This year’s CMT Music Awards will merge country, rock and blues with performances including collaborations with Alanis Morissette, The Black Crowes, Gwen Stefani and Gary Clark Jr. and tributes to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
The annual fan-voted awards show in Austin, Texas, on Sunday also will honor country superstar and five-time Grammy winner
with the Equal Play Award, recognizing her for being a “visible and vocal advocate” for diverse voices in country music.with four chances to win.Carrie Underwood has a chance to extend her record as the most awarded artist in CMT history with 25 awards. Underwood, who also will perform, was nominated again for video of the year for “Hate My Heart.
Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd will be honored with a tribute performance following the death in March of the last original member, . ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Slash of Guns N’ Roses and the Allman Brothers’ Warren Haynes and Chuck Leavell are slated to perform with singers Paul Rodgers and Cody Johnson with backup vocals from LeAnn Rimes and Judd.
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