Joe Ely receives Americana Music Association honor
"Ely's live shows have become legendary, and throughout his genre -crossing career, he has performed with Bruce Springsteen, Los Super Seven, and James McMurtry, The Clash and more recent acoustic tours with Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, and Guy Clark," said AMA Executive Director Jed Hilly in announcing the award from the stage of the Ryman Auditorium where the group was recognizing Levon Helm of The Band.
"Four years ago Levon received the Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Performing, but due to personal health reasons was unable to come to Nashville, said Hilly. "How honored are we that the man many people call the godfather of the Americana Roots Music movement is honoring us with his performance here tonight."
The presentation to Ely, who released two albums already this year, will be made Nov. 1 at the Ryman Auditorium during the 6th Annual Americana Music Association's Honors and Awards Show as part of the AMA's annual conference in Nashville.
The AMA also will present the Lifetime Achievement Awards for Songwriter, Instrumentalist, Producer/Engineer, Spirit of Americana Free Speech Award, The Presidents Award and the Jack Emerson Executive Award. Recipients in these categories will be announced between now and October.
More news for Joe Ely
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- 10/09/24: The Flatlanders reissue debut
- 05/22/24: Ely is "Driven To Drive"
- 05/07/21: The Flatlanders return with first disc in 12 years
- 09/18/15: Alabama, Ely, Alvins release new sounds
- 08/19/15: Ely song receives premiere Thursday
CD reviews for Joe Ely
Ever since Joe Ely released "Love in the Midst of Mayhem" during the pandemic in 202O, he's dug into his catalog to produce three more albums, the latest being "Love and Freedom," to hit just two days before his 78th birthday. His voice remains as strong as ever as Ely confesses that some of these songs are more radical than one might expect. It's his way of urging us to stand up and speak out. These are themes of immigration, poverty, war, justice, freedom and other ...
The songwriter's prime directive is to translate personal observations and emotions into creative expressions that are more broadly universal. So what happens when a songwriter follows the inverse formula, and channels some of the most categorically omnipresent human feelings into songs that are aimed at the narrowest possible audience? The answer to that rarely considered question is all over Joe Ely's latest archive release from his own Rack 'Em label, the highly personal and ...
Over the past 14 years, Joe Ely has earned a reputation as one of the forebears of that unique branch of Americana borne from the Great State of Texas. Both individually, and as part of the super band, The Flatlanders, he's carved out a career as an essential insurgent, one who once kept company with The Clash while establishing some decidedly cool credentials of his own.
While the title might suggest otherwise, the hastily released "Love in the Midst of Mayhem" finds ...
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