Awards & Winners

Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for releasing albums in the regionally based traditional American music, including but not limited to 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". It is a new category in which the previous Best Hawaiian Music Album, Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album and Best Native American Music Album categories have been merged. The change was the result of a major overhaul of Grammy categories, announced in April 2011. The new category also recognizes other musical forms, such as polka, whose own Grammy category was discontinued in 2009.

Check all the winners of Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album presented under Grammy Awards since 2011 .


Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

Honored for : Dockside Sessions

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hot 8 Brass Band The Life & Times Of...
Kahulanui Hula Ku'i
Zachary Richard Le Fou
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience Dockside Sessions
Joe Tohonnie Jr. Apache Blessing & Crown Dance Songs

Wayne Toups, Wilson Savoy, Steve Riley, Joel Savoy

Honored for : The Band Courtbouillon
(Steve Riley, Wilson Savoy & Wayne Toups, artists. Joel Savoy, engineer/mixer.)

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Keola Beamer Malama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love)
Radmilla Cody Shi Kéyah - Songs for the People
Weldon Kekauoha Pilialoha
Corey Ledet Nothin' But The Best
Wayne Toups The Band Courtbouillon
Steve Riley The Band Courtbouillon
Wilson Savoy The Band Courtbouillon
Joel Savoy The Band Courtbouillon

Rebirth Brass Band

Honored for : Rebirth of New Orleans

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rebirth Brass Band Rebirth of New Orleans
C.J. Chenier Can't Sit Down
George Kahumoku, Jr. Wao Akua - The Forest of the Gods
Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys Grand Isle
Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra Not Just Another Polka