Featuring tongue-wagging performances by Emmylou Harris, The Avett Brothers, Rodney Crowell, Wanda Jackson, Rosanne Cash, Patty Griffin, Sam Bush, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Ryan Bingham, Corb Lund, Sarah Jarosz, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Joe Pug, Will Kimbrough and some very special surprise guests, individual tickets are available for $55 via the Americana online store, Ticketmaster, Ryman.com, as well as in-person at the Ryman Box Office.
Please note that the Americana Online Store closes at 5 pm on Sunday, September 5th, but tickets will still be available through Ticketmaster while they last.
Our 2010 Americana Lifetime Achievement Award honorees include Wanda Jackson, the undisputed Queen of Rockabilly and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member whose growling glamour reshaped the role of women in both rock and roll and country; John Mellencamp, whose songs have influentially combined the blue collar sweat of rock and roll and the humble grit of honky tonk; Luke Lewis, Chairman of Universal Music Group Nashville, whose visionary commitment to the label's Lost Highway imprint has created a home for numerous Americana greats; Greg Leisz, the go-to lap and pedal steel, guitar and mandolin virtuoso who has enriched recordings by Lucinda Williams, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and more; and Brian Ahern, whose work as a producer includes seminal albums by Emmylou Harris, as well as output from Marty Robbins, George Jones, Anne Murray, Billy Joe Shaver, Rodney Crowell, Jesse Winchester and Ricky Skaggs. Jackson, Mellencamp, Lewis, Leisz and Ahern will be honored in the Performance, Songwriting, Executive, Instrumental and Producer/Engineer Lifetime Achievement categories, respectively.
The 9th annual Americana Honors & Awards Show is presented by The Gibson Foundation.
Purchase your Americana Honors & Awards Show ticket(s) here or via Ticketmaster.
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
Patty Griffin
Levon Helm
Steve Earle
Ray Wylie Hubbard
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
"The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)"
Written by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett-performed by Ryan Bingham
"Drunken Poets Dream"
The 2010 Americana Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are:
Wanda Jackson, Performance: the undisputed Queen of Rockabilly and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, whose growling glamour reshaped the role of women in both rock and roll and country;
John Mellencamp, Songwriting: whose songs have influentially combined the blue collar sweat of rock and roll and the humble grit of honky tonk;
Luke Lewis, Executive: Chairman of Universal Music Group Nashville, whose visionary commitment to the label's Lost Highway imprint has created a home for numerous Americana greats;
Greg Leisz, Instrumentalist: the go-to lap and pedal steel, guitar, mandolin and bass virtuoso who has enriched recordings by Lucinda Williams, Dave Alvin, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and more;
Brian Ahern, Producer/Engineer: whose work as a producer includes seminal albums by Emmylou Harris, as well as output from Marty Robbins, George Jones, Anne Murray, Billy Joe Shaver, Rodney Crowell, Jesse Winchester and Ricky Skaggs.
The nominees, winners and honorees will be celebrated September 9, 2010 at the historic Ryman Auditorium during the 9th Annual Americana Music Association's Honors and Awards Show. Hosted by Jim Lauderdale and featuring a band led by Buddy Miller.
Each year we honor distinguished members of the music community with six member voted annual awards and with Lifetime Achievement Awards. The Honors & Awards are attended by 2000+ artists, music loving fans and entertainment industry executives in one of America's musical shrines, the historic Ryman Auditorium. Selected by members of the Americana Music Association, the 2010 nominees reflect the genre's affection for innovative and inspiring artistry. The nominees' eligibility is based on work released between May 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010.
The Honors & Awards have 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, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, the Avett Brothers, Mavis Staples, Robert Plant, Patty Griffin, Levon Helm, and so many more. The event has earned a reputation for the coolest and best live music awards show around.
You may purchase tickets at the Americana On-Line store or through Ryman.com. For more information please contact us at info@americanamusic.org or by calling 615-386-6936
Click here to find a history of the Americana Honors & Awards.
