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Bluesky Bullet Points: August 18, 2024

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An excellent roundup this week, with multiple AOTY contenders among the eleven releases covered.

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Brothers Osborne, Lori McKenna, Maren Morris, and Jon Pardi are already winners. Here are our predictions and picks for the rest of this year’s ACM ballot.

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The nominations have been announced for the 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards.

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Single Review: A Thousand Horses, “Smoke”

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“Smoke” A Thousand Horses Written by Ross Copperman, Michael Hobby, and Jon Nite Your tolerance for this song will be completely dependent on your tolerance for a woman being compared to nicotine addiction.

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