The
ARIA Music Award for Best Blues and Roots Album, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of
Aussie
Aussie is Australian slang for ''Australian'', both the adjective and the noun, and less commonly, Australia.
Pronunciation
In Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, the word is pronounced , hence the alternati ...
artists across all music genres", since 1987. It is handed out by the
Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry."
To be eligible, the recording must be an
album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
in the contemporary and traditional
blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afri ...
genres, and contemporary adaptations of
Australian traditional music and/or folklore. The submitted work cannot be entered in other genre categories. The accolade is voted for by a judging school, which comprises between 40 and 100 members of representatives experienced in these genres, and is given to a solo artist or
group who is either from Australia or an Australian resident.
The award for Best Blues and Roots Album has been won the most times (3) by both
The Audreys, for ''
Between Last Night and Us
''Between Last Night and Us'' is the debut studio album by Australian blues and roots band, The Audreys. The album peaked at number 97 on the ARIA Charts.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006 the album won the ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Alb ...
'' (2006), ''
When the Flood Comes
''When the Flood Comes'' is the second studio album by Australian blues/roots band, The Audreys. The album was released 18 April 2008 on Kybosh Records and distributed by Universal Music Australia.
The album debuted and peaked at number 20 on ...
'' (2008) and ''
Sometimes the Stars
''Sometimes the Stars'' is the third studio album by Australian blues/roots band, The Audreys. The album was released on 8 October 2010 and peaked at number 28 on the ARIA Charts. The album features the contributions from acclaimed jazz pianist P ...
'' (2010);
[ARIA Award previous winners. ] and the
John Butler Trio, for ''
Sunrise Over Sea
''Sunrise Over Sea'' is the third studio album by Australian band, the John Butler Trio. It was released in March 2004.
Conception and production
In late 2003, John Butler entered Woodstock Studios in Melbourne owned by Joe Camilleri, the lead ...
'' (2004), ''
Grand National'' (2007) and ''
Flesh & Blood'' (2014).
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.
References
External links
The ARIA Awards Official website
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