2009 Americana Music Festival artists announced

The Americana Music Association has announced its initial lineup of artists confirmed to perform at the upcoming 2009 Americana Music Festival (with additional artists still pending).

Festival showcases will be held Wednesday September 16th-Saturday September 19th at five downtown Nashville venues including: The Mercy Lounge, The Cannery Ballroom, 3rd & Lindsley, The Station Inn and The Basement.
Cross Canadian Ragweed, Will Hoge, J.D. Souther, Marty Stuart, Those Darlins and W.P.A. are among the incredibly talented and diverse roster of artists set to make the 10th annual event a must attend for all fans of great music.

The lineup solidifies and showcases Americana's vibrant and essential place in today's musical landscape. The Americana genre continues to thrive, most notably gaining recent recognition from The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) in the form of a "Best Americana Album" Grammy Award for 2010.

The initial lineup of confirmed showcase artists features:

Among The Oak & Ash
Annie & The Beekeepers
Asleep at the Wheel
Band of Heathens
Baskery
The Belleville Outfit
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles
Bottle Rockets
Elliott Brood
Grayson Capps
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
Come On Go With Us
Amy Cook
Cross Canadian Ragweed
DADDY
Deadstring Brothers
Antje Duvekot
Angela Easterling
Tim Easton
The Farewell Drifters
Radney Foster
Clarence Fountain
Sam Butler & The Boys
Otis Gibbs
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs
Kara Grainger
The Greencards
Will Hoge
Hot Club of Cowtown
Seth James
Sarah Jarosz
Brigid Kaelin
Jim Lauderdale
The Lovell Sisters
Corb Lund
Chuck Mead
Buddy Miller
Scott Miller
Joe Pug
Reckless Kelly
Charlie Robison
Jim Rooney & The Irregulars
The Rustlanders
Matthew Ryan
Keith Sewell
Amanda Shines
Sarah Siskind
The Smart Brothers
J.D. Souther
Amy Speace
Stone River Boys
Marty Stuart
Patrick Sweany
Those Darlins
The Travelin' McCourys & The Lee Boys
The Trishas
Sara Watkins
Shannon Whitworth
Webb Wilder
W.P.A.
Yarn

The 2009 Americana Music Festival is part of the 10th annual Americana Music Festival & Conference, which offers daily seminars, panels and networking opportunities at the Nashville Convention Center, along a stacked lineup of evening showcases.

Registration for the entire Festival & Conference, including a ticket to the critically acclaimed Honors & Awards show, is $350 for AMA members and $450 for non-members through August 31st. Conference registrants also receive entrance and priority access to all showcase performances.

Non conference attendees may buy wristbands granting admission to all venues on all four evenings of live music They're available for only $45 via americanamusic.org and Grimey's New and Preloved Music (1604 8th Ave. South, Nashville).

Presented by the Gibson Foundation, the Americana Honors & Awards Show is attended by 2000 people including artists, fans and entertainment industry executives in one of America's most beloved musical shrines, the historic Ryman Auditorium.

Set for September 17th and hosted by Jim Lauderdale, with Buddy Miller and his all-star band, the ceremony features six member-voted year end annual categories and bestows several Lifetime Achievement Awards.
2009 Lifetime honorees so far include--Asleep at the Wheel (Performance) and Sam Bush (Instrumentalist)--with several more recipients to be announced in the coming weeks.