fun for you as it was for us. Congratulations to not only the winners...but to all the nominees. And thanks to all of the artists for making such great music. If you have any suggestions on how we can improve the awards for 2007, please send an email to jack@americanahighway.com.

  • California Cotton Fields by Phil Leadbetter (with Marty Raybon)
  • Convince My Heart by Karen E. Reynolds
  • In The Pines by Lone Mountain Station
  • Papaw Taught Me by Blue Moon Rising
  • Time by The Greencards
  • Angels Cry by Tresa Jordan
  • Who's Bad Now by Micheal O'Neill
  • Time by Lou Reid & Carolina
  • Within by Carolyn Dawn Johnson
  • Jackson by Reese Witherspoon & Joaquin Phoenix
  • Being Me by The Grascals with Dierks Bentley
  • Runaway Train by Darcy Lynne Ward
  • Rope Around My Heart by Doug & Telisha Williams
  • Unionhouse Branch by Alison Krauss + Union Station
  • Jesus Built A Bridge To Heaven by Rhonda Vincent
  • This Old Martin Box by Blue Moon Rising
  • Size Matters by Mike Dekle
  • Heartbreaker's Alibi by Rhonda Vincent (with Dolly Parton)
  • Step Out Of The Shade by Amy Speace
  • Never Been Sadder by Amy LaVere
  • Travelin' Thru by Dolly Parton

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Americana Highway #91 - September 17, 2006

Last Chance! This week is your final opportunity to vote for your favorites in the 2006 Americana Highway HEMI Awards. And on the show this week, Jack Ryan will showcase the final nominees in the last three categories: Favorite Album, Favorite Acoustic Performance and the Americana Highway Hall Of Fame nominees.
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Don't forget that there are two ways to vote: you can vote online on this website in the voting polls located on the right hand side panel. You can also email your ballots to jack@americanahighway.com. Because there are two ways to vote we have decided to keep the email running tallies to ourselves...thus insuring a few surprises when we announce the winners next week (September 24, 2006).
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Thanks for making our first ever HEMI Awards a huge success and thanks for the over 30,000 votes that have been submitted so far...and to all of those who will vote this final week.
  • Art of Virtue by Adrienne Young & Little Sadie
  • Nightingale by Amy LaVere
  • Country Boy by Lost & Found
  • Breaking New Ground by Alecia Nugent
  • Beautiful Wreck by Shawn Mullins
  • Break It Down Baby by Robinella
  • Size Matters by Mike Dekle
  • Bring Me Down by Miranda Lambert
  • Sit Down With Jesus by Del McCoury Band
  • Runaway Train by Darcy Lynne Ward
  • Don't Fall In Love by Cherryholmes
  • Constant Reminder by Jay Clark (with Robinella)
  • Linger (Acoustic Version) by Jonatha Brooke
  • Blue As You (Acoustic Version) by Shawn Mullins
  • Man Over (Acoustic Version) by Robinella
  • I Wonder (Acoustic Version) by Doug & Telisha Williams
  • Roly Poly (Acoustic Version) by The Lovell Sisters
  • Within (Acoustic Version) by Carolyn Dawn Johnson
  • Ruby by Buck Owens
  • I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now by Johnny Cash
  • Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
  • Spam Jelly by Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
  • I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry by Waylon Jennings
  • Travelin' Thru by Dolly Parton

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Americana Highway #90 - September 10, 2006

Just two weeks left! The 2006 HEMI Awards are quickly coming to a close. This week on WIVK's Americana Highway you'll hear another batch of nominees as JackRyan reveals the following categories: Favorite Songwriter, Favorite International Artist, Favorite Local Female Artist and Favorite Local Male Artist.
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Don't forget that you decide the winners in each of the HEMI Awards categories. Click on the panel on the far right side of this website to cast your votes online (you may vote online once every 24 hours) or submit your ballots via email by sending your choices to jack@americanahighway.com (again you can vote this way once per email address per 24 hour period).
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The 2006 Americana Highway HEMI Awards will reveal the winners during a special broadcast on Sunday night, September 24, 2006. As you probably already know, you can view the current leaders in the online portion of the voting by clicking the "View" button on each individual category poll. We have the email tallies under wraps, however, to help preserve a bit of the mystery over who the winners will be. And, unless your bribe us with chocolate and nylons, we're not going to squawk! To find out who the winners are in this our very first HEMI Awards competition, please tune into WIVK 107.7 fm out of Knoxville, TN on Sunday night, September 24, 2006...or via realtime streaming at www.wivk.com (registration required)...or you can listen to the show via our podcast at the "Listen On Line" section on the right hand panel of this website.
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The voting in most of the categories is very, very close. So we encourage you to vote for all your favorite and tell all your friends to vote as well. And thanks for making the 2006 HEMI Awards a blast!
  • Out Loud by Mindy Smith
  • Blue As You by Shawn Mullins
  • Taking Back My Brave by Carolyn Dawn Johnson
  • Bringing My Daddy Home Again by Doug & Telisha Williams
  • Bikinis & Beer by Mike Dekle
  • Never Been Sadder by Amy LaVere
  • Put Your Records On (Acoustic Version) by Corrine Bailey Rae
  • Love & Negotiation by Carolyn Dawn Johnson
  • Crossroad Turnaround by The G2 Bluegrass Band
  • Time by The Greencards
  • Black Horse & The Cherry Tree by K.T. Tunstall
  • Runaway Train by Darcy Lynne Ward
  • Don't Save The Kisses by Jodie Manross
  • Satisfied by Ashley Monroe
  • Blue Country by Logan Murrell
  • The Battlefield by Sonya Isaacs
  • When Lonesome Comes To Call by Karen E. Reynolds
  • Solace For The Lonely by Robinella
  • Disaster Waiting To Happen by Greg Parker
  • Angels Hands by Rodney Atkins
  • Tenn Care Buzz by Todd Steed
  • When I Get To Drinking by Jay Clark
  • Take That Ride by R.B. Morris
  • Glide Path by Phil Leadbetter

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Americana Highway #89 - September 3, 2006

This week on WIVK's Americana Highway Jack Ryan announces more nominees in the 2006 HEMI Awards. You'll hear the best of the best in the Favorite Song category, the Favorite Instrumental Performance category and the Favorite Local Band/Duo category.
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Then the ball's in your court. Because you get to pick the winners. Simply vote online in the various categories (see the box on the far right hand side of this webpage) or you can submit your ballots via email by sending a list of your selections to jack@americanahighway.com.
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The winner's will be announced during a special broadcast of The Americana Highway on Sunday, September 24th.
  • I Know Rain by Michelle Nixon
  • Will You Go With Me by Josh Turner
  • Step Out Of The Shade by Amy Speace
  • Find Love by Shawn Mullins
  • Birmingham by Del McCoury Band
  • You've Still Got It by Alecia Nugent
  • Cowgirl's Lullaby by Darcy Lynne Ward
  • Rope Around My Heart by Doug & Telisha Williams
  • When I Get To Drinking by Jay Clark
  • Country Music Has The Blues by Billy Ray Cyrus with George Jones & Loretta Lynn
  • Never Been Sadder by Amy LaVere
  • Who's Your Uncle by Jerry Douglas with Sam Bush & Bela Fleck
  • Spam Jelly by Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
  • Unionhouse Branch by Alison Krauss + Union Station
  • Marty's Kitchen by The Greencards
  • Cumberland Gap by Cia Cherryholmes
  • Watch 'at Breakdown by Chris Thile (of Nickel Creek)
  • Fox On The Run by Pine Mountain Railroad
  • Dreams Coming True by Wild Blue Yonder
  • Come To Jesus by Lone Mountain Station
  • Can't Have One Without The Other by Wildfire
  • I Am The Mountain by The Fritts Family
  • The Holler by Medford's Black Record Collection

Saturday, September 02, 2006

HEMI AWARDS - Time Is Running Out - VOTE TODAY

Time is running out! This week will be your final week to vote online for the following categories in the 2006 Americana Highway HEMI Awards:
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Favorite Future Band/Duo
Favorite Future Female
Favorite Future Male
Favorite Female
Favorite Male
Favorite Band/Duo
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You will still be able to vote in these categories via email at jack@americanahighway.com until Midnight on Friday, September 22, 2006.
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The following final categories will be added to the website for online voting starting this Saturday, September 9, 2006:
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Favorite Songwriter
Favorite International Artist
Favorite Local Female Artist
Favorite Local Male Artist
Favorite Album
Favorite Acoustic Performance
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To clarify: you will not be able to vote online for the Future Band/Duo, Future Female, Future Male, Favorite Female, Favorite Male or Favorite Band/Duo categories after this Friday (9/8/06) but you will be able to vote for those categories via email at jack@americanahighway.com until Midnight on Friday, September 22, 2006.
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The exciting announcement of all the 2006 Americana Highway HEMI Award winners will be broadcast during a very special edition of The Americana Highway on Sunday, September 24, 2006. Jack Ryan will announce all the winners during that special program. We hope everyone will tune in as we combine all the votes from both online and email ballots and reveal the 2006 winners!

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