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, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom participating.
ICMC 2012
The 29th annual International Country Music Conference will be held beginning Thursday 24 May through Saturday 26 May 2012 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
Charlie Lamb Awards
The Charlie Lamb Awards for Excellence in Country Music Journalism are awarded to two distinguished individuals each year. One award recognizes a noteworthy career while the other recognizes a special feature, series, or emerging body of work as the Contemporary category. Pictured left to right are Peggy Walker, Frances Preston, Gary Walker, Contemporary Charlie Lamb Honoree Peter Cooper, Charlie Lamb, Career Charlie Lamb Honoree Colin Escott
Belmont Book Awards
The Belmont Book Award, given for the Best Book on country music, is presented at the annual International Country Music Conference at Belmont University. The Lifetime Achievement Award for linking books with country music is presented at the conference, as well. Pictured are Don Cusic with Belmont Book Award winner Bar Biszick-Lockwood (for her book "Restless Giant: The Life and Times of Jean Aberbach & Hill and Range Songs") and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Ralph Emery.