Juno Award for Best Roots and Traditional Album

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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[edit]

Year Winner(s) Album Nominees Ref.
1989 Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm and Gene Taylor The Return of the Formerly Brothers [1]
1990 La Bottine Souriante Je voudrais changer d'chapeau [2]
1991 Bill Bourne and Alan MacLeod Dance & Celebrate [3]
1992 Various Artists Saturday Night Blues [4]
Loreena McKennitt The Visit
1993 La Bottine Souriante Jusqu'aux p'tites heures [5]
1994 James Keelaghan My Skies [6]
1995 Loreena McKennitt The Mask and Mirror [7]

References[edit]

  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.