Emmylou Harris gets three Americana Award nominations

The Americana Music Association, who runs the awards ceremony with the (thankfully) shortest list of categories, announced the nominees for 2013 Americana Music Awards in a ceremony on Tuesday at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.

The announcement included a performance by Buddy Miller and host Jim Lauderdale saluting the recently passed George Jones, followed by songs by Lisa Marie Presley with special guests T Bone Burnett, Elizabeth Cook and the Milk Carton Kids.

After a short talk by Burnett, the nominees were announced, led by Shovels & Rope with four nominations followed by Emmylou Harris and Buddy Miller with three each. Veteran artists Jim Lauderdale, Rodney Crowell and Richard Thompson each received two.

The awards ceremony, always very heavy with music, will be September 18 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

The nominees:

Album of the Year

•Buddy & Jim - Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
•Cheaters Game - Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
•From The Ground Up - John Fullbright
•O Be Joyful - Shovels and Rope
•Old Yellow Moon - Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Artist of the Year
•Buddy Miller
•Dwight Yoakam
•Emmylou Harris
•Richard Thompson
Emerging Artist of the Year
•JD McPherson
•John Fullbright
•Milk Carton Kids
•Shovels and Rope
Song of the Year
•Birmingham - Shovels & Rope
•Good Things Happen to Bad People - Richard Thompson
•Ho Hey - The Lumineers
•North Side Gal - JD McPherson
Duo/Group of the Year
•Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis
•Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale
•Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell
•Shovels & Rope
Instrumentalist of the Year
•Doug Lancio
•Greg Leisz
•Jay Bellerose
•Larry Campbell
•Mike Bub

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