A list of winners in the GRAMMY Awards’ American Roots Music Field follows, while the complete list of award recipients may be found at grammy.com.
Best American Roots Performance: “Eve Was Black” – Allison Russell
Best American Roots Song: “Cast Iron Skillet” – Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit)
Best Americana Album: Weathervanes – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Best Americana Performance: “Dear Insecurity” – Brandy Clark (featuring Brandi Carlile)
Best Bluegrass Album: City of Gold – Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
(Note: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway also won in this category last year for Crooked Tree.)
Best Folk Album: Joni Mitchell At Newport (Live) – Joni Mitchell
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Blood Harmony – Larkin Poe
Best Traditional Blues Album: All My Love For You – Bobby Rush
Best Regional Roots Music Album: New Beginnings – Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band and Live: Orpheum Theater Nola – Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (Tie)
Winners in other categories of potential interest to AcousticMusicScene.com readers included Bela Fleck for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album (As We Speak) and Best Global Music Performance (“Pashto”); Blind Boys of Alabama for Best Roots Gospel Album (Echoes of the South); Chris Stapleton for Best Country Solo Performance (“White Horse”) and Best Country Song (“White Horse”) with co-writer Dan Wilson; Lainey Wilson for Best Country Album (Bell Bottom Country); Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves for Best Country Duo/Group Performance (“I Remember Everything”); and John Carter Cash, Tommy Emmanuel, Markus Illko, Janet Robin, and Roberto Luis Rodriguez, arrangers (The String Revolution featuring Tommy Emmanuel) for Best Arrangement , Instrumental or A Cappella (“Folsom Prison Blues”).
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