Americana Music Awards Names 2017 Nominees [FULL LIST]

Nominees for the Americana Music Association’s 16th Honors & Awards were announced Tuesday at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame. The Milk Carton Kids’ Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan hosted alongside performances by Jason Isbell, Jerry Douglas and Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley.

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This year’s Americana Music Awards ceremony will be held Sept. 13th at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, during the Americana Music Festival and Conference Sept. 12-17.2017 Nominees Include:Album of the YearAmerican Band, Drive-By Truckers, Produced by David BarbeClose Ties, Rodney Crowell, Produced by Kim Buie and Jordan LehningFreedom Highway, Rhiannon Giddens, Produced David Bither, Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk PowellThe Navigator, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Produced by Paul ButlerA Sailor’s Guide to Earth, Sturgill Simpson, Produced by Sturgill SimpsonArtist of the Year:Jason IsbellJohn PrineLori McKennaMargo PriceSturgill SimpsonDuo/Group of the Year:Billy Bragg & Joe HenryDrive-By TruckersMarty Stuart & His Fabulous SuperlativesThe LumineersEmerging Artist of the Year:Aaron Lee TasjanAmanda ShiresBrent CobbSam OutlawSong of the Year:“All Around You,” Sturgill Simpson, Written by Sturgill Simpson“It Ain’t Over Yet,” Rodney Crowell (feat. Rosanne Cash & John Paul White), Written by Rodney Crowell“To Be Without You,” Ryan Adams, Written by Ryan Adams“Wreck You,” Lori McKenna, Written by Lori McKenna and Felix McTeigueInstrumentalist of the Year:Spencer Cullum, Jr.Jen GundermanCourtney HartmanCharlie Sexton