ESTEEMED MUSICIAN, SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER
BUDDY MILLER CALLS ON
RY COODER, DON WAS, JOACHIM COODER, FATS KAPLIN, TIM LAUER AND THE MCCRARY SISTERS TO PLAY IN THE AMERICANA ALL-STAR BAND
DURING THE 2014 AMERICANA HONORS AND AWARDS CEREMONY
Awards Nominations To Be Announced May 12, 2014
via SiriusXM Outlaw Country and Streamed via Music City Roots
Program returns to Austin City Limits slot on PBS in Fall 2014
Nashville, TN – May 8, 2014 -- The Americana Music Association is excited to announce that Buddy Miller will return to lead the Americana All-Star house band for the upcoming 2014 honors and awards ceremony, which is set to take place on September 17, 2014 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Miller, an Americana and Grammy award winning singer, songwriter and producer, will bring together some of the finest musicians in the world including Ry Cooder, Don Was, Joachim Cooder, Fats Kaplin, Tim Lauer and the McCrary Sisters to play alongside those nominated for awards this year. Nominees will be announced on May 12, 2014 at 11am PDT, 1pm CDT and 2pm EDT, live on SiriusXM Outlaw Country and streamed via musiccityroots.com.
Miller has always brought together the best instrumentalists available to play in the All-Star Band. “One of the great joys of the Americana Awards show is getting to play with and hear the incredible House Band Buddy Miller has put together,” said Bonnie Raitt, Americana's 2012 Lifetime Achievement for Performance honoree. “I know all of us wish we could just stop and cut a record right then and there. Just killer and how lucky are we?” In previous years he’s relied on Spooner Oldham, Larry Campbell, Greg Leisz, Brady Blade and Luther and Cody Dickinson to name a few.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Americana Honors & Awards will air as a special ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014, produced in conjunction with High Five Entertainment, KLRU Public Television and Lickonavision (producers of Austin City Limits), later this fall.
Tickets for the Americana Honors & Awards are only available to Americana Music Festival & Conference Registrants, which can be purchased here
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About the Americana Music Association
The Americana Music Association is a professional not-for-profit trade organization whose mission is to advocate for the authentic voice of American roots music around the world. The Association produces events throughout the year including the annual Americana Music Festival and Conference, Presented by Nissan, and the critically acclaimed Americana Honors & Awards program. For more information please visit www.americanamusic.org.
About the Americana Festival and Conference
The 15th annual Americana Music Festival and Conference will take place September 17 - 21, 2014. The event brings together fans and music industry executives alike offering four days of celebration through seminars, panels and networking opportunities by day and raw, battery–recharging showcases each evening. The Americana Honors and Awards Show is the featured performance of the festivities taking place at the historic Ryman Auditorium and, in 2013, was broadcast live on AXS TV and featured on PBS in an edited one hour version called ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2013.
