The Americana Music Association applauds the Recording Academy® for adding a new category - Best American Roots Music Performance, an artist’s award - to the American Roots Music Field for the 2015 GRAMMY® Awards.  The new category will give Americana, and other roots music artists, a home for the recognition of their work.  The new category compliments previously created categories including Best American Roots Music Song, Best Americana Album, Best Bluegrass Album, Best Blues Album, Best Folk Album and Best Regional Roots Album. 

 

According to a press release from the Recording Academy today, the new category “recognizes singles/tracks only as well as solo artists/duos/groups/collaborations. This puts the (American Roots Music) field in line with the Pop, Rock, Rap, R&B, Country, and Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music fields, all of which have performance categories.” (Full Grammy Press release HERE)

 

The first round of GRAMMY® Award submissions opens in July.

 

If you wish to become a member of the Recording Academy, or renew an existing membership, you can do so here: https://www.grammy365.com/join/voting

 

The Recording Academy has also set up an Awards Help Line in case you have any questions: 877-637-6816

 

 

The 57th Annual GRAMMY® Awards telecast (CBS) will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2015.

 

Eligibility Period is for recordings commercially released between October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014.

 

Members must be active in order to submit projects for GRAMMY® consideration.

 

 

July 1: Member Round 1 submissions open. (For releases from October 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014)

 

July 27: Member Round 1 submissions closes.

 

July 31: Last day to become a member and participate in online entry process.

 

August 13: Member Final Round submissions open. (For releases from July 1, 2014 to September 30, 2014)

 

August 27: Member Final Round submissions closes.

 

September 15: Last day to be approved as a voting member and receive the first round ballot. The Academy suggests new members apply two weeks before this date to allow time for its approval process. All members must be active to receive a first-round ballot.

 

November 15: The last day to join or renew membership and receive the final round ballot and have the opportunity to purchase GRAMMY® Awards Telecast tickets. (Non-nominee tickets are not guaranteed. Membership only allows for the opportunity to buy, and they tend to sell out within minutes of going on sale.)

 

*Note: The dates above are subject to change