The Mix: Americana Music Awards

On Oct. 13, NPR Music and Folk Alley return to Nashville to present a live webcast of the Americana Music Association's 10th Annual Honors and Awards show from the Ryman Auditorium. The event will feature live performances by this year's Lifetime Achievement Award recipients — Lucinda Williams, Jerry Douglas and Gregg Allman — as well as many of the award nominees, including Robert Plant, The Civil Wars, Justin Townes Earle, Hayes Carll, Elizabeth Cook and more.

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Folk Alley's Jessie Scott will host the live webcast. Join us on Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT) to listen to the event.

This mix features all of 2011's AMA Honors and Awards recipients and nominees, plus a sampling of artists performing at the Americana Music Festival, taking place around the city of Nashville in five venues on Oct. 12-15.

Click for more information on the AMA Festival and Awards Show.

Artists In This Mix

The Allman Brothers • Amanda Shires • The Avett Brothers • Bela Fleck • Blackie & The Rodeo Kings • Brian Wright • Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis • Buddy Miller • Carrie Rodriguez & Ben Kyle • The Civil Wars • David Crosby • David Wax Museum • The Decemberists • Elephant Revival • Elizabeth Cook • The Greencards • Gregg Allman • Gurf Morlix • Hayes Carll • Jerry Douglas • Jessica Lea Mayfield • Jim Lauderdale • Justin Townes Earle • Kenny Vaughan • Lori McKenna • Lucinda Williams • Malcolm Holcombe • Matraca Berg • Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore • Mountain Heart • Mumford & Sons • Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band • Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three • Sarah Jarosz • The Secret Sisters • Sierra Hull • Tara Nevins • Will Kimbrough • The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore

THE 2011 AMERICANA MUSIC ASSOCIATION HONORS AND AWARDS NOMINEES

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Band of Joy, Robert Plant

Welder, Elizabeth Cook

Harlem River Blues, Justin Townes Earle

Blessed, Lucinda Williams

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Buddy Miller

Elizabeth Cook

Hayes Carll

Robert Plant

NEW/EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR

The Civil Wars

Mumford And Sons

The Secret Sisters

Jessica Lea Mayfield

DUO/GROUP OF THE YEAR

The Avett Brothers

The Civil Wars

Mumford And Sons

Robert Plant and the Band Of Joy

SONG OF THE YEAR

Decemberists with Gillian Welch - "Down By The Water"

Elizabeth Cook - "El Camino"

Hayes Carll - "Kmag Yoyo"

Justin Townes Earle - "Harlem River Blues"

INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR

Buddy Miller

Gurf Morlix

Kenny Vaughan

Sarah Jarosz

Will Kimbrough