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 Year Winner(s) Album Nominees Ref.1989Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm and Gene TaylorThe Return of the Formerly Brothers Downchild Blues Band, Bop 'Til I Drop King Biscuit Boy, King Biscuit Boy aka Richard Newell Murray McLauchlan, Swinging on a Star Spirit of the West, Labour Day"Juno candidates announced". Vancouver Sun, February 2, 1989.1990La Bottine SourianteJe voudrais changer d'chapeau Amos Garrett, I Make My Home in Shoes Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir, Jubilation II Sylvia Tyson, You Were On My Mind Jesse Winchester, Humor Me"Nominees for '90 Juno Awards named". Ottawa Citizen, February 8, 1990.1991Bill Bourne and Alan MacLeodDance & Celebrate Figgy Duff, Weather Out the Storm Grievous Angels, One Job Town Jackson Delta, Acoustic Blues Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir, Jubilation III - Glory Train"Rap music makes presence felt in '91 Juno Awards nominations". Montreal Gazette, February 7, 1991.1992Various ArtistsSaturday Night Blues Bruce Cockburn, Nothing But a Burning Light Kashtin, Innu The Rankin Family, Fare Thee Well Love"Complete list of Juno nominees". Toronto Star, February 13, 1992.Loreena McKennittThe Visit1993La Bottine SourianteJusqu'aux p'tites heures Bill Bourne and Alan MacLeod, Moonlight Dancers Jackson Delta, I Was Just Thinking That Daniel Koulack, Clawhammer Your Way to the Top Ken Whiteley, Jackie Washington and Mose Scarlett, Where the Old Friends Meet"Juno nominees at a glance". Waterloo Region Record, February 10, 1993.1994James KeelaghanMy Skies Bruce Cockburn, Christmas Garnet Rogers, At a High Window Stan Rogers, Home in Halifax Oliver Schroer, Jigzup"Quirky mix of nominees for 1994 Junos". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 1994.1995Loreena McKennittThe Mask and Mirror La Bottine Souriante, La Mistrine Stephen Fearing, The Assassin's Apprentice Ferron, Driver Joni Mitchell, Turbulent Indigo"Juno categories make unlikely bedfellows". Edmonton Journal, March 19, 1995.
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