The CMA Awards' New Artist of the Year played for about 3,500 people at the Rave's Eagles Ballroom July 17, a show that sold out in under an hour.

With a lineup that feels both algorithmically-tailored and cautious, this year’s edition of NOS Alive raises as many questions as it answers.

To end, the siren-like vocals at the end of Beyoncé’s “Daughter” are a cover of Italian Composer Tommaso Giordani’s “Caro Mio ...