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Il Grammy Award al miglior album folk tradizionale (Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album) fu assegnato dal 1987 al 2011.

Fino al 1993 il premio è stato conosciuto come Miglior registrazione folk tradizionale (Best Folk Recording Traditional).

A partire dal 2012, questa categoria si rifonderà con la miglior album folk contemporaneo per formare la nuova categoria miglior album folk.

• 1987
  • Riding the Midnight Train - Doc Watson
  • Waitin' for My Ya Ya - Buckwheat Zydeco
  • 20th Anniversary Concert - New Lost City Ramblers con Elizabeth Cotton, Pete Seeger e Highwood String Band
  • Caught in the Act - Queen Ida
  • Hot Steppin' with Rockin' Sidney - Rockin' Sidney
• 1988
  • Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  • Mbube Roots, Zulu Choral Music from South Africa - Veit Erlmann (produttore)
  • Celtic Wedding - The Chieftains
  • Belizaire the Cajun - Michael Doucet e BeauSoleil
  • Zulu Men's Singing Competition - AA.VV.
• 1989
  • Folkways - A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly - AA.VV.
  • Pretty Boy Floyd - Bob Dylan
  • Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
  • Journey of Dreams - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  • Irish Heartbeat - Van Morrison e The Chieftains

• 1990
  • Le Mystere des Voic Bulgares, Volume II - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
  • Á la Vielle Façon - The Cajun Tradition
  • American Indian Dance Theatre - Vari Popoli indigeni delle Americhe
  • Blind Dog - Norman Blake e Nancy Blake
  • Now That's a Good Tune - Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling
• 1991
  • On Praying Ground - Doc Watson
  • Brazil Forro: Music for Maids and Taxi Drivers - Toinho de Alagoas, Duda da Passira, Jose Orlando ed Heleno Dos Oito Baixos
  • Classic Tracks - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  • Let's Get Cajun - Basin Brothers
  • Old Time Duets - The Whitstein Brothers
  • Partisans of Vilna: Songs of World War II Jewish Resistance - AA.VV.
• 1992
  • The Civil War - AA.VV.
  • My Dear Old Southern Home - Doc Watson
  • Solo-Oldtime Country Music - Mike Seeger
  • Alligator Mann - Jimmy C. Newman
  • Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares Vol. 3 - AA.VV.

• 1993
  • An Irish Evening - The Chieftains
  • Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used to - Norman and Nancy Blake
  • Grandfather's Greatest Hits - David Holt
  • A Cathedral Concert - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
  • Le Trio Cadien - D. L. Menard, Eddie LeJeune e Ken Smith
• 1994
  • The Celtic Harp - The Chieftains
  • Melody, Rhythm & Harmony - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
  • Friend of Mine - Bill Morrissey e Greg Brown
  • Ancestral Voices - Raymond Carlos Nakai, William Eaton e Black Lodge Singers
  • Trace of Time - Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
  • Our Town - Jody Stecher e Kate Brislin
• 1995
  • World Gone Wrong - Bob Dylan
  • L'Echo - BeauSoleil
  • Ritual - Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
  • Liph Iqiniso - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  • Wheel of Fortune - John Renbourn e Robin Williamson
  • Third Annual Farewell Reunion - Mike Seeger
• 1996
  • South Coast - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  • While Passing Along This Way - Norman & Nancy Blake
  • Then and Now - Ali Akbar Khan
  • The Oak and the Laurel - Laurie Lewis e Tom Rozum
  • From... Another Time & Place - Dave van Ronk
• 1997
  • Pete - Pete Seeger
  • The Hobo's Last Ride - Norman & Nancy Blake
  • Wild Hog in the Red Brush - John Hartford
  • Intoxicated Spirit - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
  • Thuthukani Ngoxolo - Let's Develop in Peace - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• 1998
  • L'amour ou la Folie - BeauSoleil
  • Deep Water - Hackberry Ramblers
  • There Ain't No Way Out - New Lost City Ramblers
  • Cajun Pride - Jo-El Sonnier
  • Heart Songs: The Old Time Country Songs of Utah Phillips - Jody Stecher e Kate Brislin
• 1999
  • Long Journey Home - The Chieftains
  • Chattanooga Sugar Babe - Norman Blake
  • Slant 6 Mind - Greg Brown
  • Friends of Mine - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  • Southern Banjo Sounds - Mike Seeger

• 2000
  • Press On - June Carter Cash
  • The Long Ride - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  • Retrograss - David Grisman, John Hartford e Mike Seeger
  • Songs of Mississippi John Hurt - Bill Morrissey
  • Third Generation Blues - Doc & Richard Watson
• 2001
  • Public Domain - Dave Alvin
  • Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm - Norman Blake
  • Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  • My Roots Are Showing - Natalie MacMaster
  • Cajun Blood - Jo-El Sonnier
• 2002
  • Down from the Mountain - AA.VV.
  • Looking Back Tomorrow: Beausoleil Live! - BeauSoleil
  • Hamilton Ironworks - John Hartford
  • Treasures from the Folk Den - Roger McGuinn, AA.VV.
  • Various Artists for Avalon Blues - A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt
• 2003
  • Legacy - Doc Watson
  • Fiddlers 4 - Fiddlers 4 (Michael Doucet, Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky e Rushad Eggleston)
  • Postcards - Cathy Fink e Marcy Marxer
  • Blue Country Heart - Jorma Kaukonen
  • High Lonesome Cowboy - Peter Rowan e Don Edwards
  • Evangeline Made - A Tribute to Majun Music - AA.VV.
• 2004
  • Wildwood Flower - June Carter Cash
  • Any Old Time - Steve Forbert
  • Bon Reve - Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
  • The Three Pickers - Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson e Ricky Skaggs
  • Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Volume 3 - Pete Seeger & Friends
• 2005
  • Beautiful Dreamer - AA.VV.
  • Gitane Cajun - BeauSoleil
  • The Morning Glory Ramblers - Norman & Nancy Blake
  • My Last Go Round - Rosalie Sorrels & Friends
  • ...And the Tin Pan Bended, and the Story Ended... - Dave Van Ronk
• 2006
  • Fiddler's Green - Tim O'Brien
  • Live from Dublin - A Tribute to Derek Bell - The Chieftains
  • Come On Back - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
  • Live In the UK - Tom Paxton
  • Cajun Mardi Gras! - Jo-El Sonnier
• 2007
  • We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions - Bruce Springsteen
  • I Stand Alone - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  • Gotta Let It Shine - Odetta
  • Adieu False Heart - Linda Ronstadt ed Ann Savoy
  • A Distant Land to Roam: Songs of the Carter Family - Ralph Stanley
• 2008
  • Dirt Farmer - Levon Helm
  • Try Me One More Time - David Bromberg
  • Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John - Peter Case
  • Banjo Talkin' - Cathy Fink
  • Charlie Louvin - Charlie Louvin
• 2009
  • At 89 - Pete Seeger
  • Coal - Kathy Mattea
  • Comedians & Angels - Tom Paxton
  • Bring Me Home - Peggy Seeger
  • Strangers In Another Country - Rosalie Sorrels

• 2010
  • High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project - Loudon Wainwright III
  • Cutting Loose - David Holt e Josh Goforth
  • Naked With Friends - Maura O'Connell
  • Polka Cola: Music That Refreshes - Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
  • Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips - AA.VV.
• 2011
  • Genuine Negro Jig - Carolina Chocolate Drops
  • Onward and Upward - Luther Dickinson & the Sons of Mudboy
  • Memories of John - The John Hartford Stringband
  • Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy - Maria Muldaur
  • Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved - Ricky Skaggs

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