Grammy Award al miglior album folk tradizionale

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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