Recipient Archive
2012
Album of the Year
This One’s For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark – Winner
Various artists, Produced by Tamara Saviano and Shawn Camp
(Icehouse Music)
Here We Rest, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Lightning Rod Records
I’ll Never Get Out of this World Alive, Steve Earle, New West Records
The Harrow & The Harvest, Gillian Welch, Acony Records
Song of the Year
“Alabama Pines” – Winner
Written by Jason Isbell and performed by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
“Come Around” – Written and performed by Sarah Jarosz
“I Love” – Written by Tom T. Hall and performed by Patty Griffin
“Waitin’ On The Sky” – Written and performed by Steve Earle
Artist of the Year
Gillian Welch - Winner
Hayes Carll, Jason Isbell, Justin Townes Earle
Duo/Group of the Year
The Civil Wars - Winner
Carolina Chocolate Drops, Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Punch Brothers
Instrumentalist of the Year
Dave Rawlings - Winner
Buddy Miller, Chris Thile, Darrell Scott
Emerging Artist of the Year
Alabama Shakes - Winner
Dawes, Deep Dark Woods, Robert Ellis
Lifetime Achievement for Performance
Bonnie Raitt
Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist
Booker T. Jones
Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting
Richard Thompson
Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive
Dennis Lord
2011
Album of the Year
Band of Joy - Winner
Robert Plant
(Rounder)
Welder, Elizabeth Cook, 31 Tigers
Harlem River Blues, Justin Townes Earle, Bloodshot
Blessed, Lucinda Williams, Lost Highway
Song of the Year
“Harlem River Blues” - Winner
appears on Harlem River Blues
by Justin Townes Earle
“Down By The Water”, appears on The King Is Dead by The Decemberists
“El Camino”, appears on Welder by Elizabeth Cook
“KMAG YOYO”, appears on KMAG YOYO by Hayes Carll
Artist of the Year
Buddy Miller - Winner
Elizabeth Cook, Hayes Carll, Robert Plant
Duo/Group of the Year
Avett Brothers - Winner
Civil Wars, Mumford & Sons, Robert Plant & the Band of Joy
Instrumentalist of the Year
Buddy Miller - Winner
Gurf Morlix, Kenny Vaughan, Sarah Jarosz, Will Kimbrough
New/Emerging Artist of the Year
Mumford & Sons - Winner
Civil Wars, Secret Sisters, Jessica Lea Mayfield
Americana Trailblazer Award
Bob Harris
Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive
Rick Hall
Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist
Jerry Douglas
Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance
Gregg Allman
Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting
Lucinda Williams
2010
Album of the Year
The List - Winner
Rosanne Cash
(Manhattan)
A Friend of a Friend, Dave Rawlings Machine, Acony
Downtown Church, Patty Griffin, Credential
A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C), Ray Wylie Hubbard, Bordello
Song of the Year
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” - Winner
appears on Crazy Heart film soundtrack
by Ryan Bingham
“Drunken Poet’s Dream”, appears on A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C) by Ray Wylie Hubbard
“Ruby”, appears on A Friend of a Friend by Dave Rawlings Machine
“I and Love and You”, appears on I and Love and You by Avett Brothers
Artist of the Year
Ryan Bingham - Winner
Patty Griffin, Levon Helm, Steve Earle, Ray Wylie Hubbard
Duo/Group of the Year
Avett Brothers - Winner
Carolina Chocolate Drops, Band of Heathens, Dave Rawlings Machine
Instrumentalist of the Year
Buddy Miller - Winner
Dave Rawlings, Will Kimbrough, Sam Bush
New/Emerging Artist of the Year
Hayes Carll - Winner
Sarah Jarosz, Ryan Bingham, Corb Lund, Joe Pug
First Amendment Center/Americana Music Association
“Spirit of Americana” Free Speech Award
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive
Luke Lewis
Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist
Greg Leisz
Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance
Wanda Jackson
Lifetime Achievement Award Producer/Engineer
Brian Ahern
Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting
John Mellencamp
2009
Album of the Year
Written in Chalk - Winner
Buddy & Julie Miller
(New West)
Real Animal, Alejandro Escovedo, Back Porch
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Lightning Rod
Midnight At The Movies, Justin Townes Earle, Bloodshot
Song of the Year
“Chalk” - Winner
appears on Written in Chalk
by Buddy & Julie Miller
“Country Love”, appears on Haymaker! by The Gourds
“Homeland Refugee”, appears on Hills & Valleys by The Flatlanders
“Rattlin’ Bones”, appears on Rattlin Bones by Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
“Sex & Gasoline”, appears on Sex & Gasoline by Rodney Crowell
Artist of the Year
Buddy Miller - Winner
Alejandro Escovedo, Justin Townes Earle, Raul Malo
Duo/Group of the Year
Buddy & Julie Miller - Winner
The Flatlanders, Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, Reckless Kelly
Instrumentalist of the Year
Gurf Morlix - Winner
Buddy Miller, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush
New/Emerging Artist of the Year
Justin Townes Earle - Winner
Band of Heathens, Belleville Outfit, Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles
Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive
Ken Levitan
Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist
Sam Bush
Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance
Asleep At The Wheel
Lifetime Achievement Award for Producer/Engineer
Jim Rooney
Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting
John Fogerty
President’s Award
Lowell George
2008
Album of the Year
Raising Sand - Winner
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
(Rounder)
Trouble In Mind, Hayes Carll, Lost Highway
Just Us Kids, James McMurtry, Lightning Rod
Dirt Farmer, Levon Helm, Vanguard
Song of the Year
“She Left Me For Jesus” - Winner
appears on Trouble In Mind
by Hayes Carll
“Broken”, appears on Another Country by Tift Merritt
“Cheney’s Toy”, appears on Just Us Kids by James McMurtry
“Gone Gone Gone”, appears on Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
“Poor Old Dirt Farmer”, appears on Dirt Farmer by Levon Helm
Artist of the Year
Levon Helm - Winner
Steve Earle, Jim Lauderdale, James McMurtry
Duo/Group of the Year
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Winner
Drive-By Truckers, Kane Welch Kaplin, The Avett Brothers
Instrumentalist of the Year
Buddy Miller - Winner
Chris Thile, Gurf Morlix, Sam Bush
New/Emerging Artist of the Year
Mike Farris - Winner
Justin Townes Earle, Ryan Bingham, SteelDrivers
Americana Trailblazer Award
Nanci Griffith
First Amendment Center/Americana Music Association
“Spirit of Americana” Free Speech Award
Joan Baez
Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive
Terry Lickona
Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist
Larry Campbell
Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance
Jason & The Scorchers
Lifetime Achievement Award for Producer/Engineer
Tony Brown
Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting
John Hiatt
President’s Award
Jerry Garcia
2007
Album of the Year
Children Running Through - Winner
Patty Griffin
(ATO)
Emotionalism, The Avett Brothers, Ramseur
Modern Times, Bob Dylan, Columbia
West, Lucinda Williams, Lost Highway
Song of the Year
“Hank Williams’ Ghost” - Winner
appears on Invisible Man
by Darrell Scott
“It Takes Balls To Be A Woman”, appears on Balls by Elizabeth Cook
“Are You Alright?”, appears on West by Lucinda Williams
“Heavenly Day”, appears on Children Running Through by Patty Griffin
Artist of the Year
Patty Griffin - Winner
Joe Ely, Lucinda Williams, Todd Snider
Duo/Group of the Year
Avett Brothers - Winner
The Duhks, Hacienda Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, Son Volt
Instrumentalist of the Year
Buddy Miller - Winner
Gurf Morlix, Sam Bush, Will Kimbrough
New/Emerging Artist of the Year
Avett Brothers - Winner
Amy LaVere, Sunny Sweeney, Uncle Earl
Americana Trailblazer Award
Lyle Lovett
First Amendment Center/Americana Music Association
“Spirit of Americana” Free Speech Award
Mavis Staples
Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive
Mary Martin
Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist
Ry Cooder
Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance
Joe Ely
Lifetime Achievement Award for Producer/Engineer
Jim Dickinson
Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting
Willie Nelson
President’s Award
Townes Van Zandt
2006
Album of the Year
Childish Things - Winner
James McMurtry
(Compadre)
Cost of Living, Delbert McClinton, New West
Soul’s Chapel, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Superlatone/Universal South
The Outsider, Rodney Crowell, Columbia
Song of the Year
“We Can’t Make It Here” - Winner
appears on Childish Things
by James McMurtry
“Black Cadillac”, appears on Black Cadillac by Rosanne Cash
“Don’t Get Me Started”, appears on The Outsider by Rodney Crowell
“Not Ready To Make Nice”, appears on Taking The Long Way by Dixie Chicks
Artist of the Year
Neil Young - Winner
Rosanne Cash, James McMurtry, Marty Stuart
Duo/Group of the Year
Drive-By Truckers - Winner
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell, Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin, Carrie Rodriguez & Chip Taylor
Instrumentalist of the Year
Kenny Vaughan - Winner
Jerry Douglas, Tim O’Brien, Bryan Sutton
New/Emerging Artist of the Year
The Greencards - Winner
James Hunter, RobinElla, Uncle Earl
First Amendment Center/Americana Music Association
“Spirit of Americana” Free Speech Award
Charlie Daniels
Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive
Barry Poss
Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist
Kenny Vaughan
Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance
Alejandro Escovedo
Lifetime Achievement Award for Producer/Engineer
Allen Toussaint
Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting
Rodney Crowell
President’s Award
Mickey Newbury
2005
Album of the Year
Universal United House of Prayer - Winner
Buddy Miller
(New West)
The Revolution Starts… Now, Steve Earle, E-Squared/Artemis
Mercy Now, Mary Gauthier, Lost Highway
Tambourine, Tift Merritt, Lost Highway
Song of the Year
“Worry Too Much” - Winner
appears on Universal United House of Prayer
by Buddy Miller
“Good Hearted Man”, appears on Tambourine by Tift Merritt
“Mercy Now”, appears on Mercy Now by Mary Gauthier
“The Revolution Starts… Now”, appears on The Revolution Starts… Now by Steve Earle
Artist of the Year
John Prine - Winner
Steve Earle, Tift Merritt, Buddy Miller
Instrumentalist of the Year
Sonny Landreth - Winner
Alison Brown, Jerry Douglas, Gurf Morlix
New/Emerging Artist of the Year
Mary Gauthier - Winner
Hayes Carll, The Duhks, Tom Gillam, Martha Wainwright
First Amendment Center/Americana Music Association
“Spirit of Americana” Free Speech Award
Judy Collins
Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive
The Rounder Founders:
Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton, Bill Nowlin
Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance
Marty Stuart
Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting
Guy Clark
President’s Award
John Hartford
2004
Album of the Year
Van Lear Rose - Winner
Loretta Lynn
(Interscope)
One Moment More, Mindy Smith, Vanguard
Fate’s Right Hand, Rodney Crowell, DMZ/Epic
Wishbones, Slaid Cleaves, Philo
Song of the Year
“Fate’s Right Hand” - Winner
appears on Fate’s Right Hand
by Rodney Crowell
“Portland, Oregon”, appears on Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
“Come To Jesus”, appears on One Moment More by Mindy Smith
“Wishbones”, appears on Wishbones by Slaid Cleaves
Artist of the Year
Loretta Lynn - Winner
Allison Moorer, Jim Lauderdale, Patty Griffin
Instrumentalist of the Year
Will Kimbrough - Winner
Jerry Douglas, Kenny Vaughan, Sam Bush
New/Emerging Artist of the Year
Mindy Smith - Winner
Adrienne Young, The Greencards, Old Crow Medicine Show
First Amendment Center/Americana Music Association
“Spirit of Americana” Free Speech Award
Steve Earle
Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive
Jack Emerson
Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance
Chris Hillman
Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting
Cowboy Jack Clement
President’s Award
The Carter Family
2003
Album of the Year
American IV: The Man Comes Around - Winner
Johnny Cash
(Lost Highway)
Failer, Kathleen Edwards, Rounder
Rainy Day Music, The Jayhawks, Lost Highway
Midnight & Lonesome, Buddy Miller, Hightone
Song of the Year
“Hurt” - Winner
appears on American IV: The Man Comes Around
by Johnny Cash
“Truth #2”, appears on Home by Dixie Chicks
“You Can’t Take It With You When You Go”, appears on One Step Ahead by Rhonda Vincent
“Righteously”, appears on World Without Tears by Lucinda Williams
Artist of the Year
Johnny Cash - Winner
Kathleen Edwards, Alison Krauss, Lucinda Williams
Instrumentalist of the Year
Jerry Douglas - Winner
Alison Krauss, Buddy Miller, Gurf Morlix
First Amendment Center/Americana Music Association
“Spirit of Americana” Free Speech Award
Kris Kristofferson
Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive
Sam Phillips
Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance
Levon Helm
Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting
John Prine
President’s Award
Gram Parsons
2002
Album of the Year
Buddy & Julie Miller - Winner
Buddy & Julie Miller
(Hightone)
Time (The Revelator), Gillian Welch, Acony
Now Again, The Flatlanders, New West
Caught In The Webb: Tribute to Webb Pierce, Various Artists, Audium/Chickadee
Song of the Year
“She’s Looking at Me” - Winner
appears on Lost In The Lonesome Pines
by Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
“Heather’s All Bummed Out”, appears on Things Change by Lonesome Bob
“I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll”, appears on Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch
“My Wildest Dreams Grow Wilder Every Night”, appears on Now Again by The Flatlanders
Artist of the Year
Jim Lauderdale - Winner
Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings, The Flatlanders, Buddy & Julie Miller
Instrumentalist of the Year
Jerry Douglas - Winner
Chris Thile, David Rawlings, Kenny Vaughan
First Amendment Center/Americana Music Association
“Spirit of Americana” Free Speech Award
Johnny Cash
Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive
T Bone Burnett
Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance
Emmylou Harris
Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting
Billy Joe Shaver
President’s Award
Doug Sahm
