|
| Year |
Album |
Artist(s) |
1960
[1] |
| The Kingston Trio at Large |
The Kingston Trio |
| 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 |
Harry Belafonte |
| 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 Belafonte Folk Singers |
| 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 |
Peter, Paul and Mary |
| 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][6] |
| Blowin' in the Wind |
Peter, Paul and Mary |
| We Shall Overcome |
Pete Seeger |
| Walk Right In |
The Rooftop Singers |
| Green, Green |
The New Christy Minstrels |
| Judy Collins 3 |
Judy Collins |
| Odetta Sings Folk Songs |
Odetta |
| The World of Miriam Makeba |
Miriam Makeba |
1965
[7] |
| We'll Sing in the Sunshine |
Gale Garnett |
| 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
[8] |
| An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba |
Harry Belafonte & Miriam 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
[9] |
| Blues in the Street |
Cortelia Clark |
| 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
[10] |
| Gentle on My Mind |
John Hartford |
| 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
[11] |
| Both Sides, Now |
Judy Collins |
| 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
[12] |
| Clouds |
Joni Mitchell |
| 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
[13] |
| Good Feelin' |
T-Bone Walker |
| 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
[14] |
| They Call Me Muddy Waters |
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
[15] |
| The London Muddy Waters Sessions |
Muddy Waters |
| Blues Piano Orgy |
Various Artists |
| Lightnin' Strikes |
Lightnin' Hopkins |
| Live at Soledad Prison |
John Lee Hooker |
| Walking the Blues |
Otis Spann |
1974
[16] |
| Then and Now |
Doc Watson |
| 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
[17] |
| 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
[18] |
| 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
[19] |
| 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
[20] |
| 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
[21] |
| 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
[22] |
| Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live |
Muddy Waters |
| 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
[23] |
| Rare Blues |
Various Artists |
| Atlanta Blues: '33 |
Various Artists |
| The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early |
The Chieftains |
| Kidney Stew Is Fine |
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson |
| Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band In New Orleans |
Queen Ida |
1982
[24] |
| There Must Be a Better World Somewhere |
B.B. King |
| Blues Deluxe |
Various Artists |
| From the Heart of a Woman |
Koko Taylor |
| Frozen Alive! |
Albert Collins |
| Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 4 |
Various Artists |
1983
[25] |
| Queen Ida & The Bon Temps Zydeco Band On Tour |
Queen Ida |
| 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
[26] |
| 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
[27] |
| 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
[28] |
| 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 |
