Old Dominion: talks CMA win for Vocal Group of the Year and performance of “One Man Band” (Audio)
Pictured Old Dominion: (left to right) Brad Tursi, Geoff Sprung, Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, and Whit Sellers.
The CMA Vocal Group of the Year Award was, you know, it was the second year in a row we’ve won it. This year it really feels like it means that maybe it wasn’t a fluke putting together a streak like that. It was such a big deal, it was such a shock the first time it happened, but the second time it happens you go, “Ok, well maybe we belong here.” And it’s kind of a cool feeling to start to feel like we’re one of the artists that represent country music.
Performing “One Man Band” on the CMAs was actually a really great experience because, you know, those TV show performances can be sort of nerve-wracking, but this song is such that it’s such a big hit for us, we could actually hear people singing it. And that doesn’t always happen in an award show situation, it can be sort of, you know, an industry crowd, so you don’t necessarily hear everyone singing, but we could kind of hear people singing back to us, and it felt like a normal show to us all of a sudden. And then to have that super cool stage set with that empty theater with the old chandelier hanging, it just really set the right tone for that song, just kind of this grandeur that was once there, and this sort of lonely feeling, but also sort of sweet at the same time, which is kind of the sentiment of that song.
Acclaimed country band Old Dominion won Vocal Group of the Year at last week’s 53rd Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The award marks the band’s second consecutive win in this category!
Frontman Matthew Ramsey said upon accepting the award, “Any time anything good would happen to us, we would look at each other and say, ‘This was never going to work anyway.’ But tonight, when I look out and think of all the people that we have had that have supported us and believed in us and pushed us and loved us, we should have been saying ‘Of course we’re going to make it.’”
Last night, Old Dominion also performed their current single “One Man Band” on the CMA stage. The single is currently No. 3 at Country radio with more than 131 million streams. Click HERE to view!
The band’s big win comes on the heels of their second consecutive win for “Group of the Year” at “The 54th Annual ACM Awards” and upcoming nomination for “Country Duo/Group” at the 2019 American Music Awards.
Last month, Old Dominion released their self-titled, third studio album that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Click HERE to listen!
ABOUT OLD DOMINION
Old Dominion has emerged as one of the hottest breaking bands out of Nashville, fusing clever lyrics and an infectious sound. Their lyrical wit and hook heavy songwriting has certainly proved a winning method: since breaking onto the music scene in 2014, the band has notched seven #1 singles at country radio, surpassed one billion on-demand streams, earned several Platinum and Gold single certifications and are currently headlining arenas and amphitheaters around the globe. Old Dominion was recently recognized as the “Group of the Year” at the 2019 ACM Awards and the group has also notably named ACM “New Group of the Year,” ACCA “Breakthrough Group of the Year ,” AIMP “Songwriter Artist of the Year” and Music Row “Breakthrough Artist of the Year”and in 2017 frontman Matthew Ramsey was ASCAP’s “Artist of the Year.” The band has also received nominations for CMT Awards, American Music Awards, Billboard Awards, and iHeart Radio. The band most recently received a CMA nomination for “Vocal Group of the Year.” Old Dominion consists of lead singer Matthew Ramsey, lead guitarist Brad Tursi, multi-instrumentalist Trevor Rosen, bassist Geoff Sprung and drummer Whit Sellers . Their melodic stunning self-titled third LP was released on October 25, 2019.