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 (4) by the Teskey Brothers, who broke the record previously tied between the Audreys and John Butler Trio, who won three times each, in 2025. Jeff Lang has the most nominations with nine, while Ash Grunwald has the most nominations without a win with six.

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) David Hole Under the Spell Backsliders Poverty Deluxe Jeff Lang Cedar Grove Kerri Simpson Confessin' the Blues Weddings Parties Anything They Were Better Live 2000(14th) Matt Walker Soul Witness Peter Gelling Bluestime Ruby Hunter Feeling Good Neil Murray Wondering Kind Mick Thomas Under Starters Orders 2001(15th) Collard Greens & Gravy More Gravy Andy Cowan 10.30pm Thursdays Jeff Lang Everything Is Still The John Butler Trio Three The Revelators The Adventures of The Amazing Revelators 2002(16th) Jeff Lang and Bob Brozman Rolling Through This World Backsliders Hanoi Bondi Cigars Down in the Valley Dave Steel Home Is a Hard Thing to Find Mick Hart Upside Down in the Full Face of Optimism 2003(17th) The Waifs Up All Night The John Butler Trio Living Mia Dyson Cold Water Pete Murray Feeler The Revelators The Revelators 2004(18th) John Butler Trio Sunrise Over Sea Ash Grunwald I Don't Believe Jim Conway's Big Wheel Little Story Xavier Rudd Solace Jeff Lang Whatever Makes You Happy 2005(19th) Mia Dyson Parking Lots Ash Grunwald Live at the Corner The Beautiful Girls We're Already Gone Jeff Lang You Have to Dig Deep to Bury Daddy The Waifs A Brief History... 2006(20th) The Audreys Between Last Night and Us Bernard Fanning Tea & Sympathy Lior Doorways of My Mind The Flood The Late Late Show Xavier Rudd Food in the Belly 2007(21st) The John Butler Trio Grand National Ash Grunwald Give Signs C. W. Stoneking King Hokum Jeff Lang and Chris Whitley Dislocation Blues Xavier Rudd White Moth 2008(22nd) The Audreys When the Flood Comes Angus & Julia Stone A Book Like This Jeff Lang Half Seas Over Mia Dyson Stuck Down The Waifs Sun Dirt Water 2009(23rd) C. W. Stoneking Jungle Blues Ash Grunwald Fish out of Water Pete Murray Chance to Say Goodbye The Waifs Live from the Union of the Soul The Wilson Pickers The Land of the Powerful Owl 2010(24th) Dan Sultan Get Out While You Can Ash Grunwald Hot Mama Vibes Jeff Lang Chimeradour The John Butler Trio April Uprising The Wilson Pickers Shake It Down 2011(25th) The Audreys Sometimes the Stars Backsliders Starvation Box Blue King Brown Worldwize Part 1 – North & South The John Butler Trio Live at Red Rocks The Waifs Temptation 2012(26th) Jeff Lang Carried in Mind Angus Stone Broken Brights Lanie Lane To the Horses Mia Dyson The Moment Paul Greene & The Other Colours Behind the Stars 2013(27th) Russell Morris Sharkmouth Archie Roach Into the Bloodstream Mama Kin The Magician's Daughter Melbourne Ska Orchestra Melbourne Ska Orchestra The Cat Empire Steal the Light 2014(28th) John Butler Trio Flesh & Blood Harry Hookey Misdiagnosed Russell Morris Van Diemen's Land The Audreys 'Til My Tears Roll Away The Bamboos Fever in the Road 2015(29th) C. W. Stoneking Gon' Boogaloo Marlon Williams Marlon Williams The Black Sorrows Endless Sleep The Waifs Beautiful You|- | Tim Rogers and The Bamboos | The Rules of Attraction|- |rowspan="6" align="center" | 2016 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | Russell Morris | Red Dirt Red Heart|- | Jimmy Barnes | Soul Searchin' |- | Kev Carmody | Recollections... Reflections... (A Journey) |- | The Cat Empire | Rising with the Sun |- | The Wilson Pickers | You Can't Catch Fish from a Train |- |rowspan="6" align="center" | 2017|- style="background:#FAEB86" | All Our Exes Live in Texas| When We Fall|- | Archie Roach | Let Love Rule |- | Busby Marou | Postcards from the Shell House |- | Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen | Death's Dateless Night |- | Tash Sultana | Notion |- |rowspan="6" align="center" | 2018|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Tash Sultana| Flow State|- | Angus & Julia Stone | Snow |- | Emily Wurramara | Milyakburra |- | Mama Kin Spender | Golden Magnetic |- | Ruby Boots | Don't Talk About It |- |rowspan="6" align="center" | 2019|- style="background:#FAEB86" | The Teskey Brothers| Run Home Slow|- | Dan Sultan | Aviary Takes |- | John Butler Trio | Home |- | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Fishing for Fishies |- | Paul Kelly | Live at Sydney Opera House |- |rowspan="6" align="center" | 2020|- style="background:#FAEB86" | The Teskey Brothers| Live at the Forum|- | Busby Marou | The Great Divide |- | Frank Yamma | Tjukurpa: The Story |- | Lucky Oceans | Purple Sky (Songs Originally by Hank Williams) |- | Tracy McNeil & the GoodLife | You Be the Lightning |- |rowspan="6" align="center" | 2021|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Archie Roach| The Songs of Charcoal Lane|- | Emma Donovan & The Pushbacks | Crossover |- | Josh Teskey & Ash Grunwald | Push the Blues Away |- | Martha Marlow | Medicine Man |- | Ziggy Alberts | Searching for Freedom |- |rowspan="6" align="center" | 2022|- style="background:#FAEB86" | William Crighton| Water and Dust|- | Charlie Collins | Undone |- | The Bamboos | Hard Up |- | The Teskey Brothers with Orchestra Victoria | Live at Hamer Hall |- | Thornbird | Thornbird |- |rowspan="6" align="center" | 2023|- style="background:#FAEB86" | The Teskey Brothers| The Winding Way|- | Cash Savage and the Last Drinks | So This Is Love |- | Katie Wighton | The End |- | The Bamboos | Live At Hamer Hall With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra |- | Ziggy Alberts | Dancing in the Dark |- |rowspan="6" align="center" | 2024|-style="background:#FAEB86" | Mia Dyson| Tender Heart|- | Checkerboard Lounge | Sun Sessions

| Dope Lemon | Kimosabè |- | Georgia Mooney | Full of Moon |- | The Paper Kites | At the Roundhouse |- |rowspan="6" align="center" | 2025|-style="background:#FAEB86" | The Teskey Brothers| Live at the Hammersmith Apollo'''|- | Dope Lemon | Golden Wolf|- | Mama Kin Spender | Promises|- | Sons of the East | Sons|- | Tash Sultana | Return to the Roots''

Artists with multiple wins 4 wins The Teskey Brothers

3 wins The Audreys John Butler Trio

2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations 9 nominations Jeff Lang

8 nominations John Butler Trio

6 nominations

5 nominations

4 nominations The Audreys The Bamboos

3 nominations

2 nominations

Notes

References

External links The ARIA Awards Official website