For the first time in conjunction with the CMA Awards , Variety set up shop just off Nashville’s Music Row and invited participants from Wednesday’s awards show to come by for on-camera conversation. It was our chance to get off the red carpet and into greater depth with nominees, performers and presenters including Lauren Alaina, Dan + Shay, Jordan Davis, Brandon Lake, Megan Moroney , Old Dominion, the Red Clay Strays, Shaboozey , the War & Treaty and Stephen Wilson Jr.

Our conversations took place at the Variety Lounge presented by Duke Cannon, hosted by one of Nashville’s most intriguing new event spaces, Anzie Blue. Read on and click on the videos to see what the stars had to say not just about their CMAs Week excitement but their latest or upcoming projects.

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