The Western Music Association was incorporated in 1989 to promote and preserve western music in its traditional, historical, and contemporary forms.
The WMA stages the International Western Music Festival every November during which it announces winners in categories including Traditional Western Duo/Group of the Year, Traditional Western Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Male and Female Performers of the Year, Entertainer of the Year, etc.
It also publishes The Western Way, a magazine dedicated to the promotion of western music.
Famous quotes containing the words western, music and/or association:
“But go, and if you listen she will call,
Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal—
Luke Havergal.”
—Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)
“Through music the passions enjoy themselves.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression.”
—French National Assembly. Declaration of the Rights of Man (drafted and discussed August 1789, published September 1791)