Buddy Miller & Justin Townes Earle at the 8th Annual Americana Music Association & Honors Awards Show. Photo by Ray Kennedy.

Singer-songwriter-guitarist Buddy Miller dominated the eighth annual Americana Music Association Honors & Awards Thursday night in Nashville, taking home trophies in four of the six categories that recognized this year’s musical achievements within the genre.

Buddy and wife Julie Miller shared Duo/Group of the Year and Album of the Year, for Written In Chalk, while the title track “Chalk” — written by Julie and performed by Buddy with Patty Griffin — claimed Song of the Year.

Justin Townes Earle walked off with New & Emerging Artist and producer-musician Gurf Morlix — who played on Written In Chalk — nabbed Instrumentalist of the Year. Continue Reading

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Miranda Lambert photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Miranda Lambert is barely two weeks away from releasing her third album, Revolution, and she’s packed it with music — 15 tracks in all.

It’s more material than artists usually put on their CDs, and she had to make some financial concessions with her record label to make it happen. But Miranda was willing to do that because she believes so strongly in the music she’s made — and that it belongs together.

“We made this record as a whole album,” she told Billboard. “If we took even one song off, it wouldn’t be complete.” Continue Reading

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Lucinda Williams photo by Danny Clinch, courtesy of UMG Nashville.

With three Grammy Awards to her credit, Lucinda Williams ranks among the top artists in Americana music, and she’s got an unusual concert plan slated this month for the night after the annual Americana Honors & Awards.

Lucinda is set to marry Tom Overby on stage during a concert Sept. 18 at First Avenue in Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. Tom is originally from the Twin Cities area, though he and Lucinda both currently live in Los Angeles. They’ll tie the knot at the end of her regular set before she delivers the encore. Continue Reading

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