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Americana Music Association 2018 Honors and Awards Nominees announced

Margo Price performs onstage during the 2017 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards on September 13, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Margo Price performs onstage during the 2017 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards on September 13, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee.Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Americana Music

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by Bill DeVille and Luke Taylor

May 15, 2018

The nominees for the 2018 Americana Music Association's Honors and Awards were announced Tuesday in a ceremony hosted by Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan of the Milk Carton Kids. The ceremony, which was live-streamed from Nashville, Tenn., also included performances by the nominees for the 2018 Instrumentalist of the Year: Daniel Donato (guitar), Molly Tuttle (guitar), Jerry Pentecost (drums) and Brittany Haas (fiddle).

Winners in each category will be honored on Sept. 12, 2018, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, during the Americana Music Association's annual festival and conference.

Here is a summary of the nominees in each category:

2018 Emerging Artist of the Year Nominees
• Courtney Marie Andrews
• Tyler Childers
• Anderson East
• Lilly Hiatt

2018 Duo/Group of the Year Nominees
• I'm With Her
• Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
• Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real
• Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats

2018 Song of the Year Nominees
• "A Little Pain" - Margo Price (written by Price)
• "All The Trouble" - Lee Ann Womack (written by Womack, Waylon Payne, and Adam Wright)
• "If We Were Vampires" - Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit (written by Isbell)
• "The Joke" - Brandi Carlile (written by Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth)

2018 Instrumentalist of the Year Nominees
• Daniel Donato - guitar
• Molly Tuttle - guitar
• Jerry Pentecost - drums
• Brittany Haas - fiddle

2018 Americana Artist of the Year Nominees
• Brandi Carlile
• Jason Isbell
• Margo Price
• John Prine

2018 Album of the Year Nominees
• All American Made - Margo Price, Produced by Jeremy Ivey, Alex Munoz, Margo Price and Matt Ross-Spang
• By The Way, I Forgive You - Brandi Carlile, produced by Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings
• The Nashville Sound - Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, produced by Dave Cobb
• Rifles and Rosary Beads - Mary Gauthier, produced by Neilson Hubbard

Americana Music Association - official site

Ryman Auditorium - official site

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