The Academy of Western Artists honors those who continue the legacy of performing the honky-tonk genre of music made famous by the late Hank Williams Sr. and Kitty Wells.

Folks in the world of Western swing music paid attention. England, a Terre Haute native, won the Will Rogers Award for Best Male Singer at the Academy of Western Artists 2009 Awards Show on Sept ...

This is Lynch’s 3rd Academy of Western Artists Award. “I can’t think of a more deserving artist and human being on the planet,” said Michael Stover of MTS Management Group.