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Gloriana photo courtesy of Emblem Records.

At the American Music Awards last month, Taylor Swift’s five wins and Adam Lambert’s controversial performance got the most day-after headlines. But one other moment in the show had its own shock value: Gloriana won the T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist of the Year honor, surprising the pop-music scribes who assumed the trophy would go to dance maven Lady Gaga.

The AMAs are voted by fans, and the Breakthrough category is entirely decided via text messaging during the run of the show. So if that upset victory proved anything, it was that Gloriana has definitely engaged its fan base.

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Gloriana photo courtesy of Emblem Records.

Just over a week ago the 2009 American Music Awards were handed out and Gloriana took home the all-genre, fan-voted award for “Breakthrough Artist of the Year.”   During the acceptance speech lead singer Tom Gossin said “we’re Gloriana from Nashville, Tenn., we’re a country group. Could we get a show of hands of everybody that just said, ‘Who the heck is Gloriana?’ Well, you’re not alone.”   If you’re wondering too, GAC’s upcoming presentation of INTRODUCING: Gloriana might just help.

GAC takes fans up close and behind the scenes to help tell the story behind one of country’s hottest new bands.  Viewers can learn about the pact Tom Gossin made with younger brother Mike.  “We promised each other, we were, like, ‘We’ll play anywhere for any amount of money; we’ll play for dinner, let’s just play as much as we can.’”  Ten dues-paying years later the brothers moved to Nashville, a move that has clearly served them well. Continue Reading

Carrie Underwood performs "Cowboy Casanova" at "The 43rd Annual CMA Awards," on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, live from the Sommet Center in Nashville on the ABC Television Network. Photographer: John Russell / CMA

When the GACTV.com staff heard that the popular men’s magazine Maxim decided to put out a list of the “Hottest Women of Country Music,”  I reluctantly stepped forward to do some research.  It’s a tough job but somebody has to do it.  So off I went to Maxim.com to review the list, presented in the form of a photo gallery.   The list was comprised of a total of 19 women. The gallery appears to be in random order and not in any formal order or rank of  “hotness.”  No surprises for me, but I can tell you I think they left more than a couple of deserving ladies off the list… Continue Reading

Gloriana photo courtesy of Emblem Music Group. Photo credit: Kristin Barlowe.

By Bob Doerschuk

© 2009 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc.

Established through club gigs in North Carolina as a duo, brothers Mike and Tom Gossin moved to Nashville in 2007 and soon after hooked up with Rachel Reinert. Working now as a trio, they connected with Cheyenne Kimball, a member of the audience during one of their gigs at Nashville club 3rd & Lindsley; instrumentally as well as vocally, she proved the last ingredient in the sound of Gloriana.

They rehearsed for six months before sending a demo to Emblem Music Group. Matt Serletic, founder of the new record label, responded immediately, welcomed them to the roster and got to work lining up material for their debut album. Continue Reading