On Thursday, September 9th, John will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Americana Music Association awards at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. John will be there to receive the award and will also perform acoustically at the beginning of the show.
Several outlets have noted that they will be covering the event and we wanted to provide links for fans to tune into the awards and award coverage: SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio will be covering the event extensively through their Outlaw Country channel. Listen to a LIVE broadcast on the SIRIUS XM Outlaw Country channel (Sirius 63, XM 12) of the Americana Music Association's annual 9th annual Honors & Awards Show Thursday 7:30 PM ET from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Hosted by Jim Lauderdale, the show will feature a house band led by Buddy Miller with Don Was on bass, and musical performances from Emmylou Harris, The Avett Bros., Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Patty Griffin, Ryan Bingham, and surprise guests!!
BBC 2's Bob Harris is going to cover the event on several episodes of his Bob Harris Country program.
FolkAlley.com and NPR Music will webcast the event live.
Learn more about the Americana Awards - performers, recipients, nominees and presenters.