Best Traditional Folk Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Live From Dublin - A Tribute To Derek Bell - The Chieftains (RCA Victor)
Come On Back - Jimmie Dale Gilmore (Rounder)
Fiddler's Green - Tim O'Brien (Sugar Hill Records)
Live In The UK - Tom Paxton (Pax Records)
Cajun Mardi Gras! - Jo-EL Sonnier (Green Hill Productions)
Best Contemporary Folk Album (Vocal or Instrumental)
Chávez Ravine - Ry Cooder (Nonesuch/Perro Verde)
The Outsider - Rodney Crowell (Columbia)
Why Should The Fire Die? - Nickel Creek (Sugar Hill Records)
Fair & Square - John Prine (Oh Boy Records)
Devils & Dust - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
Best Native American Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental)
More Kids' Pow-Wow Songs - Black Lodge (Canyon Records)
Intonation: Harmonized Songs From The Southern Plains - Alex E. Smith & Cheevers Toppah (Canyon Records)
Sacred Ground - A Tribute To Mother Earth - Various Artists; Jim Wilson, producer (Silverwave Records)
Our Love Will Never Die - Randy Wood (Canyon Records)
Best Hawaiian Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental)
Slack Key Dreams Of The Ponomoe - Kapono Beamer (Kapono Beamer Enterprises, Ltd)
Sweet & Lovely - Raiatea Helm (Raiatea Helm Records)
Kiho'alu - Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Ledward Ka'apana (Rhythm & Roots Records)
Slack Key Guitar: The Artistry Of Sonny Lim - Sonny Lim (Palm Records)
Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Vol. 1 - Various Artists: Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers (Daniel Ho Creations)
Best Bluegrass Album (Vocal or Instrumental)
Marbletown - Blue Highway (Rounder)
Cherryholmes - Cherryholmes (Skaggs Family Records)
The Grascals - The Grascals (Rounder)
The Company We Keep - The Del McCoury Band (McCoury Music/Sugar Hill Records)
Ragin' Live - Rhonda Vincent And The Rage (Rounder)
Other Folk music mentionables include Ani Difranco and her design sidekick Brian Gunert nominated once again for Best Recording Package for Ani's 2005 CD Knuckle Down (Righteous Babe). Johnny Cash's The Legend boxed set pulled in nominations for Best Album Notes, Best Historical Album, and Best Boxed or Special Edition Limited Package.
Alisson Krauss & Union Station received four nominations for their Lonely Runs Both Ways CD (Rounder). Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home: Bob Dylan received a nomination for Best Long Form Music Video.
Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Delbert McClinton, and Gretchen Wilson & Merle Haggard received nominations as well. For a full list of nominees in other categories, visit the Grammys online.
