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Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song

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Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song
Awarded forQuality songwriting in the American Roots subgenres (folk, bluegrass, regional roots music, etc.)
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2014
Currently held byJason Isbell – "Cast Iron Skillet" (2024)
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song is an award category at the annual Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality songs in the American Roots Music genres such as blues, bluegrass, folk, Americana, and regional roots music. 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 award was first approved by the board of trustees of the Grammy Awards in Spring 2013.[3]

As with all other songwriting awards at the Grammy's, the award for Best American Roots Song goes to the songwriters of the winning song, not to the artist(s) (except if the artist is also the songwriter).

The award was first presented at the 2014 Grammy Awards ceremony to Edie Brickell and Steve Martin, the songwriters of the awarded song.[4] Jason Isbell is the only person who has won this award more than once, with three wins (as of 2024).

Recipients

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Edie Brickell received the inaugural award alongside collaborator Steve Martin.
Jason Isbell (right) was received the award twice.
Vince Gill won the award in 2017.
Year[I] Recipient(s) Work Performing artist(s) Nominees
(Performer(s) in parentheses)[II] 		Ref.
2014 Edie Brickell and Steve Martin "Love Has Come for You" Steve Martin & Edie Brickell
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2015 Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal "A Feather's Not a Bird" Rosanne Cash
[6]
2016 Jason Isbell "24 Frames" Jason Isbell
[7]
2017 Vince Gill "Kid Sister" The Time Jumpers
[8]
2018 Jason Isbell "If We Were Vampires" Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
[9]
2019 Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil and Tim Hanseroth "The Joke" Brandi Carlile
[10]
2020 Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan & Sara Watkins "Call My Name" I'm with Her
[11]
2021 Pat McLaughlin & John Prine "I Remember Everything" John Prine (posthumous)
[12]
2022 Jon Batiste & Steve McEwan "Cry" Jon Batiste
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2023 Bonnie Raitt "Just Like That" Bonnie Raitt
[14][15]
2024 Jason Isbell "Cast Iron Skillet" Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit [16]
2025 TBA TBA TBA
[17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
  2. ^ "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
  3. ^ Lawless, John (June 8, 2013). "Grammy announces Best American Roots Song category". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Steve Martin And Edie Brickell Win Best American Roots Song". Grammy Award. January 26, 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Jay Z Tops 56th GRAMMY Nominations With Nine". GRAMMY.com. May 2, 2017.
  6. ^ List of Nominees 2015
  7. ^ "Grammy Awards 2016: Kendrick Lamar made history with an unapologetically black album". Los Angeles Times. December 7, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  8. ^ "59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees". GRAMMY.com. December 6, 2016. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  9. ^ Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  10. ^ Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
  11. ^ 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list
  12. ^ 2021 Nominations List
  13. ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
  14. ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
  15. ^ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Winners & Nominees List (Updating Live)". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  16. ^ "2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  17. ^ "2025 GRAMMYs: See The OFFICIAL Full Nominations List | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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