Juno Award for Best Roots and Traditional Album

The Juno Award for Best Roots and Traditional Album was an annual award category, presented by the Juno Awards from 1989 to 1995 to honour achievements in roots music.

The award was discontinued after 1995, when it was split into distinct categories for Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo and Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group.

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner(s)	Album	Nominees	Ref.
1989	Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm and Gene Taylor	The Return of the Formerly Brothers	Downchild Blues Band, Bop 'Til I Drop King Biscuit Boy, King Biscuit Boy aka Richard Newell Murray McLauchlan, Swinging on a Star Spirit of the West, Labour Day	^[1]
1990	La Bottine Souriante	Je voudrais changer d'chapeau	Amos Garrett, I Make My Home in Shoes Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir, Jubilation II Sylvia Tyson, You Were On My Mind Jesse Winchester, Humor Me	^[2]
1991	Bill Bourne and Alan MacLeod	Dance & Celebrate	Figgy Duff, Weather Out the Storm Grievous Angels, One Job Town Jackson Delta, Acoustic Blues Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir, Jubilation III - Glory Train	^[3]
1992	Various Artists	Saturday Night Blues	Bruce Cockburn, Nothing But a Burning Light Kashtin, Innu The Rankin Family, Fare Thee Well Love	^[4]
1992	Loreena McKennitt	The Visit		^[4]
1993	La Bottine Souriante	Jusqu'aux p'tites heures	Bill Bourne and Alan MacLeod, Moonlight Dancers Jackson Delta, I Was Just Thinking That Daniel Koulack, Clawhammer Your Way to the Top Ken Whiteley, Jackie Washington and Mose Scarlett, Where the Old Friends Meet	^[5]
1994	James Keelaghan	My Skies	Bruce Cockburn, Christmas Garnet Rogers, At a High Window Stan Rogers, Home in Halifax Oliver Schroer, Jigzup	^[6]
1995	Loreena McKennitt	The Mask and Mirror	La Bottine Souriante, La Mistrine Stephen Fearing, The Assassin's Apprentice Ferron, Driver Joni Mitchell, Turbulent Indigo	^[7]

References

^ "Juno candidates announced". Vancouver Sun, February 2, 1989.
^ "Nominees for '90 Juno Awards named". Ottawa Citizen, February 8, 1990.
^ "Rap music makes presence felt in '91 Juno Awards nominations". Montreal Gazette, February 7, 1991.
^ "Complete list of Juno nominees". Toronto Star, February 13, 1992.
^ "Juno nominees at a glance". Waterloo Region Record, February 10, 1993.
^ "Quirky mix of nominees for 1994 Junos". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 1994.
^ "Juno categories make unlikely bedfellows". Edmonton Journal, March 19, 1995.

[1] "Juno candidates announced". Vancouver Sun, February 2, 1989.

[2] "Nominees for '90 Juno Awards named". Ottawa Citizen, February 8, 1990.

[3] "Rap music makes presence felt in '91 Juno Awards nominations". Montreal Gazette, February 7, 1991.

[4] "Complete list of Juno nominees". Toronto Star, February 13, 1992.

[5] "Juno nominees at a glance". Waterloo Region Record, February 10, 1993.

[6] "Quirky mix of nominees for 1994 Junos". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 1994.

[7] "Juno categories make unlikely bedfellows". Edmonton Journal, March 19, 1995.

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v t e Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Small Ensemble Classical – Solo Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Classical Album of the Year (1977–1985) Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2021) Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance (1994–2021) Indigenous Artist or Group (1994–2021) Jazz Album (1977–1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994–2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994–2014) Rap Recording (1991–2021) R&B/Soul Recording (1985–2020) Roots and Traditional Album (1989–1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996–2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996–2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards