AAHN 2018

Event producers to the presenters - Robyn & Nanette

Location: Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne Australia
Date: Thursday 11th October 

The second annual Australian Americana Honours Night held at Melbourne’s iconic Thornbury Theatre in 2018.

This event was presented by:
Michael Chugg
Nash Chambers
The international Americana Music Association

To celebrate Americana music in Australia and showcase the best local and international artists of the genre. International artists Margo Price and Joshua Hedley performed alongside Australian artists, Diesel, Little Georgia, Shane Howard, Kevin Welch, William Crighton, Weeping Willows and Kasey Chambers (featuring Alan Pigram.) During the evening the Americana Music Association presented the Americana Vanguard Awards to Shane Howard and Brian Wise (Rhythms).

“Americana is that sweet spot between folk and country, rock and blues. More than roots, it pulls in almost all the strands of American music whether it’s made with acoustic or electric instruments, is as modern as Dixie Chicks covering Beyonce, as old as a cotton field work song played on a crackling shellac 78, and can be made in Memphis, Manchester or Melbourne. Margo Price can cut from Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton to Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, Joshua Hedley feels like the early 60s reincarnated, while Kasey Chambers makes a modern desert campfire song sound timeless”. – Bernard Zuel

AAHN 2017

Event Producer to the presenters - Robyn & Nanette

Location: Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne Australia
Date: Monday 2nd October 2017 

The inaugural Australian Americana Honours Night for 2017 was presented by:
Michael Chugg
Nash Chambers
The international Americana Music Association

To celebrate the diverse artists that make up the Australian Americana scene. Performers included international icons Old Crow Medicine Show, Valerie June and Kevin Welch along with Australian favourites Busby Marou, Kasey Chambers, Shane Howard, Bernard Fanning, Catherine Britt, Henry Wagons, Emily Barker, Ruby Boots and Jordie Lane & The Sleepers.

During the night the Americana Music Association presented the inaugural Americana Vanguard Awards to Kasey Chambers for her deep commitment to roots music and to Brian “BT” Taranto, founder of the Out on the Weekend festival, who had been championing the Americana Community for more than a decade. “For those of us who love roots and Americana Music, this is a dream line-up to have at our inaugural event,” Nash Chambers explained. “We’re mighty proud to be building awareness of Americana Music in Australia with the US Association and Tennessee Tourism. We also believe this is just the beginning of a genre that is exploding worldwide.”