Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance

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Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance
Awarded forQuality performances in the American Roots subgenres (folk, bluegrass, regional roots music, etc.)
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2015
Currently held byJohn Prine, "I Remember Everything" (2021)
Websitegrammy.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.

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

Winners[]

Inaugural recipient Rosanne Cash
2016 winner Mavis Staples
2021 honoree John Prine won the Grammy for "I Remember Everything", the final song he recorded before his death.

2010s[]

Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2015 Rosanne Cash "A Feather's Not a Bird"
  • Gregg Allman and Taj Mahal – "Statesboro Blues"
  • Billy Childs featuring Alison Krauss and Jerry Douglas – "And When I Die"
  • Keb' Mo' featuring the California Feet Warmers – "The Old Me Better"
  • Nickel Creek – "Destination"
 [2]
2016 Mavis Staples "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" [3]
2017 Sarah Jarosz "House of Mercy"
  • The Avett Brothers – "Ain't No Man"
  • Blind Boys of Alabama – "Mother's Children Have a Hard Time"
  • Rhiannon Giddens – "Factory Girl"
  • Lori McKenna – "Wreck You"
 [4]
2018 Alabama Shakes "Killer Diller Blues"
  • Blind Boys of Alabama – "Let My Mother Live"
  • Glen Campbell – "Arkansas Farmboy"
  • Leonard Cohen – "Steer Your Way"
  • Alison Krauss – "I Never Cared for You"
 [5]
2019 Brandi Carlile "The Joke"
  • Sean Ardoin – "Kick Rocks"
  • Jon Batiste – "Saint James Infirmary Blues"
  • Anderson East – "All on My Mind"
  • Willie Nelson – "Last Man Standing"
 [6]

2020s[]

Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2020 Sara Bareilles "Saint Honesty" [7]
2021 John Prine "I Remember Everything" [8]
2022 TBA TBA [9]

Artists with multiple nominations[]

2 nominations
  • Blind Boys of Alabama
  • Rhiannon Giddens
  • Alison Krauss
  • Mavis Staples

See also[]

  • List of Grammy Award categories

References and links[]

  1. ^ Grammy.com, 12 June 2014
  2. ^ "57th Grammy Nominees". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  6. ^ "61st Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  7. ^ "Grammy Awards Nominations: The Complete List". Variety. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  8. ^ Grammy.com, 24 November 2020
  9. ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
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