A lineup of about two dozen stars will salute Paul Simon at this 12 months’s annual Americana Music Association pre-Grammys occasion, occurring on the Troubadour the night time earlier than the massive ceremony, on Feb. 3.
The lineup contains a good portion of artists who’re up for Grammys the next night time within the Americana, folks and/or American roots classes. The 2024 nominees set to carry out in West Hollywood the night time earlier than they head downtown for the awards embrace Jason Isbell with 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden, Madison Cunningham, Allison Russell, Brandy Clark, Rufus Wainwright, Nickel Creek’s Sara and Sean Watkins, Old Crow Medicine Show’s Keith Secor and the Blind Boys of Alabama.
Other favorites scheduled to carry out — many with their very own historical past of Grammy wins or nominations — embrace Jackson Browne, Marcus King, Natalia LaFourcade, Molly Tuttle (performing with Secor), Andrew Bird, Susanna Hoffs with Grace Bowers, Gaby Moreno, Ruthie Foster, Bobby Rush, John Vincent III, Silvana Estrada, Larkin Poe, Brett Dennen and Johnnyswim.
It’s not not possible that a number of names would possibly come or go within the lead-up to subsequent Saturday, because of the inevitable flux of Grammy week.
Tickets go on sale Tuesday via the Troubadour web site.
The home band will function Daniel Rhine on bass, Val McCallum on guitar, Jim Oblon additionally on guitar, Mark Stepro on drums, Lee Pardini on keys, Molly Jenson on vocals and CJ Camerieri on trumpet. Two of the musicians, Obion and Camerieri, have been in Simon’s band previously.
The venerable nightspot might be busy throughout rehearsals for the present, as Yoakam and Chris Hillman might be recording their SiriusXM present within the Troubadour bar, possible roping in a few of the performers as they move via.
Simon himself is generally retired from dwell efficiency and never anticipated to affix the lineup, though he’s in Grammy competitors with a few the performers paying homage to him on the Troubadour. The 82-year-old poet laureate’s newest launch, “Seven Psalms,” is nominated for finest folks album.
This 12 months’s live performance won’t be livestreamed. The 2023 tribute to Lucinda Williams did get a webcast, not like most earlier editions. Besides the WIlliams salute, previous pre-Grammy exhibits produced by the AMA have saluted the work of John Prine, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris, Phil Everly and Glenn Frey.
The occasion is produced by Michelle Aquilato and Jed Hilly, the Americana Music Association’s government director.