Patty Griffin was the big winner at the sixth annual Americana Awards, taking home album of the year for Children Running Through and artist of the year.Patty Griffin, "Rain"The American Awards honor American roots music, including country, blues, rock, bluegrass and folk. Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby all performed at awards show held at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium Thursday night. Other winners included Buddy Miller, instrumentalist of the year; Darryl Scott, song of the year for "Hank Williams' Ghost"; Lyle Lovett, Trailblazer Award; Joe Ely, lifetime achievement for performance; Ry Cooder, lifetime achievement for instrumentalist; Willie Nelson, lifetime achievement for songwriter; Mary Martin, lifetime achievement for an executive; Jim Dickinson, lifetime achievement for a producer engineer; and Townes Van Zandt, the president's award.