Americana Music Association Announces 2013 Award Nominees

By Mark Rozeman at 5:28 PM on May 14, 2013

Early today, the nominees for the 2013 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards show were announced from the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, Calif.  read more

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HGTV and Paste Present Stages on Sixth SXSW Day Parties

By Paste Staff at 3:16 PM on February 5, 2013

This year's Paste party at SXSW will be bigger than ever. Four days. Forty-four bands.  read more

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Elvis Costello Discusses National Ransom

By Kasia Pilat at 4:46 PM on September 10, 2010

Slowly but surely, your friends here at Paste have been sharing news about Elvis Costello’s upcoming album National Ransom, which is now due out in November. Well, we’ve got some more information, this time from the man himself....  read more

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Avett Brothers, Dave Rawlings, Ray Wylie Hubbard Lead Americana Music Awards 2010 Nominees

By Kristen Callihan at 4:00 PM on May 12, 2010

The nominees for the ninth annual Americana Music Awards have been announced, and they include Paste favorites The Avett Brothes (Duo/Group of the Year and Song of the Year for “I and Love and You,”), Carolina Chocolate Drops (Duo/Group of the Year) and many more....  read more

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Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson's Handwritten Lyrics Featured in Nashville Exhibit

By Christina Lee at 8:45 AM on December 14, 2009

Rosanne Cash, The Fray, Michael McDonald and 45 more also featured in tonight's event...  read more

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The Duhks, Jim Lauderdale, The Gourds, Many More to Play Shakori Hills Fest 2009

By Christina Lee at 12:30 PM on August 28, 2009

For the sixth time, the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival promises four days of song and dance through more than 40 musicians and performers. ...  read more

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MerleFest announces 2009 line-up

By Mary Kate Varnau at 9:30 AM on October 31, 2008

MerleFest, one of the nation's largest folk music festivals, has just announced the line-up for its 22nd annual festival. Slated to run April 23-26, this year's events include performances by Emmylou Harris, Jim Lauderdale, Travis Tritt and Jerry Douglas, Tift Merritt, the Del McCoury Band, and, of course, the father of MerleFest, Doc Watson. ...  read more

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Plant & Krauss, Joan Baez, more win at Americana Awards

By Nick Marino at 11:15 AM on September 19, 2008

[Above: Alison Krauss and Robert Plant]Alison Krauss & Robert Plant—the roots-music queen and the former Led Zep banshee—pulled down Album of the Year and Duo/Group of the Year honors Thursday night at the Americana Music Awards, a loose and congenial affair held at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the so-called “mother church of country music.”...  read more

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MerleFest Puts On Songwriting Contest

By Paste Staff at 11:13 AM on December 8, 2006

MerleFest, which honors the memory of the late Merle Waston, has announced that Jim Lauderdale will serve as Honorary Chairperson of the Chris Austin Songwriting contest; entries for the contest must be received by March 4, 2007. Lauderdale will be accompanied by a group of Nashville music industry figures to evaluate the entries; the panel will then choose three finalists for the categories of country, bluegrass, gospel and general. The finals will be at MerleFest 2007 on April 27 on the Christ Austin Stage. For more information, click here. ...  read more

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Jim Lauderdale - Headed For the Hills

By Tim Sheridan at 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Jim Lauderdale has always followed his muse wherever it moseyed. In recent years he’s collaborated with bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley and rootsy jam-band favorites Donna the Buffalo...  read more

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