Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance explained

Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance
Awarded For:Quality performances in the American Roots subgenres (folk, bluegrass, regional roots music, etc.)
Presenter:National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country:United States
Year:2015
Holder:Allison Russell, "Eve Was Black" (2024)
Website:grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance is an award category at the annual Grammy Awards. It was first presented in 2015.

The award was first approved by the board of trustees of the Grammy Awards in June 2014.[1] According to NARAS, the award encompasses all of the subgenres of the American Roots category field, which include Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk and other forms of regional roots music. The category is open for solo artists, duos, groups and other collaborations and is for singles or tracks only. It was joined by a sister category, Best Americana Performance, in 2023.

The Grammy is awarded to the performer(s) of the winning recording.

Recipients

YearPerforming artist(s)WorkNomineesRef.
2015Rosanne Cash"A Feather's Not a Bird" [2]
2016Mavis Staples"See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" [3]
2017Sarah Jarosz"House of Mercy" [4]
2018Alabama Shakes"Killer Diller Blues" [5]
2019Brandi Carlile"The Joke" [6]
2020Sara Bareilles"Saint Honesty" [7]
2021John Prine"I Remember Everything" [8]
2022Jon Batiste"Cry" [9]
2023Aaron Neville & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band"Stompin' Ground" [10]
2024Allison Russell"Eve Was Black" [11]

Artists with multiple nominations

4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

Notes and References

  1. http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/press-release/samples-to-be-allowed-in-all-grammy-award-songwriting-categories Grammy.com, 12 June 2014
  2. News: 57th Grammy Nominees . . December 5, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151113092219/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2015-nominees-winners-list-story.html . November 13, 2015 . live .
  3. Grammy Nominations 2016: See the Full List of Nominees . Prometheus Global Media . Billboard . December 7, 2015 . December 7, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151210021119/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6785974/grammy-nominations-2016-full-list . December 10, 2015 . live .
  4. Grammy Nominations 2017: See the Full List of Nominees . Prometheus Global Media . Billboard . December 6, 2016 . December 6, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161206151125/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7597556/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017 . December 6, 2016 . live .
  5. Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees . Lynch . Joe . November 28, 2017 . . November 29, 2017.
  6. News: 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards. GRAMMY.com. December 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181207153109/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards. December 7, 2018. live.
  7. Web site: Grammy Awards Nominations: The Complete List. 2019-11-20. Variety. en. 2019-11-20.
  8. https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2021-grammys-complete-nominees-list Grammy.com, 24 November 2020
  9. Web site: 2021-11-23. 2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List. 2021-11-28. GRAMMY.com. en.
  10. Web site: November 16, 2022 . 2023 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List . GRAMMY.com . en.
  11. Web site: 2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List GRAMMY.com . 2023-11-12 . www.grammy.com.

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