Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo

The Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo was presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the roots and/or traditional music genres. Prior to 1996, a single award was presented for Best Roots & Traditional Album, whose winner could be a solo artist or a band; for the 1996 ceremony, the award was split for the first time into distinct awards, one for solo artists and one for groups.

Beginning with the 2016 ceremony, two new awards categories (Contemporary Roots Album of the Year and Traditional Roots Album of the Year) were introduced to "ensure two genres of music are not competing against each other in the same category".^[1]

Winners

Best Roots & Traditional Album - Solo (1996–2002)

Year	Winner(s)	Album	Nominees	Ref.
1996	Ashley MacIsaac	Hi™ How Are You Today?	Susan Crowe, This Far From Home James Keelaghan, A Recent Future Danielle Martineau, Autrement Laura Smith, B'tween the Earth and My Soul	^[2]
1997	Fred Eaglesmith	drive-in movie	Daniel Koulack, Life on a String Natalie MacMaster, No Boundaries Murray McLauchlan, Gulliver's Taxi Danielle Martineau, Bal Canaille	^[2]
1998	Ron Sexsmith	Other Songs	J.P. Cormier, Another Morning Stephen Fearing, Industrial Lullaby Mary Jane Lamond, Suas E! Bob Snider, Words and Pictures	^[2]
1999	Willie P. Bennett	Heartstrings	Bill Bourne, Sally's Dream Roy Forbes, Crazy Old Man Natalie MacMaster, My Roots Are Showing Gordie Sampson, Stones	^[2]
2000	Bruce Cockburn	Breakfast in New Orleans Dinner in Timbuktu	Mary Jane Lamond, Lan Duil Natalie MacMaster, In My Hands Ron Sexsmith, Whereabouts Jesse Winchester, Gentleman of Leisure	^[2]
2001	Jenny Whiteley	Jenny Whiteley	Connie Kaldor, Love Is a Truck Frank Leahy and Friends, Don Messer's Violin Jane Siberry, Hush Neil Young, Silver & Gold	^[2]
2002	David Francey	Far End of Summer	Maria Dunn, For a Song Penny Lang, Gather Honey Eileen McGann, Beyond the Storm April Verch, Verchuosity	^[2]

Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo (2003–2015)

Year	Winner(s)	Album	Nominees
2003	Lynn Miles	Unravel	Kim Barlow, Gingerbread Bill Bourne, Voodoo King Kathleen Edwards, Failer Stephen Fearing, That's How I Walk
2004	David Francey	Skating Rink	Bruce Cockburn, You've Never Seen Everything Susan Crowe, Book of Days Natalie MacMaster, Blueprint Oh Susanna, Oh Susanna
2005	Jenny Whiteley	Hopetown	Michael Jerome Browne, Michael Jerome Browne & The Twin River String Band David Francey, The Waking Hour Amos Garrett, Acoustic Album Harry Manx, West Eats Meet
2006	Corb Lund	Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer	Yves Lambert, Récidive Harry Manx, Mantras for Madmen Lynn Miles, Love Sweet Love Ian Tyson, Songs from the Gravel Road
2007	Stephen Fearing	Yellowjacket	Steve Dawson, We Belong to the Gold Coast Fred Eaglesmith, Milly's Cafe Lennie Gallant, When We Get There Loreena McKennitt, An Ancient Muse
2008	David Francey	Right of Passage	Jill Barber, For All Time Corb Lund, Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! Oh Susanna, Short Stories Justin Rutledge, The Devil on a Bench in Stanley Park
2009	Old Man Luedecke	Proof of Love	Matthew Barber, Ghost Notes Fred Eaglesmith, Tinderbox Ndidi Onukwulu, The Contradictor Suzie Vinnick, Happy Here
2010	Amelia Curran	Hunter Hunter	Bahamas, Pink Strat Corb Lund, Losin' Lately Gambler Romi Mayes, Achin' in Yer Bones John Wort Hannam, Queen's Hotel
2011	Old Man Luedecke	My Hands Are On Fire and Other Love Songs	Del Barber, Love Songs for the Last Twenty Lynn Miles, Fall for Beauty Ruth Moody, The Garden Justin Rutledge, The Early Widows
2012	Bruce Cockburn	Small Source of Comfort	Craig Cardiff, Floods & Fires David Francey, Late Edition Dave Gunning, A Tribute to John Allan Cameron Lindi Ortega, Little Red Boots
2013	Rose Cousins	We Have Made a Spark	Annabelle Chvostek, Rise Amelia Curran, Spectators Corb Lund, Cabin Fever Old Man Luedecke, Tender Is the Night
2014	Justin Rutledge	Valleyheart	David Francey, So Say We All Lindi Ortega, Tin Star Daniel Romano, Come Cry With Me Donovan Woods, Don't Get Too Grand
2015	Catherine MacLellan	The Raven's Sun	Matt Andersen, Weightless Del Barber, Prairieography Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy James Hill, The Old Silo

References

^ "42nd Annual Juno Awards: 2016 CARAS Quick Reference Guide to the Submission Process" (PDF). JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Best Roots & Traditional Album: Solo (1996 - 2002) Archived 2015-07-21 at the Wayback Machine. Juno Awards.

[1] "42nd Annual Juno Awards: 2016 CARAS Quick Reference Guide to the Submission Process" (PDF). JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.

[juno9602-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Best Roots & Traditional Album: Solo (1996 - 2002) Archived 2015-07-21 at the Wayback Machine. Juno Awards.

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v t e Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Small Ensemble Classical – Solo Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Classical Album of the Year (1977–1985) Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2021) Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance (1994–2021) Indigenous Artist or Group (1994–2021) Jazz Album (1977–1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994–2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994–2014) Rap Recording (1991–2021) R&B/Soul Recording (1985–2020) Roots and Traditional Album (1989–1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996–2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996–2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards

Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo

Winners

Best Roots & Traditional Album - Solo (1996–2002)

Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo (2003–2015)

References

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