"The Americana Music Festival: Buddy Miller and Lee Ann Womack, Derek Hoke You could call Buddy Miller the ""Americana Maestro,"" though that title could also go to Miller's friend, Jim Lauderdale, who MC'd the Americana Music Association's awards show on Wednesday night. The pair, referred to as ""kingpins"" on the Americana scene, have a forthcoming duets record on New West, while Lauderdale also is releasing his own bluegrass album, Carolina Moonrise. Oh, and they have a new show on Sirius XM's Outlaw Country station. So it's not surprising to hear either of their names invoked often during the five-day Americana weekend in Nashville. ""That's Americana,"" Derek Hoke, one of Nashville's rising trad-country artists, said Saturday night at the High Watt, quoting Lauderdale. Click here to read more"
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