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The Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording was awarded from 1960 to 1986. During this time the award had several minor name changes:

  • From 1960 to 1961 the award was known as Best Performance - Folk
  • From 1962 to 1967 it was awarded as Best Folk Recording
  • From 1968 to 1970 it was awarded as Best Folk Performance
  • In 1971 and from 1973 to 1974 the award was known as Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including traditional blues)
  • In 1972 and from 1975 to 1982 it was awarded as Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
  • From 1983 to 1986 it was awarded as Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

In 1987 the award was split into two new awards: the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album and the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

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Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album

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folk were combined as the Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording. The award was discontinued in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. In 2012 this...

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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album

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contemporary and traditional folk were combined as the Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording. Following the 2011 Grammy Award ceremony, the award was discontinued...

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List of Grammy Award categories

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The Grammy Awards are awarded in a series of categories, each of which isolate a specific contribution to the recording industry. The standard awards list...

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Elizabeth Cotten

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Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording category for Elizabeth Cotten Live! In 1986, she was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Folk Recording...

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Grammy Award milestones

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youngest Best New Artist winner when she won in 1997. Pinetop Perkins is the oldest person to win a Grammy. In 2011 he was awarded with Best Traditional Blues...

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American folk music revival

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The London Muddy Waters Sessions

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traditional blues music and blues artists in Britain. The London Muddy Waters Sessions won the 1972 Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording;...

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Maison de Soul

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Toot" was certified platinum and won the 1986 Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording. The song has been covered by artists as varied...

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Gentle on My Mind

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translated into other languages. In 2014, a recording of the song by the Band Perry earned a Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. Taking into...

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26th Annual Grammy Awards

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Reid (songwriter) for "Stranger in My House" performed by Ronnie Milsap Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording Clifton Chenier for I'm Here performed...

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Miriam Makeba discography

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with Harry Belafonte; RCA Victor LPM/LSP-3420; Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording) #85 (US) The Magic of Makeba (1965) (LP RCA Victor...

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Swing Dat Hammer

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conversations. At the Grammy Awards of 1961 Swing Dat Hammer won the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording. "Look Over Yonder" –...

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25th Annual Grammy Awards

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Mark James (songwriters) for "Always on My Mind" performed by Willie Nelson Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording Queen Ida for Queen Ida & the Bon Temps...

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Hard Again

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since Fathers and Sons in 1969. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording the year of its release. All tracks are composed...

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27th Annual Grammy Awards

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Skaggs for "Wheel Hoss" Best Country Song Steve Goodman (songwriter) for "City of New Orleans" performed by Willie Nelson Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording...

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28th Annual Grammy Awards

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Nelson Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording Rockin' Sidney for "My Toot Toot" Best Gospel Performance, Female Amy Grant for Unguarded Best Gospel...

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There Must Be a Better World Somewhere

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album by B. B. King, released in 1981. It was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording the following year. The New York Times wrote...

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22nd Annual Grammy Awards

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Disco Recording '"I Will Survive"-Gloria Gaynor Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren (producers) Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording Muddy Waters for Muddy...

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Folk music

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which won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Recording at the 32nd annual ceremony. An important part of the whole Balkan folk music is the music...

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24th Annual Grammy Awards

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Best Country Song Dolly Parton (songwriter) for "9 to 5" Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording There Must Be a Better World Somewhere-B. B. King Best Gospel...

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Mark Twang

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instruments and vocals. At the Grammy Awards of 1977, Mark Twang won the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording. During the four-year break...

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13th Annual Grammy Awards

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Jerry Reed for Me and Jerry Best Country Song Marty Robbins (songwriter) for "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including...

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20th Annual Grammy Awards

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