Americana Music Association Honors & Awards Reveals Performers & Presenters
The Americana Music Association has unveiled the performers and presenters for the upcoming 24th Annual Americana Honors & Awards set for Sept. 10 in Nashville at the Ryman Auditorium.
John Fogerty will appear on this year’s show in a special guest performance, returning for the first time since 2009 when he was presented with the Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting. The show will also feature appearances by Emmylou Harris and Daniel Lanois, marking the 30th anniversary of the landmark Wrecking Ball album, which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame this spring.
This year’s Honors & Awards will also feature performances from Darrell Scott, Dawes, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, I’m With Her, JD McPherson, Jesse Welles, Joe Henry, John C. Reilly, Joy Oladokun, Maggie Antone, Maggie Rose, Margo Price, McCrary Sisters, Medium Build, Nathaniel Rateliff, Noeline Hofmann and Old 97’s.
John C. Reilly will host this year’s show, which will include presenters Brandi Carlile, Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash, Chuck Prophet, Hayes Carll, Kelsey Waldon, Matt Quinn, S.G. Goodman, Ruston Kelly, Tift Merritt, Ann Powers, Valerie June and William Prince.
The show will stream live via NPR’s YouTube channel and Americana Music Association’s Facebook page on Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m. CT, while live audio simulcasts of the show will be available via SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country, and on Nashville radio stations: WRLT (100.1 FM), WSM (650 AM) and WMOT (89.5 FM). It will also be broadcast in the Austin City Limits time slot in November.
