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Americana Music Association award nominees
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, with their duo project “Raising Sand,” are among the leading nominees for the Americana Music Association’s annual awards. Photo: Pamela Springsteen.
The Americana Music Association announced the list of nominees for its annual awards on Wednesday. The top nominees are James McMurtry, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and Levon Helm, and Athens’ Drive By Truckers are among those vying for duo/group of the year. This is also a good year for the Earles. Both father Steve Earle and son Justin Townes Earle are up for awards. The ceremony will take place on Sept. 18 at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant — “Raising Sand”
Hayes Carll — “Trouble in Mind”
James McMurtry — “Just Us Kids”
Levon Helm — “Dirt Farmer”
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Steve Earle
Levon Helm
Jim Lauderdale
James McMurtry
INSTUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
Buddy Miller
Chris Thile
Gurf Morlix
Sam Bush
NEW EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Justin Townes Earle
Mike Farris
Ryan Bingham
The Steeldrivers
SONG OF THE YEAR
“Broken” — Tift Merritt
“Cheney’s Toy” — James McMurtry
“Gone Gone Gone” — Alison Krauss & Robert Plant
“Poor Old Dirt Farmer” — Levon Helm
“She Left Me for Jesus” — Hayes Carll
DUO/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant
Drive By Truckers
Kane Welch Kaplin
The Avett Brothers
The association will also present lifetime achievement awards to John Hiatt (for songwriting) and Jason and the Scorchers (for performance).
Comments
By Eileen
June 16, 2008 8:02 PM | Link to this
I think it is great that Americana is remaking its way to the music surface, and I think we are even more fortunate to be living in a place where unknown musicians like Zac Brown Band and Sonia Leigh, straight from the heart of Georgia, are representing us around the nation as the voices of home…..