Best Folk Album
The Grammy Award for Best Folk Album recognizes excellence in folk recordings in modern and traditional vocal and instrumental styles. Folk music is primarily but not exclusively acoustic, with production and sensibilities distinctly different from a pop approach.
54th Annual Grammy Awards • 2012
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2010 and Aug 30, 2011
The Civil Wars won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album with "Barton Hollow"
Winners & Nominees 2012
Winner
Nominees
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Barton Hollow
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I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
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Helplessness Blues
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Ukulele Songs
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The Harrow & The Harvest
Previous Winners
| Year | Winner | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | I'm With Her | Wild And Clear And Blue | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Gillian Welch, David Rawlings | Woodland | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Joni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell At Newport [Live] | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Madison Cunningham | Revealer | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Rhiannon Giddens, Francesco Turrisi | They're Calling Me Home | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Gillian Welch, David Rawlings | All The Good Times | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Patty Griffin | Patty Griffin | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Punch Brothers | All Ashore | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Aimee Mann | Mental Illness | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Sarah Jarosz | Undercurrent | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn | Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Old Crow Medicine Show | Remedy | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Guy Clark | My Favorite Picture Of You | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile | The Goat Rodeo Sessions | All Nominees |
| 2012 | The Civil Wars | Barton Hollow | All Nominees |
