NASHVILLE (Hypebot) – This week Nashville's country music community is being overrun by the Americana branch of the musical tree. The Americana Music Association has attracted thousands of musicians and industry types to a week of showcases, seminars and last night's annual Americana Music Awards.
Americana Music Honors & Awards 2015 Winners
Album of the Year: Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, Lucinda Williams (Produced by Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby and Greg Leisz)
Artist of the Year: Sturgill Simpson
Duo / Group of the Year: The Mavericks
Song of the Year: Sturgill Simpson, “Turtles All the Way Down” (Written by Sturgill Simpson)
Emerging Artist of the Year: Shakey Graves
Instrumentalist of the Year: John Leventhal
Spirit of Americana / Free Speech in Music Award: Buffy Sainte-Marie
Lifetime Achievement Award, Trailblazer: Don Henley
Lifetime Achievement Award, Songwriting: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
Lifetime Achievement Award, Instrumentalist: Ricky Skaggs
Lifetime Achievement Award, Performance: Los Lobos
President’s Award: B.B. King
