30 Must-See Acts At CMA Music Fest 2014

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since its inception in 1972 as Fan Fair, CMA Music Festival, as it became known in 2004, has shown everyone from Willie Nelson and Garth Brooks Faith Hill and Taylor Swift. Even Bret Michael’s intruder’s countries and Lenny Kravitz have been shown to play - with mixed results. But with hundreds of acts performing over four days of CMA Fest official this week, June 05 to 8 to find out who deserves a listen can be as daunting as trying to navigate the festival perennially hot and humid in cowboy boots (Suggestion : stick with sneakers). Here are the 30 actions that would go a country mile to see. By Chelsea Crowell, Beville Dunkerley, Adam Gold, Joseph Hudak, Katy Lindenmuth, Marissa R. Moss and Wendy Newcomer.