Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton Take Top AMA Awards
Posted On September 22, 2016
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The Americana world got dolled up last night and turned out for the Americana Music Association’s 15th annual Awards & Honors event in Nashville. Here’s a list of the winners:
Album of the Year: Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell, produced by Dave Cobb
Artist of the Year: Chris Stapleton
Group/Duo of the Year: Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Song of the Year: “24 Frames” Jason Isbell, written by Jason Isbell
Emerging Artist of the Year: Margo Price
Instrumentalist of the Year: Sara Watkins
Spirit of Americana/Free Speech in Music Award co-presented by the Americana Music
Association and the First Amendment Center: Billy Bragg
Lifetime Achievement Award, Trailblazer: Shawn Colvin
Lifetime Achievement Award, Songwriting: William Bell
Lifetime Achievement Award, Performance: Bob Weir
Lifetime Achievement Award, WagonMaster: Jim Lauderdale
President’s Award: Woody Guthrie
The awards show also paid tribute to folks who have left us in the past year, including Merle Haggard, Allen Toussaint, Ralph Stanley, and Guy Clark. Jim Lauderdale hosted the show, which was punctuated with music from the all-star house band, featuring Dave Cobb, Stuart Duncan, Fred Eltringham, Steve Fishell, Matt Rollings, Chris Wood, and The McCrary Sisters.