Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album

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Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album
Awarded forquality traditional folk music albums
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1987
Last awarded2011
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album was awarded from 1987 to 2011. Until 1993 the award was known as the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Recording.

An award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was also presented. Prior to 1987 contemporary and traditional folk were combined as the Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording.

The award was discontinued in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. In 2012 this category was merged with Best Contemporary Folk Album to form the new Best Folk Album category.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Winners and nominees[]

1980s[]

Year Winner(s) Title Nominees Ref.
1987 Doc Watson Riding the Midnight Train
[1]
1988 Ladysmith Black Mambazo Shaka Zulu
[2]
1989 various artists Folkways: A Vision Shared [3]

1990s[]

Year Winner(s) Title Nominees Ref.
1990 Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir Le Mystere des Voic Bulgares, Volume II
  • The Cajun Tradition for Á la Vielle Façon
  • Various American Indian Tribes for American Indian Dance Theatre
  • Norman Blake, Nancy Blake for Blind Dog
  • Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling for Now That's a Good Tune
 [4]
1991 Doc Watson On Praying Ground
  • Toinho de Alagoas, Duda da Passira, Jose Orlando, Heleno Dos Oito Baixos for Brazil Forro: Music for Maids and Taxi Drivers
  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo for Classic Tracks
  • Basin Brothers for Let's Get Cajun
  • The Whitstein Brothers for Old Time Duets
  • Various Artists for Partisans of Vilna: Songs of World War II Jewish Resistance
 [5]
1992 Various Artists The Civil War
  • Doc Watson for My Dear Old Southern Home
  • Mike Seeger for Solo-Oldtime Country Music
  • Jimmy C. Newman for Alligator Mann
  • Various Artists for Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares Vol. 3
 -
1993 The Chieftains An Irish Evening
[6]
1994 The Chieftains The Celtic Harp
[7]
1995 Bob Dylan World Gone Wrong
[8]
1996 Ramblin' Jack Elliott South Coast
[9]
1997 Pete Seeger Pete
[10]
1998 BeauSoleil L'Amour Ou La Folie
[11]
1999 The Chieftains Long Journey Home [12]

2000s[]

Year Winner(s) Title Nominees Ref.
2000 June Carter Cash Press On
[13]
2001 Dave Alvin Public Domain [14]
2002 Various Artists Down from the Mountain
[15]
2003 Doc Watson Legacy
[16]
2004 June Carter Cash Wildwood Flower
[17]
2005 Various Artists Beautiful Dreamer
[18]
2006 Tim O'Brien Fiddler's Green
[19]
2007 Bruce Springsteen We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [20]
2008 Levon Helm Dirt Farmer
[21]
2009 Pete Seeger At 89
[22]
2010 Loudon Wainwright III High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
  • David Holt, Josh Goforth for
  • Maura O'Connell for Naked With Friends
  • Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra for Polka Cola: Music That Refreshes
  • Various Artists for Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips
 [23]
2011 Carolina Chocolate Drops Genuine Negro Jig
  • Luther Dickinson & the Sons of Mudboy for Onward and Upward
  • The John Hartford Stringband for Memories of John
  • Maria Muldaur for Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy
  • Ricky Skaggs for Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved
 [24]

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