The Americana Music Association has unveiled the nominees for its 24th annual Americana Honors & Awards, with the list revealed via a social media announcement by artists including Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves, Molly Tuttle, S.G. Goodman, Jim Lauderdale, and Kashus Culpepper .

The Artist of the Year category features a standout roster: Sierra Ferrell, Billy Strings, Charley Crockett, Joy Oladokun, and Waxahatchee are all in the running . Notably, Sierra Ferrell—who claimed the title last year—now vies to become the second woman ever to win Artist of the Year twice and the first to win back-to-back, while Billy Strings could become just the second artist to secure three or more wins in this category .

In the Album of the Year race, Charley Crockett’s Lonesome Drifter (co-produced with Shooter Jennings) goes head-to-head with Jason Isbell’s Foxes in the Snow, MJ Lenderman’s Manning Fireworks, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats’ South of Here, and Woodland by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings .

The DUO/GROUP OF THE YEAR category includes Julien Baker & TORRES, Dawes, Larkin Poe, The Mavericks, and Gillian Welch & David Rawlings .

For Emerging Act of the Year, the nominees are Noeline Hofmann, MJ Lenderman, Medium Build, Maggie Rose, and Jesse Welles .

Instrumentalist of the Year nominations highlight Fred Eltringham, Alex Hargreaves, Megan Jane, Kaitlyn Raitz, and Seth Taylor .

The Song of the Year category presents five compelling tracks: “Johnny Moonshine” by Maggie Antone (written alongside Natalie Hemby & Aaron Raitiere), “Ancient Light” by I’m With Her (Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins), “Wristwatch” by MJ Lenderman, “Sunshine Getaway” by JD McPherson (with Page Burkum & Jack Torrey), and “Heartless” by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats .

The 2025 Americana Honors & Awards ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at Nashville’s iconic Ryman Auditorium—anchoring AMERICANAFEST 2025, which runs from September 9 to 13.