Sierra Ferrell, I’m With Her & More Lead Americana Honors & Awards Winners

The Americana Music Association celebrated its 24th yearly Americana Honors & Awards Wednesday nighttime (Sept. 10) astatine Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.

Sierra Ferrell continued her reign arsenic creator of the year, taking location her 2nd consecutive triumph successful that category. Ferrell becomes the archetypal pistillate to triumph back-to-back awards for creator of the year. Brandi Carlile antecedently won the class twice, though not successful consecutive years. Other erstwhile back-to-back winners successful the class are John Prine (2017-2018) and Billy Strings (2022-2023). Ferrell won emerging creator of the twelvemonth 3 years ago. She’s conscionable the 2nd creator to spell from winning emerging creator of the twelvemonth to creator of the year. Sturgill Simpson was the first.

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings were celebrated arsenic duo/group of the year. The brace is the 4th collaboration to triumph duo/group of the year, pursuing Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, Buddy and Julie Miller, and Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell.

Alex Hargreaves, a celebrated violinist and existent full-time touring subordinate with Billy Strings, was named instrumentalist of the year. Hargreaves is the archetypal antheral to triumph instrumentalist of the twelvemonth since Chris Eldridge successful 2019.

I’m With Her’s Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Watkins were honored with opus of the twelvemonth for “Ancient Light.” MJ Lenderman, who released the medium Manning Fireworks successful 2024, was honored arsenic emerging enactment of the year.

Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats were honored with medium of the twelvemonth for their LP South of Here, which included songs specified arsenic “Heartless” and “Call Me (Whatever You Like).” They were presented with the accolade by Carlile, who is gearing up for the release of her medium Returning to Myself successful October.

John C. Reilly hosted the evening, portion John Fogerty presented the tone of Americana escaped code successful euphony grant to Jesse Welles. Welles is known for his witty philharmonic distilling of his clear-eyed observations connected the world, and has released albums including With The Devil and Devil’s Den.

Fogerty past closed retired the evening with renditions of Creedence Clearwater Revival classics including “Up Around the Bend,” “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” and “Proud Mary.” Meanwhile, Emmylou Harris and Dani...