As the Americana Music Association celebrates 25 years, executive director Jed Hilly reflects on the organization's impact at the Grammys and more.
Winners of the artist of the year prize at the Americana Music Honors & Awards have included John Prine, Jim Lauderdale, Brandi Carlile, Billy Strings and Loretta Lynn.
Over the past 25 years, the association has worked to fashion a community that supports an ever-growing, ever-evolving slate of artists whose roots music styles include country, folk, bluegrass, R&B and roots-rock.
That was the first thing I was working on. Hats off to Robert Plant, Alison Krauss and T Bone Burnett . We welcomed that album before it on to win Grammys. It was our album of the year in the fall before the Grammys, when they were nominated and won all those awards. When Robert went into the press room at the Grammys with four or five Grammys stacked up, someone asked him which was his favorite, and Robert said, “Actually, it was the one we won in Nashville last fall.” That opened the doors.
The Americana Music Honors & Awards is slated for Sept. 18 in Nashville, and the awards have become more inclusive in honoring the work of pioneers such as Mavis Staples and Allen Toussaint, but also celebrating the artistry and musicianship of contemporary artists including Brandi Carlile and Allison Russell.
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