American Roots Music

68th Annual Grammy Awards

Best American Roots Performance

Beautiful Strangers. Mavis Staples

68th Annual Grammy Awards

Best American Roots Song

Ancient Light. Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan, Sara Watkins

68th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Americana Album

BIG MONEY. Jon Batiste

68th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Bluegrass Album

Highway Prayers. Billy Strings

68th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Traditional Blues Album

Ain’t Done With The Blues. Buddy Guy

68th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Preacher Kids. Robert Randolph

68th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Contemporary Folk Album

Wild And Clear And Blue. I'm With Her

68th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Regional Roots Music Album

A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco. Various Artists

68th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Americana Performance

Godspeed. Mavis Staples

67th Annual Grammy Awards

Best American Roots Performance

Lighthouse. Sierra Ferrell

About American Roots Music

Music Facts: American Roots Music

American roots music is inspired by a variety of genres like folk, traditional country, Tejano, blues, and gospel.
American roots music has a powerful history, including 1960s youth singing protest anthems, labor organizers belting "union songs," and enslaved African Americans singing spirituals.
Recent GRAMMY winners for Best American Roots Performance include John Prine, Sara Bareilles and Alabama Shakes.

Every American Roots Music category, ceremony by ceremony.

Year	Category	Winner	Work	Actions
2026	Best American Roots Performance	Mavis Staples	Beautiful Strangers	All Nominees
2026	Best American Roots Song	Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan, Sara Watkins	Ancient Light	All Nominees
2026	Best Americana Album	Jon Batiste	BIG MONEY	All Nominees
2026	Best Bluegrass Album	Billy Strings	Highway Prayers	All Nominees
2026	Best Traditional Blues Album	Buddy Guy	Ain’t Done With The Blues	All Nominees
2026	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Robert Randolph	Preacher Kids	All Nominees
2026	Best Contemporary Folk Album	I'm With Her	Wild And Clear And Blue	All Nominees
2026	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Various Artists	A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco	All Nominees
2026	Best Americana Performance	Mavis Staples	Godspeed	All Nominees
2025	Best American Roots Performance	Sierra Ferrell	Lighthouse	All Nominees
2025	Best American Roots Song	Sierra Ferrell, Melody Walker	American Dreaming	All Nominees
2025	Best Americana Album	Sierra Ferrell	Trail Of Flowers	All Nominees
2025	Best Bluegrass Album	Billy Strings	Live Vol. 1	All Nominees
2025	Best Traditional Blues Album	Taj Mahal	Swingin' Live At The Church In Tulsa	All Nominees
2025	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Ruthie Foster	Mileage	All Nominees
2025	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Gillian Welch, David Rawlings	Woodland	All Nominees
2025	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Kalani Pe'a	Kuini	All Nominees
2025	Best Americana Performance	Sierra Ferrell	American Dreaming	All Nominees
2024	Best American Roots Performance	Allison Russell	Eve Was Black	All Nominees
2024	Best American Roots Song	Jason Isbell	Cast Iron Skillet	All Nominees
2024	Best Americana Album	Jason Isbell	Weathervanes	All Nominees
2024	Best Bluegrass Album	Molly Tuttle	City Of Gold	All Nominees
2024	Best Traditional Blues Album	Bobby Rush	All My Love For You	All Nominees
2024	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Larkin Poe	Blood Harmony	All Nominees
2024	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Joni Mitchell	Joni Mitchell At Newport [Live]	All Nominees
2024	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Buckwheat Zydeco	New Beginnings...	All Nominees
2024	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Lost Bayou Ramblers, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra	Live: Orpheum Theater NOLA	All Nominees
2024	Best Americana Performance	Brandy Clark, Brandi Carlile	Dear Insecurity	All Nominees
2023	Best American Roots Performance	Aaron Neville, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band	Stompin' Ground	All Nominees
2023	Best American Roots Song	Bonnie Raitt	Just Like That	All Nominees
2023	Best Americana Album	Brandi Carlile	In These Silent Days	All Nominees
2023	Best Bluegrass Album	Molly Tuttle, Golden Highway	Crooked Tree	All Nominees
2023	Best Traditional Blues Album	Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder	Get On Board	All Nominees
2023	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Edgar Winter	Brother Johnny	All Nominees
2023	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Madison Cunningham	Revealer	All Nominees
2023	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Ranky Tanky	Live At The 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival	All Nominees
2023	Best Americana Performance	Bonnie Raitt	Made Up Mind	All Nominees
2022	Best American Roots Performance	Jon Batiste	Cry	All Nominees
2022	Best American Roots Song	Jon Batiste, Steve McEwan	Cry	All Nominees
2022	Best Americana Album	Los Lobos	Native Sons	All Nominees
2022	Best Bluegrass Album	Béla Fleck	My Bluegrass Heart	All Nominees
2022	Best Traditional Blues Album	Cedric Burnside	I Be Trying	All Nominees
2022	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Christone "Kingfish" Ingram	662	All Nominees
2022	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Rhiannon Giddens, Francesco Turrisi	They're Calling Me Home	All Nominees
2022	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Kalani Pe'a	Kau Ka Pe'a	All Nominees
2021	Best American Roots Performance	John Prine	I Remember Everything	All Nominees
2021	Best American Roots Song	Pat McLaughlin, John Prine	I Remember Everything	All Nominees
2021	Best Americana Album	Sarah Jarosz	World On The Ground	All Nominees
2021	Best Bluegrass Album	Billy Strings	Home	All Nominees
2021	Best Traditional Blues Album	Bobby Rush	Rawer Than Raw	All Nominees
2021	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Fantastic Negrito	Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?	All Nominees
2021	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Gillian Welch, David Rawlings	All The Good Times	All Nominees
2021	Best Regional Roots Music Album	New Orleans Nightcrawlers	Atmosphere	All Nominees
2020	Best American Roots Performance	Sara Bareilles	Saint Honesty	All Nominees
2020	Best American Roots Song	Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan, Sara Watkins	Call My Name	All Nominees
2020	Best Americana Album	Keb'Mo'	Oklahoma	All Nominees
2020	Best Bluegrass Album	Michael Cleveland	Tall Fiddler	All Nominees
2020	Best Traditional Blues Album	Delbert McClinton	Tall, Dark, & Handsome	All Nominees
2020	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Gary Clark, Jr.	This Land	All Nominees
2020	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Patty Griffin	Patty Griffin	All Nominees
2020	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Ranky Tanky	Good Time	All Nominees
2019	Best American Roots Performance	Brandi Carlile	The Joke	All Nominees
2019	Best American Roots Song	Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth	The Joke	All Nominees
2019	Best Americana Album	Brandi Carlile	By The Way, I Forgive You	All Nominees
2019	Best Bluegrass Album	The Travelin' McCourys	The Travelin' McCourys	All Nominees
2019	Best Traditional Blues Album	Buddy Guy	The Blues Is Alive And Well	All Nominees
2019	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Fantastic Negrito	Please Don't Be Dead	All Nominees
2019	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Punch Brothers	All Ashore	All Nominees
2019	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Kalani Pe'a	No 'Ane'i	All Nominees
2018	Best American Roots Performance	Alabama Shakes	Killer Diller Blues	All Nominees
2018	Best American Roots Song	Jason Isbell	If We Were Vampires	All Nominees
2018	Best Americana Album	Jason Isbell	The Nashville Sound	All Nominees
2018	Best Bluegrass Album	The Infamous Stringdusters	Laws Of Gravity	All Nominees
2018	Best Bluegrass Album	Rhonda Vincent	All The Rage - In Concert Volume One [Live]	All Nominees
2018	Best Traditional Blues Album	Rolling Stones	Blue & Lonesome	All Nominees
2018	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Taj Mahal, Keb'Mo'	TajMo	All Nominees
2018	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Aimee Mann	Mental Illness	All Nominees
2018	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Lost Bayou Ramblers	Kalenda	All Nominees
2017	Best American Roots Performance	Sarah Jarosz	House Of Mercy	All Nominees
2017	Best American Roots Song	Vince Gill	Kid Sister	All Nominees
2017	Best Americana Album	William Bell	This Is Where I Live	All Nominees
2017	Best Bluegrass Album	Mark O'Connor	Coming Home	All Nominees
2017	Best Traditional Blues Album	Bobby Rush	Porcupine Meat	All Nominees
2017	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Fantastic Negrito	The Last Days Of Oakland	All Nominees
2017	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Sarah Jarosz	Undercurrent	All Nominees
2017	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Kalani Pe'a	E Walea	All Nominees
2016	Best American Roots Performance	Mavis Staples	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	All Nominees
2016	Best American Roots Song	Jason Isbell	24 Frames	All Nominees
2016	Best Americana Album	Jason Isbell	Something More Than Free	All Nominees
2016	Best Bluegrass Album	SteelDrivers	The Muscle Shoals Recordings	All Nominees
2016	Best Blues Album	Buddy Guy	Born To Play Guitar	All Nominees
2016	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn	Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn	All Nominees
2016	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Jon Cleary	Go Go Juice	All Nominees
2015	Best American Roots Performance	Rosanne Cash	A Feather's Not A Bird	All Nominees
2015	Best American Roots Song	Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal	A Feather's Not A Bird	All Nominees
2015	Best Americana Album	Rosanne Cash	The River & The Thread	All Nominees
2015	Best Bluegrass Album	The Earls Of Leicester	The Earls Of Leicester	All Nominees
2015	Best Blues Album	Johnny Winter	Step Back	All Nominees
2015	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Old Crow Medicine Show	Remedy	All Nominees
2015	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Jo-El Sonnier	The Legacy	All Nominees
2014	Best American Roots Song	Edie Brickell, Steve Martin	Love Has Come For You	All Nominees
2014	Best Americana Album	Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell	Old Yellow Moon	All Nominees
2014	Best Bluegrass Album	Del McCoury	The Streets Of Baltimore	All Nominees
2014	Best Blues Album	Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite	Get Up!	All Nominees
2014	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Guy Clark	My Favorite Picture Of You	All Nominees
2014	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Terrance Simien	Dockside Sessions	All Nominees
2013	Best Americana Album	Bonnie Raitt	Slipstream	All Nominees
2013	Best Bluegrass Album	Mike Guggino, Charles Humphrey, Woody Platt, Nicky Sanders, Graham Sharp	Nobody Knows You	All Nominees
2013	Best Blues Album	Dr. John	Locked Down	All Nominees
2013	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile	The Goat Rodeo Sessions	All Nominees
2013	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Wayne Toups, Steve Riley, Wilson Savoy	The Band Courtbouillon	All Nominees
2012	Best Americana Album	Levon Helm	Ramble At The Ryman	All Nominees
2012	Best Bluegrass Album	Alison Krauss	Paper Airplane	All Nominees
2012	Best Blues Album	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Revelator	All Nominees
2012	Best Contemporary Folk Album	The Civil Wars	Barton Hollow	All Nominees
2012	Best Regional Roots Music Album	Rebirth Brass Band	Rebirth Of New Orleans	All Nominees
2011	Best Americana Album	Mavis Staples	You Are Not Alone	All Nominees
2011	Best Bluegrass Album	Patty Loveless	Mountain Soul II	All Nominees
2011	Best Traditional Blues Album	Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith	Joined At The Hip	All Nominees
2011	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Buddy Guy	Living Proof	All Nominees
2011	Traditional Folk Album	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Genuine Negro Jig	All Nominees
2011	Contemporary Folk Album	Ray LaMontagne	God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise	All Nominees
2011	Native American Music Album	Derek Mathews, Lita Mathews, Melonie Mathews	2010 Gathering Of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit's Dance	All Nominees
2011	Hawaiian Music Album	Tia Carrere	Huana Ke Aloha	All Nominees
2011	Zydeco Or Cajun Music album	Chubby Carrier	Zydeco Junkie	All Nominees
2010	Best Americana Album	Levon Helm	Electric Dirt	All Nominees
2010	Best Bluegrass Album	Steve Martin	The Crow: New Songs For The Five-String Banjo	All Nominees
2010	Best Traditional Blues Album	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	A Stranger Here	All Nominees
2010	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Derek Trucks	Already Free	All Nominees
2010	Traditional Folk Album	Loudon Wainwright	High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project	All Nominees
2010	Contemporary Folk Album	Steve Earle	Townes	All Nominees
2010	Native American Music Album	Bill Miller	Spirit Wind North	All Nominees
2010	Hawaiian Music Album	Daniel Ho	Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2	All Nominees
2010	Zydeco Or Cajun Music album	Buckwheat Zydeco	Lay Your Burden Down	All Nominees
2009	Best Bluegrass Album	Ricky Skaggs	Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute To 1946 And 1947	All Nominees
2009	Best Traditional Blues Album	B.B. King	One Kind Favor	All Nominees
2009	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Dr. John	City That Care Forgot	All Nominees
2009	Traditional Folk Album	Pete Seeger	At 89	All Nominees
2009	Contemporary Folk Album	Robert Plant, Alison Krauss	Raising Sand	All Nominees
2009	Native American Music Album	Thomas A. Wasinger	Come To Me Great Mystery - Native American Healing Songs	All Nominees
2009	Hawaiian Music Album	Tia Carrere, Daniel Ho	'Ikena	All Nominees
2009	Zydeco Or Cajun Music album	Beausoleil, Michael Doucet	Live At The 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival	All Nominees
2008	Best Bluegrass Album	Jim Lauderdale	The Bluegrass Diaries	All Nominees
2008	Best Traditional Blues Album	Henry James Townsend, David "Honeyboy" Edwards	Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas	All Nominees
2008	Best Contemporary Blues Album	JJ Cale, Eric Clapton	The Road To Escondido	All Nominees
2008	Traditional Folk Album	Levon Helm	Dirt Farmer	All Nominees
2008	Contemporary Folk Album	Steve Earle	Washington Square Serenade	All Nominees
2008	Native American Music Album	Johnny Whitehorse	Totemic Flute Chants	All Nominees
2008	Hawaiian Music Album	Daniel Ho	Treasures Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar	All Nominees
2008	Zydeco Or Cajun Music album	Terrance Simien	Live! Worldwide	All Nominees
2007	Best Bluegrass Album	Ricky Skaggs	Instrumentals	All Nominees
2007	Best Traditional Blues Album	Ike Turner	Risin' With The Blues	All Nominees
2007	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Irma Thomas	After The Rain	All Nominees
2007	Traditional Folk Album	Bruce Springsteen	We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions	All Nominees
2007	Contemporary Folk Album	Bob Dylan	Modern Times	All Nominees
2007	Native American Music Album	Mary Youngblood	Dance With The Wind	All Nominees
2007	Hawaiian Music Album	Various Artists	Legends Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Live From Maui	All Nominees
2006	Best Bluegrass Album	Del McCoury	The Company We Keep	All Nominees
2006	Best Traditional Blues Album	B.B. King	80	All Nominees
2006	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Delbert McClinton	Cost Of Living	All Nominees
2006	Traditional Folk Album	Tim O'Brien	Fiddler's Green	All Nominees
2006	Contemporary Folk Album	John Prine	Fair & Square	All Nominees
2006	Native American Music Album	Jim Wilson	Sacred Ground - A Tribute To Mother Earth	All Nominees
2006	Hawaiian Music Album	Various Artists	Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Vol. 1	All Nominees
2005	Best Bluegrass Album	Ricky Skaggs	Brand New Strings	All Nominees
2005	Best Traditional Blues Album	Etta James	Blues To The Bone	All Nominees
2005	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Keb'Mo'	Keep It Simple	All Nominees
2005	Traditional Folk Album	Various Artists	Beautiful Dreamer - The Songs Of Stephen Foster	All Nominees
2005	Contemporary Folk Album	Steve Earle	The Revolution Starts...Now	All Nominees
2005	Native American Music Album	Bill Miller	Cedar Dream Songs	All Nominees
2005	Hawaiian Music Album	Various Artists	Slack Key Guitar Volume 2	All Nominees
2004	Best Bluegrass Album	Alison Krauss	Live	All Nominees
2004	Best Traditional Blues Album	Buddy Guy	Blues Singer	All Nominees
2004	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Etta James	Let's Roll	All Nominees
2004	Traditional Folk Album	June Carter Cash	Wildwood Flower	All Nominees
2004	Contemporary Folk Album	Warren Zevon	The Wind	All Nominees
2004	Native American Music Album	Black Eagle	Flying Free	All Nominees
2003	Best Bluegrass Album	Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley, Clinch Mountain Boys	Lost In The Lonesome Pines	All Nominees
2003	Best Traditional Blues Album	B.B. King	A Christmas Celebration Of Hope	All Nominees
2003	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Solomon Burke	Don't Give Up On Me	All Nominees
2003	Traditional Folk Album	Doc Watson, David Holt	Legacy	All Nominees
2003	Contemporary Folk Album	Nickel Creek	This Side	All Nominees
2003	Native American Music Album	Mary Youngblood	Beneath The Raven Moon	All Nominees
2002	Best Bluegrass Album	Alison Krauss	New Favorite	All Nominees
2002	Best Traditional Blues Album	Jimmie Vaughan	Do You Get The Blues?	All Nominees
2002	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Delbert McClinton	Nothing Personal	All Nominees
2002	Traditional Folk Album	(Various Artists)	Down From The Mountain	All Nominees
2002	Contemporary Folk Album	Bob Dylan	Love And Theft	All Nominees
2002	Native American Music Album	Verdell Primeaux, Johnny Mike	Bless The People - Harmonized Peyote Songs	All Nominees
2001	Best Bluegrass Album	Dolly Parton	The Grass Is Blue	All Nominees
2001	Best Traditional Blues Album	B.B. King, Eric Clapton	Riding With The King	All Nominees
2001	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Taj Mahal	Shoutin’ In Key	All Nominees
2001	Traditional Folk Album	Dave Alvin	Public Domain - Songs From The Wild Land	All Nominees
2001	Contemporary Folk Album	Emmylou Harris	Red Dirt Girl	All Nominees
2001	Native American Music Album	Tom Bee, Douglas Spotted Eagle	Gathering Of Nations Pow Wow	All Nominees
2000	Best Bluegrass Album	Ricky Skaggs	Ancient Tones	All Nominees
2000	Best Traditional Blues Album	B.B. King	Blues On The Bayou	All Nominees
2000	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Robert Cray	Take Your Shoes Off	All Nominees
2000	Traditional Folk Album	June Carter Cash	Press On	All Nominees
2000	Contemporary Folk Album	Tom Waits	Mule Variations	All Nominees
1999	Best Bluegrass Album	Ricky Skaggs	Bluegrass Rules!	All Nominees
1999	Best Traditional Blues Album	Otis Rush	Any Place I'm Going	All Nominees
1999	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Keb'Mo'	Slow Down	All Nominees
1999	Traditional Folk Album	The Chieftains	Long Journey Home	All Nominees
1999	Contemporary Folk Album	Lucinda Williams	Car Wheels On A Gravel Road	All Nominees
1998	Best Bluegrass Album	Alison Krauss	So Long So Wrong	All Nominees
1998	Best Traditional Blues Album	John Lee Hooker	Don't Look Back	All Nominees
1998	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Taj Mahal	Señor Blues	All Nominees
1998	Traditional Folk Album	Beausoleil	L'amour Ou La Folie	All Nominees
1998	Contemporary Folk Album	Bob Dylan	Time Out Of Mind	All Nominees
1997	Best Bluegrass Album	(Various Artists)	True Life Blues - The Songs Of Bill Monroe	All Nominees
1997	Best Traditional Blues Album	James Cotton	Deep In The Blues	All Nominees
1997	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Keb'Mo'	Just Like You	All Nominees
1997	Traditional Folk Album	Pete Seeger	Pete	All Nominees
1997	Contemporary Folk Album	Bruce Springsteen	The Ghost Of Tom Joad	All Nominees
1996	Best Bluegrass Album	Nashville Bluegrass Band	Unleashed	All Nominees
1996	Best Traditional Blues Album	John Lee Hooker	Chill Out	All Nominees
1996	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Buddy Guy	Slippin' In	All Nominees
1996	Traditional Folk Album	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	South Coast	All Nominees
1996	Contemporary Folk Album	Emmylou Harris	Wrecking Ball	All Nominees
1995	Best Bluegrass Album	(Various Artists)	The Great Dobro Sessions	All Nominees
1995	Best Traditional Blues Album	Eric Clapton	From The Cradle	All Nominees
1995	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Pops Staples	Father Father	All Nominees
1995	Traditional Folk Album	Bob Dylan	World Gone Wrong	All Nominees
1995	Contemporary Folk Album	Johnny Cash	American Recordings	All Nominees
1994	Best Bluegrass Album	Nashville Bluegrass Band	Waitin' For The Hard Times To Go	All Nominees
1994	Best Traditional Blues Album	B.B. King	Blues Summit	All Nominees
1994	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Buddy Guy	Feels Like Rain	All Nominees
1994	Traditional Folk Album	The Chieftains	The Celtic Harp	All Nominees
1994	Contemporary Folk Album	Nanci Griffith	Other Voices/Other Rooms	All Nominees
1993	Best Bluegrass Album	Alison Krauss	Every Time You Say Goodbye	All Nominees
1993	Best Traditional Blues Album	Dr. John	Goin' Back To New Orleans	All Nominees
1993	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Stevie Ray Vaughan	The Sky Is Crying	All Nominees
1993	Traditional Folk Album	The Chieftains	An Irish Evening - Live At The Grand Opera House, Belfast	All Nominees
1993	Contemporary Folk Album	The Chieftains	Another Country	All Nominees
1992	Best Bluegrass Album	Carl Jackson, John Starling	Spring Training	All Nominees
1992	Best Traditional Blues Album	B.B. King	Live At The Apollo	All Nominees
1992	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Buddy Guy	Damn Right, I've Got The Blues	All Nominees
1992	Traditional Folk Album	(Various Artists)	The Civil War - Original Soundtrack	All Nominees
1992	Contemporary Folk Album	John Prine	The Missing Years	All Nominees
1991	Best Bluegrass Album	Alison Krauss	I've Got That Old Feeling	All Nominees
1991	Best Traditional Blues Album	B.B. King	Live At San Quentin	All Nominees
1991	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Vaughan Brothers	Family Style	All Nominees
1991	Traditional Folk Album	Doc Watson	On Praying Ground	All Nominees
1991	Contemporary Folk Album	Shawn Colvin	Steady On	All Nominees
1990	Best Bluegrass Album	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Bruce Hornsby	The Valley Road	All Nominees
1990	Best Traditional Blues Album	Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker	I'm In The Mood	All Nominees
1990	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Stevie Ray Vaughan	In Step	All Nominees
1990	Traditional Folk Album	(Bulgarian State Female Vocal Choir)	Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares, Vol. II	All Nominees
1990	Contemporary Folk Album	Indigo Girls	Indigo Girls	All Nominees
1989	Best Bluegrass Album	Bill Monroe	Southern Flavor	All Nominees
1989	Best Traditional Blues Album	Willie Dixon	Hidden Charms	All Nominees
1989	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Robert Cray	Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark	All Nominees
1989	Traditional Folk Album	(Various Artists)	Folkways -- A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly	All Nominees
1989	Contemporary Folk Album	Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	All Nominees
1988	Best Traditional Blues Album	Professor Longhair	Houseparty New Orleans Style	All Nominees
1988	Best Contemporary Blues Album	Robert Cray	Strong Persuader	All Nominees
1988	Traditional Folk Album	Ladysmith Black Mambazo	Shaka Zulu	All Nominees
1988	Contemporary Folk Album	Steve Goodman	Unfinished Business	All Nominees
1987	Best Traditional Blues Album	Robert Cray, Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland	Showdown!	All Nominees
1987	Traditional Folk Album	Doc Watson	Riding The Midnight Train	All Nominees
1987	Contemporary Folk Album	Al Bunetta, Dan Einstein, Hank Neuberger	Tribute To Steve Goodman	All Nominees
1986	Best Traditional Blues Album	B.B. King	My Guitar Sings The Blues	All Nominees
1986	Traditional Folk Album	Rockin' Sidney	My Toot Toot	All Nominees
1985	Best Traditional Blues Album	Stevie Ray Vaughan, Koko Taylor	Blues Explosion	All Nominees
1985	Traditional Folk Album	Elizabeth Cotten	Elizabeth Cotten Live!	All Nominees
1984	Best Traditional Blues Album	B.B. King	Blues 'N' Jazz	All Nominees
1984	Traditional Folk Album	Clifton Chenier	I'm Here	All Nominees
1983	Best Traditional Blues Album	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	Alright Again	All Nominees
1983	Traditional Folk Album	Queen Ida	Queen Ida & The Bon Temps Zydeco Band On Tour	All Nominees
1982	Traditional Folk Album	B.B. King	There Must Be A Better World Somewhere	All Nominees
1981	Traditional Folk Album	(Various Artists)	Rare Blues	All Nominees
1980	Traditional Folk Album	Muddy Waters	Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live	All Nominees
1979	Traditional Folk Album	Muddy Waters	I'm Ready	All Nominees
1978	Traditional Folk Album	Muddy Waters	Hard Again	All Nominees
1977	Traditional Folk Album	John Hartford	Mark Twang	All Nominees
1976	Traditional Folk Album	Muddy Waters	The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album	All Nominees
1975	Traditional Folk Album	Merle Watson, Doc Watson	Two Days In November	All Nominees
1974	Traditional Folk Album	Doc Watson	Then And Now	All Nominees
1973	Traditional Folk Album	Muddy Waters	The London Muddy Waters Session	All Nominees
1972	Traditional Folk Album	Muddy Waters	They Call Me Muddy Waters	All Nominees
1971	Traditional Folk Album	T-Bone Walker	Good Feelin'	All Nominees
1970	Best Folk Performance	Joni Mitchell	Clouds	All Nominees
1969	Best Folk Performance	Judy Collins	Both Sides Now	All Nominees
1968	Best Folk Performance	John Hartford	Gentle On My Mind	All Nominees
1967	Best Folk Performance	Cortelia Clark	Blues In The Street	All Nominees
1966	Best Folk Performance	Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba	An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba	All Nominees
1965	Best Folk Performance	Gale Garnett	We'll Sing In The Sunshine	All Nominees
1964	Best Folk Performance	Peter, Paul And Mary	Blowin' In The Wind	All Nominees
1963	Best Folk Performance	Peter, Paul And Mary	If I Had A Hammer	All Nominees
1962	Best Folk Performance	Belafonte Folk Singers	Belafonte Folk Singers At Home And Abroad	All Nominees
1961	Best Folk Performance	Harry Belafonte	Swing Dat Hammer	All Nominees
1960	Best Folk Performance	Kingston Trio	The Kingston Trio At Large	All Nominees