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Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris and Wanda Jackson are among the artists who will perform at the Ninth Annual Americana Honors & Awards on Sept. 9. The ceremony will be held at the Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville. Tickets are $55 and will go on sale July 24. Additional performers include Avett Brothers, Ryan Bingham, Sam Bush, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Will Kimbrough, Corb Lund and Joe Pug, with more artists to be announced. Jim Lauderdale will host the event, and Buddy Miller will lead the all-star house band. The Americana Music Conference and Festival will take place Sept. 8-11 in Nashville.