# Grammy Award alla miglior registrazione di musica etnica o tradizionale

Il Grammy Award alla miglior registrazione di musica etnica o tradizionale (Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording) fu un premio Grammy assegnato dal 1960 al 1986.

## Storia

Durante questo lasso di tempo il nome fu modificato più volte nel corso degli anni:
* Dal 1960 al 1961 il premio fu conosciuto come Best Performance - Folk
* Dal 1962 al 1967 fu assegnato come Best Folk Recording
* Dal 1968 al 1970 fu assegnato come Best Folk Performance
* Nel 1971 e dal 1973 al 1974 il premio fu conosciuto come Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including traditional blues)
* Nel 1972 e dal 1975 al 1982 fu assegnatocome Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
* Dal 1983 al 1986 fu assegnato come Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
Nel 1987 il premio fu diviso in due categorie: il miglior album folk tradizionale e il miglior album folk contemporaneo.

## Vincitori e candidati
### Anni 1960

* 1960
** The Kingston Trio at Large - The Kingston Trio
** Belafonte at Carnegie Hall - Harry Belafonte
** Tennessee Stud - Eddy Arnold
** The Wild, Wild West - The Ralph Hunter Choir
** The Wilderness Road - Jimmy Driftwood
* 1961
** Swing Dat Hammer - Harry Belafonte
** Cheers: Drinking Songs Around the World - The Belafonte Folk Singers
** Greenfields - The Brothers Four
** Here We Go Again! - The Kingston Trio
** Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba
* 1962
** Belafonte Folk Singers at Home and Abroad - The Belafonte Folk Singers
** The Big Bill Broonzy Story - Big Bill Broonzy
** The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - The Clancy Brothers e Tommy Makem
** Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 1 - Alan Lomax
** The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters - The Limeliters
* 1963
** If I Had a Hammer - Peter, Paul and Mary
** The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt and Scruggs
** Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
** Joan Baez in Concert - Joan Baez
** Midnight Special - Harry Belafonte
** Presenting The New Christy Minstrels - The New Christy Minstrels
** Something Special - The Kingston Trio
* 1964
** Blowin' in the Wind - Peter, Paul and Mary
** Green, Green - The New Christy Minstrels
** Judy Collins 3 - Judy Collins
** Odetta Sings Folk Songs - Odetta
** The World of Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba
* 1965
** We'll Sing in the Sunshine - Gale Garnett
** Belafonte at The Greek Theatre - Harry Belafonte
** Peter, Paul and Mary in Concert - Peter, Paul and Mary
** Woody Guthrie: Library of Congress Recordings - Woody Guthrie
** The Times They Are a-Changin' - Bob Dylan
** Today - The New Christy Minstrels
** The Voice of Africa - Miriam Makeba
* 1966
** An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba - Harry Belafonte e Miriam Makeba
** The High Lonesome Sound - Roscoe Holcomb
** Makeba Sings! - Miriam Makeba
** A Song Will Rise - Peter, Paul and Mary
** Strangers and Cousins - Pete Seeger
** There but for Fortune - Joan Baez
** The Womenfolk Live at the Hungry I - The Womenfolk
* 1967
** Blues in the Street - Cortelia Clark
** God Bless the Grass - Pete Seeger
** Lead Belly - Lead Belly
** Oliver Smith - Oliver Smith
** Reflections in a Crystal Wind - Mimi Fariña e Richard Fariña
** Violets of Dawn - The Mitchell Trio
* 1968
** Gentle on My Mind - John Hartford
** Album 1700 - Peter, Paul and Mary
** Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie
** In My Life - Judy Collins
** Janis Ian - Janis Ian
** Waist Deep in the Big Muddy - Pete Seeger
* 1969
** Both Sides Now - Judy Collins
** Did She Mention My Name? - Gordon Lightfoot
** The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band
** John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
** Late Again - Peter, Paul and Mary
** The Unicorn - The Irish Rovers

### Anni 1970

* 1970
** Clouds - Joni Mitchell
** Any Day Now - Joan Baez
** Donovan - Donovan
** Bird on the Wire - Judy Collins
** Day is Done - Peter, Paul and Mary
** Young vs. Old - Pete Seeger
* 1971
** Good Feelin' - T-Bone Walker
** Black Music of South America - David Lewisohn
** Folk Fiddling From Sweden - Bjorn Stabi & Ole Hjorth
** I Do Not Play No Rock'n'Roll - Mississippi Fred McDowell
** Sail On - Muddy Waters
** Shree Rag - Ali Akbar Khan e Shankha Ghosh
* 1972
** They Call Me Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters
** 18th Century Traditional Music of Japan - Keiko Matsuo
** The Esso Trinidad Steel Band - Esso Trinidad Steel Band
** Javanese Court Gamelan - Javanese Players
** Message to the Young - Howlin' Wolf
** Mississippi Fred McDowell - Mississippi Fred McDowell
** Stormy Monday Blues - T-Bone Walker
* 1973
** The London Muddy Waters Session - Muddy Waters
** Blues Piano Orgy - AA.VV.
** Lightnin' Strikes - Lightnin' Hopkins
** Live at Soledad Prison - John Lee Hooker
** Walking the Blues - Otis Spann
* 1974
** Then and Now - Doc Watson
** Can't Get No Grindin' - Muddy Waters
** John Lee Hooker's Detroit - John Lee Hooker
** King Curtis & Champion Jack Dupree: Blues at Montreux - King Curtis e Champion Jack Dupree
** Lead Belly: Live in Concert - Lead Belly
* 1975
** Two Days in November - Doc Watson e Merle Watson
** Big Daddy - Bukka White
** The Back Door Wolf - Howlin' Wolf
** Catalyst - Willie Dixon
** London Revisited - Muddy Waters e Howlin' Wolf
* 1976
** The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album - Muddy Waters
** I Got What It Takes - Koko Taylor
** Memphis Blues - Memphis Slim
** Music of Guatemala - The San Lucas Band
** Wake Up Dead Man - Bruce Jackson
* 1977
** Mark Twang - John Hartford
** Bagpipe Marches and Music of Scotland - Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band
** Beware of the Dog! - Hound Dog Taylor
** If You Love These Blues, Play 'Em As You Please - Michael Bloomfield
** Proud Earth - Chief Dan George, Arliene Nofchissey Williams e Rick Brousseau
* 1978
** Hard Again - Muddy Waters
** Blues Hit Big Town - Junior Wells
** Right Place, Wrong Time - Otis Rush
** The Things That I Used to Do - Big Joe Turner
** What Happened to My Blues - Willie Dixon
* 1979
** I'm Ready - Muddy Waters
** Chicago Blues at Home - AA.VV.
** Clifton Chenier and His Red Hot Louisiana Band in New Orleans - Clifton Chenier
** I Hear Some Blues Downstairs - Fenton Robinson
** U.S.A. - Memphis Slim & His House Rockers ft. Matt "Guitar" Murphy

### Anni 1980

* 1980
** Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live - Muddy Waters
** The Chieftains 7 - The Chieftains
** Ice Pickin' - Albert Collins
** Laugh Your Blues Away - Uncle Dave Macon
** Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 1 - Shaw and the Wolf Gang e Left Hand Frank e His Blues Band
** Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 3 - Lonnie Brooks Blues Band, Pinetop Perkins e Sons of Blues
** New England Traditional Fiddling - John Edwards Memorial Foundation
** New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - AA.VV.
** So Many Roads - Otis Rush
* 1981
** Rare Blues - AA.VV.
** Atlanta Blues: '33 - AA.VV.
** The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early - The Chieftains
** Kidney Stew Is Fine - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
** Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band In New Orleans - Queen Ida
* 1982
** There Must Be a Better World Somewhere - B.B. King
** Blues Deluxe - AA.VV.
** From the Heart of a Woman - Koko Taylor
** Frozen Alive! - Albert Collins
** Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 4 - AA.VV.
* 1983
** Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band on Tour - Queen Ida
** In the Tradition - The Boys of the Lough
** Live in America - The John Renbourn Group
** Metropolis - The Klezmorim
** Reggae Sunsplash '81: A Tribute to Bob Marley - AA.VV.
** Tennessee: Folk Heritage - The Mountain - AA.VV.
* 1984
** I'm Here - Clifton Chenier
** The Grey Fox - The Chieftains
** Raga Mishra Piloo - Ali Akbar Khan e Ravi Shankar
** Renaissance of the Celtic Harp - Alan Stivell
** Syncro System - King Sunny Adé
* 1985
** Elizabeth Cotten Live! - Elizabeth Cotton
** 100% Fortified Zydeco - Buckwheat Zydeco
** Good Rockin' - Rockin' Dopsie
** On A Saturday Night - Queen Ida
** Open Road - Boys of the Lough
* 1986
** My Toot Toot - Rockin' Sidney
** Live at the San Francisco Blues Festival - Clifton Chenier
** Souvenirs - Dewey Balfa
** Turning Point - Buckwheat Zydeco
** Zydeco Gris Gris - BeauSoleil