NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� Singer-songwriters Jason Isbell and Amythyst Kiah are both up for three nominations at this year's Americana Honors and Awards show, which will resume in-person after the pandemic forced the cancellation of last year's awards ceremony.
Nominees were announced on Wednesday for the Sept. 22 show in Nashville, Tennessee. Isbell is nominated for artist of the year, and he and his band are nominated for album of the year for his record " and song of the year for 鈥淒reamsicle.鈥�
Kiah is nominated for song of the year for 鈥淏lack Myself," emerging act of the year and for duo/group of the year for her work in the group .
Also nominated for artist of the year are Brandi Carlile, Kathleen Edwards, Margo Price and Billy Strings.
Other album of the year nominees include Sturgill Simpson for his bluegrass album 鈥淐utting Grass - Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions);" Steve Earle and The Dukes for 鈥淛T," for Earle's son ; Valerie June's 鈥淭he Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers,鈥� and Sarah Jarosz's 鈥漌orld on the Ground."
John Prine, who , earned a posthumous nomination for song of the year, his last recorded song, 鈥淚 Remember Everything,鈥� which also won two this year.
Also nominated for song of the year is Tyler Childers for his song 鈥淟ong Violent History,鈥� and June's duet with Carla Thomas called 鈥淐all Me a Fool.鈥�
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Kristin M. Hall, The Associated Press
