WINNERS
Awards were given out six member-voted categories:
Album of the Year
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant / Raising Sand
Artist of the Year
Levon Helm
Duo/Group of the Year
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant
Instrumentalist of the Year
Buddy Miller
New Emerging Artist of the Year
Mike Farris
Song of the Year
"She Left Me for Jesus" by Hayes Carll and Brian Keane
Lifetime Achievement Honors were given as follows:
"Spirit of Americana" Free Speech in Music
Joan Baez
Lifetime Achievement / Songwriting
John Hiatt
Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement / Executive
Terry Lickona
Lifetime Achievement / Performance
Jason & The Scorchers
Presidents Award
Jerry Garcia
Lifetime Achievement / Instrumentalist
Larry Campbell
Trailblazer
Nanci Griffith
Lifetime Achievement / Producer / Engineer
Tony Brown
The spirited three-hour program was hosted by two-time Americana Honors & Awards and Grammy recipient Jim Lauderdale.
Award winner Buddy Miller also returned as the band leader. Nominees and special guests who performed included Ryan Bingham
and Joe Ely, The Sam Bush Band, Kane Welch Kaplin, The SteelDrivers, Tift Merritt, Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer, Justin Townes
Earle, James McMurtry, Miller and Robert Plant, and Steve Earle and Alison Moorer.
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