Stars come out to play as Big Apple keeps it country
Though purists worried that the soul of the Country Music Association Awards would be lost by moving the event from Nashville to New York for the first time, this year’s event showed that no matter where it travels, country music is country music - even in Manhattan.
“Oh my God, I love country music!” Lee Ann Womack, the evening’s big winner with three awards, shouted as she accepted her award for single of the year for I May Hate Myself In the Morning, a bittersweet ballad. Womack also won album of the year for “There’s More Where That Came From” and for best musical event for her duet with George Strait, Good News, Bad News.
