The Americana Music Festival has finally found a home on television. In their efforts to build awareness of Americana music, Americana Music Association Executive Director Jed Hilly and his staff have long sought a way to showcase the genre and its stars to a national audience.
The Tennesseean reports today that the festival awards show will be broadcast live on Oct. 13 in Nashville on WNPT, the area’s public television station. An edited version will appear on Nov. 19 as an episode of Austin City Limits.
That’s a huge step forward in building the Americana music brand and the Austin City Limits audience is already attuned to the music and its artists.
Robert Plant, The Civil Wars, Elizabeth Cook, Jim Lauderdale and Gregg Allman are among the artists expected to perform at the show. Editing the full broadcast into a single Austin City Limits show will be an unenviable task.
