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40th Annual International Country Music Conference 

When
Thursday, 30 May - Saturday, 1 June, 2024

Where
Belmont University, Nashville, TN USA

About the Conference

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The International Country Music Conference (ICMC) provides scholars an opportunity to share their work in all aspects of country music. ICMC broadly defines country music to include variants which share common historical and cultural roots ranging from Americana, alt.country, Bluegrass, Cajun, Country Rock, Crossover, and Honky Tonk to the Nashville Sound, New Traditionalist, Old Time Country, and Western Swing. ICMC is truly international with scholars from Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, and the United Kingdom participating. The conference averages around 100 attendees with all presentations in one room, making it a welcoming community for first timers.

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Conference Schedule 

The 2024 conference schedule can be found here.

Past programs can be found here.

 

The deadline for ICMC 2024 proposals was Friday, 27 October 2023. 

Awards

Alanna Nash

Alanna Nash is the 2023 honoree for the Rolling Stone Chet Flippo Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism. Chandler will be honored for "Changing Nashville: As America becomes more diverse, so does its music"

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Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be &
The Running Kind: Listening to Merle Haggard

The 2023 The Belmont University Curb Music Industry Award for Country Music Book of the Year honorees are:

Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be by Marissa Moss

The Running Kind: Listening to Merle Haggard by David Cantwell

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The Belmont University Curb Music Industry Award for Country Music Book of the Year honors one book published per calendar year. For books published in 2023, please email don.cusic@belmont.edu to get your book in the running for the 2024 award.

The International Country Music Conference is pleased to request nominations for the 9th annual Chet Flippo Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism.  The Chet Flippo Award will be presented Friday, 31 May 2024 during the International Country Music Conference. The honoree will receive $1,000 funded by Dean Beverly Keel of Middle Tennessee State University.

Open to nominations from throughout the world, the Chet Flippo Award will honor a piece of writing on Country Music published during 2023 in a newspaper, magazine, website, or other appropriate channel distinct from academic books, reference works, and academic journals. Nominations will be evaluated by the committee based on the work’s significance of content, clarity of writing, and impact.

Nominations must be received by Saturday, 30 March 2024 and include the nominee’s name, email contact information, and a link to the work for which the nomination is made. Writers of any employment status may be nominated. Self- nominations are welcome. 

 

Please send nominations to James E. Akenson at jakenson@tntech.edu.

Conference Journal

The International Country Music Journal (ICMJ). The ICMJ features a wide variety of articles. Past issues ICMJ is available on the ICMC website here

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