Americana Festival Announces Schedule

Building on last year’s increase in attendance the Americana Music Association is making this 10th anniversary of the yearly event the best yet.

This year’s tribute showcase performance will honor the recently deceased pioneer of the genre, Levon Helm. The winner of the 2010 and 2012′s Best Americana Album GRAMMY Helm will be honored by an as-yet unannounced bill in a performance titled “This Wheel’s on Fire: A Tribute to Levon Helm.”

Click Here for the full schedule of artists and venues for the Americana Music Conference 2012

Another Award for Jerry Douglas

Alison Krauss and Union Station Dobro player Jerry Douglas (Rounder Recording Artist) received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist from the Americana Music Association!

The awards show (last Thursday evening) was hosted for the ninth time by songwriter Jim Lauderdale, and featured live performances by this year's Lifetime Achievement Award recipients; Lucinda Williams, Jerry Douglas and Gregg Allman as well as many of the award nominees.

Dobro virtuoso Jerry Douglas was distinguished as an outstanding instrumentalist for his solo work and collaboration with Alison Krauss and Union Station. He has won 12 Grammy Awards, a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and was named the Artist in Residence for the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.