Winners in the 64th annual Grammy Awards’ American Roots Music Field were recognized during a premiere ceremony that took place prior to the Recording Academy’s televised awards show on Sunday, April 3, 2022 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jon Batiste was the night’s big winner, taking home Grammys in five of the 11 categories in which he was nominated – including for Best American Roots Music Performance and Best American Roots Song for “Cry” and the coveted Album of the Year award for We Are. The pianist, composer and bandleader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert also was honored for Best Music Video for “Freedom” (along with video director Alan Ferguson and video producer Alex P. Wilson) and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for composing the music for Soul, the Disney-Pixar animated film for which he previously won an Oscar for Best Original Score. He shared the latter award with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
Other winners in the American Roots Music Field include:
Best Americana Album: Native Sons – Los Lobos
Best Bluegrass Album: My Bluegrass Heart – Béla Fleck
Best Traditional Blues Album: I Be Trying – Cedric Burnside
Best Contemporary Blues Album: 662 – Christine “Kingfish” Ingram
Best Folk Album: They’re Calling Me Home – Rhiannon Giddens with Francisco Turrisi
Best Regional Roots Music Album: Kau Ka Pe’a – Kalani Pe’a
Also of note: Angelique Kiddo’s Mother Nature won the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album went to Angelique Kidjo for Mother Nature, while Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) was named Best Historical Album.
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