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# Indie Artists Dominate Americana Music Awards
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- Published: 2012-09-14T09:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-09-14T09:10:00.000Z
- Description: The 11th Americana Music Awards Show and independent labels and artists dominated. Award winners were: Gillian Welch (Acony Records) – Artist of the Year Dave Rawlings (Acony Records) – Instrumentalist. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/09/indie-artists-dominate-americana-music-
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The 11th Americana Music Awards Show and independent labels and artists dominated. Award winners were:

- Gillian Welch (Acony Records) – Artist of the Year
- Dave Rawlings (Acony Records) – Instrumentalist of the Year
- The Civil Wars (sensibility music) – Duo/Group of the Year
- Alabama Shakes (ATO Records) – Emerging Artist of the Year
- Jason Isbell “Alabama Pines” (Lightning Rod Records) – Song of the Year
- This One’s For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark (Icehouse Records) – Album of the Year

The **Lifetime Achievement Award**s were presented to

- Bonnie Raitt (Performer)
- Booker T. Jones (Instrumentalist)
- Richard Thompson (Songwriter).