

And Hutchins hopes attendees will donate beyond the $10 admission price and maybe bring an unwrapped kid's gift. She hopes to raise some money to counter New Horizons missing out again on its Abilene Beer Summit fundraiser. The Cross Plains native is a rapidly rising star in the country music scene. It was a wonderful night.Īriel Hutchins sings for a group of disc jockeys at Bill Reed Distributing on May 20. "It was awesome to even be in the same category," said Hutchins, who has emerged as a music force only in the past year. The other two nominees were Holly Tucker and Morgan Ashley. She was nominated as top female artist, along established stars Bri Bagwell (who played Powell's Farm Raise show in 2020) and Kylie Frey. Hutchins recently performed her latest hit at the Texas Country Music Association awards show at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth. Think Dixie Chicks in the 1990s and, more recently, Carly Pearce, who won Female Vocalist of the Year at the Country Music Awards earlier this month. Rising stars who have appeared on the annual January telethon often have gone on to stardom. Hutchins will be joining the musical lineup for Rehab 2022. Not bad for a gal who lived in Cross Plains. She is duking it out with stars such as Randy Rogers, Wade Bowen, Mike Ryan and two singers with local connections, Mark Powell and Aaron Watson. In fact, a banner for that song currently is on the chart's website. "It's about my son, who rodeos," she said, smiling.
