Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording
52nd Annual Grammy Awards • 2010
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2008 and Aug 30, 2009
Steve Earle won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording with "Townes"
Winners & Nominees 2010
Winner
Nominees
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Townes
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Middle Cyclone
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Our Bright Future
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Live
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Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
Previous Winners
| Year | Winner | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Ray LaMontagne | God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Steve Earle | Townes | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Robert Plant, Alison Krauss | Raising Sand | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Steve Earle | Washington Square Serenade | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Bob Dylan | Modern Times | All Nominees |
| 2006 | John Prine | Fair & Square | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Steve Earle | The Revolution Starts...Now | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Warren Zevon | The Wind | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Nickel Creek | This Side | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Bob Dylan | Love And Theft | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Emmylou Harris | Red Dirt Girl | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Tom Waits | Mule Variations | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Lucinda Williams | Car Wheels On A Gravel Road | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Bob Dylan | Time Out Of Mind | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Bruce Springsteen | The Ghost Of Tom Joad | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Emmylou Harris | Wrecking Ball | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Johnny Cash | American Recordings | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Nanci Griffith | Other Voices/Other Rooms | All Nominees |
| 1993 | The Chieftains | Another Country | All Nominees |
| 1992 | John Prine | The Missing Years | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Shawn Colvin | Steady On | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Indigo Girls | Indigo Girls | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Steve Goodman | Unfinished Business | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Al Bunetta, Dan Einstein, Hank Neuberger | Tribute To Steve Goodman | All Nominees |
