2026 Grammy Awards Preview: Country Music Dads' Picks, Snubs, & Surprises

Awards Season is here, so the Country Music Dads must weigh in on what is most deserving, who was snubbed and how the Grammys may be the ultimate dad award show. It’s the 2026 Grammy Awards preview edition of Country Music Dads! While you're listening, please take two minutes to fill out our listener survey! What do YOU want to hear about country music and modern fatherhood in Season 3? Survey will be live until February 28th, 2026. https://countrymusicdads.com/feedback/ Mentioned in This Episode: The Price of Admission by Turnpike Troubadours Country Cutler's 2025 Year-End Review The Grammys Process And the Categories are... [14:04] Best Country Song Bitin’ List- Tyler Childers Good News- Shaboozey I Never Lie- Zach Top Somewhere Over Laredo- Lainey Wilson A Song to Sing- Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton [20:58] Best Country Solo Performance Nose on the Grindstone- Tyler Childers Good News- Shaboozey Bad As I Used to Be- Chris Stapleton I Never Lie- Zach Top Somewhere Over Lareo- Lainey Wilson [27:38] Best Country Duo/Group Performance A Song to Sing- Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton Trailblazer- Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson Love Me Like You Used to Do- Margo Price and Tyler Childers Amen- Shaboozey and Jelly Roll Honky Tonk Hall of Fame- George Strait and Chris Stapleton [33:49] Best Traditional Country Album Dollar a Day- Charley Crockett American Romance- Lukas Nelson Oh What a Beautiful World- Willie Nelson Hard Headed Woman- Margo Price Ain’t In It For My Health- Zach Top [42:51] Best Contemporary Country Album Patterns- Kelsea Ballerini Snipe Hunter- Tyler Childers Evangeline Vs. The Machine- Eric Church Beautifully Broken- Jelly Roll Postcards From Texas- Miranda Lambert References: Theme Music: “Dark Country Rock” by Moodmode II Most Wanted by Beyonce and Miley Cyrus I Had Some Help by Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen On the Red River by Turnpike Troubadours Bitin' List by Tyler Childers Good News by Shaboozey Somewhere Over Laredo by Lainey Wilson Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (Iz) I Never Lie by Zach Top She Thinks I Still Care by George Jones She'll Come Back to Me by Hayes Carll Nose to the Grindstone by Tyler Childers Hurt by Johnny Cash from American Recordings Bad As I Used to Be by Chris Stapleton Getting to the Bottom by Tyler Childers Honky Tonk Hall of Fame by George Strait feat. Chris Stapleton Trailblazer by Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, and Lainey Wilson Love Me Like You Used to Do by Margo Price feat. Tyler Childers Amen by Shaboozey feat. Jelly Roll Dollar a Day by Charley Crockett Ain't Done by Lukas Nelson