# ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album

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 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 in the contemporary and traditional blues 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 (2006), When the Flood Comes (2008) and Sometimes the Stars (2010); and the John Butler Trio, for Sunrise Over Sea (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.
| Year | Winner(s) | Album title |
| 1999 (13th) |
| 1999 (13th) | David Hole | Under the Spell |
| 1999 (13th) | Backsliders | Poverty Deluxe |
| 1999 (13th) | Jeff Lang | Cedar Grove |
| 1999 (13th) | Kerri Simpson | Confessin' the Blues |
| 1999 (13th) | Weddings Parties Anything | They Were Better Live |
| 2000 (14th) |
| 2000 (14th) | Matt Walker | Soul Witness |
| 2000 (14th) | Peter Gelling | Bluestime |
| 2000 (14th) | Ruby Hunter | Feeling Good |
| 2000 (14th) | Neil Murray | Wondering Kind |
| 2000 (14th) | Mick Thomas | Under Starters Orders |
| 2001 (15th) |
| 2001 (15th) | Collard Greens & Gravy | More Gravy |
| 2001 (15th) | Andy Cowan | 10.30pm Thursdays |
| 2001 (15th) | Jeff Lang | Everything Is Still |
| 2001 (15th) | The John Butler Trio | Three |
| 2001 (15th) | The Revelators | The Adventures of The Amazing Revelators |
| 2002 (16th) |
| 2002 (16th) | Jeff Lang and Bob Brozman | Rolling Through This World |
| 2002 (16th) | Backsliders | Hanoi |
| 2002 (16th) | Bondi Cigars | Down in the Valley |
| 2002 (16th) | Dave Steel | Home Is a Hard Thing to Find |
| 2002 (16th) | Mick Hart | Upside Down in the Full Face of Optimism |
| 2003 (17th) |
| 2003 (17th) | The Waifs | Up All Night |
| 2003 (17th) | The John Butler Trio | Living |
| 2003 (17th) | Mia Dyson | Cold Water |
| 2003 (17th) | Pete Murray | Feeler |
| 2003 (17th) | The Revelators | The Revelators |
| 2004 (18th) |
| 2004 (18th) | John Butler Trio | Sunrise Over Sea |
| 2004 (18th) | Ash Grunwald | I Don't Believe |
| 2004 (18th) | Jim Conway's Big Wheel | Little Story |
| 2004 (18th) | Xavier Rudd | Solace |
| 2004 (18th) | Jeff Lang | Whatever Makes You Happy |
| 2005 (19th) |
| 2005 (19th) | Mia Dyson | Parking Lots |
| 2005 (19th) | Ash Grunwald | Live at the Corner |
| 2005 (19th) | The Beautiful Girls | We're Already Gone |
| 2005 (19th) | Jeff Lang | You Have to Dig Deep to Bury Daddy |
| 2005 (19th) | The Waifs | A Brief History... |
| 2006 (20th) |
| 2006 (20th) | The Audreys | Between Last Night and Us |
| 2006 (20th) | Bernard Fanning | Tea & Sympathy |
| 2006 (20th) | Lior | Doorways of My Mind |
| 2006 (20th) | The Flood | The Late Late Show |
| 2006 (20th) | Xavier Rudd | Food in the Belly |
| 2007 (21st) |
| 2007 (21st) | The John Butler Trio | Grand National |
| 2007 (21st) | Ash Grunwald | Give Signs |
| 2007 (21st) | C. W. Stoneking | King Hokum |
| 2007 (21st) | Jeff Lang and Chris Whitley | Dislocation Blues |
| 2007 (21st) | Xavier Rudd | White Moth |
| 2008 (22nd) |
| 2008 (22nd) | The Audreys | When the Flood Comes |
| 2008 (22nd) | Angus & Julia Stone | A Book Like This |
| 2008 (22nd) | Jeff Lang | Half Seas Over |
| 2008 (22nd) | Mia Dyson | Stuck Down |
| 2008 (22nd) | The Waifs | Sun Dirt Water |
| 2009 (23rd) |
| 2009 (23rd) | C. W. Stoneking | Jungle Blues |
| 2009 (23rd) | Ash Grunwald | Fish out of Water |
| 2009 (23rd) | Pete Murray | Chance to Say Goodbye |
| 2009 (23rd) | The Waifs | Live from the Union of the Soul |
| 2009 (23rd) | The Wilson Pickers | The Land of the Powerful Owl |
| 2010 (24th) |
| 2010 (24th) | Dan Sultan | Get Out While You Can |
| 2010 (24th) | Ash Grunwald | Hot Mama Vibes |
| 2010 (24th) | Jeff Lang | Chimeradour |
| 2010 (24th) | The John Butler Trio | April Uprising |
| 2010 (24th) | The Wilson Pickers | Shake It Down |
| 2011 (25th) |
| 2011 (25th) | The Audreys | Sometimes the Stars |
| 2011 (25th) | Backsliders | Starvation Box |
| 2011 (25th) | Blue King Brown | Worldwize Part 1 – North & South |
| 2011 (25th) | The John Butler Trio | Live at Red Rocks |
| 2011 (25th) | The Waifs | Temptation |
| 2012 (26th) |
| 2012 (26th) | Jeff Lang | Carried in Mind |
| 2012 (26th) | Angus Stone | Broken Brights |
| 2012 (26th) | Lanie Lane | To the Horses |
| 2012 (26th) | Mia Dyson | The Moment |
| 2012 (26th) | Paul Greene & The Other Colours | Behind the Stars |
| 2013 (27th) |
| 2013 (27th) | Russell Morris | Sharkmouth |
| 2013 (27th) | Archie Roach | Into the Bloodstream |
| 2013 (27th) | Mama Kin | The Magician's Daughter |
| 2013 (27th) | Melbourne Ska Orchestra | Melbourne Ska Orchestra |
| 2013 (27th) | The Cat Empire | Steal the Light |
| 2014 (28th) |
| 2014 (28th) | John Butler Trio | Flesh & Blood |
| 2014 (28th) | Harry Hookey | Misdiagnosed |
| 2014 (28th) | Russell Morris | Van Diemen's Land |
| 2014 (28th) | The Audreys | 'Til My Tears Roll Away |
| 2014 (28th) | The Bamboos | Fever in the Road |
| 2015 (29th) |
| 2015 (29th) | C. W. Stoneking | Gon' Boogaloo |
| 2015 (29th) | Marlon Williams | Marlon Williams |
| 2015 (29th) | The Black Sorrows | Endless Sleep |
| 2015 (29th) | The Waifs | 'Beautiful You |
| 2015 (29th) | Tim Rogers and The Bamboos | The Rules of Attraction |
| 2016 (30th) |
| 2016 (30th) | Russell Morris | Red Dirt Red Heart |
| 2016 (30th) | Jimmy Barnes | Soul Searchin' |
| 2016 (30th) | Kev Carmody | Recollections... Reflections... (A Journey) |
| 2016 (30th) | The Cat Empire | Rising with the Sun |
| 2016 (30th) | The Wilson Pickers | You Can't Catch Fish from a Train |
| 2017 (31st) |
| 2017 (31st) | All Our Exes Live in Texas | When We Fall |
| 2017 (31st) | Archie Roach | Let Love Rule |
| 2017 (31st) | Busby Marou | Postcards from the Shell House |
| 2017 (31st) | Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen | Death's Dateless Night |
| 2017 (31st) | Tash Sultana | Notion |
| 2018 (32nd) |
| 2018 (32nd) | Tash Sultana | Flow State |
| 2018 (32nd) | Angus & Julia Stone | Snow |
| 2018 (32nd) | Emily Wurramara | Milyakburra |
| 2018 (32nd) | Mama Kin Spender | Golden Magnetic |
| 2018 (32nd) | Ruby Boots | Don't Talk About It |
| 2019 (33rd) |
| 2019 (33rd) | The Teskey Brothers | Run Home Slow |
| 2019 (33rd) | Dan Sultan | Aviary Takes |
| 2019 (33rd) | John Butler Trio | Home |
| 2019 (33rd) | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Fishing for Fishies |
| 2019 (33rd) | Paul Kelly | Live at Sydney Opera House |
| 2020 (34th) |
| 2020 (34th) | The Teskey Brothers | Live at the Forum |
| 2020 (34th) | Busby Marou | The Great Divide |
| 2020 (34th) | Frank Yamma | Tjukurpa: The Story |
| 2020 (34th) | Lucky Oceans | Purple Sky (Songs Originally by Hank Williams) |
| 2020 (34th) | Tracy McNeil & the GoodLife | You Be the Lightning |
| 2021 (35th) |
| 2021 (35th) | Archie Roach | The Songs of Charcoal Lane |
| 2021 (35th) | Emma Donovan & The Pushbacks | Crossover |
| 2021 (35th) | Josh Teskey & Ash Grunwald | Push the Blues Away |
| 2021 (35th) | Martha Marlow | Medicine Man |
| 2021 (35th) | Ziggy Alberts | Searching for Freedom |
| 2022 (36th) |
| 2022 (36th) | William Crighton | Water and Dust |
| 2022 (36th) | Charlie Collins | Undone |
| 2022 (36th) | The Bamboos | Hard Up |
| 2022 (36th) | The Teskey Brothers with Orchestra Victoria | Live at Hamer Hall |
| 2022 (36th) | Thornbird | Thornbird |
| 2023 (37th) |
| 2023 (37th) | The Teskey Brothers | The Winding Way |
| 2023 (37th) | Cash Savage and the Last Drinks | So This Is Love |
| 2023 (37th) | Katie Wighton | The End |
| 2023 (37th) | The Bamboos | Live At Hamer Hall With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra |
| 2023 (37th) | Ziggy Alberts | Dancing in the Dark |
| 2024 (38th) |
| 2024 (38th) | Mia Dyson | Tender Heart |
| 2024 (38th) | Checkerboard Lounge | Sun Sessions |
| 2024 (38th) | Dope Lemon | Kimosabè |
| 2024 (38th) | Georgia Mooney | Full of Moon |
| 2024 (38th) | The Paper Kites | At the Roundhouse |