2008 Grammy Award Winners

The nominees for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards were announced on December 6, 2007. Following are the winners in the folk and bluegrass categories, as well as a list of folk, bluegrass and alt.country artists listed as nominees in other categories. The 50th Annual Grammy Awards were presented in a televised ceremony on February 10, 2008.

Best Bluegrass Album (Vocal or Instrumental)

Cherryholmes II Black And White – Cherryholmes (Skaggs Family Records)

Lefty’s Old Guitar - J. D. Crowe & The New South (Rounder)

The Bluegrass Diaries - Jim Lauderdale (Yep Roc Records) — WINNER

Scenechronized - Seldom Scene (Sugar Hill)

Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular - Tony Trischka (Rounder)

Best Traditional Folk Album (Vocal or Instrumental)

Try Me One More Time - David Bromberg (Appleseed Recordings)

Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John - Peter Case (Yep Roc Records)

Banjo Talkin’ - Cathy Fink (Rounder)

Dirt Farmer - Levon Helm (Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard Records) — WINNER

Charlie Louvin - Charlie Louvin (Tompkins Square)

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album (Vocal or Instrumental)

The Calling - Mary Chapin Carpenter (Zoe Records)

My Name Is Buddy - Ry Cooder (Nonesuch Records Inc./Warner Music Group)

Washington Square Serenade - Steve Earle (New West Records) — WINNER

Children Running Through - Patty Griffin (ATO)

Orphans - Tom Waits (Anti)

Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Amazing Grace - Bill and Gloria Gaither and The Homecoming Friends (Gaither Music Group)

Journey of Joy - Karen Peck and New River (Daywind Records)

Everybody's Brother - Billy Joe Shaver (Compadre Records)

Salt of the Earth - Ricky Skaggs & The Whites (Skaggs Family Records) — WINNER

Tell Someone - Kenny & Amanda Smith Band (Rebel Records)

I'll Fly Away: Country Hymns and Songs of Faith - Various Artists (Sparrow Records)

Folk Artists and Albums Who Won in Other Categories

Alison Krauss: Won For Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (For "Gone Gone Gone" with Robert Plant from Raising Sand)

Bright Eyes: Won For Best Recording Package (Cassadaga, art director Zack Nipper)

Johnny Cash: Won For Best Short Form Music Video ("God's Gonna Cut You Down")

Joni Mitchell: Won For Best Pop Instrumental Performance ("One Week Last Summer" from Shine)

Willie Nelson: Won For Best Country Collaboration With Vocals ("Lost Highway" from Last of the Breed, with Ray Price)

River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock (featuring Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Corrine Bailey Ray, Tina Turner, Norah Jones and Luciana Souza): Won For Best Contemporary Jazz Album and Album of the Year

The Live Wire—Woody Guthrie in Performance 1949 (Woody Guthrie Publications): Won For Best Historical Album

For a full list of 2008 Grammy winners visit Grammy.com