Chris Willman Music WriterThe Highwomen, Brittany Howard, Tanya Tucker, Nathaniel Rateliff, Drive-By Truckers and Brandi Carlile are among the multiple nominees announced Monday for this year’s Americana Honors & Awards, set to take place Sept.
16 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.The annual Americana Music Festival originally scheduled for Nashville has been called off, but the show will go on for its centerpiece awards event at the Ryman.
Whether an audience will be permitted that night has yet to be announced; organizers last week said different options were still under consideration.Carlile leads the nominations with five, even though she didn’t have a new solo release this year.
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