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The Americana scene boasts a wide musical umbrella, and that will be on full display at this year's Americana Honors and Awards show.
On Tuesday, the Americana Music Association revealed its 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients. The list includes Elvis Costello, Mavis Staples, Delbert McClinton, Maria Muldaur and Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.
Genre-hopping rocker Costello has embraced country and folk music throughout his career, including the Americana albums Secret, Profane & Sugarcane and National Ransom, and his 1981 country collection Almost Blue.
Staples' honor is actually a belated celebration: She was named the 2007 recipient of the Spirit of Americana Free Speech Award but was unable to attend that year's show.
Other special honors include the previously announced Legacy of Americana Award, which is co-presented by Nashville's National Museum of African American Music. The inaugural recipients are modern genre favorite Rhiannon Giddens and influential 19th-century bandleader Frank Johnson.
In its 18th year, the Americana Music Honors and Awards show takes place Sept. 11 at the Ryman Auditorium. It's an anchor event for the 2019 AmericanaFest, which runs Sept. 10-15 in Nashville.
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