Nominees
Best Americana Album
Vocal or Instrumental.
Winner
Electric Dirt
Levon Helm
[Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard Records]
Together Through Life
Bob Dylan
[Columbia]
Willie And The Wheel
Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel
[Bismeaux Records]
Wilco (The Album)
Wilco
[Nonesuch]
Little Honey
Lucinda Williams
[Lost Highway Records]
Best Bluegrass Album
Vocal or Instrumental.
Winner
The Crow / New Songs For The Five-String Banjo
Steve Martin
[Rounder]
Could We Get Any Closer?
Jim Lauderdale
[Sky Crunch Records]
Buckaroo Blue Grass
Michael Martin Murphey
[Rural Rhythm Records]
Almost Live
Bryan Sutton And Friends
[Sugar Hill Records]
Destination Life
Rhonda Vincent
[Rounder]
Best Traditional Blues Album
Vocal or Instrumental.
Winner
A Stranger Here
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
[ANTI]
Blue Again
The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Featuring Rick Vito
[429 Records]
Rough & Tough
John Hammond
[Chesky Records]
Stomp! The Blues Tonight
Duke Robillard
[Stony Plain Records]
Chicago Blues: A Living History
Billy Boy Arnold, Lurrie Bell, Billy Branch & John Primer
Larry Skoller, producer
[Raisin' Music]
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Vocal or Instrumental.
Winner
Already Free
The Derek Trucks Band
[Victor Records]
This Time
The Robert Cray Band
[Nozzle Records/Vanguard]
The Truth According To Ruthie Foster
Ruthie Foster
[Blue Corn Music]
Live: Hope At The Hideout
Mavis Staples
[ANTI]
Back To The River
Susan Tedeschi
[Verve Forecast]
Best Traditional Folk Album
Vocal or Instrumental.
Winner
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
Loudon Wainwright III
[2nd Story Sound Records]
Cutting Loose
David Holt And Josh Goforth
[High Windy Audio]
Naked With Friends
Maura O'Connell
[Sugar Hill Records]
Polka Cola: Music That Refreshes
Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra
[Starr Records]
Singing Through The Hard Times: A Tribute To Utah Phillips
(Various Artists)
Jacqui Morse, Kendall Morse & Dan Schatz, producers
[righteous babe records, inc.]
Best Contemporary Folk Album
Vocal or Instrumental.
Winner
Townes
Steve Earle
[New West Records]
Middle Cyclone
Neko Case
[ANTI]
Our Bright Future
Tracy Chapman
[Elektra]
Live
Shawn Colvin
[Nonesuch]
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
Elvis Costello
[Hear Music]
Best Hawaiian Music Album
Vocal or Instrumental.
Winner
Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2
(Various Artists)
Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers
[Daniel Ho Creations]
He Nani
Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho
[Daniel Ho Creations]
Friends & Family Of Hawai`i
Amy Hanaiali`i
[UA Records]
Nani Mau Loa: Everlasting Beauty
Ho`okena
[Ho`omau Inc.]
Best Native American Music Album
Vocal or Instrumental.
Winner
Spirit Wind North
Bill Miller
[Cool Springs Music Group]
Siyotanka
Michael Brant DeMaria
[Ontos Music]
True Blue
Northern Cree
[Canyon Records]
Wind Songs - Native American Flute Solos
John Two-Hawks
[Circle Studios]
Riders Of The Healing Road
Johnny Whitehorse
[Silver Wave Records]
Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album
Vocal or Instrumental.
Winner
Lay Your Burden Down
Buckwheat Zydeco
[Alligator]
Alligator Purse
Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet
[Yep Roc Records]
Stripped Down
The Magnolia Sisters
[Arhoolie Records]
Live At 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Pine Leaf Boys
[MunckMix, Inc.]
L'Ésprit Créole
Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole
[Valcour Records]