The winners for 2023 are jazz banjo player Cynthia Sayer and bluegrass “Duke of Drive” Terry Baucom, who passed away last week at the age of 71. Each will receive a $25,000 unrestricted cash prize.
Watch Sicilian-American-Guatemalan musician Cristina Vane join forces with the fiddle royalty of Bronwyn Keith-Hynes in this No Depression Session at AmericanaFest 2023, sponsored by AEA Ribbon Mics.
Zach Russell’s debut explores reincarnation, joy, and 21st-century romance via traditional country waltzes and psych-folk rock songs alike. Throughout, Russell sings with a voice that lands somewhere between the flourish of Chris Stapleton and the grit of Sturgill Simpson.
"Songs for the Canyon" is a balanced record, one that welcomes you into its world if you let it. It’s not perfect, but John Vincent III’s willingness to risk sappiness and minimalism is commendable and even refreshing.