NPR Presents the 2014 Americana Honors & Awards Show, Now Available for On Demand Streaming

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April 8, 2015; Washington, D.C. / Nashville, Tenn. – Music fans everywhere can now watch a night of special performances by the biggest names in Americana. A set of digitally re-mastered videos from the stage of the 13th annual Americana Music Association’s Honors & Awards show is now archived and available for on-demand streaming exclusively at npr.org/music.

The collection includes following individual performances: 
Cassandra Wilson, “I Want To Be Loved”
Hurray For The Riff Raff, “The Body Electric”
Jackson Browne, “Fountain Of Sorrow”
Jackson Browne, “The Long Way Around”
Loretta Lynn, “Coal Miner’s Daughter”
Robert Ellis, “Only Lies”
Rosanne Cash, “A Feather’s Not A Bird”
Parker Millsap, “Truck Stop Gospel”
Rodney Crowell, “God I’m Missing You”
Sturgill Simpson, “Life Of Sin”

All of these videos are available now at NPR Music’s Americana Music Awards page, where fans can also find an archive of the entire evening, including performances by Loretta Lynn, Jason Isbell, Jackson Browne, JD Souther, Rosanne Cash, Patty Griffin and Robert Plant, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Sturgill Simpson, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Parker Millsap, Robert Ellis, Valerie June, Flaco Jimenez, Taj Mahal, Rodney Crowell, Sarah Jarosz, Cassandra Wilson, The Milk Carton Kids, and The Devil Makes Three.
Jim Lauderdale hosted the 13th annual Americana Music Association’s Honors & Awards on September 17, 2014 at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. Jason Isbell picked up honors for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (for Southeastern, produced by Dave Cobb) and Song of the Year (for “Cover Me Up,” which he performed with his wife Amanda Shires). The program is dedicated to the memory to Americana Music Association Founding Council member Jack Emerson, without whose passion and energy the Association would not have flourished.

Americana Music Honors & Awards 2014 Winners
Album of the Year: Southeastern, Jason Isbell, Producer Dave Cobb
Artist of the Year: Jason Isbell
Duo Group of the Year: The Milk Carton Kids
Song of the Year: “Cover Me Up,” Jason Isbell
Emerging Artist of the Year: Sturgill Simpson
Instrumentalist of the Year: Buddy Miller
Spirit of Americana / Free Speech in Music Award co-presented by the Americana Music Association and the First Amendment Center: Jackson Browne
Lifetime Achievement for Instrumentalist: Flaco Jimenez
Lifetime Achievement for Performance: Taj Mahal
Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriter: Loretta Lynn
President’s Award: Jimmie Rodgers / Award Presented to Jimmie Rodgers Museum in Meridian, MS.

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