Loretta Lynn will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting from the Americana Music Association.
According to Country Weekly, the award will be presented at the association's 13th Annual Honors & Awards ceremony.
The award is to be presented by Nissan, Sept. 17 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
Lynn is known most widely for her hits "Coal Miner's Daughter," "Fist City" and her debut single, "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl."
She has previously received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for her musical contributions.
In addition to Lynn, famed singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, musician Flaco Jimenez and blues artist Taj Mahal will be presented with special awards from the Americana Music Association.
Jackson will receive the Spirit of Americana Award, Free Speech in Music honor, co-presented with the First Amendment Center. Flaco and Taj Mahal will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards for Instrumentalist and Performance, respectively.
According to the Association's website, the ceremony will once again be hosted by Jim Lauderdale, with the All-Star Band led by Buddy Miller.
"Each year the Americana Music Association honors distinguished members of the music community. Six member-voted awards and several Lifetime Achievement Awards are handed out while over 2000 artists, music-loving fans and entertainment industry executives look on," the site says.
This ceremony is a milestone in each of these artists' careers that you most certainly do not want to miss.
The Association's site boasts that Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash's last live performance was on the Americana stage.
Bonnie Raitt, Robert Plant & His Band of Joy, Dr. John with Dan Auerbach, Rosanne Cash, Stephen Stills and Joan Baez have performed at the ceremony in the past as well.
The ceremony will be broadcast on PBS later this year.
For more information or the ceremony or to purchase tickets, visit here.
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