americana music festival

Giddens and Johnson will be the first two recipients of the Legacy of Americana Award, a partnership between the Americana Music Association and NMAAM.

That's a HUGE list!

AmericanaFest -- also known as the Americana Music Festival & Conference -- turns 20 in 2019.

The Americana music community will gather in Nashville this fall to celebrate "distinguished members" of the Americana music community with Americana Music Association's member-voted trophies and Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Dang -- what a lineup!

Yes, the nominees for Artist of the Year are all women -- but there's another factor to this nominations list that's even more striking.

Nope -- Jason Isbell isn't anywhere on this list.

Some of Americana's brightest stars and most talented vocalists teamed up to honor Aretha Franklin with a rendition of "Chain of Fools" during the 2018 Americana Honors & Awards ceremony.

The explosion of music out of FAME Studios in the '60s, '70s and beyond was, in some senses, a cultural snapshot of the day, with many of the hits produced doubling as anthems for the women's rights movement, the civil rights movement and other causes.

Cauthen assembled an all-star crew -- including some surprise guests -- for his Big Velvet Revue at AmericanaFest 2018.