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  • May 23, 2011 at 3:46 am #30726
    Lafayette
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    …tomorrow, Monday, May 23 at 2:30 p.m EST. Perfomances by Jim Lauderdale, Levon Helm, The Civil Wars. Roseanne Cash to announce the nominees. Live coverage on Outlaw Country. Details at link below.

    I just know Lu will have a nomination, or two, or three. Best record at the very least.

    http://countrymusicnewsinternational.blogspot.com/2011/05/americana-music-association-to-announce.html

    May 23, 2011 at 7:36 pm #47314
    Lafayette
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    “Blessed” just nominated by the Americana Music Association for 2011 “Album of the Year!”

    Congratulations, Lucinda, TO, and all involved!

    May 23, 2011 at 7:37 pm #47315
    LWjetta
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    Breaking news everyone.
    Blessed nominated for album of the year.
    Great webcast
    Good to see everyone join in on Levon’s “The Weight”
    Larry Campbell, Jim L. Roseanne C. were in fine form.

    lwj
    p.s. You beat me to it by one min. Lafayette

    May 23, 2011 at 7:47 pm #47316
    Lafayette
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    HA! I’m so behind on things around the house here, lwj, but had to watch. Great broadcast. I enjoyed “The Civil Wars” as well.

    May 23, 2011 at 8:51 pm #47317
    Lefty
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    Congrats to Lu & Crew!
    😀

    May 23, 2011 at 10:19 pm #47318
    tntracy
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    @Lefty wrote:

    Congrats to Lu & Crew!
    😀

    I’ll “second” that!

    Tom

    May 23, 2011 at 10:48 pm #47319
    LWjetta
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    Here is the list.
    Gurf M. and Kenny V. made the list as well as one of tntracy’s favorites Jessica Lea Mayfield.

    Americana Music Nominations Announced
    Robert Plant, Elizabeth Cook Lead With Three Nominations Each
    May 23, 2011; Written by CMT.com Staff

    Robert Plant
    Singer-songwriters Robert Plant and Elizabeth Cook lead the list of nominees for the 2011 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards.

    Rosanne Cash announced the list of nominations during a Monday afternoon (May 23) gathering in New York City. She sang at the event that also featured performances by the Civil Wars, Levon Helm and His Dirt Farmer Quartet, Jim Lauderdale and keyboardist Benmont Tench. Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and songwriter-producer T Bone Burnett attended.

    Plant and Cook are each nominated for artist of the year. Plant and the Band of Joy are nominated for duo/group of the year, and the musicians’ Band of Joy is up for album of the year. Cook’s Welder and “El Camino” are nominated for album and song of the year, respectively.

    The 10th annual Americana Music Association Honors & Awards ceremony takes place Oct. 13 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and coincides with the Americana Festival and Conference scheduled for Oct. 12-15.

    Here’s a complete list of this year’s nominations:

    Album of the Year
    Band of Joy, Robert Plant
    Blessed, Lucinda Williams
    Harlem River Blues, Justin Townes Earle
    Welder, Elizabeth Cook

    Song of the Year
    “Down by the Water,” Decemberists with Gillian Welch
    “El Camino,” Elizabeth Cook
    “Harlem River Blues,” Justin Townes Earle
    “Kmag Yoyo,” Hayes Carll

    Artist of the Year
    Hayes Carll
    Elizabeth Cook
    Buddy Miller
    Robert Plant

    New/Emerging Artist
    The Civil Wars
    Jessica Lea Mayfield
    Mumford and Sons
    The Secret Sisters

    Duo/Group
    the Avett Brothers
    The Civil Wars
    Mumford and Sons
    Robert Plant and the Band of Joy

    Instrumentalist
    Sarah Jarosz
    Will Kimbrough
    Buddy Miller
    Gurf Morlix
    Kenny Vaughan

    Congratulations Lucinda
    lwj

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