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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.
An award for Best Traditional Folk Album is also presented...
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Mermaid Avenue
Mermaid Avenue is a 1998 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco. The project was organized by Guthrie's daughter,...
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Why Should the Fire Die?
Why Should The Fire Die? is the third major album release and fifth album overall by progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek. The album was released on August 9, 2005 in the United States, and on August 8 in the United Kingdom. Why Should the Fire...
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Raising Sand
Raising Sand is a collaboration album by rock singer Robert Plant and bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss. It was released on October 23, 2007 by Rounder Records. Raising Sand won Album of the Year at the 2009 Grammy Awards.
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All I Intended to Be
All I Intended To Be is the 21st major label studio album from Emmylou Harris and her third release on Nonesuch Records. It was released in the United States on June 10, 2008. The album debuted at number 22 on the Billboard 200, and number four on...
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I, Flathead
I, Flathead:The Songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns is a concept album by Ry Cooder. It is the third in his "California trilogy" that began with Chávez Ravine (2005) and was followed by My Name Is Buddy (2007). The album is accompanied by a 104 page...
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Day After Tomorrow
Day After Tomorrow is an album from American singer and musician Joan Baez, released in 2008. The album features songs written by such composers as Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, T Bone Burnett, Patty Griffin, Thea Gilmore and Steve Earle. Steve Earle...
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