Folk masters: a portrait of America

Hugh McGraw (1982)

Philip Simmons (1982)

Ray Hicks (1983)

Mary Jane Manigault (1984)

Ralph Stanley (1984)

Eppie Archuleta (1985)

Julio Negrón Rivera (1985)

Periklis Halkias (1985)

Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (1986)

Helen Cordero (1986)

John Jackson (1986)

Sonia Domsch (1986)

Juan Alindato (1987)

Genoveva Castellanoz (1987)

Kansuma Fujima (1987)

Newton Washburn (1987)

Wade Mainer (1987)

Clyde "Kindy" Sproat (1988)

Chesley Goseyun Wilson (1989)

Harry V. Shourds (1989)

Vanessa Paukeigope [Morgan] Jennings (1989)

Natividad "Nati" Cano (1990)

Wallace "Wally" McRae (1990)

Etta Baker (1991)

George Blake (1991)

Irván Pérez (1991)

Jerry Brown (1992)

Charles Hankins (1993)

D.L. Menard (1994)

Simon Shaheen (1994)

Sosei Shizuye Matsumoto (1994)

Blind Boys of Alabama (1994)

Danongan Kalanduyan (1995)

Nathan Jackson (1995)

Betty Pisio Christenson (1996)

Obo Addy (1996)

Vernon Owens (1996)

Ramón José López (1997)

Julius Epstein, of the Epstein Brothers (1998)

Alfredo Campos (1999)

Elliott "Ellie" Mannette (1999)

Frisner Augustin (1999)

Jimmy "Slyde" Godbolt (1999)

Mick Moloney (1999)

Ulysses "Uly" Goode (1999)

Felipe García Villamil (2000)

Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins (2000)

Konstantinos Pilarinos (2000)

Evalena Henry (2001).

João Oliveira Dos Santos (João Grande) (2001)

Peter Kyvelos (2001)

Qi Shu Fang (2001)

Seiichi Tanaka (2001)

Flory Jagoda (2002)

Jean Ritchie (2002)

Losang Samten (2002)

Nadim Dlaikan (2002)

Monoochehr Sadeghi (2003)

Nicholas Toth (2003)

Norman Kennedy (2003)

Basqe Poets (Bertsolari) Martin Goicoechea and Jesus Goni (2003)

Jerry Douglas (2004)

Milan Opacich (2004)

Yuqin Wang and Zhengli Xu (2004)

Chuck Brown (2005)

Eldrid Skjold Arntzen (2005)

Herminia Albarrán Romero (2005)

Delores E. Churchill (2006)

Henry Gray (2006)

Irvin L. Trujillo (2007)

Joe Thompson (2007)

Julia Parker (2007)

Nicholas Benson (2007)

Bettye Kimbrell (2008)

Horace P. Axtell (2008)

Jeronimo E. Lozano (2008)

Mac Wiseman (2008)

Michael G. White (2008)

Moges Seyoum (2008)

Sun Yeon Park (2008)

Walter Murray Chiesa (2008)

Chitresh Das (2009)

Joel Nelson (2009)

Teri Rofkar (2009)

Jim "Texas Shorty" Chancellor (2010)

Mary Jackson (2010)

Frank Newsome (2011)

Warner Williams (2011).

Harold A. Burnham (2012)

Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez (2012)

Molly Neptune Parker (2012)

Nicolae Feraru (2013)

Ramón "Chunky" Sánchez (2013)

Verónica Castillo (2013)

Henry Arquette (2014)

Dolly Jacobs (2015)

Yary Livan (2015)

Quilters of Gee's Bend Loretta Pettway, Lucy Mingo, and Mary Lee Bendolph (2015)

Billy McComiskey (2016)

Clarissa Rizal (2016).