Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album
Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Album | |
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Awarded for | quality vocal or instrumental regional forms of american roots music albums |
Country | United States |
Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
First awarded | 2012 |
Currently held by | Ranky Tanky - Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (2023) |
Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 as the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for releasing albums in the regionally based traditional American music, including Hawaiian, Native American, polka, zydeco and Cajun music genres. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]
The category was introduced in 2012 in which the previous Best Hawaiian Music Album, Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album and Best Native American Music Album categories were combined. The change was the result of a major overhaul of Grammy categories, announced in April 2011.[3] The new category also recognizes other American roots forms, such as polka, whose own Grammy category was discontinued in 2009. In 2021, the category added the inclusion of Go-go music, and in 2024 it was announced that conjunto would be recognized under the category starting in 2025.[4]
Hawaiian musician Kalani Pe'a holds the record of most wins in the category with three.
Recipients
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Year[I] | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
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2012 | Rebirth Brass Band | Rebirth of New Orleans |
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[5] |
2013 | Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy | The Band Courtbouillon |
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[6] |
2014 | Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience | Dockside Sessions |
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[7] |
2015 | Jo-El Sonnier | The Legacy |
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[8] |
2016 | Jon Cleary | Go Go Juice |
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[9] |
2017 | Kalani Pe'a | E Walea |
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[10] |
2018 | The Lost Bayou Ramblers | Kalenda |
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[11] |
2019 | Kalani Pe'a | No 'Ane'i |
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[12] |
2020 | Ranky Tanky | Good Time |
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[13] |
2021 | New Orleans Nightcrawlers | Atmosphere |
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[14] |
2022 | Kalani Pe'a | Kau Ka Pe'a |
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[15] |
2023 | Ranky Tanky | Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival |
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[16] |
2024 | Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band
and Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (TIE) |
New Beginnings
and Live: Orpheum Theater Nola (TIE) |
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[17] |
^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
References
[edit]- ^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
- ^ "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
- ^ "Grammy Awards Category Mapper". Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ^ Grein, Paul (June 14, 2024). "Grammys 2025: No New Categories, But 10 Rule Tweaks". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ "2011 — 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: American Roots Field". The Recording Academy. November 30, 2011.
- ^ [List of 2013 nominees "Nominees and Winners | GRAMMY.com". Archived from the original on 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2016-02-23.]
- ^ "56th GRAMMY Awards: Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ List of Nominees 2015
- ^ "Grammy Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
- ^ 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list
- ^ 2021 Nominations List
- ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ "2023 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ "2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-11-12.