• Music of Central Asia Vol. 2: Invisible Face Of The Beloved: Classical Music Of The Tajiks And Uzbeks
  The Academy Of Maqm
  [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
   
• Endless Vision
  Hossein Alizadeh & Djivan Gasparyan
  [World Village]
   
• Hambo in the Snow
  Andrea Hoag, Loretta Kelley & Charlie Pilzer
  [Azalea City Recordings]
   
• Golden Strings of the Sarode
  Aashish Khan & Zakir Hussain
  [Moment Records]
   
• Blessed
  Soweto Gospel Choir
  [Shanachie]

Best Contemporary World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Tiki
  Richard Bona
  [Decca]
   
• M'Bemba
  Salif Keita
  [Decca]
   
• Wonder Wheel
  The Klezmatics
  [Jewish Music Group]
   
• Long Walk to Freedom
  Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  [Heads Up International]
  
  Savane
  Ali Farka Toure
  [World Circuit/Nonesuch]

Best Reggae Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Too Bad
  Buju Banton
  [Gargamel Music, Inc.]
  
  Love Is My Religion
  Ziggy Marley
  [Tuff Gong Worldwide]
  
  Youth
  Matisyahu
  [Epic/Or/JDub]
  
  Rhythm Doubles
  Sly & Robbie
  [Taxi Records]
  
  Who You Fighting For?
  UB40
  [Rhino Entertainment]

Best Native American Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Voice of the Drum
  Black Eagle
  [Soar]
   
• Heart of the Wind
  Robert Tree Cody & Will Clipman
  [Canyon Records]
   
• American Indian Story
  Jana
  [Soar]
  
  Long Winter Nights, Northern Cree & Friends, Vol. 5
  Northern Cree & Friends
  [Canyon Records]
  
  Dance with the Wind
  Mary Youngblood
  [Silver Wave Records]

Best Hawaiian Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Generation Hawai'i
  Amy Hanaiali'i
  [Hanaiali'i Records]
  
  Grandmaster Slack Key Guitar
  Ledward Ka'apana
  [Rhythm And Roots Records]
  
  The Wild Hawaiian
  Henry Kapono
  [Eclectic Records]
  
  Hawaiian Slack Key Kings
  Various Artists
  Chris Lau & Milton Lau, producers
  [Rhythm And Roots Records]
  
  Legends of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Live From Maui
  Various Artists
  Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers
  [Daniel Ho Creations]
   

Best Tropical Latin Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Fuzionando
  Oscar D'Leon
  [Norte/Sony BMG]
   
• Salsa con Reggaetón
  Andy Montañez
  [Univision Music Group]
   
• Hoy, Manana y Siempre
  Tito Nieves
  [Univision Music Group]
   
• Directo al Corazón
  Gilberto Santa Rosa
  [Norte/Sony BMG]
   
• What You've Been Waiting For/Lo Que Esperabas
  Tiempo Libre
  [Shanachie Entertainment]

Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Codes
  Ignacio Berroa
  [Blue Note Records]
   
• Cubist Music
  Edsel Gomez
  [Zoho]
   
• Simpático
  The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project
  [ArtistShare]
   
• Absolute Quintet
  Dafnis Prieto
  [Zoho]
   
• Viva
  Diego Urcola, Edward Simon, Avishai Cohen, Antonio Sanchez & Pernell Saturnino
  [CAM Jazz]

Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Long List of Heartaches
  The Grascals
  [Rounder]
   
• Bluegrass
  Jim Lauderdale
  [Yep Roc]
   
• Instrumentals
  Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder
  [Skaggs Family Records]
   
• Live at the Ryman
  Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives
  [Superlatone Records/Universal South Records]
   
• All American Bluegrass Girl
  Rhonda Vincent
  [Rounder]

Best Traditional Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Brother to the Blues
  Tab Benoit With Louisiana's Leroux
  [Telarc Blues]
   
• Bronx in Blue
  Dion
  [Razor & Tie]
   
• People Gonna Talk
  James Hunter
  [Rounder]
   
• Guitar Groove-A-Rama
  Duke Robillard
  [Stony Plain Records]
   
• Risin' with the Blues
  Ike Turner
  [Zoho Roots]

Best Contemporary Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Live from Across the Pond
  Robert Cray Band
  [Vanguard Records/Nozzle Records]
   
• Sippiana Hericane
  Dr. John & The Lower 911
  [Blue Note Records]
   
• Suitcase
  Keb' Mo'
  [Epic/One Haven/Red Ink]
   
• Hope and Desire
  Susan Tedeschi
  [Verve Forecast]
   
• After the Rain
  Irma Thomas
  [Rounder]

Best Traditional Folk Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• I Stand Alone
  Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  [Anti]
   
• Gonna Let It Shine
  Odetta
  [M.C. Records]
   
• Adieu False Heart
  Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy
  [Vanguard Records]
   
• We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions
  Bruce Springsteen
  [Columbia]
   
• A Distant Land to Roam
  Ralph Stanley
  [Columbia/DMZ]

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1
  Jackson Browne
  [Inside Recordings]
   
• Black Cadillac
  Rosanne Cash
  [Capitol]
   
• Workbench Songs
  Guy Clark
  [Dualtone Music Group]
   
• Modern Times
  Bob Dylan
  [Columbia]
   
• All the Roadrunning
  Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
  [Warner Bros./Nonesuch]