2024 Americana Music Honors & Awards

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2024 Americana Music Honors & Awards
DateSeptember 18, 2024
Location Ryman Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted by The Milk Carton Kids
Most awards Sierra Ferrell (2)
Most nominations Tyler Childers and Sierra Ferrell (3)
Website americanamusic.org/awards
Television/radio coverage
Network Circle, PBS,
  2023  · AMH&As ·  2025  

The 2024 Americana Music Honors & Awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at the Ryman Auditorium the in Nashville, Tennessee. The marquee event for the Americana Music Association and the centerpiece of their annual Americanafest, artists are awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry and the americana genre. The show is set to be livestreamed on the Circle YouTube channel and on the AMA's Facebook page, alongside live radio broadcasts on Sirius XM and local Tennessee stations WSM, WMOT and WRLT. An hour-long special of highlights will on PBS in November as part of Austin City Limits.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Tyler Childers and Sierra Ferrell led the nominations, with three each.[ citation needed ]

Performers

All performers were backed by the All-Star Americana House Band led by Buddy Miller (guitar) and featuring Jerry Pentecost (drums), Don Was (bass), Jim Hoke (pedal steel/banjo), Bryan Owens (percussion), Larry Campbell (fiddle/mandolin/guitar), Jen Gunderman (piano/accordion) and The McCrary Sisters (vocals).

Artist(s)Song(s)
Duane Betts Tribute to Dickey Betts
"Blue Sky"
Kaitlin Butts"You Ain't Gotta Die (To be Dead to Me)"
The Blind Boys of Alabama "Work Until My Days Are Done"
Waxahatchee
MJ Lenderman
"Right Back to It"
Charles Wesley Godwin "All Again"
Dave Alvin
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
"4th of July"
Jobi Riccio"For Me It's You"
Wyatt Flores "Welcome to the Plains"
Fantastic Negrito Tribute to Reverend Gary Davis
"Samson and Delilah"
The Milk Carton Kids "When You're Gone"
Larkin Poe "Bluephoria"
Turnpike Troubadours "Mean Old Sun"
The War and Treaty "I'll Come Running"
Sarah Jarosz "Jealous Moon"
Brandy Clark
SistaStrings
"Take Mine"
Sierra Ferrell "American Dreaming"
Shelby Lynne
Allison Moorer
"Gotta Get Back"
Hurray for the Riff Raff "Buffalo"
Noah Kahan "Dial Drunk"
Dwight Yoakam
Jim Lauderdale
"Fast as You"
Emmylou Harris
Rodney Crowell
"Return of the Grievous Angel"

Winners and nominees

The eligibility period for the 23rd Americana Music Honors & Awards is April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024. The nominees were announced by Gina Miller on May 7, 2023, at a ceremony at the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville which featured performances from SistaStrings, Sierra Ferrell, Kaitlin Butts, Megan McCormick with Amanda Fields and Ethan Ballinger, and The War and Treaty. [1]

Artist of the YearAlbum of the Year
Song of the YearEmerging Act of the Year
Duo/Group of the YearInstrumentalist of the Year
  • Grace Bowers
    • Maddie Denton
    • Jamie Dick
    • Megan McCormick
    • Joshua Rilko

Honors

The Lifetime Achievement honorees were announced on June 24, 2024. [2]

Americana Trailblazer Award

Legacy of Americana Award

Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance

Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriter

Lifetime Achievement Award for Producer

Presenters

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References

  1. Nicholson, Jessica (May 7, 2024). "Tyler Childers & Sierra Ferrell Lead 2024 Americana Honors & Awards Nominees". Billboard . Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. Cantrell, LB (June 24, 2024). "Americana Music Association Reveals 2024 Lifetime Achievement Honorees". MusicRow . Retrieved 24 June 2024.