Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album
|
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was first awarded in 1987. Until 1993 the award was known as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording
An award for Best Traditional Folk Album is also presented. Prior to 1987 contemporary and traditional folk were combined as the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
2000s
- Grammy Awards of 2005
- Steve Earle for The Revolution Starts ... Now
- Grammy Awards of 2004
- Warren Zevon for The Wind
- Grammy Awards of 2003
- Alison Krauss (producer), Gary Paczosa (engineer/mixer) & Nickel Creek for This Side
- Grammy Awards of 2002
- Chris Shaw (engineer) & Bob Dylan (producer & artist) for Love and Theft
- Grammy Awards of 2001
- Malcolm Burn (engineer & producer), Jim Watts (engineer) & Emmylou Harris for Red Dirt Girl
- Grammy Awards of 2000
- Tom Waits for Mule Variations
1990s
- Grammy Awards of 1999
- Lucinda Williams for Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
- Grammy Awards of 1998
- Bob Dylan for Time Out of Mind
- Grammy Awards of 1997
- Bruce Springsteen for The Ghost of Tom Joad
- Grammy Awards of 1996
- Emmylou Harris for Wrecking Ball
- Grammy Awards of 1995
- Johnny Cash for American Recordings
- Grammy Awards of 1994
- Nanci Griffith for Other Voices/Other Rooms
- Grammy Awards of 1993
- The Chieftains for Another Country
- Grammy Awards of 1992
- John Prine for The Missing Years
- Grammy Awards of 1991
- Shawn Colvin for Steady On
- Grammy Awards of 1990
- Indigo Girls for Indigo Girls
1980s
- Grammy Awards of 1989
- Tracy Chapman for Tracy Chapman
- Grammy Awards of 1988
- Steve Goodman for Unfinished Business
- Grammy Awards of 1987
- Al Bunetta, Dan Einstein & Hank Neuberger (producers) for Tribute to Steve Goodman performed by various artists