Veteran rocker John Hiatt is to be honored by the Americana Music Association (AMA) with a lifetime achievement award for his songwriting.

The Grammy-nominated star, 55, will join previous recipients of the accolade including Willie Nelson, Rodney Crowell and Billy Joe Shaver, when he is presented with the award on September 18 at the Nashville, Tennessee event.

Jed Hilly, the AMA's executive director, says, "It's a privilege to honor John Hiatt. He is the essence of what the Americana songwriter award is all about - a true artist, a performer and songwriter whose work is steeped...

Jimi Hendrix and beloved country icons Vince Gill and Barbara Mandrell are to be inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee. The trio will join Rodney Crowell, songwriter Bob DiPiero and late producer Buddy Killen as the latest inductees next month.

All but Hendrix have obvious ties to the city's music scene; the guitar great moved to Nashville in 1962 after being discharged from the Army at nearby Fort Campbell in Kentucky. He performed in Nashville at a series of city clubs before moving to New York.

The Music City Walk of Fame was created in 2006 to hon...

LOS ANGELES -- 12-time Grammy Award-winner Emmylou Harris retraces the back roads of her remarkable musical journey that spans more than three decades with a highly personalized, far-reaching boxed set spotlighting her favorite tracks and difficult-to-find or previously unreleased gems.

Rhino lets one of the most instantly recognizable voices of any genre call the tunes for this four-CD and one-DVD collection of career favorites, difficult-to-find material and live performances from her days with Gram Parsons and, later, the Hot Band to her bluegrass material and her fascinating concep...

Recorded in Nashville and produced by Grammy winner, Steve Buckingham, "Pretty Little Stranger" highlights the soulful sound of Joan Osborne with elements of country blues and Americana. This 12 song collection features six original tunes written by Joan including the first single, "Who Divided", "Shake That Devil", "After Jane" and the title track and also compositions by Kris Kristofferson ("Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends"), Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter ("Brokedown Palace") and Patty Griffin ("What You Are").

Joan stated, "I would call this my version of a country record -- ...

Legendary singer Neil Young has won the Artist Of The Year prize at the Americana Honors and Awards in Nashville, Tennessee.

The 60-year-old was honoured for his latest LP, protest album Living With War, at a ceremony last night.

James McMurtry win the Album Of The Year and Song Of The Year awards for Childish Things and We Can't Make It Here Anymore, respectively. Drive-By Truckers were named Group Of The Year, guitarist Kenny Vaughan is Instrumentalist Of The Year. Rodney Crowell and Alejandro Escovedo won Lifetime Achievement awards.

The Americana awards honour country...

The Wreckers, consisting of Michelle Branch & Jessica Harp, are modern country with a pop twist, and a little rock & roll tossed in for that extra bite. Michelle and Jessica met when they were both struggling in the music business. Michelle broke with her 2001 solo release on Maverick, The Spirit Room. Still in her teens, she was swept onto major tours and recruited by legendary guitarist Carlos Santana for Grammy-winning duet, “Game of Love.” Her second release, Hotel Paper, hit number two on Billboard’s Hot 200.

Michelle invited Jessica to join her on the road after trading email...