The winners of the 16th Annual Americana Honors & Awards 2017 were announced
during th Honors and Awards show on
September 13, 2017 held at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. The
celebrated program was the capstone event of “AMERICANAFEST℠,” the Americana Music Festival and Conference, which runs from
September 12-17, 2017.
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| Americana Music Association Honors & Awards on September 13, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (CREDIT Source: Rick Diamond/ Getty Images North America | Newest Images) |
Each year, the Americana Music Association℠ honors distinguished members of the music community with six member-voted annual awards and with Lifetime Achievement Awards, which will be announced leading up to the event.
Described by Emmylou Harris as “the shining star of
Nashville and music everywhere,” the Americana Honors and Awards show has been
broadcast in the past on AXS TV, PBS, and via SiriusXM Radio, BBC2, WMOT, WRLT,
WSM, Voice of America and npr.org.
Performances from this year's Americana Honors and
Awards were filmed for a special episode of "Austin City Limits" slated to air on PBS in November.
In
Brief:
2017
Americana Music Awards Winners
Album of the Year: A Sailor’s Guide to
Earth, Sturgill Simpson (produced by Sturgill Simpson)
Artist of the Year: John Prine
Group / Duo of the
Year:
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
Song of the Year: “It Ain’t Over Yet”,
Rodney Crowell (feat. Rosanne Cash & John Paul White) (written by Rodney
Crowell)
Emerging Artist of the
Year:
Amanda Shires
Instrumentalist of the
Year:
Charlie Sexton
Spirit of Americana /
Free Speech in Music Award: Graham Nash
Lifetime Achievement
Award, Trailblazer:
Iris Dement
Lifetime Achievement
Award, Songwriting:
Van Morrison
Lifetime Achievement
Award, Performance:
Robert Cray
Lifetime Achievement
Award, Instrumentalist: Hi Rhythm Section
Lifetime Achievement
Award, Executive:
Larry Sloven and Bruce Bromberg
Held
at the Ryman Auditorium Old Crow
Medicine Show kicked off the 2017 Americana Music Awards preceedings which
included three hours of star-packed performances and both emotional and sentimental
awards acceptance speeches.
The
annual event took place on Wednesday night (Sept. 13, 2017 ) in downtown
Nashville.
John Prine snagged the
prestigious Artist of the Year,
Amanda Shires took home the Emerging
Artist of the Year trophy
In
their 16th year in 2017, the Americana Music Awards — officially dubbed the Americana Music Association Honors &
Awards — recognized a diverse set of acts: Prine and Shires, along with Rodney Crowell (Song of the Year), Marty Stuart and His Fabulous
Superlatives (Group / Duo of the Year), an absent Sturgill Simpson (Album of the Year) and Charlie Sexton (Instrumentalist
of the Year) all landing trophies this year in the awards show’s six main
categories.
In
addition, numerous Lifetime Achievement
Awards winners were announced — Robert
Cray, Van Morrison and Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills & Nash
fame) were among them who were recognized with special speeches and
performances.
Standout
performances during the 2017 Americana Music Awards were slated to be from
Emerging Artist of the Year nominee Aaron
Lee Tasjan, Artist of the Year nominee Margo
Price and Album of the Year nominee Hurray
for the Riff Raff.
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry were on hand offering their version of Glen Campbell‘s “Gentle on My Mind” in tribute to the late legend.
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| Americana Music Association Honors & Awards on September 13, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee.(CREDIT: Rick Diamond/ Getty Images North America | Newest Images) |
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry were on hand offering their version of Glen Campbell‘s “Gentle on My Mind” in tribute to the late legend.
The
ceremony concluded with host Jim
Lauderdale, Jack Ingram, Brandy Clark and others jamming to “Tulsa Time” by Don Williams, who died on Friday (Sept. 8).
A full list of category Winners and nominees for
the Americana Music Association’s℠ 16th Annual Honors
& Awards is below:
Album of the Year:
(present by Elizabeth Cook and Lukas Nelson)
AMERICAN BAND, Drive-By Truckers, Produced by David Barbe
CLOSE TIES, Rodney Crowell, Produced by Kim Buie and Jordan Lehning
FREEDOM HIGHWAY, Rhiannon Giddens, Produced David Bither, Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk
Powell
THE NAVIGATOR, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Produced by Paul Butler
A SAILOR’S GUIDE TO EARTH, Sturgill Simpson, Produced
by Sturgill Simpson * WINNER *
Artist of the Year:Congratulations to @SturgillSimpson on winning 2017's Album of the Year for "A Sailor's Guide to Earth"! #AmericanaFest pic.twitter.com/lGaCuhawle— Americana Music (@AmericanaFest) 14 September 2017
Jason Isbell; John
Prine * WINNER *; Lori McKenna; Margo Price; Sturgill Simpson
Duo/Group of the Year:"I've been waiting for this award for a while.", @JohnPrineMusic, winner of our 2017Artist of the Year Award! pic.twitter.com/BEH2vAksFb— Americana Music (@AmericanaFest) 14 September 2017
(presented by The Mavericks)
Billy Bragg & Joe Henry; Drive-By Truckers; Marty Stuart & His Fabulous
Superlatives * WINNER *; The
Lumineers
Emerging Artist of the Year:Congratulations to @martystuarthq and His Fabulous Superlatives for winning Group/Duo of the Year! #AmericanaFest pic.twitter.com/4162xewBdQ— Americana Music (@AmericanaFest) 14 September 2017
(presented by Brandy Clark and Valerie June)
Aaron Lee Tasjan; Amanda Shires * WINNER *;
Brent Cobb; Sam Outlaw
Song of the Year:"Thank you to #Americana, because without you there'd be no place for me." Emerging Artist of the Year, @amandashires. pic.twitter.com/84vXwkv4TF— Americana Music (@AmericanaFest) 14 September 2017
(presented By Lee Ann Womack & John Oates)
“All Around
You,” Sturgill Simpson, Written by Sturgill Simpson
“It Ain’t Over Yet,” Rodney Crowell
(feat. Rosanne Cash & John Paul White), Written by Rodney Crowell * WINNER *
“To Be
Without You,” Ryan Adams, Written by Ryan Adams
“Wreck You,”
Lori McKenna, Written by Lori McKenna and Felix McTeigue
Instrumentalist of the Year:Congratulations to @RodneyJCrowell on his Song of the Year Award for "It Ain't Over Yet', feat @rosannecash & @johnpaulwhite! #AmericanaFest pic.twitter.com/evxOscDmSz— Americana Music (@AmericanaFest) 14 September 2017
Spencer Cullum, Jr.; Jen Gunderman; Courtney
Hartman; Charlie Sexton * WINNER *
Spirit of Americana/Free Speech in Music Award, co-presented by the Americana Music Association and the First
Amendment Center: Graham Nash (presented by Ken Paulsen)
Lifetime Achievement Award, Trailblazer: Iris
Dement (presented by John Prine)
Lifetime Achievement Award, Songwriting: Van Morrison (presented by Emmylou Harris)
Lifetime Achievement Award, Performance: Robert Cray (presented by Vince Gill)
Lifetime Achievement Award, Instrumentalist: Hi Rhythm Section
Lifetime Achievement Award, Executive: HighTone
Records founders Larry Sloven and Bruce Bromberg (presented by producer Joe
Henry)
Americana Music Association’s℠ 16th Annual Honors & Awards Photos & Fashion
Picture Gallery: John Prine, Sturgill
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Amanda Shires
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She wore a fetching long sleeved red rose black floral print midi dress
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Yola Carter & Angaleena Presley on the red
carpet
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She added a chunky wide buckle belt gold and silver
jewelry and sported good nails.
Elizabeth Cook – There to present Album of the Year she shone in a floor length plunging flimsy/floaty spaghetti strap gown which featured gold/silver/black button-coin-like piped detailing. She added a gold chain and bracelet, rings and cool shades and beachy hair completed her look.
Songwriters Brandy
Clark and Lori McKenna sported similar black outfits. Brandy wore a
plunging black smock dress with flared sleeves and cut-out slits across the shoulders
and tasselled detailing at the front adding matching black pants. Lori wore a
knee length dark navy blue v-plunge dress with long bell flared sleeves for a
Boho look adding pointy beige shoes.
About The Americana Music
Association℠
The Americana Music Association℠ is a professional not-for-profit
trade organization whose mission is to advocate for the authentic voice of
American roots music around the world. The association produces events
throughout the year; including AMERICANAFEST℠: The Americana Music Festival &
Conference, and the critically acclaimed Americana Honors & Awards program.
The Americana Music Association℠ receives enormous support from the
Tennessee Department of Tourism, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp,
Epiphone, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Music City Networks, ASCAP, BMI, and
SESAC.
About AMERICANAFEST℠: The Americana Music Festival & Conference
The 18th annual AMERICANAFEST℠ will take place Sept. 12-17, 2017. The
event will once again bring together fans and music industry professionals
alike, offering six days of celebration through seminars, panels and networking
opportunities by day and raw artist showcases by night. The Americana Honors
& Awards Show is the hallmark event of the week's festivities and will take
place at the historic Ryman Auditorium on September 13. For more information
and ticketing, visit americanamusic.org.
For more information on the Americana Music
Association℠ and to become a member, please visit:
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