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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was first awarded in 1987. Until 1993 the award was known as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording. In 2007, this category was renamed Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album. As of 2010 the category was split into two categories;...
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| 2009 | Neko Case |
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Neko Case (pronounced /ˈniːkoʊ ˈkeɪs/) (born September 8, 1970 in Alexandria, Virginia) is a Grammy nominated American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New...
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Middle Cyclone | ||
| 2009 | Tracy Chapman |
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Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer–songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason", "The Promise" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and...
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Our Bright Future | ||
| 2009 | Shawn Colvin |
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Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Her formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University...
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Live | ||
| 2009 | Elvis Costello |
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Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known by the stage name Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter of Irish heritage. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became...
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Secret, Profane & Sugarcane | ||
| 2009 | Steve Earle |
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Stephen 'Steve' Fain Earle (pronounced /ˈɜrl/) (born January 17, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and country music as well as his political views. He is also a published writer, a political activist and has written and...
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Townes | ||
| 2008 | Joan Baez |
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Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941, in Staten Island, New York) is a folk singer, songwriter and activist. Baez has a distinctive vocal style, and her recordings have included topical songs and material dealing with social issues.
Baez began to...
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Day After Tomorrow | ||
| 2008 | Ry Cooder |
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Ryland "Ry" Peter Cooder (born 15 March 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American guitarist, singer and composer.
He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in blues-rock, roots music from his native North America, and, more recently...
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I, Flathead | ||
| 2008 | Rodney Crowell |
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Rodney Crowell (born August 7, 1950) is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music.
He is considered to be part of both the alternative country and the mainstream country music camps. He...
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Sex & Gasoline | ||
| 2008 | Emmylou Harris |
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Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947; Birmingham, Alabama) is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she...
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All I Intended to Be | ||
| 2008 | Robert Plant and Alison Krauss |
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Raising Sand | |||
| 2005 | Nickel Creek |
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Nickel Creek was an American acoustic music trio. Although the group's music has roots from bluegrass, the trio describes itself as "progressive acoustic". Nickel Creek consisted of three permanent members: Chris Thile (mandolin), Sara Watkins ...
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Why Should the Fire Die? | ||
| 1999 | Wilco |
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Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. Its name comes from the voice procedure term "wilco" meaning "will comply." The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo...
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Mermaid Avenue | ||
