Sturgill Simpson Awards, Honors, & Press

Awards

2014

Americana Music Awards

Emerging Artist of the Year (WON) for Himself

Grammy Awards

Best Americana Album (Nominated) for Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

2015

A2IM Libera Awards

Heritage Album of the Year (WON) for Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

Breakthrough Artist of the Year (WON) for High Top Mountain

Americana Music Awards

Artist of the Year (WON) for Himself

Song of the Year (WON) for "Turtles All the Way Down"

2017

Grammy Awards

Album of the Year (Nominated) for A Sailor's Guide To Earth

Best Country Album (WON) for A Sailor's Guide To Earth

UK Americana Awards

International Song of the Year (Nominated) for "Welcome To Earth (Pollywog)"

International Artist of the Year (WON) for Himself

International Album of the Year (Nominated) for A Sailor's Guide To Earth

Americana Music Awards

Album of the Year (WON) for A Sailor's Guide To Earth

Artist of the Year (Nominated) for Himself

2021

Americana Music Awards

Album of the Year (WON) for Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions

Grammy Awards

Best Rock Album (Nominated) for Sound & Fury

2022

Grammy Awards

Best Country Album (Nominated) for The Ballad of Dood & Juanita

Best Bluegrass Album (Nominated) for Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions

A2IM Libera Awards

 Best Country Record (WON) for The Ballad of Dood & Juanita

Americana Music Awards

Song of the Year (Nominated) for Juanita

Honors

Jackson, Kentucky city limits sign

2018 Country Music Hall of Fame Exhibit "American Currents"

March 20, 2018 Sturgill Simpson was honored by the Kentucky State Legislature with the title of Kentucky Colonel  Article with video here

February 27, 2020 Big Sink Pike in Versailles, Kentucky renamed Sturgill Simpson Way Article with video here

October 26, 2024 Kentucky Music Hall of Fame Inductee 

Video here   Full program

Press

2017 FujiRock show review

2014 Oslo, Norway show review

2024 French publication Libération interview 

2024 Swedish publication Aftonbladet album review

1/8/11  https://www.aceweekly.com/2011/01/sunday-valley-releases-new-album/

1/13/11  https://www.aceweekly.com/2011/01/to-the-wind-and-on-to-heaven-sunday-valley-releases-new-cd/

5/11/11  https://www.bgdailynews.com/amplifier/music/sunday-valleys-bowling-green-debut/article_be07a4d8-f221-5b25-99a8-bba70025849a.html  Show in KY and interview.

7/5/11  https://www.bgamplifier.com/music/concert-court-honky-tonk-on-the-square-with-travis-mann-band-sunday-valley-ned-van/article_afbfed7c-d0d9-56fc-84ff-f7382a4f1a4e.html

7/14/12  https://www.nodepression.com/im-watching-the-horizon-for-the-rising-of-stu-simpson/

12/28/12  https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/sturgill-simpson-retools-for-2013-live-review/

5/6/13 https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/sturgill-simpson-talks-high-top-mountain/

5/30/13 https://web.archive.org/web/20180503041607/http://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article44426604.html

9/8/13 https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/sturgill-simpson-releases-two-new-bastard-children-songs/ New EP

2/25/14  https://paulkerr.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/sturgill-simpson-daniel-meade-the-admiral-bar-glasgow-sunday-23rd-february/

3/31/14  https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/sturgill-simpson-a-country-voice-of-and-out-of-this-world/2014/03/31/46277cce-b8f9-11e3-899e-bb708e3539dd_story.html?fbclid=IwAR1nBj9swyBTy5B0lRtsSJYedXex5wP0tAob67-j16UQJDP0S1BEVbZgwcs

4/17/14  https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2014/04/17/304075384/god-drugs-and-lizard-aliens-yep-its-country-music

5/01/14 https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a28537/sturgill-simpson-life-of-sin/

5/16/14 https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/sturgill-simpson-shuns-tailgating-and-spring-breaks-on-new-album-6091967/

5/25/14  https://www.npr.org/2014/05/25/315292234/i-wanna-make-art-sturgill-simpsons-twisting-path-to-nashville

7/14/14  https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/the-metamodern-rise-of-sturgill-simpson-a-timeline/

7/15/14 https://www.thefader.com/2014/07/15/another-country-a-freewheeling-hour-with-sturgill-simpson

7/23/14 https://americansongwriter.com/mystic-mind-qa-sturgill-simpson/2/

7/28/14  https://www.antimusic.com/news/14/July/ts28Sturgill_Simpson_Impressed_Zac_Brown_With_Metamodern_Country.shtml

7/29/24 https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/gear-rundown-sturgill-simpson/

8/14/14 https://web.archive.org/web/20170818134639/http://www.indiewire.com/2014/08/metamericana-outlaw-country-goes-psychedelic-an-interview-with-sturgill-simpson-on-his-music-videos-133361/ PressPlay

08/21/14 https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/08/21/simpson-finds-unorthodox-niche-country-music/gs7aAfYXmHeQYj1BwdvxMM/story.html

9/18/14 https://www.thefader.com/2014/09/18/another-country-interview-laur-joamets-sturgill-simpsons-estonian-guitarist?fbclid=IwAR1PmefyipGRWoyJT4363CjWz9uKE2kht0duBBlROUHNuRIuFtwUAS69JeM Little Joe's first English interview.

09/19/14 https://theandybergerblog.com/2014/09/19/drinking-and-cursing-your-name-a-look-back-at-sturgill-simpsons-first-album-with-sunday-valley/

1/16/15 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/sturgill-simpson-signs-major-label-deal-with-atlantic-57652/amp/

1/22/15  https://www.n ashvillescene.com/news/critics-poll-topper-sturgill-simpson-on-his-breakthrough-year-and-his-breakthrough-album-i-metamodern/article_f637ccd9-0a49-59d5-a289-f71e5b3854f0.html

3/2/15  https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/sturgill-simpson-kills-for-hometown-crowd-at-3rd-lindsley/article_1c3280aa-3371-58ba-b604-b61368a249ce.html

3/2/15 https://glidemagazine.com/130961/sturgill-simpson-paradise-rock-club-boston-ma-22015-show-review/

4/2/15 https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2015-04-02/sturgill-simpson-wows-austin-city-limits/

4/3/15 https://oldschoolrecordreview.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/yeah-but-do-you-know-what-that-song-is-actually-about-2-turtles-all-the-way-down/?fbclid=IwAR0QP043KaeGRVEwpL1FrYT0xH29JQvSTnwGr32BgjsclDhi3yc1-6LqJ-o

4/23/15  https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-sturgill-simpson-coachella-stagecoach-20150423-story.html

8/13/15 https://www.behance.net/gallery/28690501/Metamodern-Sounds-in-Country-Music Jason Seiler talks about painting the cover portrait for Metamodern Sounds

8/31/15 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/31/sturgill-simpson-country-music-reluctant-saviour-metamodern-sounds-interview

1/07/16 https://www.gq.com/story/sturgill-simpson-country-music-interview

03/31/16 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/arts/music/sturgill-simpson-a-genuine-alternative-to-alt-country.html

4/01/16 https://www.brooklynvegan.com/nprs-bob-boilen-wrote-book-your-song-changed-my-life-hosting-release-event-in-nyc-with-sturgill-simpson/?fbclid=IwAR3mzWZTVBbb3DcvYPbSRAUJFzfV4NxS80I2VKM7RMiHrZ0sNn1YbYnzRPc

 4/20/16 http://www.wannabethecomic.com/home/2016/6/14/a-sailors-guide-to-the-earth-by-sturgill-simpson?rq=sturgill%20simpson Chris Prunckle (Wannabe the Comic) album review

4/20/16 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/sturgill-simpson-brings-horns-soul-man-persona-to-surprise-show-198026/

4/21/16 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/see-sturgill-simpsons-psychedelic-call-to-arms-on-the-daily-show-187856/

5/6/16 https://www.npr.org/2016/05/06/476877267/sturgill-simpson-puts-a-paternal-twist-on-hard-edged-country?fbclid=IwAR3jy-IWLL-L0HjLU_uSJgg0nKQ8fas7Q2m86pDhpaCKVgDBTzr7MR_uUvA

8/9/16 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0443sbk Dougie Wilkinson  on playing bagpipes on A Sailor's Guide To Earth 

10/27/16  https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/coverstory/how-sturgill-simpson-conquered-country-without-music-row/article_ef4eb531-b0bd-56de-a757-85eb7a1c2500.html

11/21/16 https://patchdrury.medium.com/lex-rocks-episode-10-sturgil-simpsons-old-band-sunday-valley-9521ad1a6e73 About the Sunday Valley interview on YouTube.  

12/6/16 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/arts/music/sturgill-simpson-grammy-nominations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5Uw.eMVt.iQCMGpcbRRiW&smid=url-share

3/1/17 https://medium.com/cuepoint/that-time-sturgill-simpson-gave-me-his-door-money-edf6198cbc0a

3/15/17 https://www.thecountrydaily.com/2017/03/16/sturgill-simpson-posts-facebook-tribute-in-honor-of-late-grandfather/

8/10/17 https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/a33ddb/a-brief-appreciation-of-sturgill-simpsons-instagram-account Noisey about Sturgill's Instagram account

9/22/17 https://fox2now.com/news/sturgill-simpson-applauds-fans-epic-worm-after-security-escorts-him-from-concert/

11/9/17 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/11/08/sturgill-simpson-mocks-cma-awards-as-he-busks-outside-the-show-in-nashville/ Busking at Bridgestone Arena during the CMA's

11/21/17 https://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-99-winter-2017/ain-x2019-t-half-bad Leesa Cross-Smith for Oxford American Kentucky Music Edition

11/30/17 https://www.vice.com/en/article/mb9jjq/the-final-interview-with-sturgill-simpson-according-to-sturgill-simpson Noisey interview

3/6/18 https://www.oklahoman.com/article/5585909/sturgill-simpson-puts-on-acting-hat-for-new-original-series/amp  About the TV show One Dollar.

3/20/18 https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/sturgill-simpson-named-kentucky-colonel-honored-by-kentucky-legislature/

3/21/18  https://kentuckycountrymusic.com/2018/03/sturgill-simpson-hr251.html?_gl=1*xoc1uj*_ga*YW1wLXdqcW1qZ2hUZkxLZjhJaWVoMkxZOFk2VFlQVlhieUlwRDhhSTdDYUZaU3hLdnJTOXhoZjlxdG1BVzFHM20wQXU.

7/10/18  https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/07/10/627630056/john-prine-goes-buskin-with-margo-price-jams-with-sturgill-simpson-in-new-video?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social John Prine busking video

8/31/18 https://www.wymt.com/content/news/Country-music-artist-visits-Eastern-Kentucky-school-492195871.html

11/13/18 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/sturgill-simpson-damien-echols-west-memphis-three-interview-755363/amp/

6/11/19 https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2019/06/11/if-youre-wondering-what-sturgill-simpson-is-up-to-these-days-hes-sitting-on-a-boat-listening-to-john-prine/

09/19/19 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/arts/music/sturgill-simpson-sound-and-fury.html

09/27/19 https://realsound.jp/2019/09/post-421537.html  Japanese article: Hiroaki Takeuchi & Shunsuke Ochiai talk about how the videos for "SOUND & FURY" came to be (copy and paste the link into Google for the translation option)

10/09/19 http://www.wannabethecomic.com/home/2019/10/9/sound-amp-fury-by-sturgill-simpson Chris Prunckle (Wannabe the Comic) album review

2/20/20 https://uproxx.com/indie/sturgill-simpson-interview-sound-and-fury-tour/

2/27/20 https://kentuckycountrymusic-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/kentuckycountrymusic.com/2020/02/sturgill-simpson-finds-his-way-back-to-versailles.html/amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a6&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16413615708215&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fkentuckycountrymusic.com%2F2020%2F02%2Fsturgill-simpson-finds-his-way-back-to-versailles.html Road recognition in Woodford County, Kentucky

3/11/20 https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/entertainment/review-sturgill-simpson-mesmerized-fans-with-his-electric-guitar-and/article_d86f4418-63ac-11ea-a810-ab26cf572a76.html About Justin Lascek at the A Good Look'n Tour show in Duluth, Georgia

4/1/20 https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2020/04/01/sturgill-simpson-is-back-on-instagram-and-an-absolute-must-follow/

4/12/20 https://celebrityinsider.org/sturgill-simpson-tests-positive-for-covid-19-one-month-after-he-first-started-showing-symptoms-387200/

11/12/20 https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2020/11/11/sturgill-simpson-blasts-cma-awards-for-completely-ignoring-john-prine-two-seconds/

11/12/20 https://www.southernliving.com/news/sturgill-simpson-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-interview-john-prine-friendship

12/2/20 https://www.wsj.com/articles/cuttin-grass-vol-1-the-butcher-shoppe-sessions-by-sturgill-simpson-and-boots-no-2-the-lost-songs-by-gillian-welch-reviews-roots-music-retrospection-11606856950

12/19/20 https://newslanded.com/2020/12/19/sturgill-simpson-stops-struggling/

12/31/20 https://www.bluegrassunlimited.com/article/cuttin-grass/

5/17/21 https://nockonarchery.com/lessons-learned-with-sturgill-simpson/ 

6/01/21 https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/06/01/sturgill-simpson-prine-album

6/06/21 https://musicmayhemmagazine.com/sturgill-simpson-tributes-joan-baez-with-performance-of-house-of-the-rising-sun-at-43rd-kennedy-center-honors/

08/20/21 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/sturgill-simpson-new-album-dood-juanita-1214449/  Marissa R. Moss interview 

9/09/21 http://www.wannabethecomic.com/home/2021/9/8/the-ballad-of-dood-amp-juanita-by-sturgill-simpson Wannabe The Comic's album review

9/30/21 https://www.upi.com/amp/Entertainment_News/Music/2021/09/30/Sturgill-Simpson-vocal-cords-tour/1531633018618/?__twitter_impression=true&s=09

01/03/22 https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/12/27/sturgill-simpson-talks-dood-juanita-walking-away-solo-music/8923082002/

09/13/22 https://www.wideopencountry.com/brit-taylor-cabin-in-the-woods Brit Taylor's upcoming album produced by Sturgill and David Ferguson

09/13/22 https://www.brooklynvegan.com/sturgill-simpson-joins-angel-olsen-on-new-version-of-big-time-listen/

 09/01/2 https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2023/09/01/sturgill-simpson-makes-surprise-appearance-at-roberts-western-world-and-performs-long-white-line/

01/13/24 https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/orebolo-goose-sturgill-simpson-bob-weir-dead-ahead-01-12-24-video/

01/13/24 https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/dead-ahead-bob-weir-sturgill-derek-rick-01-12-24-photos-videos/

01/15/24 https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/dead-ahead-festival-sturgill-simpson-derek-trucks-1-14-24/

01/16/24 https://www.jambase.com/article/dead-ahead-grateful-dead-sturgill-simpson-rick-mitarotonda-margo-price-monday-setlist-video-audio

04/05/24 https://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/sturgill-simpsons-groundbreaking-metamodern-sounds-country-music-celebrates-tenth

06/05/24 https://pitchfork.com/news/sturgill-simpson-introduces-johnny-blue-skies-for-new-album-and-tour/

06/19/24 https://amp.kentucky.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article289354925.html

07/12/24 https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/johnny-blue-skies-sturgill-simpson-passage-du-desir/

07/12/24 https://www.gq.com/story/sturgill-simpson-walked-away-from-music-johnny-blue-skies-is-just-getting-started

07/12/24  https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/sturgill-simpsons-passage-du-desir-1235058934/

07/12/24 https://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article289876294.html

07/12/24 https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/sturgill-simpson/passage-du-desir-is-an-introduction-to-johnny-blue-skies-and-a-rebirth-for-sturgill-simpson

07/22/24 https://youtu.be/uwm5KqggwZY?si=2bmhGOXEG9ioPLHF Qobuz Interview 

07/23/24 https://youtu.be/d3Q0jqDGf2I?si=hcL1UmrjQ3cQLMEg Guitar Moves interview 

07/29/24 https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/gear-rundown-sturgill-simpson/

07/29/24 https://www.liberation.fr/culture/musique/sturgill-simpson-redneck-plus-ultra-20240729_44SSTDUHVNDTBBW6MY2G5NLKAA/ French article, Libération

08/12/24 https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/outside-lands-sturgill-simpson-19652607.php

08/16/24 https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/a/pP1KO1/sturgill-simpson-har-gjort-sommarens-album-kronika Swedish article, Aftonbladet

09/16/24 https://www.jambase.com/article/sturgill-simpson-johnny-blue-skies-prince-doors-covers-greek-theatre-video

09/18/24 https://www.independent.com/2024/09/18/review-its-nothing-but-blue-skies-for-sturgill-simpson/?amp=1&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2wdbp4JC4Ih3xgzDk05WvSxsdBD8e8xhbhpajJCtuuQnTQibX_ufI9Dh0_aem_4dfmg-50fr5vM9D1YfCeQw

09/28/24 https://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article292911954.html

10/01/24 https://uproxx.com/indie/sturgill-simpson-johnny-blue-skies-tour-review/

10/07/24 https://www.statesman.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/10/07/sturgill-simpson-setlist-austin-city-limits-acl-lineup-2024-weekend-one/75507081007/

10/14/24 https://www.yakimaherald.com/explore_yakima/columnist-sturgill-simpson-provides-an-authentic-country-music-experience/article_2c6fd718-85a8-11ef-ad5c-4f4692852a47.v  The Gorge concert 9/21/2024 review 

10/14/24 https://chicagomaroon.com/44283/arts/sit-down-sturgill-simpson-has-things-that-you-need-to-hear/

10/25/24 https://www.ktxtfm.org/raider/2024/10/acl-fest-2024-sturgill/

10/25/24 https://www.theaquarian.com/2024/10/25/johnny-blue-skies-fka-sturgill-simpson-durand-jones-at-forest-hills-stadium-october-19-2024/

10/26/24 https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/10/26/sturgill-simpson-delivers-three-and-a-half-hour-rockin-show-in-nashville/75812591007/

10/27/24 https://americanahighways.org/2024/10/27/show-review-sturgill-simpson-johnny-blue-skies-wow-the-crowd/ Duluth review 

10/28/24 https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/thespin/sturgill-simpson-why-not-nashville-bridgestone/article_82bb11e0-953f-11ef-934d-9bc1ed7e5f58.html

11/13/24 https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/sturgill-simpson

11/25/24 https://artsfuse.org/301586/concert-review-sturgill-simpson-nothing-if-not-chameleonic/ Boston review 

11/25/24 https://glidemagazine.com/307996/sturgill-simpson-serves-up-three-hour-plus-marathon-set-at-bostons-mgm-music-hall-show-review-photos/ Boston review 

12/09/24 https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/kennedy-center-honors-grateful-dead-bonnie-raitt-apollo-1235848089/

12/20/24 https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2024/12/20/sturgill-simpson-lays-down-incredible-cover-of-the-grateful-deads-ripple-at-kennedy-honors-event/

01/11/25 https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/dead-ahead-bob-weir-sturgill-simpson-1-10-25/

01/11/25 https://jambands.com/news/2025/01/11/dead-ahead-offers-chelonian-combo-pairing-terrapin-station-with-turtles-all-the-way-down/

01/13/25 https://relix.com/news/detail/three-amigos-bobby-weir-sturgill-simpson-and-rick-mitarotonda-break-into-trio-form-on-sunday-night-at-dead-ahead-phil-lesh-tribute-and-more/

01/14/25 https://jambands.com/news/2025/01/14/bob-weir-closes-of-dead-ahead-2025-sturgill-simpson-rick-mitarotonda-oteil-burbridge-and-more/