American roots Best Americana Album Electric Dirt - Levon Helm Together Through Life - Bob Dylan Willie and the Wheel - Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel Wilco - Wilco Little Honey - Lucinda Williams Best Bluegrass Album The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo - Steve Martin Could We Get Any Closer? - Jim Lauderdale Buckaroo Blue Grass - Michael Martin Murphey Almost Live - Bryan Sutton And Friends Destination Life - Rhonda Vincent Best Traditional Blues Album A Stranger Here - Ramblin' Jack Elliott Blue Again - The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Featuring Rick Vito Rough & Tough - John Hammond Stomp! The Blues Tonight - Duke Robillard Chicago Blues: A Living History - Various Artists Larry Skoller, producer Best Contemporary Blues Album Already Free - The Derek Trucks Band This Time - The Robert Cray Band The Truth According to Ruthie Foster - Ruthie Foster Live: Hope at the Hideout - Mavis Staples Back to the River - Susan Tedeschi Best Traditional Folk Album High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project - Loudon Wainwright III Cutting Loose - David Holt And Josh Goforth Naked With Friends - Maura O'Connell Polka Cola: Music That Refreshes - Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra Singing Through The Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips - Various Artists Jacqui Morse, Kendall Morse & Dan Schatz, producers Best Contemporary Folk Album Townes - Steve Earle Middle Cyclone - Neko Case Our Bright Future - Tracy Chapman Live - Shawn Colvin Secret, Profane & Sugarcane - Elvis Costello Best Hawaiian Music Album Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2 - Various Artists Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers He Nani - Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho Friends & Family Of Hawaii - Amy Hanaialii Nani Mau Loa: Everlasting Beauty- Ho'okena Best Native American Music Album Spirit Wind North - Bill Miller Siyotanka - Michael Brant DeMaria True Blue - Northern Cree Wind Songs - Native American Flute Solos - John Two-Hawks Riders of the Healing Road - Johnny Whitehorse Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album Lay Your Burden Down - Buckwheat Zydeco Alligator Purse - Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet Stripped Down - The Magnolia Sisters Live at 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Pine Leaf Boys L'Ésprit Créole - Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole Reggae Best Reggae Album Mind Control - Acoustic -