Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album

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Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album
Awarded forquality traditional
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2004
Last awarded2011
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album was an honor presented to recording artists between 2004 and 2011 for quality traditional

National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]

The

46th Grammy Awards
for the album Sacred Tibetan Chant. In 2011, a major overhaul of the Grammy categories resulted in the merge of the two awards to a single Best World Music Album category beginning in 2012.

Recipients

Year[I] Performing artist(s) Nationality Work Nominees Ref.
2004
 Jon Mark/Monks of Sherab Ling Monastery New Zealand Sacred Tibetan Chant
  • Ecos de Borinquen _ Jibaro Hasta El Hueso: Mountain Music of Puerto Rico
  • The Rain
  • Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelourinho - Capoeira Angola 2:
  • Brincando Na Roda, Kassé Mady Diabaté - Kassi Kasse
  • Masters of Persian Music - Without You
 [3]
2005
 Ladysmith Black Mambazo South Africa
Raise Your Spirit Higher
  • El Grupo Cimarron - Si, Soy Llanero: Joropo Music from the Orinoco Plains of Colombia
  • Sandra Luna - Tango Varon
  • Pero Negro - Jolgorio
  • Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda - various artists.
 [4]
2006
 Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté Mali In the Heart of the Moon
[5]
2007
 Soweto Gospel Choir South Africa Blessed
[6]
2008
 Soweto Gospel Choir South Africa African Spirit
[7]
2009
 Ladysmith Black Mambazo South Africa Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu
  • Debashish Bhattacharya - Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey
  • Toumani Diabaté - The Mandé Variations
  • Lakshmi Shankar - Dancing In The Light
 [8]
2010
 Mamadou Diabate Mali Douga Mansa
  • Ancient Sounds - Rahim Alhaj And Amjad Ali Khan
  • Double Play - Liz Carroll & John Doyle
  • La Guerra No - John Santos Y El Coro Folklórico Kindembo
  • Drum Music Land - Ten Drum Art Percussion Group
 [citation needed]
2011
 Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté Mali Ali and Toumani
  • Pure Sounds – Gyuto Monks of Tibet
  • I Speak Fula – Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
  • Grace – Soweto Gospel Choir
  • Tango Universal – Vayo
 [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
  2. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
    . Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  3. ^ "Complete list of Grammy Award nominations". East Valley Tribune. December 4, 2003. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
  4. ^ "Complete list of Grammy nominees". San Francisco Chronicle. December 7, 2004. p. 8. Retrieved July 11, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Complete List Of Grammy Nominees". San Francisco Chronicle. December 9, 2005. p. 8. Retrieved July 12, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Complete list of Grammy nominees". San Francisco Chronicle. December 8, 2006. p. 8. Retrieved July 12, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "The Complete List of Grammy Nominees". The New York Times. December 6, 2007. p. 3. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  8. ^ "51st annual Grammy nominations". 4 December 2008.
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