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Coffee Break: 2022 Americana Honors and Awards nominees -

Coffee Break: 2022 Americana Honors and Awards nominees

Adia Victoria performs at the 2022 Americana Honors & Awards Nominations Ceremony at The National Museum of African American Music on May 16, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Adia Victoria performs at the 2022 Americana Honors & Awards Nominations Ceremony at The National Museum of African American Music on May 16, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee. Jason Kempin/Getty Images

by Jill Riley and Luke Taylor

May 17, 2022

The nominees for the 2022 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards were announced Monday afternoon in a ceremony held at the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) in Nashville. The nominees across six categories include artists like Brandi Carlile, Yola, Adia Victoria, Big Thief, The War and Treaty, and the duo of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.

The winners will be named at the 21st Annual Americana Music Association Honors and Awards ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. We’ve got some time to wait on that, but before then, let’s celebrate all the nominees. For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs by the 2022 Americana Honors and Awards nominees do you want to hear?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played:
Brandi Carlile - Right On Time
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Searching For My Love
Yola - Diamond Studded Shoes
Sturgill Simpson - Juanita feat. Willie Nelson
Adia Victoria - Magnolia Blues
Allison Russell - Persephone
Billy Strings - Red Daisy
Morgan Wade - Wilder Days (bonus track!)