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Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album

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Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Album
Awarded forquality vocal or instrumental regional forms of american roots music albums
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2012
Currently held byRanky Tanky - Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (2023)
Websitegrammy.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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2014 winners Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience.
2015 winner Jo-El Sonnier.
Three-time winner Kalani Pe'a.
2018 winner The Lost Bayou Ramblers.
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2012 Rebirth Brass Band Rebirth of New Orleans
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2013 Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy The Band Courtbouillon
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2014 Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience Dockside Sessions
  • Hot 8 Brass Band — The Life & Times of...The Hot 8 Brass Band
  • Kahulanui — Hula Ku'i
  • Zachary Richard — Le Fou
  • Joe Tohonnie Jr. — Apache Blessing & Crown Dance Songs
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2015 Jo-El Sonnier The Legacy
  • Bonsoir Catin — Light the Stars
  • Kamaka Kukona — Hanu 'A'ala
  • Magnolia Sisters — Love's Lies
  • Joe Tohonnie Jr. — Ceremony
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2016 Jon Cleary Go Go Juice
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2017 Kalani Pe'a E Walea
  • Barry Jean Ancelet & Sam Broussard — Broken Promised Land
  • Northern Cree — It's a Cree Thing
  • Roddie Romero & The Hub City All-Stars — Gulfstream
  • Various Artists (Joshua Caffery & Joel Savoy, producers) — I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax in the Evangeline Country
 [10]
2018 The Lost Bayou Ramblers Kalenda
[11]
2019 Kalani Pe'a No 'Ane'i
[12]
2020 Ranky Tanky Good Time
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2021 New Orleans Nightcrawlers Atmosphere
  • Black Lodge Singers - My Relatives "Nikso Kowaiks"
  • Cameron Dupuy & the Cajun Troubadours - Cameron Dupuy & the Cajun Troubadours
  • Nā Wai ʽEhā - Lovely Sunrise
  • Sweet Cecilia - A Tribute to Al Berard
 [14]
2022 Kalani Pe'a Kau Ka Pe'a
[15]
2023 Ranky Tanky Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
[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)

  • Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers - Live at the 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
  • New Breed Brass Band - Made in New Orleans
  • New Orleans Nightcrawlers - Too Much to Hold
  • The Rumble ft. Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. - Live at the Maple Leaf
 [17]

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

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 October 27, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
  3. ^ "Grammy Awards Category Mapper". Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  4. ^ Grein, Paul (June 14, 2024). "Grammys 2025: No New Categories, But 10 Rule Tweaks". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  5. ^ "2011 — 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: American Roots Field". The Recording Academy. November 30, 2011.
  6. ^ [List of 2013 nominees "Nominees and Winners | GRAMMY.com". Archived from the original on 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2016-02-23.]
  7. ^ "56th GRAMMY Awards: Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  8. ^ List of Nominees 2015
  9. ^ "Grammy Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  10. ^ "59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  11. ^ Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  12. ^ Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
  13. ^ 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list
  14. ^ 2021 Nominations List
  15. ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  16. ^ "2023 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  17. ^ "2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
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