Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song
| Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song | |
|---|---|
| A gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table Gilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners | |
| Description | quality songwriting 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 | 2014 |
| Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song is a new 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 will be first presented at the 2014 Grammy Awards ceremony to the songwriter(s) of the awarded song, the Recording Academy announced in June 2013.[3] The Academy stated that "the category will encompass all of the subgenres of the American Roots Music Field (Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk, regional roots music), and puts the Field in line with the Rock, Rap, R&B, Country, and Gospel/CCM Fields, all of which have songwriters' awards."
References and links
- ^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
- ^ "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
- ^ Press release, 4 June 2013