Check out the official music video to Texas country-rocker Eli Young Band’s smash “Crazy Girl,” which earlier this month won the Academy of Country Music’s song of the year.

The ballad also was named Billboard’s top country song of 2011, and the video has garnered more than 10 million YouTube views.

EYB bassist Jon Jones recently talked to me about how much better it is to actually win an ACM Award than to just be nominated:

“You know, it is always an honored to be nominated … it really is, …

Miranda Lambert poses backstage with the awards for album of the year for "Four the Record" and female vocalist of the year at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday, April 1, 2012 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo)

A version of this story appears in Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.

Miranda Lambert blazing her way
The Tishomingo resident is experiencing another big year in her country music career and bringing her “On Fire” tour to Thursday to Tulsa’s BOK Center.

So far, Miranda Lambert has performed …

The newly crowned Academy of Country Music duo of the year Thompson Square talks about their surprise at beating out Sugarland for the award, the significance of receiving the prize at the ACM Salute to the Military and their plans for their sophomore album in this video from the ACM Awards press room Sunday.

The couple, which includes Miami, OK, native Keifer Thompson and his wife Shawna, will open for fellow ACM winners Lady Antebellum Saturday at the University of Oklahoma’s Lloyd Noble Center. For more information, go to www.lloydnoblecenter.com.…

Zac Brown Band (AP file)

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Zac Brown Band are getting ready to play host Sunday at the second annual ACM Fan Jam, which will take place in conjunction with the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

The ACM Awards will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas from 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday on CBS. Oklahoma country music stars Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire will co-host the awards show for the second straight year.

It’s ACM Awards Week …

Toby Keith

Miranda Lambert

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Two-time Male Vocalist of the Year and Norman resident Toby Keith, reigning Female Vocalist of the Year and Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert, Album of the Year nominee Eric Church,  Entertainer of the Year nominee Jason Aldean, rising country music star Luke Bryan, four-time Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney  and 14-time ACM Award winner Tim McGraw are scheduled to perform at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, co-hosted by Oklahoma natives Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton.

The ceremony, which …

Bruce Boxleitner

Actors Bruce Boxleitner and the late Fess Parker; animal scientist, best-selling author and austism advocate Temple Grandin; the late historian and author Walter Prescott Webb; and the late spur maker and cowboy Jerry Cates will be celebrated at the 51st anniversary Western Heritage Awards next month at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.

The Board of Directors at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum announced today the 2012 inductees who will be celebrated at the April 21 gala.

First presented in 1961, the National Cowboy & …

Sugar Free Allstars (Photo by David McDaniel, The Oklahoman Archives)

Local kindie rock duo Sugar Free Allstars will headline a free concert this weekend to celebrate its recent Grammy victory and raise awareness about a plan to renovate Stage Center and open a children’s museum at the facility.

The performance will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the band shell at Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W Reno.

The band, featuring keyboardist Chris “Boom!” Wiser and drummer Rob “Dr. Rock” Martin, contributed to “All About Bullies … Big …

"A Morning Stroll"

From a library of flying books and a family of star-sweepers to a time-traveling neurotic and a massive tuba, this year’s crop of Oscar-nominated short films showcase wonders, oddities and imagination-capturing tales from around the world …