NEA National Heritage Award Winners
James Ka’upena Wong Hawaaian Chanter Wainae, HI Hawaiian Drum Dance Chants: Sounds of Power in Time
Kevin Burke Irish fiddler Portland, Ore Kevin Burke: Sweeney's Dream
David "Honeyboy" Edwards Blues guitarist/singer Chicago, IL Honeyboy Edwards: Missisippi Delta Bluesman Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2
Bob McQuillen Contra dance musician/composer Peterborough, NH Choose Your Partners: Contra Dance and Square Dance Music of New Hampshire
Domingo "Mingo" Saldivar Conjunto accordionist San Antonio, TX Taquachito Nights: Conjunto Music from South Texas
Jean Ritchie Appalachian musician/songwriter Port Washington, NY & Viper, KY Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains A Folk Concert in Town Hall, New York As I Roved Out (Field Trip-Ireland) British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Volume 1 British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Volume 2 Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways Field Trip-England Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City Jean Ritchie: Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition Marching Across The Green Grass and Other American Children's Game Songs Precious Memories Smithsonian Folkways Children's Collection The Appalachian Dulcimer: An Instructional Record The Ritchie Family of Kentucky Wilson "Boozoo" Chavis Creole Zdeco Accordionist Lake Charles, LA Blues Routes: Heroes and Tricksters: Blues and Jazz Work Songs and Street Music
Hazel Dickens Appalachian Singer-Songwriter Washington, DC and Montcalm, WV American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Bluegrass Vol. 2 from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways Don't Mourn-Organize!: Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill Live Recordings 1956-1969: Off the Record Volume 1 Masters of Old-time Country Autoharp Mountain Music Played on the Autoharp Pioneering Women of Bluegrass There is No Eye: Music for Photographs
Eddie Pennington Thumbpicking-Style Guitarist Princeton, KY Walks the Strings and Even Sings
Santiago Jiménez, Jr. Tejano Accordionist/Singer San Antonio, Texas Folk Masters: Great Performances Recorded Live at the Barns of Wolf Trap
Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins Blues Piano Player La Porte, Indiana Blues Routes: Heroes and Tricksters: Blues and Jazz Work Songs and Street Music
Frisner Augustin Haitian Drummer Brooklyn, New York Rhythms of Rapture: Sacred Musics of Haitian Vodou
Zakir Hussain North Indian Master Tabla Drummer San Anselmo, California Ustad Mohammad Omar: Virtuoso from Afghanistan
Santiago Jiménez, Jr. Tejano Accordionist/Singer San Antonio, Texas Taquachito Nights: Conjunto Music from South Texas
Claude "The Fiddler" Williams African-American jazz/swing fiddler Kansas City, MO Blues Routes: Heroes and Tricksters: Blues and Jazz Work Songs and Street Music
Juan Gutiérrez Puerto Rican Drummer New York, NY Para Todos Ustedes Viento de Agua Unplugged: Materia Prima
Solomon & Richard Ho'opi'I Hawaiian Singers Pukalani and Wailuku, HI Musics of Hawai'i: Anthology of Hawaiian Music - Special Festival Edition
John Mealing & Cornelius Wright, Jr. African-American Railroad Worksong Singers Birmingham, AL Blues Routes: Heroes and Tricksters: Blues and Jazz Work Songs and Street Music
Wayne Henderson Luthier Mouth of Wilson, VA Folk Masters: Great Performances Recorded Live at the Barns of Wolf Trap Robert Jr. Lockwood African-American Delta Blues Guitarist Cleveland, OH Folk Masters: Great Performances Recorded Live at the Barns of Wolf Trap Blues Routes: Heroes and Tricksters: Blues and Jazz Work Songs and Street Music The Mississippi River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi
Buck Ramsey Cowboy Poet & Singer Amarillo, TX Buck Ramsey: Hittin' the Trail Cowboy Poetry Classics
D.L. Menard Cajun Musician/Songwriter Erath, LA The Mississippi River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi
Inez Catalon French Creole Singer Kaplan, LA Louisiana Creole Music
Nalani Kanaka'ole & Pualani Kanaka'ole Kanahele Hula Masters Hilo, HI Musics of Hawai'i: Anthology of Hawaiian Music - Special Festival Edition
Everett Kapayou Mesquakie Native American Singer Tama, IA Iowa State Fare: Music from the Heartland
McIntosh County Shouters African-American Spiritual/Shout Performers Townsend, GA Slave Shout Songs from the Coast of Georgia Folk Masters: Great Performances Recorded Live at the Barns of Wolf Trap Wade in the Water, Vol. 2: African-American Congregational Singing Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions Vol. I-IV
Fatima Kuinova Bukharan Jewish Singer Rego Park, NY Music of the Bukharan Jewish Ensemble Shashmaqam
Marc Savoy Cajun Accordion Maker/Musician Cajun Social Music
Etta Baker African-American Guitarist Morgantown, NC Blues Routes: Heroes and Tricksters: Blues and Jazz Work Songs and Street Music
Seisho "Harry" Nakasone Okinawan-American Musician Honolulu, HI Musics of Hawai'i: Anthology of Hawaiian Music - Special Festival Edition
Melvin Wine Appalachian Fiddler Copen, WV Classic Old-Time Fiddle from Smithsonian Folkways
Natividad “Nati” Cano Mexican Mariachi Musician Monterey Park, CA ¡Llegaron Los Camperos!: Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos cELLAbration Viva el Mariachi!: Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos
Wallace McRae Cowboy Poet Forsyth, MT Cowboy Poetry Classics
Douglas Wallin Appalachian Ballad Singer Marshall, NC Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Old-Time Fiddle from Smithsonian Folkways Family Songs and Stories from the North Carolina Mountains Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
John Cephas Piedmont Blues Guitarist/Singer Woodford, VA Blues Routes: Heroes and Tricksters: Blues and Jazz Work Songs and Street Music Folk Masters: Great Performances Recorded Live at the Barns of Wolf Trap Classic African-American Ballads
Richard Avedis Hagopian Armenian Oud Player Visalia, CA Armenian Music Through the Ages
Chesley Goseyun Wilson Apache Fiddle Maker Tucson, AZ Wood That Sings: Indian Fiddle Music of the Americas
Clyde "Kindy" Sproat Hawaiian Cowboy Singer/Ukulele Player Kapa'au, HI Musics of Hawai'i: Anthology of Hawaiian Music - Special Festival Edition
Arthel "Doc" Watson Appalachian Guitar Player/Singer Deep Gap, NC A Fish That's a Song Back Roads to Cold Mountain Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways. Classic Bluegrass Vol. 2 from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Old-Time Fiddle from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways Crossroads: Southern Routes Friends of Old Time Music Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival 1961 - 1965 Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City Live Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2 Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, 1960- 1962 Progressive Bluegrass and Other Instrumentals - Vol. 1 Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection The Doc Watson Family There is No Eye: Music for Photographs
John Jackson African-American Songster/Guitarist Fairfax Station, VA Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia Classic African-American Ballads The Harry Smith Connection: A Live Tribute to the Anthology of American Folk Music
Valerio Longoria Mexican-American Accordionist San Antonio, TX Taquachito Nights: Conjunto Music from South Texas
Joyce Doc Tate Nevaquaya Comanche Flutist Apache, OK Doc Tate Nevaquaya:Comanche Flute
Ola Belle Reed Appalachian Banjo Picker/Singer Rising Sun, MD All In One Evening Classic Bluegrass Vol. 2 from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways My Epitaph: A Documentary in Song and Lyric
Periklis Halkias Greek Clarinetist Astoria, NY Epirotika with Periklis Halkias: Greek Folk Music and Dances from Northern Epirus, Vol. 1
Lily May Ledford Appalachian Musician/Singer Lexington, KY Billy Edd and Bluegrass, Too
Henry Townsend Blues Musician/Songwriter St. Louis, MO Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways The Blues in St. Louis, Vol. 3: Henry Townsend
Glenn Ohrlin Cowboy Singer/Storyteller/Illustrator Mountain View, AR Cowboy Poetry Classics
Elizabeth Cotten African-American Songster/Songwriter Syracuse, NY Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings A Fish That's a Song Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967 Elizabeth Cotten, Volume 3: When I'm Gone Every Tone a Testimony Folk Music U.S.A.: Vol. 1 Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes Shake Sugaree Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection There is No Eye: Music for Photographs
Janie Hunter African-American Singer/Storyteller Johns Island, SC Been in the Storm So Long: A Collection of Spirituals, Folk Tales and Children's Games from Johns Island, SC Been in the Storm So Long - Spirituals & Shouts, Children's Game Songs, and Folktales Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Every Tone a Testimony John's Island, South Carolina: Its People and Songs
Ralph Stanley Appalachian Banjo Player/Singer Coeburn, VA Back Roads to Cold Mountain Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways Friends of Old Time Music Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival 1961 - 1965
Cleofes Vigil Hispanic Storyteller/Singer San Cristobal, NM Music of New Mexico: Hispanic Traditions
Emily Kau'i Zuttermeister Hula Master Kaneohe, HI Musics of Hawai'i: Anthology of Hawaiian Music - Special Festival Edition
Almeda Riddle Ballad Singer Greers Ferry, AR Friends of Old Time Music
Dewey Balfa Cajun Fiddler Basile, LA Cajun Fiddle, Old and New: Instruction Crossroads: Southern Routes Folk Masters: Great Performances Recorded Live at the Barns of Wolf Trap Les Quatre Vieux Garçons Traditional Cajun Fiddle: Instruction
Joe Heaney Irish Singer Brooklyn, NY Irish Music in London Pubs
Tommy Jarrell Appalachian Fiddler Mt. Airy, NC Been Riding with Old Mosby
Bessie Jones Georgia Sea Island Singer Brunswick, GA Lest We Forget, Vol. 3: Sing For Freedom
Brownie McGhee Blues Guitarist Oakland, CA Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing Brownie McGhee Blues Brownie McGhee Sings the Blues Sonny Terry's New Sound: Jawharp in Blues and Folk Music: With Brownie McGhee and J. C. Burris Classic African-American Ballads Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2 Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Lydia Mendoza Mexican American Singer Houston, TX Crossroads: Southern Routes
Bill Monroe Bluegrass Musician Nashville, TN Back Roads to Cold Mountain Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways. Classic Bluegrass Vol. 2 from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways Crossroads: Southern Routes Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival 1961 - 1965 Live Recordings 1956-1969: Off the Record Volume 1 Live Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2 Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection There is No Eye: Music for Photographs
Sanders "Sonny" Terry Blues Musician Holliswood, NY A Fish That's a Song Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing Classic African-American Ballads Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2 Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways Crossroads: Southern Routes Every Tone a Testimony Folk Music of the Newport Folk Festival, Vol. 2 Get on Board: Negro Folksongs by the Folkmasters Hootenanny Tonight! If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi Music Down Home: An Introduction to Negro Folk Music, U.S.A. On the Road Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry at Carnegie Hall Preachin' the Blues Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection Sonny Terry - Harmonica and Vocal Solos Sonny Terry's New Sound: Jawharp in Blues and Folk Music: With Brownie McGhee and J. C. Burris Sonny Terry's Washboard Band That's Why We're Marching: World War II and the American Folksong Movement The Asch Recordings, 1939 to 1945 - Vol. 2 The Asch Recordings, 1939 to 1947 - Vol. 1: Blues, Gospel, and Jazz The Folkways Years, 1944-1963 Washboard Band - Country Dance Music