To be honored this fall by the Americana Music Association, along with other artists such as Graham Nash and Van Morrison, in Nashville, TN, DeMent is 2017’s Americana Trailblazer Award recipient; a press release explains that she "exemplifies what it means to forge your own path in the music industry” and “[uses] her ethereal voice and songwriting craft to showcase introspection as well as to address more political topics such as sexual abuse, religion and government policy throughout her work."