Anderson East nominated for Emerging Artist of the Year at 2018 Americana Awards

Anderson East is nominated for "Emerging Artist of the Year" at the 2018 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards. The annual awards show is scheduled forSeptember 12 at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium.

The nomination follows a breakthrough year for East, which saw the release of his critically acclaimed new album, encore. Produced by Grammy-award winning producer Dave Cobb, the album is available now on Low Country Sound/Elektra Records (purchase here). Watch recent performances on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."

In celebration of the album, East will continue his extensive world tour throughout 2018 including his debut headline show at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium with special guest Brent Cobb on September 28. Additional stops include Chicago's Thalia Hall, Santa Cruz's The Catalyst, New Orleans' Joy Theater, Richmond's The National and Baltimore's Soundstage among many others. See below for complete details.

Encore was recorded at Nashville's historic RCA Studio along with additional production atHouse of Blues and Farmland Studio. The album features eleven songs, including "All On My Mind," "King For A Day" and "Girlfriend" as well as renditions of songs by Ted Hawkins and Willie Nelson.

Photo credit: Joshua Black Wilkins

The release of Encore culminates a series of breakout years for East following his widely praised debut album, Delilah. In addition to "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," "Ellen," and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," East has also performed on "TODAY," "Late Night with Seth Meyers," "CBS This Morning Saturday" and Daryl Hall's "Live from Daryl's House" and has lent his talents to several notable projects. He's been featured on Dave Cobb's Southern Family compilation, contributed a song to Brandi Carlile's Cover Stories LP and crafted the original song, "What Would It Take," for the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack.

ENCORE TRACK LIST:

1. King For A Day (Anderson East, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton)

2. This Too Shall Last (Anderson East, Natalie Hemby, Aaron Raitiere)

3. House Is A Building (Anderson East, Natalie Hemby, Aaron Raitiere)

4. Sorry You're Sick (Ted Hawkins)

5. If You Keep Leaving Me (Anderson East, Chris Stapleton, Aaron Raitiere)

6. Girlfriend (Anderson East, Dave Cobb, Aaron Raitiere, Tim Bergling)

7. Surrender (Anderson East, Aaron Raitiere, Adam Hood)

8. All On My Mind (Anderson East, Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Aaron Raitiere)

9. Without You (Anderson East, Steve McEwan)

10. Somebody Pick Up My Pieces (Willie Nelson)

11. Cabinet Door (Anderson East, Jillia Jackson)

ENCORE WORLD TOUR 2018

May 17-Minneapolis, MN-First Avenue

May 18-Chicago, IL-Thalia Hall* (SOLD-OUT)

May 20-Gulf Shores, AL-Hangout Festival 2018

May 29-Manchester, UK-Night & Day Café

May 30-London, UK-The Jazz Café

June 1-Paris, France-Café de la Danse

June 2-Amsterdam, Netherlands-Paradiso Noord

June 3-Cologne, Germany-Stadtgarten

June 5-Munich, Germany-Ampere/Muffatwerk

June 7-Copenhagen, Denmark-Dr Koncerthuset

June 8-Stockholm, Sweden-Kagelbanan Sodra Teatern

June 9-Falkenberg, Sweden-Hvitan

June 12-Gothenburg, Sweden-Pustervik

June 13-Oslo, Norway-Rockerfeller

June 14-Bergen, Norway-Bergenfest

June 16-Hunter, NY-Mountain Jam Festival 2018

June 20-Morrison, CO-Red Rocks Amphitheatre†

August 5-Chicago, IL-Lollapalooza 2018

August 8-Fargo, ND-Sanctuary Events Center

August 10-Saskatoon, Canada-Louis'

August 12-Calgary, Canada-Commonwealth Bar & Stage

August 15-Billings, MT-The Pub Station

August 17-Salt Lake City, UT-The Commonwealth Room

August 21-Santa Cruz, CA-The Catalyst

August 22-San Luis Obispo, CA-The Fremont Theater

August 23-Valley Center, CA-Harrah's Resort SoCal

August 26-Sacramento, CA-Harlow's

August 27-Chico, CA-The Big Room @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

September 11-Bloomington, IN-Bluebird Nightclub

September 12-Bloomington, IL-Castle Theatre

September 14-Grand Rapids, MI-Elevation at the Intersection

September 15-Fort Wayne, IN-The Clyde Theatre

September 28-Nashville, TN-Ryman Auditorium‡

October 5-New Orleans, LA-Joy Theater

October 6-Mobile, AL-Soul Kitchen

October 7-Tuscaloosa, AL-Druid City Music Hall

October 13-Fort Lauderdale, FL-Revolution Line

October 16-Jacksonville, FL-Mavericks Live

October 17-Augusta, GA-Sky City

October 19-Richmond, VA-The National

October 20-Baltimore, MD-Soundstage

October 21-Ardmore, PA-Ardmore Music Hall

*with Jade Bird

†with Kaleo

‡with special guest Brent Cobb

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