Il Grammy Award al miglior album folk tradizionale (Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album) fu assegnato dal 1987 al 2011.
Fino al 1993 il premio è stato conosciuto come Miglior registrazione folk tradizionale (Best Folk Recording Traditional).
A partire dal 2012, questa categoria si rifonderà con la miglior album folk contemporaneo per formare la nuova categoria miglior album folk.
Miglior registrazione folk tradizionale
Anni 1980
- 1987
- Riding the Midnight Train - Doc Watson
- Waitin' for My Ya Ya - Buckwheat Zydeco
- 20th Anniversary Concert - New Lost City Ramblers con Elizabeth Cotton, Pete Seeger e Highwood String Band
- Caught in the Act - Queen Ida
- Hot Steppin' with Rockin' Sidney - Rockin' Sidney
- 1988
- Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Mbube Roots, Zulu Choral Music from South Africa - Veit Erlmann (produttore)
- Celtic Wedding - The Chieftains
- Belizaire the Cajun - Michael Doucet e BeauSoleil
- Zulu Men's Singing Competition - AA.VV.
- 1989
Anni 1990
- 1990
- 1991
- On Praying Ground - Doc Watson
- Brazil Forro: Music for Maids and Taxi Drivers - Toinho de Alagoas, Duda da Passira, Jose Orlando ed Heleno Dos Oito Baixos
- Classic Tracks - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Let's Get Cajun - Basin Brothers
- Old Time Duets - The Whitstein Brothers
- Partisans of Vilna: Songs of World War II Jewish Resistance - AA.VV.
- 1992
- The Civil War - AA.VV.
- My Dear Old Southern Home - Doc Watson
- Solo-Oldtime Country Music - Mike Seeger
- Alligator Mann - Jimmy C. Newman
- Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares Vol. 3 - AA.VV.
Miglior album folk tradizionale
Anni 1990
- 1993
- An Irish Evening - The Chieftains
- Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used to - Norman and Nancy Blake
- Grandfather's Greatest Hits - David Holt
- A Cathedral Concert - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
- Le Trio Cadien - D. L. Menard, Eddie LeJeune e Ken Smith
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- L'amour ou la Folie - BeauSoleil
- Deep Water - Hackberry Ramblers
- There Ain't No Way Out - New Lost City Ramblers
- Cajun Pride - Jo-El Sonnier
- Heart Songs: The Old Time Country Songs of Utah Phillips - Jody Stecher e Kate Brislin
- 1999
Anni 2000
- 2000
- Press On - June Carter Cash
- The Long Ride - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
- Retrograss - David Grisman, John Hartford e Mike Seeger
- Songs of Mississippi John Hurt - Bill Morrissey
- Third Generation Blues - Doc & Richard Watson
- 2001
- 2002
- Down from the Mountain - AA.VV.
- Looking Back Tomorrow: Beausoleil Live! - BeauSoleil
- Hamilton Ironworks - John Hartford
- Treasures from the Folk Den - Roger McGuinn, AA.VV.
- Various Artists for Avalon Blues - A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt
- 2003
- Legacy - Doc Watson
- Fiddlers 4 - Fiddlers 4 (Michael Doucet, Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky e Rushad Eggleston)
- Postcards - Cathy Fink e Marcy Marxer
- Blue Country Heart - Jorma Kaukonen
- High Lonesome Cowboy - Peter Rowan e Don Edwards
- Evangeline Made - A Tribute to Majun Music - AA.VV.
- 2004
- 2005
- Beautiful Dreamer - AA.VV.
- Gitane Cajun - BeauSoleil
- The Morning Glory Ramblers - Norman & Nancy Blake
- My Last Go Round - Rosalie Sorrels & Friends
- ...And the Tin Pan Bended, and the Story Ended... - Dave Van Ronk
- 2006
- Fiddler's Green - Tim O'Brien
- Live from Dublin - A Tribute to Derek Bell - The Chieftains
- Come On Back - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
- Live In the UK - Tom Paxton
- Cajun Mardi Gras! - Jo-El Sonnier
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009