2022 Americana Music Honors & Awards

2022 Americana Music Honors & Awards
2022 Americana Music Honors & Awards
Date	September 14, 2022
Location	Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, Tennessee
Most nominations	Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell and Yola (3)
Website	americanamusic.org/awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	Circle, PBS,

The 2022 Americana Music Honors & Awards ceremony was held on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at Ryman Auditorium the in Nashville, Tennessee. The marquee event for the Americana Music Association, artists are awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry.

Performers


Artist(s)	Song(s)
Neal Francis	"You Can't Stop the Rain"
James McMurtry	"Canola Fields"
The Fairfield Four	"Rock My Soul"
Morgan Wade	"Run"
The War and Treaty	"That's How Love is Made"
Lukas Nelson	Tribute to Don Williams "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good"
JP Harris	Tribute to Luke Bell "The Bullfighter"
Sierra Ferrell	"At the End of the Rainbow"
Lyle Lovett Chris Isaak	"We Gave Each Other COVID" "Somebody's Crying"
Adia Victoria	"Ain't Killed Me Yet"
Allison Russell Brandi Carlile	"You're Not Alone"
Lucinda Williams	"Can't Let Go"
Buddy Miller The McCrary Sisters	"Wide River to Cross"
Lyle Lovett Bill Payne	"Willin'"
Brandi Carlile Lucius	"You and Me on the Rock"
The Milk Carton Kids	"Something Fine"
Indigo Girls Brandi Carlile	"Galileo"
The McCrary Sisters	Tribute to Deborah McCrary "Amazing Grace"
The McCrary Sisters Sierra Ferrell Allison Russell Lucius JP Harris Neal Francis	"I'll Take You There

The eligibility period for the 21st Americana Music Honors & Awards is April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. The nominees were announced on May 16, 2022 by The War and Treaty at the annual Nominations Ceremony, which was held at the National Museum of African American Music, which featured performances by Adia Victoria and Fisk Jubilee Singers and was livestreamed on Facebook.^[1]^[2] Winners in Bold.

Artist of the Year	Album of the Year
Billy Strings Brandi Carlile Jason Isbell Allison Russell Yola	Outside Child - Allison Russell In These Silent Days - Brandi Carlile Raise the Roof - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss A Southern Gothic - Adia Victoria Stand for Myself - Yola
Song of the Year	Emerging Act of the Year
"Right on Time" - Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth "Canola Fields" - James McMurtry "Diamond Studded Shoes" - Dan Auerbach, Natalie Hemby, Aaron Lee Tasjan and Yola "Juanita" - Sturgill Simpson "Persephone" - Jeremy Lindsay and Allison Russell	Sierra Ferrell Neal Francis Brittney Spencer Adia Victoria Morgan Wade
Duo/Group of the Year	Instrumentalist of the Year
The War and Treaty Big Thief Los Lobos The Mavericks Robert Plant and Alison Krauss	Larissa Maestro Ethan Ballinger Brian Farrow Shelby Means Justin Moses

The 2022 Lifetime Achievement honorees were announced on August 23, 2022.^[3]