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Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album has been awarded since 1989. The award has had several minor name changes:
In 1990, the Best Bluegrass Recording was presented to a single rather than an album.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the...
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Bill Monroe
William Smith Monroe (September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American musician who helped develop the style of music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys," named for Monroe's home state of Kentucky....
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from...
John Starling
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Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Hornsby (born Bruce Randall Hornsby, November 23, 1954, Williamsburg, Virginia) is an American singer, pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. Known for the spontaneity and creativity of his live performances, Hornsby draws frequently from...
Jerry Douglas
Gerald Calvin (Jerry) Douglas (born as Gerald Calvin Douglas on May 28, 1956 in Warren, Ohio) is an American musician and resonator guitar player. In addition to his eleven solo releases and countless special projects, Douglas has played on more...
Tut Taylor
Tut Taylor (1923) is an American bluegrass musician.
Taylor played banjo and mandolin as a child, and began playing dobro at age 14, learning to use the instrument with a distinctive flat-picking style. Taylor was a member of The Folkswingers in the...
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Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971 in Decatur, Illinois) is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She...
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
The Nashville Bluegrass Band is an American bluegrass music ensemble founded in 1984.
The group's members first played together in 1984 as a backing band for Vernon Oxford and Minnie Pearl; each of the members were established musicians from the...
Todd Phillips
Todd Phillips (b. April 21, 1953) is a bass player who has worked with a wide variety of acoustic musicians, including David Grisman, Stephane Grappelli, Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas, Tim O’Brien and Paul McCandless. He has...
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Ricky Skaggs
For the punk rock musician, see Ricky Scaggs.
Richard Lee "Ricky" Skaggs (born July 18, 1954, in Cordell, Kentucky) is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle,...
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music.
In the four-and-a-half decades since her national-chart début, she...
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Stanley (born February 25, 1927), also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley, is an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing.
Ralph Edmond Stanley was born, grew up, and lives today in rural southwestern Virginia—"in...
David Castle
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Carl Jackson
Carl Jackson (born September 18, 1953 in Louisville, Mississippi) is an American country and bluegrass musician. Jackson's first Grammy was awarded in 1992 for his duet album with John Starling titled "Spring Training." In 2003 Jackson produced the...
Del McCoury Band
The Del McCoury Band is a Grammy Award-winning bluegrass band. Originally Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals with Del on guitar and his brother Jerry on bass, the band went through a number of changes until the 1980s when the band solidified its line-up...
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Neal Cappellino
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Lee Groitzsch
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Jim Lauderdale
Jim Lauderdale is a two time Grammy Award-winning musician. Playing a combination of country and bluegrass music, he is also an accomplished singer and songwriter. Lauderdale has written a number of hit songs recorded by other performers.
Lauderdale...
Randy Kohrs
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Kentucky Thunder
Kentucky Thunder, or Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, is the band that plays with Ricky Skaggs. Many members of the band have won numerous awards. Bandleader Ricky Skaggs plays mandolin and is the lead vocalist. The group has won the Instrumental...
