MUSIC NEWS - Robert Plant, Alison Kraus's critically acclaimed collaboration, "Raising Sand," was awarded top honors at the seventh annual Americana Music Association awards on Thursday in Nashville, TN at the Ryman Auditorium. The Led Zep singer and blue grass star's cd was named album of the year, and Krauss and Plant were also chosen as duo of the year! Drummer and singer Levon Helm, formerly of The Band, was named as artist of the year. The evening's other awards went to Buddy Miller (instrumentalist), Mike Farris (new artist) and Hayes Carll (song of the year, She Left Me for Jesus, which was written with Brian Keane). The association bestowed lifetime achievement awards to John Hiatt (songwriting), Jason & the Scorchers (performance), Tony Brown (producer/executive), Larry Brown (instrumentalist) and Terry Lickona (executive). The Spirit of Americana free speech in music award to Joan Baez and the President's Award was bestowed posthumously to Jerry Garcia.
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