Welcome to the International Country Music Conference
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, Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom participating.
ICMC 2008
The 25th annual International Country Music Conference will be held beginning at Noon Thursday 22 May through Saturday 24 May 2008 in the Frist Lecture Hall of the Gordon E. Inman Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee at the south end of Music Row.
ICMC Features
Belmont Book Award
The Belmont Book Award, given for the Best Book on country music, is presented at the annual International Country Music Conference at Belmont University. Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Country Music in America, edited by Paul Kingsbury and Alanna Nash with picture editor F. Lynne Bachleda won the award for calendar year 2006. Pictured are (L to R) F. Lynn Bachleda, Eddy Arnold, Paul Kingsbury and awards Chair Don Cusic.
Lifetime Achievement Award
The "Lifetime Achievement" award for "linking books with country music" was presented to Richard Weize of the Bear Family in Germany at the annual International Country Music Conference held at Belmont. Pictured are Richard Weize and Don Cusic.