Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song

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Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song
Awarded forQuality songwriting in the American Roots subgenres (folk, bluegrass, regional roots music, etc.)
CountryUnited States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2014
Currently held by Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker – "American Dreaming" (2025)
Website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song is an 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]

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The award was first approved by the board of trustees of the Grammy Awards in Spring 2013. [3]

As with all other songwriting awards at the Grammy's, the award for Best American Roots Song goes to the songwriters of the winning song, not to the artist(s) (except if the artist is also the songwriter).

The award was first presented at the 2014 Grammy Awards ceremony to Edie Brickell and Steve Martin, the songwriters of the awarded song. [4] Jason Isbell is the only person who has won this award more than once, with three wins (as of 2024).

Recipients

Edie Brickell received the inaugural award alongside collaborator Steve Martin. Edie Brickell 3.jpg
Edie Brickell received the inaugural award alongside collaborator Steve Martin.
Jason Isbell (right) was received the award twice. Jimbo Hart and Jason Isbell.jpg
Jason Isbell (right) was received the award twice.
Vince Gill won the award in 2017. Vince Gill.png
Vince Gill won the award in 2017.
Year [I] Recipient(s)WorkPerforming artist(s)Nominees
(Performer(s) in parentheses) [II] 		Ref.
2014 Edie Brickell and Steve Martin "Love Has Come for You"Steve Martin & Edie Brickell
 [5]
2015 Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal "A Feather's Not a Bird"Rosanne Cash
 [6]
2016 Jason Isbell "24 Frames"Jason Isbell
 [7]
2017 Vince Gill "Kid Sister" The Time Jumpers
[8]
2018 Jason Isbell "If We Were Vampires"Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
 [9]
2019 Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil and Tim Hanseroth "The Joke"Brandi Carlile
 [10]
2020 Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan & Sara Watkins "Call My Name" I'm with Her
[11]
2021 Pat McLaughlin & John Prine "I Remember Everything"John Prine (posthumous)
 [12]
2022 Jon Batiste & Steve McEwan "Cry"Jon Batiste
 [13]
2023 Bonnie Raitt "Just Like That" Bonnie Raitt
[14] [15]
2024 Jason Isbell "Cast Iron Skillet" Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit [16]
2025 Sierra Ferrell & Melody WalkerAmerican DreamingSierra Ferrell
 [17]

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