Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
| Year | Album | Artist(s) |
|---|
1960
[1] |
| The Kingston Trio at Large | |
| Belafonte at Carnegie Hall | Harry Belafonte |
| Tennessee Stud | Eddy Arnold |
| The Wild, Wild West | The Ralph Hunter Choir |
| The Wilderness Road | Jimmy Driftwood |
1961
[2] |
| Swing Dat Hammer | |
| 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
[3] |
| The Belafonte Folk Singers... At Home and Abroad | |
| The Big Bill Broonzy Story | Big Bill Broonzy |
| The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem | The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem |
| Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 1 | Alan Lomax |
| The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters | The Limeliters |
1963
[4] |
| If I Had a Hammer | |
| 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
[5] |
| Blowin' in the Wind | |
| Green, Green | The New Christy Minstrels |
| Judy Collins 3 | Judy Collins |
| Odetta Sings Folk Songs | Odetta |
| The World of Miriam Makeba | Miriam Makeba |
1965
[6] |
| We'll Sing in the Sunshine | |
| 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
[7] |
| An Evening with Belafonte/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
[8] |
| Blues in the Street | |
| God Bless the Grass | Pete Seeger |
| Lead Belly | Lead Belly |
| Oliver Smith | Oliver Smith |
| Reflections in a Crystal Wind | Mimi & Richard Fariña |
| Violets of Dawn | The Mitchell Trio |
1968
[9] |
| Gentle on My Mind | |
| 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
[10] |
| Both Sides, Now | |
| Did She Mention My Name? | Gordon Lightfoot |
| The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter | Incredible String Band |
| John Wesley Harding | Bob Dylan |
| Late Again | Peter, Paul and Mary |
| The Unicorn | The Irish Rovers |
1970
[11] |
| Clouds | |
| 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
[12] |
| Good Feelin' | |
| 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 & Shankha Ghosh |
1972
[13] |
| They Call Me 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
[14] |
| The London Muddy Waters Sessions | |
| Blues Piano Orgy | Various Artists |
| Lightnin' Strikes | Lightnin' Hopkins |
| Live at Soledad Prison | John Lee Hooker |
| Walking the Blues | Otis Spann |
1974
[15] |
| Then and Now | |
| 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 & Champion Jack Dupree |
| Lead Belly: Live in Concert | Lead Belly |
1975
[16] |
| Two Days in November | Doc Watson & Merle Watson |
| Big Daddy | Bukka White |
| The Back Door Wolf | Howlin' Wolf |
| Catalyst | Willie Dixon |
| London Revisited | Muddy Waters & Howlin' Wolf |
1976
[17] |
| 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
[18] |
| 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 & Rick Brousseau |
1978
[19] |
| 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
[20] |
| I'm Ready | Muddy Waters |
| Chicago Blues at Home | Various Artists |
| 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 |
1980
[21] |
| Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live | |
| 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 & Left Hand Frank and His Blues Band |
| Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 3 | Lonnie Brooks Blues Band, Pinetop Perkins & Sons of Blues |
| New England Traditional Fiddling | John Edwards Memorial Foundation |
| New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival | Various Artists |
| So Many Roads | Otis Rush |
1981
[22] |
| Rare Blues | Various Artists |
| Atlanta Blues: '33 | Various Artists |
| | The Chieftains |
| Kidney Stew Is Fine | Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson |
| Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band In New Orleans | Queen Ida |
1982
[23] |
| There Must Be a Better World Somewhere | |
| Blues Deluxe | Various Artists |
| From the Heart of a Woman | Koko Taylor |
| Frozen Alive! | Albert Collins |
| Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 4 | Various Artists |
1983
[24] |
| Queen Ida & The Bon Temps Zydeco Band On Tour | |
| 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 | Various Artists |
| Tennessee: Folk Heritage - The Mountain | Various Artists |
1984
[25] |
| I'm Here | Clifton Chenier & His Red Hot Louisiana Band |
| The Grey Fox | The Chieftains |
| Raga Mishra Piloo | Ali Akbar Khan & Ravi Shankar |
| Renaissance of the Celtic Harp | Alan Stivell |
| Syncro System | King Sunny Adé |
1985
[26] |
| Elizabeth Cotten Live! | Elizabeth Cotten |
| 100% Fortified Zydeco | Buckwheat Zydeco |
| Good Rockin | Rockin' Dopsie |
| On A Saturday Night | Queen Ida |
| Open Road | Boys of the Lough |
1986
[27] |
| 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 | |
