2019 Americana Honors & Awards Nominees — Full List

Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves and John Prine are all up for prominent awards at the 2019 Americana Honors & Awards ceremony, the Americana Music Association announced on Tuesday (May 14). This year's nominees list that is dominated by female artists and features an all-female ensemble in the running for Artist of the Year.

In addition to Carlile, Musgraves and Prine, Lori McKenna, Yola and others earned nods at the 2019 Americana Honors & Awards. Notably absent from the list is 2018's big winner, Jason Isbell.

A complete list of 2019 Americana Honors & Awards nominees is below. The ceremony is set to take place at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Sept. 11 during AmericanaFest 2019. The week-long conference and music festival is scheduled for Sept. 10-15 at various venues throughout Nashville. A full list of performances, as well as conference event details, is forthcoming.

2019 Americana Honors & Awards Nominees

Album of the Year

To the Sunset, Amanda Shires
The Tree, Lori McKenna
The Tree of Forgiveness, John Prine
Walk Through Fire, Yola

Artist of the Year

Brandi Carlile
Rhiannon Giddens
Kacey Musgraves
Mavis Staples

Song of the Year

"By Degrees," Mark Erelli, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Lori McKenna, Anais Mitchell, Josh Ritter (written by Erelli)
"Mockingbird," Ruston Kelly (written by Kelly)
"People Get Old," Lori McKenna (written by McKenna)
"Summer's End," John Prine (written by Prine and Pat McLaughlin)

Duo / Group of the Year

I'm With Her
Our Native Daughters
Tedeschi Trucks Band
The War and Treaty

Instrumentalist of the Year

Chris Eldridge
Eamon McLoughlin
Chris Powell
Michael Rinne

Emerging Artist of the Year

Jade Bird
J.S. Ondara
Erin Rae
The War and Treaty
Yola

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