It was a really cool move on Wednesday night, when Maren Morris, while accepting her award for CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, used her time and moment to recognize this awesome list of artists instead. “You’ve made this genre so, so beautiful…I hope you know that we see you. Thank you for making me so inspired…”

Linda Martell

Yola

Mickey Guyton

Rissi Palmer

Britney Spencer

Rhiannon Giddens