Best American Roots Performance
The Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance recognizes excellence in American roots music performance. The category encompasses all subgenres of the American roots field including bluegrass, blues, folk, and regional roots styles such as Cajun, Hawaiian, Indigenous/Native American, Second Line brass band, Polka, Zydeco, Go-go, Swamp Pop, and Conjunto.
67th Annual Grammy Awards • 2025
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2023 and Aug 30, 2024
Sierra Ferrell won the 2025 Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance with "Lighthouse"
Winners & Nominees 2025
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Lighthouse
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Blame It On Eve
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Nothing In Rambling
Fabulous Thunderbirds, Bonnie Raitt, Keb'Mo', Taj Mahal, Mick Fleetwood
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The Ballad Of Sally Anne
Previous Winners
| Year | Winner | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mavis Staples | Beautiful Strangers | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Sierra Ferrell | Lighthouse | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Allison Russell | Eve Was Black | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Aaron Neville, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band | Stompin' Ground | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Jon Batiste | Cry | All Nominees |
| 2021 | John Prine | I Remember Everything | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Sara Bareilles | Saint Honesty | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Brandi Carlile | The Joke | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Alabama Shakes | Killer Diller Blues | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Sarah Jarosz | House Of Mercy | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Mavis Staples | See That My Grave Is Kept Clean | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Rosanne Cash | A Feather's Not A Bird | All Nominees |
