▁During ▁his ▁ten ure , ▁expansion ▁has ▁been ▁evident ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Rec ording ▁Academy ’ s ▁decision ▁( 2 0 1 0 ) ▁to ▁add ▁the ▁Amer icana ▁Category ▁to ▁its ▁list ▁of ▁Gram my ▁Awards ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Mer ri am - Web ster ▁to ▁added ▁the ▁word , ▁Amer icana , ▁as ▁a ▁musical ▁term , ▁to ▁its ▁pr estig ious ▁Colleg iate ▁Dictionary . ▁ ▁H illy ▁has ▁ste ered ▁the ▁Association ▁to ▁increased ▁attend ance ▁tot als ▁at ▁their ▁annual ▁Amer icana ▁Music ▁Festival ▁and ▁Conference ▁and ▁significantly , ▁raised ▁the ▁profile ▁of ▁the ▁genre ▁with ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁magazine ▁printing ▁the ▁Amer icana ▁Music ▁Air play ▁Chart , ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁Amer icana ▁Land ing ▁Page ▁at ▁amazon . com ▁and ▁major ▁feature ▁stories ▁about ▁the ▁genre ▁and ▁the ▁organization ▁in ▁Billboard , ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁LA ▁Times , ▁Wall ▁Street ▁Journal ▁and ▁hundreds ▁of ▁other ▁period ical s ▁world wide . ▁ ▁H illy ▁is ▁the ▁Executive ▁Produ cer ▁of ▁the ▁annual ▁Amer icana ▁Hon ors ▁& ▁Awards ▁show ▁at ▁the ▁Historic ▁R yman ▁Aud itor ium , ▁which ▁is ▁broadcast ▁around ▁the ▁world ▁on ▁P BS ▁and ▁A X S ▁TV ▁along ▁with ▁BBC ▁Radio ▁ 2 , ▁X M / S iri us ▁Sat ellite ▁Radio , ▁W SM , ▁Vo ice ▁of ▁America ▁and ▁N PR . org . ▁ ▁In ▁recent ▁years ▁the ▁organization ▁has ▁been ▁bol ster ed ▁with ▁ever - g row