2010 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Nominees

The 2010 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards will be held September 9th at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Nominees are:

Album of the Year
The List, by Rosanne Cash
A Friend of a Friend, by Dave Rawlings Machine
Downtown Church, by Patty Griffin
A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is no c), by Ray Wylie Hubbard

Artist of the Year
Ryan Bingham
Patty Griffin
Levon Helm
Steve Earle
Ray Wylie Hubbard

Duo Group of the Year
The Avett Brothers
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Band of Heathens
Dave Rawlings Machine

Instrumentalist of the Year
Buddy Miller
Dave Rawlings
Will Kimbrough
Sam Bush

New & Emerging Artist
Sarah Jarosz
Ryan Bingham
Hayes Carll
Corb Lund
Joe Pug

Song of the Year
"The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)" written by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett and performed by Ryan Bingham
"Drunken Poets Dream" written by Hayes Carll and Ray Wylie Hubbard and performed by Ray Wylie Hubbard
"Ruby" written by Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch and performed by Dave Rawlings Machine
"I and Love and You" written and performed by The Avett Brothers

Left Bank of the Charles will vouch for Patty Griffin, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dave Rawlings (although we haven't seen the Machine), Buddy Miller, The Weary Kind, and Patty Griffin again (true story).