GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
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Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2010)
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nominees
Onward And Upward
Memories Of John
The John Hartford Stringband
Maria Muldaur & Her Garden Of Joy
Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved
52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2009)
nominees
Polka Cola: Music That Refreshes
Singing Through The Hard Times: A Tribute To Utah Phillips
(Various Artists)
Cutting Loose
Naked With Friends
51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008)
nominees
Coal
Comedians & Angels
Bring Me Home
Strangers In Another Country
50th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2007)
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nominees
Banjo Talkin'
Charlie Louvin
Try Me One More Time
Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John
49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)
nominees
I Stand Alone
Gonna Let It Shine
Adieu False Heart
Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy
A Distant Land To Roam
48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)
nominees
Come On Back
Live In The UK
Cajun Mardi Gras!
Live From Dublin - A Tribute To Derek Bell
47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004)
winner
Beautiful Dreamer - The Songs Of Stephen Foster
(Various Artists)
nominees
Gitane Cajun
The Morning Glory Ramblers
Norman & Nancy Blake
My Last Go Round
Rosalie Sorrels & Friends
...And The Tin Pan Bended, And The Story Ended...
46th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2003)
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nominees
Any Old Time
Bon Reve
The Three Pickers
Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Volume 3
Pete Seeger & Friends
45th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2002)
nominees
Fiddlers 4
Fiddlers 4 (Bruce Molsky, Michael Doucet, Darol Anger & Rushad Eggleston)
Postcards
Blue Country Heart
High Lonesome Cowboy
Evangeline Made - A Tribute To Cajun Music
(Various Artists)
44th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2001)
winner
Down From The Mountain
(Various Artists)
nominees
Hamilton Ironworks
Treasures From The Folk Den
Roger McGuinn (& Various Artists)
Avalon Blues - A Tribute To The Music Of Mississippi John Hurt
(Various Artists)
Looking Back Tomorrow: BeauSoleil Live!
43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2000)
nominees
Cajun Blood (Album)
Far Away, Down On A Georgia Farm (Album)
Live At The Royal Albert Hall (Album)
My Roots Are Showing (Album)
42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1999)
nominees
Retrograss (Album)
Songs Of Mississippi John Hurt (Album)
The Long Ride (Album)
Third Generation Blues (Album)
Doc And Richard Watson
41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998)
nominees
Chattanooga Sugar Babe (Album)
Friends Of Mine (Album)
Slant 6 Mind (Album)
Southern Banjo Sounds (Album)
40th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1997)
nominees
Cajun Pride (Album)
Deep Water (Album)
Heart Songs: The Old Time Country Songs Of Utah Phillips (Album)
There Ain't No Way Out (Album)
39th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1996)
nominees
Wild Hog In The Red Brush (Album)
Intoxicated Spirit (Album)
The Hobo's Last Ride (Album)
Norman And Nancy Blake
Thuthukani Ngoxolo - Let's Develop In Peace (Album)
38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995)
nominees
From.... Another Time And Place
The Oak And The Laurel
Then And Now
While Passing Along This Way
Norman And Nancy Blake
37th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1994)
nominees
L'Echo (Album)
Liph' Iqiniso (Album)
Ritual - Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares (Album)
Third Annual Farewell Reunion (Album)
Wheel Of Fortune (Album)
36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993)
nominees
Friend Of Mine (Album)
Melody, Rhythm And Harmony (Album)
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares
Our Town (Album)
Trace Of Time (Album)
Ancestral Voices (Album)
35th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1992)
nominees
A Cathedral Concert (Album)
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares
Grandfather's Greatest Hits (Album)
Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used To (Album)
Le Trio Cadien (Album)
D. L. Menard, Eddie LeJeune, Ken Smith
34th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1991)
winner
The Civil War - Original Soundtrack
(Various Artists)
nominees
My Dear Old Southern Home (Album)
Solo-Oldtime Country Music (Album)
Alligator Man (Album)
Jimmy C. Newman (And Cajun Country)
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Vol. 3 (Album)
(Various Artists)
33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1990)
nominees
Brazil Forro: Music For Maids And Taxi Drivers (Album)
(Various Artists)
Classic Tracks (Album)
Let's Get Cajun (Album)
Old Time Duets (Album)
Partisans Of Vilna: Songs Of World War II Jewish Resistance (Album)
(Various Artists)
32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989)
winner
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares, Vol. II
(Bulgarian State Female Vocal Choir)
nominees
Now That's A Good Tune (Album)
Masters Of Traditional Missouri Fiddling
A La Veille Facon (Album)
The Cajun Tradition
American Indian Dance Theatre (Album)
Various American Indian Tribes
Blind Dog (Album)
31st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1988)
winner
Folkways -- A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly
(Various Artists)
nominees
Irish Heartbeat (Album)
Van Morrison And The Chieftans
Journey Of Dreams (Album)
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares (Album)
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares
Pretty Boy Floyd (Track)
30th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1987)
nominees
Mbube Roots - Zulu Choral Music From South Africa (Album)
Bantu Glee Singers, Crocodiles, Shooting Stars And Others
Zulu Men's Singing Competition (Album)
(Various Artists)
Belizaire The Cajun (Original Soundtrack) (Album)
Michael Doucet And Beausoleil
Celtic Wedding (Album)
29th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1986)
nominees
20th Anniversary Concert (Album)
Caught In The Act (Album)
Hot Steppin' With Rockin' Sidney (Album)
Waitin' For My Ya Ya
28th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1985)
nominees
Souvenirs (Album)
Turning Point
Zydeco Gris-Gris (Album)
Live At The San Francisco Blues Festival (Album)
27th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1984)
nominees
100% Fortified Zydeco
Good Rockin' (Album)
On A Saturday Night (Album)
Open Road (Album)
26th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1983)
nominees
Raga Mishra Piloo (Album)
Renaissance Of The Celtic Harp (Album)
Synchro System (Album)
King Sunny Ade And His African Beats
The Grey Fox (Album)
25th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1982)
winner
Queen Ida & The Bon Temps Zydeco Band On Tour
Queen Ida
nominees
In The Tradition (Album)
Live In America (Album)
Metropolis (Album)
Reggae Sunsplash '81, A Tribute To Bob Marley (Album)
(Various Artists)
Tennessee: Folk Heritage - The Mountains (Album)
(Various Artists)
24th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1981)
nominees
From The Heart Of A Woman (Album)
Frozen Alive (Album)
Living Chicago Blues Vol. IV
A.C. Reid And The Spark Plugs, Scottie And The Ribtips, Lovie Lee, Carey Bell
Blues Deluxe (Album)
(Various Artists)
23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1980)
winner
Rare Blues
(Various Artists)
nominees
Atlanta Blues: 1933 (Album)
Buddy Moss, Blind Willie McTell, Curley Weaver
Boil The Breakfast Early (Album)
Kidney Stew Is Fine (Album)
Queen Ida And The Bon Temps Zydeco Band In New Orleans (Album)
22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1979)
nominees
New England Traditional Fiddling (Album)
New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival
Eubie Blake, Charles Mingus, Roosevelt Sykes, Clifton Chenier
So Many Roads (Album)
The Chieftains 7 (Album)
Ice Pickin' (Album)
Laugh Your Blues Away (Album)
Uncle Dave Macon
Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 3 (Album)
Lonnie Brooks Blues Band, Pinetop Perkins And Sons of Blues, Lurie Bell, Billy Preston, Billy Branch
Living Chicago Blues, Vol. I (Album)
Jimmy Johnson Blues Band, Eddie Shaw And The Wolf Gang, Left Hand Frank And His Blues Band
21st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1978)
nominees
Chicago Blues At Home (Album)
(Various Artists)
Clifton Chenier And His Red Hot Louisiana Band In New Orleans (Album)
I Hear Some Blues Downstairs
U.S.A.
Memphis Slim And His House Rockers, Featuring Matt "Guitar" Murphy
20th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1977)
nominees
What Happened To My Blues (Album)
Blues Hit Big Town (Album)
Right Place, Wrong Time (Album)
Things That I Used To Do (Album)
19th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1976)
nominees
Bagpipe Marches And Music Of Scotland (Album)
Beware Of The Dog (Album)
If You Love These Blues, Play 'em As You Please (Album)
Proud Earth
18th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1975)
nominees
Wake Up Dead Man (Black Convict Work Songs) (Album)
(Various Artists)
I Got What It Takes (Album)
Memphis Blues (Album)
Music Of Guatemala (Album)
17th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1974)
nominees
Big Daddy (Album)
Catalyst (Album)
London Revisited (Album)
The Back Door Wolf (Album)
16th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1973)
nominees
John Lee Hooker's Detroit (1948-1952) (Album)
Leadbelly (Live In Concert) (Album)
Blues At Montreaux (Album)
Can't Get No Grindin' (Album)
15th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1972)
nominees
Blues Piano Orgy (Album)
Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, Sunnyland Slim, Speckled Red, Otis Spann, Curtis Jones
Lightnin' Strikes (Album)
Live At Soledad Prison
Walking The Blues (Album)
14th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1971)
nominees
Stormy Monday Blues
The Esso Trinidad Steel Band (Album)
18th Century Traditional Music Of Japan (Album)
Javanese Court Gamelan (Album)
Javanese Players
Message To The Young (Album)
Mississippi Fred McDowell (Album)
13th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1970)
nominees
Black Music Of South America (Album)
(Various Artists)
Folk Fiddling From Sweden
I Do Not Play No Rock N' Roll (Single)
