Central Texas musician Whitlee Casey lands six Josie Music Award nominations
Whitlee Casey landed six Josie Music Award nominations, putting a Central Texas Christian artist on a Nashville stage as the Sept. 20 ceremony nears.
Central Texas Christian artist and songwriter Whitlee Casey has landed six nominations for the Josie Music Awards, including Artist of the Year, Vocalist of the Year and Fans’ Choice. The slate also puts his work in the running for Best Musical Film of the Year for Let There Be Peace, Album of the Year for Red Bird and Song of the Year for Let There Be Peace.
The nominations connect directly to a busy stretch of releases that built Casey’s profile over the past year. Red Bird came out on May 9, 2025, and Let There Be Peace followed on Oct. 13, 2025 as a single and video. Louder Than The Music said Red Bird reached No. 31 on iTunes, while Let There Be Peace was written during a summer of grief and framed as a prayer for peace.
The Josie Music Awards say the 2026 event will be the 12th annual show and will take place Sept. 20 at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, with a Sept. 19-20 conference set for the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. The awards organization describes itself as the largest and premier independent music awards program and says the 2026 submission cycle drew more than 101,000 entries. That scale makes Casey’s six nominations a notable mark for a Central Texas artist entering a national independent-music field.
The awards also carry a longer institutional history. The Josie Music Awards were first held in 2015, and the 11th annual ceremony took place Nov. 2, 2025, at the Grand Ole Opry House, later broadcast on the American Country Network. Casey reacted to the nomination news on social media with a brief message of gratitude, writing, “To God be the glory!!”
Casey’s own bio says his musical journey began at an early age and was shaped by his family’s appreciation for music. For Coryell County, the nominations put a regional Christian artist into a national conversation at the same time he is adding to a catalog that now includes Red Bird, Let There Be Peace, Learn to Let Go, Treasure, Battles, Dream, Alive & Faithful, Hope and All About You. His first original worship EP, Jesus Be the Center, is set for release on Sept. 25, just days after the awards in Nashville.
This article was produced by Prism’s automated news system from verified source data, official records, and press releases, then run through automated quality and moderation checks before publishing. The system is built and supervised by the people who set the standards it runs under. Read our full AI policy.
Did this article answer your question?
