2026 Americana Honors and Awards Nominees: Brandi Carlile, Margo Price

The Americana Music Association will hold its 25th annual Americana Music Honors & Awards gala just a few months after America celebrates its 250th. Artists up for top honors include Margo Price, who’s nominated in both the Album and Artist of the Year categories; Ken Pomeroy, who’s up for both Emerging Act and Album of the Year;, and Brandi Carlile, an Artist of the Year nominee whose “Returning to Myself” is also up for Song of the Year. The stacked Artist of the Year category also includes Charley Crockett, Molly Tuttle, and Jesse Welles.

The winners will be revealed at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 16, right in the middle of AmericanaFest, set to take place Sept. 15 through 19 in Music City. Tickets to the trophy toss are available for sale now to AmericanaFest Silver Wristband Holders. Everybody else will have to wait for a general on-sale date to be announced.

2026 Americana Honors & Awards nominees:

Album of the Year:
Snipe Hunter, Tyler Childers; Produced by Tyler Childers, Rick Rubin & Nick Sanborn
Billionaire, Kathleen Edwards; Produced by Jason Isbell & Gena Johnson
Planting by the Signs, S.G. Goodman; Produced by S.G. Goodman, Matthew Rowan & Drew Vandenberg
Cruel Joke, Ken Pomeroy; Produced by Colton Jean, Dakota McDaniel & Gary Paczosa
Hard Headed Woman, Margo Price; Produced by Matt Ross-Spang 

Artist of the Year:
Brandi Carlile
Charley Crockett
Margo Price
Molly Tuttle
Jesse Welles

Duo/Group of the Year:
Flatland Cavalry
I’m With Her
Mumford & Sons
Turnpike Troubadours
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Emerging Act of the Year:
Boy Golden
Crowe Boys
Kashus Culpepper
Ken Pomeroy
Mon Rovîa

Song of the Year:
“Returning To Myself,” Brandi Carlile; Written by Brandi Carlile
“Snapping Turtle,” S.G. Goodman; Written by S.G. Goodman
“Wild and Clear and Blue” I’m With Her; Written by Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins
“Heavy Foot,” Mon Rovîa; Written by Grant Averill, Eric Cromartie, Cooper Holzman & Andrew Lowe
“The World’s Gone Wrong,” Lucinda Williams (feat. Brittney Spencer); Written by Tom Overby, Doug Pettibone & Lucinda Williams