Americana Awards 2017: Van Morrison, Graham Nash Added as Performers
Upcoming show will feature performers John Prine, Drive-By Truckers, Lumineers and more
Van Morrison will be among the performers at the Americana Music
Association's annual Honors & Awards in Nashville September 13th
Eclectic UK rock legends Van Morrison and Graham Nash, both of whom
have been directly influenced by American music will both take the stage
to perform at the Americana Honors & Awards Show on September 13th
at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
Morrison, who will receive a Lifetime Achievement honor for songwriting, also has a full-length concert scheduled at the Ascend Amphitheater in Music City
on September 14th. He'll be joined onstage by his daughter. Nash, a
former member of the Hollies and Crosby, Still, Nash & Young, is set
to receive the Spirit of Americana Free Speech in Music Award.
Also
performing at the 16th annual awards ceremony are John Prine, the
Drive-by Truckers and the Lumineers, along with Rodney Crowell, Robert
Cray and Hi Rhythm, Iris DeMent, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous
Superlatives, Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, Old Crow Medicine Show and Lori
McKenna.
Nominated artists Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Rhiannon
Giddens, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Brent Cobb, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Sam
Outlaw and Amanda Shires will also take the stage to perform. Leading
the nominees is Sturgill Simpson, with three nominations including
Album, Artist and Song of the Year. A diverse lineup of more than 230
acts will appear at various venues throughout the six-day AmericanaFest.
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