By Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone | The roots music world celebrated its notable artists, albums, and songs of the year when the 24th annual Americana Honors & Awards were held Wednesday night at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Sierra Ferrell, the Grammy-winning West Virginia songwriter, repeated as Artist of the Year, while Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats took home Album of the Year for their LP South of Here, produced by Brad Cook.
Other winners included Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, for Duo/Group of the Year, and MJ Lenderman, who was named Emerging Act of the Year.
The 2025 Americana Honors are the centerpiece of the Americana Music Association’s annual AmericanaFest, held every September at a venue around Nashville. Actor-singer John C. Reilly hosted this year’s ceremonies, which included performances by Rawlings and Welch, Rateliff, Noeline Hoffman, Old 97’s, Emmylou Harris, Dawes, and the winners for Song of the Year, I’m With Her, who won for their composition “Ancient Light.”
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Local Boy Does Good! Nathaniel Rateliff, Sierra Ferrell Triumph at 2025 Americana Honors
