The Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Nominee
Press Conference
Hosted by Elizabeth Cook and Walt Wilder

BMI, June 1, 2007

All Photographs by Barry McCloud
and Copyright by Barry McCloud Photography/Shooting Star International
Album of the Year

  * Emotionalism-The Avett Brothers (Ramseur)
  * Modern Times- Bob Dylan ( Columbia )
  * West- Lucinda Williams (Lost Highway)
  * Children Running Through- Patty Griffin (ATO)

Artist of the Year

  * Joe Ely
  * Lucinda Williams
  * Patty Griffin
  * Todd Snider

Instrumentalist

  * Buddy Miller
  * Gurf Morlix
  * Sam Bush
  * Will Kimbrough

New and Emerging Artist

  * Amy LaVere
  * The Avett Brothers
  * Sunny Sweeney
  * Uncle Earl

Song of the Year

  * Hank Williams’ Ghost by Darrell Scott; appears on  Invisible Man (Full Light Records)
Publishers: Chuck Wagon Gourmet Music, Famous Music Corp
  * Sometimes It Takes Balls to be a Woman by Elizabeth Cook and Melinda Schneider; appears on
Balls (31 Tigers) Publishers:  Elizabeth Cook Music, Royal Notes Music, NewMel Music
  * Are You Alright?  by Lucinda Williams; appears on West written ( Lost Highway )
Publishers: Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Lucy Jones Music
  * Heavenly Day by Patty Griffin; appears on Children Running Through (ATO)
Publishers: ALMO Music Corp, One Big Love Music

Duo Group of the Year

  * The Avett Brothers
  * The Duhks
  * The Hacienda Brothers
  * Old Crow Medicine Show
  * Son Volt