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Margo Price, Brandi Carlile, and Charley Crockett have all been nominated for Americana Music Honors and Awards Courtesy of the Americana Music Association The Americana Music Association will hold its 25th annual Americana Music Honors & Awards gala just a few months after America celebrates its 250th. Artists up for top honors include Margo Price, who’s nominated in both the Album and Artist of the Year categories; Ken Pomeroy, who’s up for both Emerging Act and Album of the Year;, and Brandi Carlile, an Artist of the Year nominee whose “Returning to Myself” is also up for Song of the Year. The stacked Artist of the Year category also includes Charley Crockett, Molly Tuttle, and Jesse Welles.
The winners will be revealed at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 16, right in the middle of AmericanaFest, set to take place Sept. 15 through 19 in Music City. Tickets to the trophy toss are available for sale now to AmericanaFest Silver Wristband Holders. Everybody else will have to wait for a general on-sale date to be announced.
2026 Americana Honors & Awards nominees:
Album of the Year: Snipe Hunter, Tyler Childers; Produced by Tyler Childers, Rick Rubin & Nick Sanborn Billionaire, Kathleen Edwards; Produced by Jason Isbell & Gena Johnson Planting by the Signs, S.G. Goodman; Produced by S.G. Goodman, Matthew Rowan & Drew Vandenberg Cruel Joke, Ken Pomeroy; Produced by Colton Jean, Dakota McDaniel & Gary Paczosa Hard Headed Woman, Margo Price; Produced by Matt Ross-Spang
Artist of the Year: Brandi Carlile Charley Crockett Margo Price Molly Tuttle Jesse Welles
Duo/Group of the Year: Flatland Cavalry I’m With Her Mumford & Sons Turnpike Troubadours Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
