The

ARIA Music Award The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austra ...

for Best Blues and Roots Album, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of

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artists across all music genres", since 1987. It is handed out by the

Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing th ...

(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

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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

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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 The Audreys are an Australian blues and roots band which formed in Adelaide, in 2004 by founding mainstay, Taasha Coates on lead vocals, melodica, harmonica and ukulele. They have released four studio albums, '' Between Last Night and Us'' (F ...

, 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 The John Butler Trio are an Australian roots/rock band led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler, an APRA and ARIA-award-winning musician. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums, Gavin Shoesmith on bass and John Butler on vo ...

, 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), ''

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'' (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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