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The Country Music Association Awards

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Radio 2 celebrates the biggest night in the country music calendar: The CMA Awards.

The Country Music Association Awards: Patrick Kielty Live from Nashville, USA

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04/11/2015

Patrick Kielty Live from Nashville, USA

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Patrick Kielty's guests include Kacey Musgraves and Little Big Town.

Patrick Kielty is live from Nashville, USA, as the city gets ready for the biggest night in country music - the CMA Awards 2015. His guests include Kacey Musgraves and Tim McGraw.

Patrick Kielty is live from Nashville, USA as the city gets ready for the biggest night in country music - the CMA Awards 2015.
He's joined by Grammy Award winning country star Kacey Musgraves to talk about her new album 'Pageant Material', and being nominated for three CMA Awards this year. Other guests include Little Big Town, Tim McGraw , Charles Kelly from Lady Antebellum, the new mayor of Nashville Megan Barry and Connie Britton who plays Rayna James in the hit TV show Nashville. 

Patrick also visits one of the most iconic institutions of the city - the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium, the longest running live radio programme in US history. It's the show that made country music famous, with live music from icons and new stars. As it celebrates 90 years of being on the air Patrick makes a guest appearance on stage alongside host Bill Cody.

On his travels Patrick also visits Nashville's new Mayor, Megan Barry, to find out more about the city that's home to country music for fans all over the world. Patrick also drops in to see multi-award winning vocal group Little Big Town and try his hand at some Southern Cooking with Kimberly Schlapman, who hosts her own show on the Cooking Channel.

There's also a very special House Band live in the studio fronted by honky tonk musician Rachael Hester; playing some of the biggest country hits of all time.

And Radio 2's very own Bob Harris will be on hand to give his opinion on this year's CMA Award nominees.

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