Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Nominated for Americana/Bluegrass Band of the Year by the GA Music Awards

March 27, 2012 - PRLog -- Rural Rhythm Records is proud to announce Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out have received a nomination by the GA Music Awards™ in the Americana/Bluegrass Band of the Year category.  The winners will be announced at the inaugural 2012 GA Music Awards Show to be held June 16, 2012 at The Buckhead Theatre in downtown Atlanta, GA.  Originally from Pasadena, Texas, four-time IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year, Russell Moore has lived in Cumming, GA for the past 21 years and leads the multi-award winning IIIrd Tyme Out - a band that certainly continues their reign as one of the top performers in bluegrass music today.

The purpose of the GA Music Awards is to spotlight the development of the music industry in Georgia, encouraging growth in music’s present and future and focusing on the hottest music and artists in the Peach State.  For more information, please visit GAMusicAwards.com.

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a hit new album, PRIME TYME, which made its debut last November at #8 on Billboard Magazine’s Top 10 Bluegrass Album Chart.  The album is #1 on the March 2012 Bluegrass Music Profiles Magazine’s Top 10 National Bluegrass CD chart with an amazing three songs on the publication’s Top 30 Hot Singles Chart: “Pretty Little Girl From Galax” at #3, “If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again” at #8, and “Old Kentucky Farmers” at #17.

PRIME TYME and four tracks from the album appear on numerous other March 2012 charts including:

#2 Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Top 15 Albums (#1 in Feb ’12)
#2 Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Top 30 Songs - “If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again”
#22 Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Top 30 Songs - “Pretty Little Girl From Galax”
#28 - Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Top 30 Songs - “Old Kentucky Farmers”
#2 – Bluegrass Today Monthly Airplay Chart – “Pretty Little Girl From Galax”
#2 - Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart – “Whipporwill” (3/23/12)
#10 – Power Source Magazine’s Top 35 Songs “If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again” (#1 in Feb ’12)
#6 SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction Most Played Artist
#8 (tie) SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction Most Played Tracks “Pretty Little Girl From Galax”

Rural Rhythm Records will soon release a new music video for the band’s song, “Pretty Little Girl From Galax” that was recently filmed on location in Galax, Virginia.  Fans can check out a recent article in Bluegrass Today to see photos from this video shoot.
For more information on Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out including updated tour information, news and more, please visit the band’s brand new website at http://www.IIIrdTymeOut.com