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The Red Clay Strays On What Inspired “People Hatin’,” Beating Old Dominion for Best Vocal Group

The Red Clay Strays caught up with Rania Aniftos on the Winners Walk at the CMA Awards 2025.

Old Dominion's been 'Making Good Time,' even through the tough years

(L-R) Trevor Rosen, Geoff Sprung, Matthew Ramsey, and Brad Tursi of Old Dominion attend Save The Music’s 6th Annual Hometown to Hometown Event at City Winery Nashville on November 11, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Catherine Powell/Getty Images for Save The Music) Old Dominion‘s taken home the CMA vocal group award every year since 2018.  But the “Making Good Time” hitmakers put in a decade of work before they started routinely winning …

Old Dominion’s been ‘Making Good Time,’ even through the tough years – 98.9 THE BULL

Old Dominion‘s taken home the CMA vocal group award every year since 2018.  But the “Making Good Time” hitmakers put in a decade of work before they started routinely winning that CMA category.  “We’ve been a band now for close to 20 years,” lead singer Matthew Ramsey says. “And we’ve been operating at this level, you know, successfully, for 10 now, so it has been quite a journey.” Trevor Rosen is quick to affirm that OD was no overnight success…

Old Dominion Talks Meaningful CMA Awards Performance and 10-Year Milestone

This year marks a huge milestone for Old Dominion as they celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut album Meat and Candy and they’re taking the CMA Awards stage to honor it in a big way. Much like 2023’s album, the group shared plans to take the audience down “Memory Lane” by performing a medley of their hits including “Break Up With Him,” “Memory Lane,” “One Man Band,” “Hotel Key,” and “Snapback.” Old Dominion; Photo by Dove Shore Reflectin…

If Old Dominion Beats Red Clay Strays For “Vocal Group of the Year” Again At The 2025 CMA Awards, It’s Time To Cancel The Show

For the good of country music, the Red Clay Strays have to start taking home the awards they so very much deserve to win. Last year, the Red Clay Strays were nominated for their first ever CMA Award in the “Vocal Group of the Year” category. Some may have considered the fact that they were even nominated as a win, and there might have been a small part of the band that thought that way too. They walked away empty-handed at the 2024 CMAs, but the…