| Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Album | |
| Awarded For: | quality vocal or instrumental regional forms of american roots music albums |
| Presenter: | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Holder: | 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.
| Year | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Rebirth Brass Band | Rebirth of New Orleans | [5] | ||
| 2013 | Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy | The Band Courtbouillon | [6] | ||
| 2014 | Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience | Dockside Sessions | [7] | ||
| 2015 | Jo-El Sonnier | The Legacy | [8] | ||
| 2016 | Jon Cleary | Go Go Juice | [9] | ||
| 2017 | Kalani Pe'a | E Walea | [10] | ||
| 2018 | The Lost Bayou Ramblers | Kalenda | [11] | ||
| 2019 | Kalani Pe'a | No 'Ane'i | [12] | ||
| 2020 | Ranky Tanky | Good Time | [13] | ||
| 2021 | New Orleans Nightcrawlers | Atmosphere | [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 BandandLost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra(TIE) | New BeginningsandLive: Orpheum Theater Nola(TIE) | [17] |