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2 TV ENCORE On the Cover Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan co-host The 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards NEW SHIPMENT! Carpet Remnants Graybeals Room Size Carpet Starting At 2 x 3��� $89 5th & BROADWAY ��� DOWNTOWN LOGANSPORT ��� (574)722-2215 Alex���s Apparel 2 x 2��� Water Softener Salt Special SALT COUPON GOOD MON-FRI COUPON NOT NECESSARY ON SATURDAYS 40# Mini cube ....... $4.49 40# Rustbuster ..... $5.29 80# Mini Cube ...... $8.19 80# Rustbuster ...... $9.39 By Kyla Brewer TV Media P op artists and rockers have been attracting frenzied fans since the ���60s, but few music lovers are as loyal as country fans. And, it seems, there are more and more of them all the time. Today���s country music fan doesn���t have to wear cowboy boots and drive a pickup truck -they���re everywhere. While its roots may be anchored in the American South, country music is reaching far and wide these days, far beyond rural regions and into big cities where fans pack stadiums and arenas to see their favorites in action. ���The Voice���s��� Blake Shelton and singer-songwriter Luke Bryan bring that action into living rooms across the nation as they host The 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, airing Sunday, April 7, on CBS. This year���s ceremony takes the country-fried fun to Las Vegas, where it will be broadcast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Both hosts are up for Entertainer of the Year at the awards that honor the work of country music artists over the past 12 months. Featuring an iconic ���hat��� trophy, the ACM Awards was the first country music award ceremony of its kind, inaugurated in 1966. 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Eric Church leads the pack with seven nominations, including Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year (���Chief���) and Song of the Year for his hit ���Springsteen.��� Church faces stiff competition from the night���s cohosts, Shelton and Bryan, in the Vocalist category, along with Jason Aldean and Toby Keith. However, Swift presents his biggest challenge as the country music sweetheart is also up for Album of the Year for her effort ���Red.��� Bryan (���Tailgates & Tanlines���), Carrie Underwood (���Blown Away���) and Little Big Town (���Tornado���) round out that category. Song of the Year nominees include Lee Brice���s ���A Woman Like You,��� Eli Young Band���s ���Even if it Breaks Your Heart,��� Lambert���s ���Over You��� (written with husband Shelton!) and Hunter Hayes��� ���Wanted.��� Country music wunderkind Hayes -- the youngest member ever inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame -- has snagged six nominations. He���s up for the coveted New Male Vocalist of the Year category, which also includes Lee Brice and Brantley Gilbert. Hayes could also walk away with Oliver Softs 750 ml. $5.99 Last year���s Vocal Group of the Year winner Lady Antebellum will perform at the ACM Awards Single Record of the Year for ���Wanted,��� but he���ll have to beat out the likes of Eli Young Band (���Even if it Breaks Your Heart���), Lambert (���Over You���), Little Big Town (���Pontoon���) and Church (���Springsteen���). Lambert and Swift have each earned five nominations, and will, of course, face each other in the Female Vocalist of the Year category. Former American Idol Underwood, country music veteran Martina McBride and newcomer Kacey Musgraves will give them a run for their money, though. Musgraves joins the ranks of Bryan and Little Big Town with four nominations each. Some of the industry���s biggest names appear in this year���s Vocal Event of the Year. Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw���s duet ���Feel Like a Rock Star��� will take on Kelly Clarkson and Vince Gill���s ���Don���t Rush,��� Rascal Flatts and Natasha Bedingfield���s ���Easy,��� David Nail and Sarah Buxton���s ���Let It Rain, and Aldean and NOW PART OF THE LARGEST BUYING GROUP IN INDIANA s That means for our customers LOWER PRICES AND D&J Liquors GREATER SELECTION!! Not valid with any other offer. Offer Expires 5-4-13 Hamm���s and Hamm���s Light 30 pack (warm) �� Salt Sale Every Sat. 8am-Noon 4115 E. Market St., Logansport 574-722-2830 $12.29 3 Convenient locations for all your party needs! Bryan���s ���The Only Way I Know.��� As far as groups go, country music legends Big & Rich face newcomers Florida Georgia Line, as well as Love and Theft, Sugarland and Thompson Square in the Vocal Duo of the Year category. The Vocal Group of the Year could go to The Band Perry, Eli Young Band, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town or Zac Brown Band. Such commitment to fans and charities is par for the course in the country music industry. In fact, country music is so much more than an ���industry��� for millions of fans and performers. At its core, it���s truly a community in which everyone is welcome. Whether you���re looking for lighthearted, good-times music or soul-searching breakup ballads, the men and women of country music are there. Celebrate the best of the best with Shelton, Bryan and the rest at The 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, Sunday, April 7, on CBS. Sale Ever Prices yday ! 3 x 2��� D&J Liquors EAST - 3800 E. Market | WEST - U.S. 24 West | DOWNTOWN - 509 North St.

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