Chris Willman Music WriterBrandi Carlile, Sturgill Simpson and the late John Prine were among those receiving kudos at Wednesday night’s 20th annual Americana Honors & Awards, which returned to an in-person ceremony at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium after being announced online last year due to the pandemic.Even without having a new album out — yet (there’s one coming Oct.
1) — Carlile was named artist of the year, an honor she previously picked up in 2019.John Prine won artist of the year in 2020, posthumously — but that didn’t mean he was done winning plaudits from the Americana Music Association, as he merited one (presumably) final trophy this year, too, for song of the year.
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