Overview
- The Americana Music Association announced that Robert Plant will receive its Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Americana Honors & Awards to be held at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 16, and tickets are on sale for the ceremony.
- The award cites Plant’s long-standing work in blues, folk, country and gospel and labels his involvement with roots music as a sustained act of artistic stewardship.
- Plant’s credibility in the genre rests on high-profile collaborations and awards, including the Grammy-winning Raising Sand with Alison Krauss and the Grammy-winning Raise the Roof.
- Plant is actively touring behind 2025’s Saving Grace with Suzi Dian, and his tour schedule resumes shortly after the Ryman ceremony with a Sept. 18 stop in Missouri.
- The Lifetime Achievement honor joins past recipients such as Buddy Guy, Elvis Costello and Bonnie Raitt and underlines how Plant’s cross-genre work has broadened Americana’s audience and profile.