Il Grammy Award al miglior album folk tradizionale (Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album) fu assegnato dal 1987 al 2011.

Fino al 1993 il premio è stato conosciuto come Miglior registrazione folk tradizionale (Best Folk Recording Traditional).

A partire dal 2012, questa categoria si rifonderà con la miglior album folk contemporaneo per formare la nuova categoria miglior album folk.

Vincitori e candidati

Miglior registrazione folk tradizionale

Anni 1980 1987 Riding the Midnight Train - Doc Watson Waitin' for My Ya Ya - Buckwheat Zydeco 20th Anniversary Concert - New Lost City Ramblers con Elizabeth Cotton, Pete Seeger e Highwood String Band Caught in the Act - Queen Ida Hot Steppin' with Rockin' Sidney - Rockin' Sidney 1988 Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo Mbube Roots, Zulu Choral Music from South Africa - Veit Erlmann (produttore) Celtic Wedding - The Chieftains Belizaire the Cajun - Michael Doucet e BeauSoleil Zulu Men's Singing Competition - AA.VV. 1989 Folkways - A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly - AA.VV. Pretty Boy Floyd - Bob Dylan Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Journey of Dreams - Ladysmith Black Mambazo Irish Heartbeat - Van Morrison e The Chieftains

Anni 1990 1990 Le Mystere des Voic Bulgares, Volume II - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Á la Vielle Façon - The Cajun Tradition American Indian Dance Theatre - Vari Popoli indigeni delle Americhe Blind Dog - Norman Blake e Nancy Blake Now That's a Good Tune - Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling 1991 On Praying Ground - Doc Watson Brazil Forro: Music for Maids and Taxi Drivers - Toinho de Alagoas, Duda da Passira, Jose Orlando ed Heleno Dos Oito Baixos Classic Tracks - Ladysmith Black Mambazo Let's Get Cajun - Basin Brothers Old Time Duets - The Whitstein Brothers Partisans of Vilna: Songs of World War II Jewish Resistance - AA.VV. 1992 The Civil War - AA.VV. My Dear Old Southern Home - Doc Watson Solo-Oldtime Country Music - Mike Seeger Alligator Mann - Jimmy C. Newman Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares Vol. 3 - AA.VV.

Miglior album folk tradizionale

Anni 1990 1993 An Irish Evening - The Chieftains Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used to - Norman and Nancy Blake Grandfather's Greatest Hits - David Holt A Cathedral Concert - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Le Trio Cadien - D. L. Menard, Eddie LeJeune e Ken Smith 1994 The Celtic Harp - The Chieftains Melody, Rhythm & Harmony - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Friend of Mine - Bill Morrissey e Greg Brown Ancestral Voices - Raymond Carlos Nakai, William Eaton e Black Lodge Singers Trace of Time - Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys Our Town - Jody Stecher e Kate Brislin 1995 World Gone Wrong - Bob Dylan L'Echo - BeauSoleil Ritual - Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Liph Iqiniso - Ladysmith Black Mambazo Wheel of Fortune - John Renbourn e Robin Williamson Third Annual Farewell Reunion - Mike Seeger 1996 South Coast - Ramblin' Jack Elliott While Passing Along This Way - Norman & Nancy Blake Then and Now - Ali Akbar Khan The Oak and the Laurel - Laurie Lewis e Tom Rozum From... Another Time & Place - Dave van Ronk 1997 Pete - Pete Seeger The Hobo's Last Ride - Norman & Nancy Blake Wild Hog in the Red Brush - John Hartford Intoxicated Spirit - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Thuthukani Ngoxolo - Let's Develop in Peace - Ladysmith Black Mambazo 1998 L'amour ou la Folie - BeauSoleil Deep Water - Hackberry Ramblers There Ain't No Way Out - New Lost City Ramblers Cajun Pride - Jo-El Sonnier Heart Songs: The Old Time Country Songs of Utah Phillips - Jody Stecher e Kate Brislin 1999 Long Journey Home - The Chieftains Chattanooga Sugar Babe - Norman Blake Slant 6 Mind - Greg Brown Friends of Mine - Ramblin' Jack Elliott Southern Banjo Sounds - Mike Seeger

Anni 2000 2000 Press On - June Carter Cash The Long Ride - Ramblin' Jack Elliott Retrograss - David Grisman, John Hartford e Mike Seeger Songs of Mississippi John Hurt - Bill Morrissey Third Generation Blues - Doc & Richard Watson 2001 Public Domain - Dave Alvin Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm - Norman Blake Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Ladysmith Black Mambazo My Roots Are Showing - Natalie MacMaster Cajun Blood - Jo-El Sonnier 2002 Down from the Mountain - AA.VV. Looking Back Tomorrow: Beausoleil Live! - BeauSoleil Hamilton Ironworks - John Hartford Treasures from the Folk Den - Roger McGuinn, AA.VV. Various Artists for Avalon Blues - A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt 2003 Legacy - Doc Watson Fiddlers 4 - Fiddlers 4 (Michael Doucet, Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky e Rushad Eggleston) Postcards - Cathy Fink e Marcy Marxer Blue Country Heart - Jorma Kaukonen High Lonesome Cowboy - Peter Rowan e Don Edwards Evangeline Made - A Tribute to Majun Music - AA.VV. 2004 Wildwood Flower - June Carter Cash Any Old Time - Steve Forbert Bon Reve - Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys The Three Pickers - Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson e Ricky Skaggs Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Volume 3 - Pete Seeger & Friends 2005 Beautiful Dreamer - AA.VV. Gitane Cajun - BeauSoleil The Morning Glory Ramblers - Norman & Nancy Blake My Last Go Round - Rosalie Sorrels & Friends ...And the Tin Pan Bended, and the Story Ended... - Dave Van Ronk 2006 Fiddler's Green - Tim O'Brien Live from Dublin - A Tribute to Derek Bell - The Chieftains Come On Back - Jimmie Dale Gilmore Live In the UK - Tom Paxton Cajun Mardi Gras! - Jo-El Sonnier 2007 We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions - Bruce Springsteen I Stand Alone - Ramblin' Jack Elliott Gotta Let It Shine - Odetta Adieu False Heart - Linda Ronstadt ed Ann Savoy A Distant Land to Roam: Songs of the Carter Family - Ralph Stanley 2008 Dirt Farmer - Levon Helm Try Me One More Time - David Bromberg Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John - Peter Case Banjo Talkin' - Cathy Fink Charlie Louvin - Charlie Louvin 2009 At 89 - Pete Seeger Coal - Kathy Mattea Comedians & Angels - Tom Paxton Bring Me Home - Peggy Seeger Strangers In Another Country - Rosalie Sorrels

Anni 2010 2010 High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project - Loudon Wainwright III Cutting Loose - David Holt e Josh Goforth Naked With Friends - Maura O'Connell Polka Cola: Music That Refreshes - Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips - AA.VV. 2011 Genuine Negro Jig - Carolina Chocolate Drops Onward and Upward - Luther Dickinson & the Sons of Mudboy Memories of John - The John Hartford Stringband Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy - Maria Muldaur Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved - Ricky Skaggs

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Collegamenti esterni

Album folk tradizionale