𝐓op 100 Blues Albums For 2025
#1 / Steve Marriner / Hear My Heart / Cordova Bay Records
#2 / Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Deep Rush Records
#3 / Charlie Musselwhite / Look Out Highway / Forty Below Records
#4 / Buddy Guy / Ain't Done With The Blues / Silvertone Records
#5 / Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / New Sun Records
#6 / Ollee Owens / Nowhere To Hide / Ollee Owens Music
#7 / Chambers Deslauriers / Our Time To Ride / Forty Below Records
#8 / Brandon Isaak / Walkin' With The Blues / Indie
#9 / Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#10 / D.K. Harrell / Talkin' Heavy / Alligator Records
#11 / Blue Moon Marquee / New Orleans Sessions / Indie
#12 / Angelique Francis / Not Defeated / Indie
#13 / Tommy Castro & The Painkillers / Closer To The Bone / Alligator
#14 / John Primer / Grown In Mississippi / Blues House Productions
#15 / Maria Muldaur / One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey / NOLA Blue Records
#16 / The Alexis P Suter Band / Just Stay High / NOLA Blue Records
#17 / Big Dave McLean / This Old Life / Cordova Bay Records
#18 / Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne / Ooh Yeah! / Stony Plain Records
#19 / Sue Foley / One Guitar Woman / Stony Plain Records
#20 / Colin James / Chasing The Sun / Stony Plain Records
#21 / Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues / The Blues is My Biography / Rosa's Lounge Records
#22 / Bob Corritore & Friends / Doin' the Shout / VizzTone Label Group
#23 / Brandon Santini / Which Way Do We Go? / MoMojo Records
#24 / David Gogo / YEAH! / Cordova Bay Records
#25 / Janiva Magness / Back For Me / Blue Elan Records
#26 / Tony D / Electric Delta / Cordova Bay Records
#27 / Jimmy Vivino / Gonna Be 2 Of Those Days / Gulf Coast Records
#28 / Popa Chubby / I Love Freddie King / Gulf Coast Records
#29 / Carolyn Wonderland / Truth Is / Alligator Records
#30 / Geoff Aresenault / Hired Hand / Indie
#31 / Shemekia Copeland / Blame It On Eve / Alligator Records
#32 / Candice Ivory / New Southern Vintage / NOLA Blue Records
#33 / Cat Wells Blues Band / Brand New Shoes / Indie
#34 / Tony Holiday / Keep Your Head Up / Forty Below Records
#35 / Roomful of Blues / Steppin' Out! / Alligator Records
#36 / Marcus Trummer / From The Start / Gypsy Soul Records
#37 / Ronnie Baker Brooks / Blues In My DNA / Alligator Records
#38 / Mud Morganfield / Deep Mud / NOLA Blue Records
#39 / Duke Robillard / Roll With Me / Stony Plain Records
#40 / Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley / Forever Blues / G-Three Records
#41 / Larry Kurtz & the Lawbreakers / Take a Ride / Indie
#42 / Jon Hines / Memphis Sun / Indie
#43 / Renovation Blues Band / Nail It! / Indie
#44 / Andrew Duncanson / California Trap / Run It Back Records
#45 / Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin / Eye Of the Storm / Phoenix Records
#46 / Boneshakers / Live To Be This / Gulf Coast Records
#47 / Secondhand Dreamcar / Answer The Call / 7161160 Records DK2
#48 / Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' / Room On The Porch / Concord Records
#49 / Samantha Fish / Paper Doll / Rounder Records
#50 / Monster Mike Welch / Keep Living Til I Die / Indie
#51 / JP Leblanc / All In My Blood / Acadian Connection
#52 / Sugar Brown / Toronto Bound / Indie
#53 / Rick Estrin & The Nightcats / The Hits Keep Coming / Alligator Records
#54 / Kid Ramos / Strange Things Happening / Nola Blue Records
#55 / Ally Venable / Money & Power / Ruf Records
#56 / Tom Hambridge / Down The Hatch / Quarto Valley Records
#57 / Kirk Fletcher / Keep On Pushing / Vizztone Label Group
#58 / Blackburn Brothers / SoulFunkn'BLUES / Electro-Fi Records
#59 / Brother Ray Lemelin and the Matinee Kings / Stirring The Pot /
#60 / Larry McCray / Heartbreak City / KTBA Records
#61 / Allison August / August Moon / MoMojo Records
#62 / Miss Emily / The Medicine / Gypsy Soul Records
#63 / The Fabulous Thunderbirds / Struck Down / Stony Plain Records
#64 / Rory Block / Heavy on the Blues / M.C. Records
#65 / Doug Macleod / Between Somewhere And Goodbye / Reference Recordings
#66 / Will Wilde / Blues is Still Alive / Vizztone Label Group
#67 / Willie Buck & Bob Corritore / Oh Yeah! / VizzTone Label Group
#68 / Mississippi Heat / Don't Look Back / Delmark Records
#69 / Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia (Blood Brothers) / Help Yourself / Gulf Coast Records
#70 / Samantha King & the Midnight Outfit / The Reckless One / Gypsy Soul Records
#71 / Benny Turner / BT / NOLA Blue Records
#72 / McKenna Moonah Blues Duo / Breaking News / Broke Fuse Music
#73 / Yates McKendree / Need To Know / Qualified Records
#74 / Kent Burnside / Hill Country Blood / Strolling Bones Records
#75 / HeavyDrunk & Watermelon Slim / Bluesland Theme Park / HeavyDrunk Records
#76 / Tad Robinson / Soul in Blue / Delmark Records
#77 / Mitch Woods / Happy Hour / MoMojo Records
#78 / Wailin' Walker / Blues Lightnin' / Jitterbug Records
#79 / GA-20 / Orphans / Colemine Records
#80 / Johnny Iguana / At Delmark / Delmark Records
#81 / Bob Corritore / Early Blues Sessions / VizzTone
#82 / Tomislav Goluban & Crooked Eye Tommy / Nashville Road / Overton Music
#83 / Bob Stroger & The Headcutters / Bob Is Back / Delmark Records
#84 / Melon Jelly / The Road To Memphis / S/R
#85 / Terry Hanck / Grease To Gravy / Little Village Foundation
#86 / Ross Neilsen / Within Tension / Indie
#87 / The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra / What Are You Waiting For? / Blue Dot
#88 / Mikey Junior / Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson / 8th Train Records
#89 / Frank Bey / Peace / Nola Blue Records
#90 / Paul Pigat / Paul Pigat Presents Cousin Harley Plays The Blues / Cellar Music
#91 / Lisa Mann's Northwestern All-Stars / The Great Women In Blues featuring Terrie Odabi / Jay Ray Records
#92 / Christone "Kingfish" Ingram / Hard Road / Red Zero Records
#93 / Gina Coleman / Unequivocally Blue / Guitar One Records
#94 / Piper and the Hard Times / Good Company / Hard Times Records
#95 / The Bluesmasters / The Bluesmasters Feat Cassie Taylor / Exulans DMD
#96 / Jovin Webb / Drifter / Blind Pig
#98 / Devon Allman / The Blues Summit / Ruf Records
#99 / Bywater Call / Shepherd / Indie
#100 / Ginger St. James / Told Ya / Busted Flat Records
𝐓op 100 Blues Albums for 2024
#1 Rick Estrin and The Nightcats / The Hits Keep Coming / Alligator Records
#2 Shemekia Copeland / Blame It On Eve / Alligator Records
#3 Chris O'Leary The Hard Line / Alligator Records
#4 Toronzo Cannon / Shut Up & Play! / Alligator Records
#5 Chris Cain / Good Intentions Gone Bad / Alligator Records
#6 Johnny Burgin / Ramblin’ From Coast to Coast / Straight Shooter
#7 Tinsley Ellis Naked Truth / Alligator Records
#8 The Fabulous Thunderbirds / Struck Down / Stony Plain Records
#9 Sue Foley / One Guitar Woman / Stony Plain Records
#10 Danielle Nicole / The Love You Bleed / Forty Below Records
#11 Curtis Salgado / Fine by Me / Little Village
#12 Mike Zito / Life Is Hard / Gulf Coast Records
#13 Albert Castiglia Band/ Righteous Souls / Gulf Coast Records
#14 Sonny Gullage / Go Be Free Go Be Free / Blind Pig
#15 Sugaray Rayford / Human Decency / Forty Below Records
#16 Ronnie Baker Brooks / Blues In My DNA / Alligator Records
#17 Altered Five Blues Band Testifyin / Blind Pig
#18 John Primer & Bob Corritorre / Crawlin’ Kingsnake / Vizztone
#19 Tab Benoit / I Hear Thunder / Whiskey Bayou Records
#20 Kid & Lisa Andersen / Spirits & Soul / Little Village
#21 Canned Heat / Finyl Vinyl / Ruf Records
#22 @Mark Hummel / True Believer / Rockinitis Records
#23 Jovin Webb / Drifter / Blind Pig
#24 Bobby Christina's Caravan / True Blues Brother: The Legacy of Matt 'Guitar' Murphy / Nola Blue
#25 Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram / Live In London / Alligator Records
#26 Kevin Burt& Big Medicine / Thank You Brother Bill: A Tribute to Bill Withers / Gulf Coast Records
#27 Colin James/ Chasing The Sun Stony / Plain Records
#28 Duke Robillard / Roll With Me / Stony Plain Records
#29 JP Soars/ Brick by Brick / Little Village
#30 Rick Vito / Cadillac Man / Blue Heart Records
#31 JJ Grey & Mofro / Olustee / Alligator Records
#32 Cedric Burnside / Hill Country Love / Provogue
#33 Billy Price Price / Person of Interest / Little Village
#34 Anthony Geraci/ Tears In My Eyes / Blue Heart Records
#35 Damon Fowler/ Barnyard Smile / Landslide Records
#36 Eden Brent / Getaway Blues / Yellow Dog Records
#37 Jontavious Willis / West Georgia Blues / Strolling Bones records
#38 Zac Harmon / Floreada’s Boy / Catfood Records
#39 Deb Ryder/ Live and Havin' Fun / VizzTone
#40 D.K. Harrell / The Right Man / Little Village
#41 Chicago Blues Lifters / Blues Scouts / Hitskope Records
#42 The Wicked Lo-Down / Out Of Line / Gulf Coast Records
#43 Mitch Woods/ Happy Hour / MoMojo Records
#44 Bobby Rush / All My Love For You / Deep Rush
#45 Little Feat / Sam's Place / Hot Tomato Productions
#46 Eric Bibb / Live at the Scala Theatre Stockholm / Stony Plain Records
#47 Coco Montoya / Writing On The Wall / Alligator Records
#48 Sue Foley / Live In Austin Vol. 1 / Stony Plain Records
#49 Sierra Green & The Giants / Here We Are / Big Radio Records
#50 Johnny Ray Jones / Mystic Chiefs / Moondogg Records
#51 Big Harp George / Cooking with Gas / Blues Mountain Records
#52 Albert Cummings / Strong / Ivy Music
#53 Alastair Greene/ Standing Out Loud / Ruf Records
#54 Seth James / Lessons / Qualified Records
#55 Piper and The Hard Times / Revelation / Hard Times Records
#56 Tom Hambridge / Blu Ja Vu / Quarto Valley Records
#57 The Nick Moss Band / Get You Back Into It! / Alligator Records
#58 Vaneese Thomas / Stories In Blue / Overton Music
#59 Gerald McClendon / Down at the Juke Joint / Delta Roots Records
#60 Bernard Allison / Luther’s Blues / Ruf Records
#61 Blackburn Brothers / SoulFunkn'BLUES / Electro-Fi Records
#62 Katie Henry / Get Goin' / Ruf Records
#63 Guy Davis / The Legend of Sugarbelly / M.C. Records
#64 Lara Price / Half & Half / Gulf Coast Records
#65 Memphis Royal Brothers / Memphis Royal Brothers / Royal Records
#66 Chris Bad News Barnes / BadNews Travels Fast / Gulf Coast
#67 Sean Riley & The Water / Stone Cold Hands / Pugnacious Records
#68 Nick Gravenites / Rogue Blues / MC Records
#69 Monster Mike Welch / Nothing But Time / Gulf Coast Records
#70 Eric Bibb / In The Real World / Stony Plain
#71 Vanessa Collier / Do It My Own Way / Phenix Fire Records
#72 Candice Ivory / When The Levee Breaks / Little Village
#73 Benny Turner / BT / Nola Blue
#74 Chris Daniels and the Kings with Freddi Gowdy / 40: Blues With Horns Volume II / Moon Voyage Records
#75 Kat Riggins & Her Blues Revival / Revival / House Of Berry Productions
#76 Patti Parks / Come Sing With Me / VizzTone
#77 Amanda Fish / Kingdom / VizzTone
#78 Jeff Pitchell / Brown Eyed Blues / Deguello Records
#79 Shawn Kellerman / Kell's Kitchen / Songsurfer Records
#80 Celso Salim & Darryl Carriere / About Time / Wide Track Recordings
#81 Jason Ricci & The Band Kind / Behind The Veil / Gulf Coast Records
#82 Eddie Cotton / The Mirror / Malaco
#83 Dennis Jones / About Time / Blue Rock Records
#84 Various Artists / Blind Raccoon and Nola Blue: Collection Vol. 6 / Blue Heart Records
#85 Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra / What Are You Waiting For? / Blue Dot
#86 Bruce Katz Band / Back In Boston Live / Dancing Rooster Records
#87 The Dig 3 / Damn the Rent / Self Release
#88 Ghalia Volt / Shout Sister Shout / Ruf Records
#89 Jimmy Carpenter / Just Got Started / Gulf Coast
#90 Bob Corritore / Phoenix Blues Rumble / VizzTone
#91 One Dime Band / Side Hustle / Toneblanket Records
#92 Cedar County Cobras / Homesick Blues / Cedar County Cobras
#93 The Cash Box Kings / Oscar's Motel / Alligator Records
#94 Frankie Boy & The Blues Express / Young Mans Blues / Self Release
#95 John Clifton / Too Much To Pay / Flower Record
#96 JD Simo & Luther Dickinson / Do The Rump! / Forty Below Records
#97 Tas Cru Band / Tas Cru Band LIVE / Subcat
#98 Bart Bryant / Backstage II / Horizon Music Group
#99 Mitch Woods / Friends Along The Way / Club 88 Records
#100 Rory Block / Positively 4th Street / Stony Plain Records