2026 Americana Honors & Awards Nominees Revealed
| NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Americana Music Association has announced the nominees for its 25th annual Americana Honors & Awards. The winners will be announced during the Americana Honors & Awards on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The celebrated program is the hallmark event of AMERICANAFEST, which returns for its 26th year on Sept. 15-19, 2026. Tickets to the Americana Honors & Awards are on sale now to Silver Wristband Holders. Honors & Awards tickets will be available to Festival Wristband Holders, members and the general public at later dates. AMERICANAFEST Wristbands can be purchased here. A full list of categories and nominees for the Americana Music Association’s 25th annual Americana Honors & Awards is below: ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Snipe Hunter, Tyler Childers; Produced by Tyler Childers, Rick Rubin & Nick Sanborn Billionaire, Kathleen Edwards; Produced by Jason Isbell & Gena Johnson Planting by the Signs, S.G. Goodman; Produced by S.G. Goodman, Matthew Rowan & Drew Vandenberg Cruel Joke, Ken Pomeroy; Produced by Colton Jean, Dakota McDaniel & Gary Paczosa Hard Headed Woman, Margo Price; Produced by Matt Ross-Spang ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Brandi Carlile Charley Crockett Margo Price Molly Tuttle Jesse Welles DUO/GROUP OF THE YEAR: Flatland Cavalry I’m With Her Mumford & Sons Turnpike Troubadours Gillian Welch & David Rawlings EMERGING ACT OF THE YEAR: Boy Golden Crowe Boys Kashus Culpepper Ken Pomeroy Mon Rovîa SONG OF THE YEAR: “Returning To Myself,” Brandi Carlile; Written by Brandi Carlile “Snapping Turtle,” S.G. Goodman; Written by S.G. Goodman “Wild and Clear and Blue,” I’m With Her; Written by Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins “Heavy Foot,” Mon Rovîa; Written by Grant Averill, Eric Cromartie, Cooper Holzman & Andrew Lowe “The World’s Gone Wrong,” Lucinda Williams (feat. Brittney Spencer); Written by Tom Overby, Doug Pettibone & Lucinda Williams |
| The Americana Music Association honors distinguished members of the music community with five member-voted annual awards. Lifetime Achievement honorees, who will be announced at a later date, are also recognized during the ceremony. For more than two decades, the prestigious ceremony has celebrated pioneering mainstays and trailblazing newcomers, while featuring unforgettable moments in musical history including Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash’s last live performance together, as well as offering show-stopping appearances by Sierra Ferrell, Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell, Noah Kahan, 49 Winchester, Mavis Staples, Bob Weir, Buddy Guy, John Prine, Bonnie Raitt, Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou Harris & Daniel Lanois, Shelby Lynne, Lukas Nelson, The Avett Brothers, The Lumineers, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Fantastic Negrito, Margo Price, John Fogerty and many more. For more information on the Americana Music Association or to purchase a wristband to AMERICANAFEST, visit www.americanamusic.org. |