5th Annual Lone Star Music Awards: The Winners!

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners of the 5th Annual Lone Star Music Awards that took place at Texas Music Theater in San Marcos, TX on Sunday, April 28, 2013!  It seems real music is still alive; and there are plenty of people who appreciate and support it.  Let's make this next year even bigger!

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Turnpike Troubadours - Goodbye Normal Street

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - COUNTRY
Jason Eady - AM Country Heaven

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - AMERICANA/ROOTS
The Departed - Adventus

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - SINGER-SONGWRITER/FOLK
Ray Wylie Hubbard - The Grifter's Hymnal

SONG OF THE YEAR
Turnpike Troubadours - "Good Lord Lorrie"

LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR
Robert Earl Keen

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE - MALE
Wade Bowen - The Given

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE - FEMALE
The Trishas - High, Wide & Handsome

EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
John Fullbright

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Ray Wylie Hubbard

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Cody Canada - The Departed

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Ray Wylie Hubbard & George Reiff - Grifter's Hymnal, The Shovel Vs. The Howling Bones

ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR
The Departed - Adventus

FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR
MusicFest - Steamboat Springs, CO

MUSIC VENUE OF THE YEAR
Gruene Hall - New Braunfels, TX

1st HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
Robert Earl Keen