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The 25th annual Americana Honors Awards opened with an authentically historic American rock and roll reunion of The Heartbreakers and ended with a first-time Artist of the Year award for progressive acoustic guitarist and songwriter Molly Tuttle. Dolly Parton and Robert Plant also received Lifetime Achievement Awards.
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