Americana Music Association awards

Shockingly, it wasn't televised, so if you haven't heard the winners of this year's batch of Americana Music Association awards last night, here you go. Perhaps we'll get some red-carpet commentary ("Steve Earle! Who are you wearing, dahling?") later from HickoryWind's very own blogfather, Larry, who is attending the festival and conference, the lucky bastard.

Album of the Year: Alison Krauss & Robert Plant/Raising Sand
Artist of the Year: Levon Helm
Duo/Group of the Year: Alison Krauss & Robert Plant
Instrumentalist of the Year: Buddy Miller
New Emerging Artist of the Year: Mike Farris
Song of the Year: "She Left Me for Jesus" by Hayes Carll and Brian Keane

Additional Lifetime Achievement Honors were given to:

Spirit of Americana Free Speech in Music: Joan Baez
Lifetime Achievement/Songwriting: John Hiatt
Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement/Executive: Terry Lickona
Lifetime Achievement/Performance: Jason & The Scorchers
Presidents Award: Jerry Garcia
Lifetime Achievement/Instrumentalist: Larry Campbell
Trailblazer: Nanci Griffith
Lifetime Achievement/Producer/Engineer: Tony Brown