The Americana Music Association (AMA) – the US one that is – has announced the nominations for their 24th Annual Americana Honours & Awards for 2025. The awards will be presented at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on 10th September 2025. The ceremony is the AMA’s showpiece in the AmericanaFest, which takes place across many venues in Nashville from 9th – 13th of September 2025.
And the nominees are …
Album Of The Year:
“Lonesome Drifter”, Charley Crockett; Produced by Charley Crockett & Shooter Jennings
“Foxes in the Snow”, Jason Isbell; Produced by Jason Isbell & Gena Johnson
“Manning Fireworks”, MJ Lenderman; Produced by Alex Farrar & MJ Lenderman
“South of Here”, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats; Produced by Brad Cook
“Woodland”, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings; Produced by David Rawlings
Artist Of The Year:
Charley Crockett
Sierra Ferrell
Joy Oladokun
Billy Strings
Waxahatchee
Duo/Group Of The Year:
Julien Baker & TORRES
Dawes
Larkin Poe
The Mavericks
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Emerging Act Of The Year:
Noeline Hofmann
MJ Lenderman
Medium Build
Maggie Rose
Jesse Welles
Instrumentalist Of The Year:
Fred Eltringham
Alex Hargreaves
Megan Jane
Kaitlyn Ratio
Seth Taylor
As with all lists and awards, some of the choices will appear safe, others mildly controversial and one or two jaw-dropping. And that’s before genre boundaries are brought into play. Tickets for the awards and for AmericanaFest can be found here.
The AMA has produced a star-studded video introducing the nominees which you can watch below.
