Rosanne Cash to receive 2018 Americana Honor
Read about Rosanne Cash’s Americana honor AmericanaFest 2018 Rosanne Cash 2018 “Spirit of Americana” Free Speech Award Honoree The Americana Music Association today announced that Rosanne Cash will receive the “Spirit of Americana” Free Speech Award at this year’s Americana Music Festival and Conference. Cash is a four-time Grammy Award winner and member of the Nashville...
Olivia Records Principals to receive 2018 Americana Honor
Read about the fourth Americana honorees for AmericanaFest 2018 Americana Music Festival and Conference 2018 Honorees for the 2018 Americana Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive Olivia Records’ Judy Dlugacz & Cris Williamson The final recipients for Americana Honors 2018 have just been announced by the Americana Music Association. Judy Dlugacz and Cris Williamson, two of the Olivia Records...
Irma Thomas to receive 2018 Americana Honor
Read about the third Americana honoree for AmericanaFest 2018 Irma Thomas to appear at Americana Music Festival and Conference 2018 Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Performance Award A little touch of New Orleans soul will be present at the Americana Music Festival and Conference this year. Those who have experienced the music scene of New Orleans and attended the city’s Jazz and Heritage Festival would know that soul...
k.d. lang to receive 2018 Americana Honor
Read about the second Americana honoree for AmericanaFest 2018 k.d. lang to appear at Americana Music Festival and Conference 2018 Recipient of Trailblazer Award The Americana Music Association yesterday announced that k.d. lang will receive its Trailblazer Award at the 2018 Americana Honors and Awards Show. k.d. lang is a Western Canada native who began recording in 1984 with her independent release A Truly Western...
AmericanaFest 2017 Wrap
Read about the Americana Music Festival and Conference Just Finished in Nashville By Rob Dickens Introduction “Watch Your Body Parts!” On the United flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles, there was a slightly over-zealous hostess whose commands were delivered within a ‘I-haven’t-got-all-day-to-serve-you’ customer ethos. Somehow the expression is fitting for part of the survival guide for what we have...