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.

59th Annual Grammy Awards • 2017

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2015 and Aug 30, 2016

Sarah Jarosz won the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album with "Undercurrent"

Winners & Nominees 2017

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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
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