The Highwomen, John Prine, Black Pumas, Brittany Haas AMA Winners

AMA Winners

The 19th annual AMERICANA MUSIC ASSOCIATION's 19th annual AMERICANA HONORS & AWARDS winners were announced TODAY (12/15) on social media. Top winners included THE HIGHWOMEN (Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Duo/Group of the Year), the late JOHN PRINE (Artist of the Year), BLACK PUMAS (Emerging Act of the Year) and fiddle player BRITTANY HAAS (Instrumentalist of the Year).

Supergroup THE HIGHWOMEN (BRANDI CARLILE, NATALIE HEMBY, MAREN MORRIS, and AMANDA SHIRES) swept in three out of the six membership-voted awards categories with wins for Album of the Year for their self-titled debut "THE HIGHWOMEN," produced by DAVE COBB; Song of the Year for “Crowded Table,” written by CARLILE, HEMBY and LORI MCKENNA; and Duo/Group of the Year.

Following a prolific couple of years thanks to his critically acclaimed final album “The Tree if Forgiveness,” the late PRINE was named Artist of the Year. The 2003 AMERICANA Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting honoree becomes the first artist in Honors & Awards history to be posthumously nominated in this category. This is his fourth win in the category since 2005.

Rising duo BLACK PUMAS were named Emerging Act of the Year after garnering praise for their full-length debut, “Colors.” Over the last year, the band has sold out multiple tours across NORTH AMERICA and EUROPE while making national appearances on shows like PBS’ "AUSTIN CITY LIMITS" and "CBS THIS MORNING," as well as receiving numerous GRAMMY® nominations.

HAAS takes home the award for Instrumentalist of the Year. A member of the quartet HAWKTAIL, HAAS has also lent her skills to collaborators including STEVE MARTIN, BELA FLECK, ABIGAIL WASHBURN, and others.

“I could not be more proud of this slate of winners,” shared AMERICANA MUSIC ASSOCIATION Executive Dir. JED HILLY. “Although we terribly miss celebrating together at the RYMAN [AUDITORIUM in NASHVILLE] as we usually have in years past, we’re thrilled to be still able to recognize these distinguished members of our community.”

Find more information at www.americanamusic.org.

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