Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
Grammy Awards · 66 nominations across 27 ceremonies · 27 wins
28th Grammys · 1986
- Winner My Toot Toot · Rockin' Sidney
27th Grammys · 1985
- Winner Elizabeth Cotten Live! · Elizabeth Cotten
26th Grammys · 1984
- Winner I'm Here · Clifton Chenier
25th Grammys · 1983
24th Grammys · 1982
23rd Grammys · 1981
- Winner Rare Blues
22nd Grammys · 1980
21st Grammys · 1979
- Winner I'm Ready · Muddy Waters
20th Grammys · 1978
- Winner Hard Again · Muddy Waters
19th Grammys · 1977
- Winner Mark Twang · John Hartford
18th Grammys · 1976
17th Grammys · 1975
- Winner Two Days in November · Doc Watson, Merle Watson
16th Grammys · 1974
- Winner Then and Now · Doc Watson
15th Grammys · 1973
14th Grammys · 1972
- Winner They Call Me Muddy Waters · Muddy Waters
13th Grammys · 1971
- Winner Good Feelin' · T-Bone Walker
12th Grammys · 1970
- Winner Clouds · Joni Mitchell
11th Grammys · 1969
- Winner Both Sides Now · Judy Collins
10th Grammys · 1968
- Winner John Hartford · Gentle On My Mind
9th Grammys · 1967
- Winner Blues in the Street · Cortelia Clark
8th Grammys · 1966
- Winner An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba · Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba
- Nominee The Womenfolk At The Hungry I · The Womenfolk
- Nominee Roscoe Holcomb: The High Lonesome Sound · Roscoe Holcomb
- Nominee Makeba Sings · Miriam Makeba
- Nominee There But For Fortune · Joan Baez
- Nominee Pete Seeger
- Nominee A Song Will Rise · Peter, Paul & Mary
7th Grammys · 1965
- Winner We'll Sing in the Sunshine · Gale Garnett
- Nominee Woody Guthrie: Library Of Congress Recordings · Woody Guthrie
- Nominee Belafonte At The Greek Theatre · Harry Belafonte
- Nominee Today · The New Christy Minstrels
- Nominee Peter, Paul And Mary In Concert · Peter, Paul and Mary
- Nominee The Times They Are A-Changing · Bob Dylan
- Nominee The Voice Of Africa · Miriam Makeba
6th Grammys · 1964
- Winner Blowin' in the Wind · Peter, Paul and Mary
- Nominee Judy Collins #3 · Judy Collins
- Nominee Walk Right In · The Rooftop Singers
- Nominee Odetta Sings Folk Songs · Odetta
- Nominee The World Of Miriam Makeba · Miriam Makeba
- Nominee We Shall Overcome
- Nominee Green, Green · The New Christy Minstrels
5th Grammys · 1963
- Winner If I Had a Hammer · Peter, Paul and Mary
- Nominee Something Special · The Kingston Trio
- Nominee The Midnight Special · Harry Belafonte
- Nominee Joan Baez In Concert · Joan Baez
- Nominee Bob Dylan · Bob Dylan
- Nominee The Ballad Of Jed Clampett · Flatt And Scruggs
- Nominee Presenting The New Christy Minstrels · The New Christy Minstrels
4th Grammys · 1962
- Winner Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad · The Belafonte Folk Singers
- Nominee The Big Bill Broonzy Story · Bill Broonzy
- Nominee The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem · The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
- Nominee Folk Songs Of Britain Vol. I · Alan Lomax
- Nominee The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters · The Limeliters
3rd Grammys · 1961
- Winner Swing Dat Hammer · Harry Belafonte
- Nominee Cheers · Belafonte Folk Singers
- Nominee Greenfields · The Brothers Four
- Nominee Here We Go Again · The Kingston Trio
- Nominee Miriam Makeba · Miriam Makeba
- Nominee Southern Folk Heritage Series · Alan Lomax
- Nominee Songs Of Robert Burns · Ewan MacColl
- Nominee Songs Of Billy Yank And Johnny Reb · Jimmy Driftwood
2nd Grammys · 1960
- Winner The Kingston Trio at Large · The Kingston Trio
- Nominee The Wild Wild West · Ralph Hunter
- Nominee Tennessee Stud
- Nominee The Wilderness Road · Jimmy Driftwood
- Nominee Belafonte At Carnegie Hall · Harry Belafonte