The music-filled evening also featured lifetime achievement honors and tributes to albums marking milestones.

This week’s Classic Americana feature highlights a prolific singer-songwriter who provides a song that’s perfect for the end of summer.

The Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax, Va., features mostly amateur musicians playing Bluegrass and Old Time music. At age 89, it's the oldest continuous competition of its kind in the U.S.

This week’s Classic Americana pick honors a hitmaking singer who also became a champion for people with speech impairment: Mel Tillis.

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we spotlight an artist known as a godfather of Americana: Rodney Crowell. He’s an artist who has written many songs for other artists, and he also has enjoyed success as a singer-songwriter under his own name.

The mandolin virtuoso captivates with her deep storytelling and incredibly fast fingerpicking.

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we celebrate Carly Simon, one of the most prolific and dominant singer-songwriters of the late 20th century, whose career continues to this day.

Citing increased rent and a desire to retire, the store’s owners say the business will shutter on July 31.

The Eau Claire, Wisconsin, five-piece Americana outfit performed a session for Radio Heartland.

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary performer Clifton Chenier, known as the King of Zydeco.