Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album

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.

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
Bob Dylan performing at Lida Festival in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1996.

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.

Recipients

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YearWinner(s)TitleNomineesRef.
1987Doc WatsonRiding the Midnight Train
[1]
1988Ladysmith Black MambazoShaka Zulu
[2]
1989various artistsFolkways: A Vision Shared[3]
1990Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal ChoirLe Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Volume II
[4]
1991Doc WatsonOn 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]
1992Various ArtistsThe Civil War
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1993The ChieftainsAn Irish Evening
[6]
1994The ChieftainsThe Celtic Harp
[7]
1995Bob DylanWorld Gone Wrong
[8]
1996Ramblin' Jack ElliottSouth Coast[9]
1997Pete SeegerPete[10]
1998BeauSoleilL'Amour Ou La Folie
[11]
1999The ChieftainsLong Journey Home[12]
2000June Carter CashPress On
[13]
2001Dave AlvinPublic Domain[14]
2002Various ArtistsDown from the Mountain
[15]
2003Doc WatsonLegacy
[16]
2004June Carter CashWildwood Flower
[17]
2005Various ArtistsBeautiful Dreamer
[18]
2006Tim O'BrienFiddler's Green
[19]
2007Bruce SpringsteenWe Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions[20]
2008Levon HelmDirt Farmer
[21]
2009Pete SeegerAt 89[22]
2010Loudon Wainwright IIIHigh Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
[23]
2011Carolina Chocolate DropsGenuine 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]

References

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