Americana Honors & Awards 2013 Nominees Announced

The Americana Music Association has announced the nominees for the 2013 Honors & Awards. Winners will be revealed live at the annual Americana Honors and Awards on September 18 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The show will air live on AXS TV. Shovels & Rope is the most nominated artist with four nods, [...] Read More

Steve Earle, Lee Ann Womack & More Featured on Let Us In Americana

Reviver Records will release Let Us In Americana, the second album from its Let Us In series, on June 25. The album follows 2011’s Let Us In Nashville and features Steve Earle, The Wood Brothers, Buddy Miller, Lee Ann Womack, Will Hoge and more performing songs written by Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Each [...] Read More

Jason Aldean, Guy Clark, Blake Shelton & More Announced as ACM Awards Off-Camera Winners

Today, the Academy of Country Music is announcing the winners of awards that will not be televised during the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, due to time constraints. The ceremony will be telecast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 8 p.m. live ET/delayed [...] Read More

Americana Music Association Unveils Top 100 Albums of 2012

The Americana Music Association has announced the Top 10 and top 100 Albums of the Year. The Top 100 albums are based on records reported to the Americana Airplay Chart between November 15, 2011 and November 17, 2012. JD McPherson’s Signs and Signifiers comes in at No. 1 for the year with Darrell Scott’s Long [...] Read More

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell Team Up for Duets Album

Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell have recorded Old Yellow Moon, a new album of duets to be released February 26, 2013. The 12-track project features four songs written by Rodney as well as covers of songs including “Hanging Up My Heart,” “Invitation to the Blues” and “Dreaming My Dreams.” “I first heard Rodney on a [...] Read More