The Americana Music Association Announces 16th Annual Honors & Awards Details

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The AMERICANA MUSIC ASSOCIATION (AMA) announced TODAY (8/28) that JIM LAUDERDALE and BUDDY MILLER will return to host and musically direct, respectively, the 16th ANNUAL AMERICANA HONORS & AWARDS ceremony. The event is scheduled for 6:30p WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th at NASHVILLE’s famed RYMAN AUDITORIUM.  

Performers include VAN MORRISON, GRAHAM NASH, JOHN PRINE, RODNEY CROWELL, ROBERT CRAY & HI RHYTHM, IRIS DEMENT, MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES, THE DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, BILLY BRAGG & JOE HENRY, OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW and LORI MCKENNA along with THE LUMINEERS, JASON ISBELL, MARGO PRICE, RHIANNON GIDDENS, HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF, BRENT COBB, AARON LEE TASJAN, SAM OUTLAW and AMANDA SHIRES.

Members of the BUDDY MILLER-directed all-star house band include LARRY CAMPBELL, ROBBIE CROWELL, JIM HOKE, JERRY PENTECOST, CHRIS WOOD and THE MCCRARY SISTERS.

A live video stream of the 2017 HONORS & AWARDS show will be webcast via NPRMusic.org in partnership with VUHAUS and NPR. Television SERIES AUSTIN CITY LIMITS will capture performance highlights from the show for a special broadcast to air in NOVEMBER on PBS.

“Year in and year out, the artists make this event special,” said JED HILLY, Exec. Dir./AMA. “It’s an honor to produce this event with the best team in the biz, MICHELLE AQUILATO, MARTIN FISCHER (Talented Two Cats) and TERRY LICKONA (Austin City Limits).”  

In addition to the annual “Of the Year” awards presented during the program, the 2017 HONORS & AWARDS SHOW will include this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award honorees: CRAY, DEMENT, THE HI RHYTHM SECTION, MORRISON, NASH and HIGHTONE RECORDS founders LARRY SLOVEN and BRUCE BROMBERG.  

A live audio simulcast of the HONORS & AWARDS show will also be available via SIRIUSXM’s Outlaw Country, and on NASHVILLE area terrestrial radio stations: WRLT (100.1 FM), WSM (650 AM) and WMOT (89.5 FM).  

The award show is the association's hallmark event, taking place during the week of AMERICANAFEST: The AMERICANA MUSIC FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 12th-17th in NASHVILLE.

Learn more at www.americanamusic.org.

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