Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance
Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance | |
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Awarded for | Quality performances in the American Roots subgenres (folk, bluegrass, regional roots music, etc.) |
Country | United States |
Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
First awarded | 2015 |
Currently held by | 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
Year[I] | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
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2015 | Rosanne Cash | "A Feather's Not a Bird" |
| [2] |
2016 | Mavis Staples | "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" |
| [3] |
2017 | Sarah Jarosz | "House of Mercy" |
| [4] |
2018 | Alabama Shakes | "Killer Diller Blues" |
| [5] |
2019 | Brandi Carlile | "The Joke" |
| [6] |
2020 | Sara Bareilles | "Saint Honesty" |
| [7] |
2021 | John Prine | "I Remember Everything" |
| [8] |
2022 | Jon Batiste | "Cry" |
| [9] |
2023 | Aaron Neville & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band | "Stompin' Ground" |
| [10] |
2024 | Allison Russell | "Eve Was Black" |
| [11] |
Artists with multiple nominations
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References and links
- ^ Grammy.com, 12 June 2014
- ^ "57th Grammy Nominees". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ^ "Grammy Nominations 2016: See the Full List of Nominees". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 7, 2015. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- ^ "Grammy Nominations 2017: See the Full List of Nominees". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 6, 2016. Archived from the original on December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
- ^ Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ "61st Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- ^ "Grammy Awards Nominations: The Complete List". Variety. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
- ^ Grammy.com, 24 November 2020
- ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
- ^ "2023 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. November 16, 2022.
- ^ "2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
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