Lifestyle FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 Jason Isbell extends legacy at Americana Honors and Awards
Jason Isbell accepts the album of the year award for “Something More Performers sing “Will the Circle be Unbroken” during the finale at the Americana Music Association Honors Than Free” at the Americana Music Association Honors & Awards & Awards Show. Show. — AP photos
inger songwriter Jason Isbell 2015 album “Traveller” became a you let him stand on this very stage won album of the year and song breakaway platinum hit, took home and impersonate Hank Williams,” Bragg Sof the year at the 2016 artist of the year. Stapleton said that joked of Hiddleston’s role in the Americana Honors and Awards show, before his successful solo country Williams biopic “I Saw the Light.” extending his legacy as the star of career took off, he wished he could Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir got a Americana music. Since launching his play the Americana award show. standing ovation after receiving the solo career after years with the Drive- “I used to play in a little bluegrass lifetime achievement award for per- By Truckers, Isbell has been racking up band called the SteelDrivers,” he said formance, while soul songwriter both critical acclaim as well as “We were just starting out and we William Bell received the lifetime Americana and Grammy awards with would beg and beg and beg to do achievement award for songwriting his Southern rock albums. He won something. So to be here tonight and sang a duet with Bonnie Raitt. Wednesday night for his album means a great deal to me.” The emerg- Grammy-winning folk singer “Something More Than Free,” and his ing artist of the year award went to Shawn Colvin received the trailblazer song, “24 Frames.” Margo Price, who sounds like rock ver- award and the president’s award went “This community has given us a sion of Loretta Lynn with her hard to the late folk singer-songwriter place that was a lot bigger than it used livin’ lyrics on her critically acclaimed Nathaniel Rateliff, center, and The Night Sweats perform at the Woodie Guthrie. Jim Lauderdale, the to be,” Isbell said during the show at debut album “Midwest Farmer’s Americana Music Association Honors & Awards Show. longtime award show host, choked up the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Daughter.” outlaws, some of the people that After British singer Billy Bragg after he was given the WagonMaster Tennessee. “I am not a part of the first Price spent years trying to shop her passed on my record, who may be received the spirit of Americana free award by country legend George generation or the second generation music to Music City’s major labels and here.” Emmylou Harris and Rodney speech in music award, he thanked Strait, who has recorded several of or even the third generation of finally found a home at rocker Jack Crowell won for duo/group of the year Nashville for its generosity to “wayward Lauderdale’s songs. The two per- Americana performers.” Country singer White’s label, Third Man Records. She and fiddler Sara Watkins won the Englishmen.” “Not only did you let Tom formed a rousing rendition of “King of and songwriter Chris Stapleton, whose thanked her family, “my in-laws, my instrumentalist of the year. Hiddleston go out with Taylor Swift, Broken Hearts.” — AP
Chris Stapleton accepts the artist of the year award at the William Bell accepts the lifetime achievement award for Bob Weir accepts the lifetime achievement award for per- Americana Music Association Honors & Awards Show. songwriting. formance.
Bruce Hornsby presents an award at the Americana Music Association Honors & Margo Price accepts the emerging artist of Billy Bragg receives the Spirit of Emmylou Harris, left, and Rodney Crowell Awards Show. the year award. Americana Free Speech Award. accept their awards for group/duo of the year.