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2010 Americana Honors & Awards Show

Presented by Americana Music Association at Ryman Auditorium

September 9, 2010

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Each year, the Americana Music Association honors distinguished members of the music community with six member-voted annual awards and with Lifetime Achievement Awards. Presented by the Gibson Foundation, the Honors & Awards is attended by over 2000 artists, music loving fans and entertainment industry executives in one of America's musical shrines, the historic Ryman Auditorium. The event has been broadcast internationally via WSM, Sirius/XM Radio, BBC2, and Voice of America.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD HONOREES
Wanda Jackson (Performance)
John Mellencamp (Songwriting)
Luke Lewis (Executive)
Greg Liesz (Instrumentalist)
Brian Ahern  (Producer/Engineer)

The 2010 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards nominees are:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The List, by Rosanne Cash
A Friend of a Friend, by Dave Rawlings Machine
Downtown Church, by Patty Griffin
A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is no c), by Ray Wylie Hubbard

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Ryan Bingham
Patty Griffin
Levon Helm
Steve Earle
Ray Wylie Hubbard

DUO GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Avett Brothers
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Band of Heathens
Dave Rawlings Machine

INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
Buddy Miller
Dave Rawlings
Will Kimbrough
Sam Bush

NEW & EMERGING ARTIST
Sarah Jarosz
Ryan Bingham
Hayes Carll
Corb Lund
Joe Pug

SONG OF THE YEAR
“The Weary Kind"
Written by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett-performed by Ryan Bingham
"Drunken Poets Dream"
Written by Hayes Carll and Ray Wylie Hubbard performed by Ray Wylie Hubbard
"Ruby"
Written by Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch-performed by Dave Rawlings Machine
"I and Love and You"
Written and performed The Avett Brothers

Hosted by Jim Lauderdale with Buddy Miller and the All Star Americana Band, the Honors & Awards has featured many amazing moments over the years including Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash's last live performance together, as well as show-stopping appearances by John Fogerty, Lyle Lovett, Rosanne Cash, Solomon Burke, Old Crow Medicine Show, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Judy Collins, Steve Earle, Asleep at the Wheel, Jason & the Scorchers, Marty Stuart, Joan Baez, Elvis Costello, the Avett Brothers, Mavis Staples, Robert Plant, Patty Griffin, Todd Snider, Levon Helm, and so many more.

Slated for Wednesday, September 8 through Saturday, September 11, the 11th Annual Americana Festival and Conference will offer daily seminars, panels and networking opportunities. Each evening brings more than 80 stacked Americana showcases to key venues throughout Nashville. Performers this year include Emmylou Harris, Avett Brothers, Rodney Crowell, Wanda Jackson, Rosanne Cash, Patty Griffin, Sam Bush, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Ryan Bingham, Corb Lund, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Joe Pug, Will Kimbrough and more!