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Americana Music Awards Nominees 2011

This year’s Americana Music Awards Nominees include big names like Robert Plant (who leads with the most nods) and Lucinda Williams. In the coming weeks, I will dedicate a post to each nominee and give my picks for who will/should win.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Band of Joy, Robert Plant
Welder, Elizabeth Cook
Harlem River Blues, Justin Townes Earle
Blessed, Lucinda Williams
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Buddy Miller                                                      
Elizabeth Cook                                                  
Hayes Carll
Robert Plant 
NEW/EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
The Civil Wars
Mumford And Sons                                        
The Secret Sisters                                                     
Jessica Lea Mayfield   
DUO/GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Avett Brothers
The Civil Wars
Mumford And Sons                                        
Robert Plant and the Band Of Joy


SONG OF THE YEAR
Decemberists with Gillian Welch- “Down By The Water”
Elizabeth Cook – “El Camino”                          
Hayes Carll – “Kmag Yoyo”

Justin Townes Earle – “Harlem River Blues”

INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
Buddy Miller
Gurf Morlix                                                         
Kenny Vaughan                                                
Sarah Jarosz                                                 
Will Kimbrough 

 

 

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