The Roots Music Report's
Top Blues Album Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damage Control | Curtis Salgado | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| 2 | Raisin' Cain | Chris Cain | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| 3 | You Ain’t Unlucky | Veronica Lewis | Blue Heart | Contemporary Blues |
| 4 | Holler if You Hear Me | Altered Five Blues Band | Blind Pig | Contemporary Blues |
| 5 | Tempting Fate | Carolyn Wonderland | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| 6 | Living in a Burning House | Selwyn Birchwood | Alligator | Blues Rock |
| 7 | Open Road | Colin James | Stony Plain | Blues Rock |
| 8 | 75 and Alive | Johnny Tucker Featuring Kid Ramos And The Allstars | Blue Heart | Classic Blues |
| 9 | Rose-Colored Glasses, Vol. 1 | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Blue Heart | Contemporary Blues |
| 10 | BLOW | Colin Linden | Highway 20 | Blues Rock |
| 11 | Memphis Moonlight | Deb Ryder | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| 12 | Out of the Dark | Joyann Parker | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 13 | Resurrection | Mike Zito | Gulf Coast | Blues Rock |
| 14 | Porch Sessions, Vol. 2 | Tony Holiday | Blue Heart | Classic Blues |
| 15 | Supramundane Blues | Reverend Freakchild | Treated & Released | Contemporary Blues |
| 16 | The Reckless One | Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar | Gypsy Soul | Soul Blues |
| 17 | Try It...You Might Like It: GA-20 Does Hound Dog Taylor | GA-20 | Karma Chief | Chicago Blues |
| 18 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Spider in My Stew | Bob Corritore | VizzTone | Classic Blues |
| 19 | Layla Revisited (Live at LOCKN') [feat. Trey Anastasio] | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Concord | Soul Blues |
| 20 | Bang at the Door | Donna Herula | Self-Release | Acoustic Blues |
| 21 | Uncivil War | Shemekia Copeland | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| 22 | Surrender | Clarence Spady | Nola Blue | Contemporary Blues |
| 23 | Faster | Samantha Fish | Rounder | Blues Rock |
| 24 | None More Blue | Misty Blues | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 25 | Alafia Moon | Damon Fowler | Landslide | Blues Rock |
| 26 | JP & Ekat | JP Williams Blues Band | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 27 | Where and when | Kelly's Lot | Self-Release | Acoustic Blues |
| 28 | The Cause of It All | The Reverend Shawn Amos | Put Together | Classic Blues |
| 29 | Under Your Spell | Tito Jackson | Gulf Coast | Contemporary Blues |
| 30 | The Forgiver and the Runaway | A.J. Fullerton | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| 31 | Be Ready when I Call You | Guy Davis | M.C. | Acoustic Blues |
| 32 | I'm Hungry | Jimmie Bratcher | Ain't Skeert Tunes | Contemporary Blues |
| 33 | 100 Years of Blues | Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite | Alligator | Classic Blues |
| 34 | Blues Without Borders | Debbie Bond | Blues Roots | Contemporary Blues |
| 35 | Delta Kream | The Black Keys | Nonesuch | Blues Rock |
| 36 | Stronger Than Strong | John Németh | Nola Blue | Contemporary Blues |
| 37 | Money Ain't Time | The Halley DeVestern Band | Self-Release | Blues Rock |
| 38 | Bayou Liberty | Tiffany Pollack & Co. | Nola Blue | Contemporary Blues |
| 39 | Sharecropper's Son | Robert Finley | Easy Eye Sound | Contemporary Blues |
| 40 | You Gotta Have It | Tia Carroll | Little Vilage | Contemporary Blues |
| 41 | Dance Songs for Hard Times | The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 42 | Rusty Ends Blues Band | Rusty Ends Blues Band | Earwig | Classic Blues |
| 43 | Fire It Up | Steve Cropper | Provogue | Soul Blues |
| 44 | Firebreather | Skylar Rogers | Blue Heart | Contemporary Blues |
| 45 | Just Say the Word | Gabe Stillman | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| 46 | Soulful Distancing | Adam Schultz | Blue Heart | Soul Blues |
| 47 | Take Me Back | Kim Wilson | M.C. | Classic Blues |
| 48 | Let’s Have a Party | Gerald McClendon | Delta Roots | Soul Blues |
| 49 | One Eye Open | Kat Danser | Black Hen | Acoustic Blues |
| 50 | Lindsay Beaver & Brad Stivers | Lindsay Beaver & Brad Stivers | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| 51 | Grass Ain't Greener on the Other Side | Peter Veteska & Blues Train | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 52 | Express Connection | Tomislav Goluban | Blue Heart | Contemporary Blues |
| 53 | One Woman Band | Ghalia Volt | Ruf | Blues Rock |
| 54 | Live on Beale Street: a Tribute to Bobby “Blue” Bland | Rodd Bland And The Members Only Band | Nola Blue | Soul Blues |
| 55 | Hope Dies Last | Steve Marriner | Stony Plain | Blues Rock |
| 56 | Stomping Ground | Dion | Keeping The Blues Alive | Blues Rock |
| 57 | Back from the Edge | Mark Cameron | COP | Contemporary Blues |
| 58 | Serve It to Me Hot | Chickenbone Slim | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| 59 | One More Mile | Dave Thomas | Blonde On Blonde Direct | Contemporary Blues |
| 60 | Tales from the Psychedelta | Kerry Kearney Band | Highlander | Contemporary Blues |
| 61 | B-Side of My Life | Jon Spear Band | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 62 | Sugar Hip Ya Ya | Dionne Bennett | Hunnia | Soul Blues |
| 63 | Up Next | Joe Lewis Band | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 64 | Not My Circus, Not My Monkey | Hitman Blues Band | Nerus | Delta Blues |
| 65 | Trio in Tokyo (Feat. Elena Kato & Hiroshi Eguchi) | Rob Stone | Blue Heart | Acoustic Blues |
| 66 | The Blues Never End | Elly Wininger | Earwig | Acoustic Blues |
| 67 | Rising Up | Alex Lopez | Maremil | Blues Rock |
| 68 | City Country City | Ricci / Krown | Gulf Coast | Contemporary Blues |
| 69 | What We Did (Live) | Chris Daniels & Hazel Miller | Moon Voyage | Contemporary Blues |
| 70 | So Much Trouble | David Rotundo Band | Dreams We Share | Contemporary Blues |
| 71 | Peace in Trouble | Sunday wilde | Self-Release | Acoustic Blues |
| 72 | How Blue Can You Get | Gary Moore | Mascot | Contemporary Blues |
| 73 | Papa Didn't Raise Me Right | The Porkroll Project | Roadhouse Redemption | Blues Rock |
| 74 | Live on Stage | The Bluesbones | Naked | Blues Rock |
| 75 | Buffalo Nichols | Buffalo Nichols | Fat Possum | Acoustic Blues |
| 76 | Good Life | Hurricane Ruth | American Showplace | Blues Rock |
| 77 | Whole Nother World | Patti Parks | VizzTone | Soul Blues |
| 78 | Six String Soul: 30 Years on Delmark | Dave Specter | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| 79 | You Can't Fall off the Floor | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Self-Release | Blues Rock |
| 80 | A Satchel Full of Blues | Blind Lemon Pledge | Ofeh | Acoustic Blues |
| 81 | That's What I Heard | Robert Cray | Nozzle | Contemporary Blues |
| 82 | Blacktop Run | Sonny Landreth | Provogue | Acoustic Blues |
| 83 | Bless Your Heart | The Allman Betts Band | BMG | Blues Rock |
| 84 | The Good, the Bad and the Bette | Bette Smith | Ruf | Soul Blues |
| 85 | In a Roomful of Blues | Roomful of Blues | Alligator | Electric Blues |
| 86 | That's What I'm Talkin About - Tribute to Hubert Sumlin | Sean Chambers | Quarto Valley | Blues Rock |
| 87 | Silver Cup | David Gogo | Cordova Bay | Acoustic Blues |
| 88 | Memphis Loud | Victor Wainwright | Ruf | Contemporary Blues |
| 89 | Live Acoustic Session (Live) | Little G Weevil | Hunnia | Acoustic Blues |
| 90 | The Trio Sessions | EG Kight | Blues South | Contemporary Blues |
| 91 | Flathead | Seth Lee Jones | Horton | Blues Rock |
| 92 | Found! One Soul Singer | Sonny Green | Little Village Foundation | Soul Blues |
| 93 | Not in My Lifetime | The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra | Blue Dot | Soul Blues |
| 94 | Blues All over My Shoes | Hanna PK | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| 95 | Johnny Iguana's Chicago Spectacular! | Johnny Iguana | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| 96 | Hardware | Billy F Gibbons | Concord | Blues Rock |
| 97 | More from the Levee | Chris Smither | Signature Sounds | Acoustic Blues |
| 98 | It is Well with My Soul | Soulful Femme | Skydog | Soul Blues |
| 99 | Backyard Blues | Blues Society of Central Pennsylvania | Blue Heart | Contemporary Blues |
| 100 | Tell Tale Heart | Avey Grouws Band | Navy House | Contemporary Blues |
| 101 | Wildroots Sessions, Vol. 1 | The WildRoots | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 102 | The Corner | Early Times & The High Rollers | VizzTone | Blues Rock |
| 103 | Dear America | Eric Bibb | Provogue | Acoustic Blues |
| 104 | In My Hands | Steve Keenan | Self-Release | Blues Rock |
| 105 | Keep Moving on | Dexter Allen | Endless Blues | Soul Blues |
| 106 | Below Sea Level | Eric Johanson | Nola Blue | Blues Rock |
| 107 | Still Here | Ben Levin | VizzTone | Classic Blues |
| 108 | Put a Lid on It | Diane Durrett & Soul Suga | Blooming Tunes | Soul Blues |
| 109 | Two Sides | Kirsten Thien | Screen Door | Contemporary Blues |
| 110 | Slippin' and Slidin' | The Immediate Family | Quarto Valley | Blues Rock |
| 111 | Sonic Departures | JW-Jones | Solid Blues | Contemporary Blues |
| 112 | Hound Dog | Georgia Randall | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 113 | The Well | Katie Knipp | Heart Songs | Contemporary Blues |
| 114 | Best of | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado | Ruf | Blues Rock |
| 115 | Blue Sky | The Reverend Shawn Amos | Put Together Music | Contemporary Blues |
| 116 | Bad News Rising | Chris 'Bad News' Barnes | VizzTone | Blues Rock |
| 117 | New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers - Volume 2 | New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers | Stony Plain | Classic Blues |
| 118 | LIVE at the Isabel | Miss Emily | Self-Release | Soul Blues |
| 119 | Keep on Climbin' | West Side Joe & The Men of Soul | Jyn | Contemporary Blues |
| 120 | 50 | Polly O'Keary and the Rhythm Method | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 121 | Soul Shaker | Robbin Kapsalis and Vintage #18 | Bird Song | Soul Blues |
| 122 | Welcome to the Land | Memphissippi Sounds | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 123 | The Moon is an Ashtray | Miss Tess | Tone Tree | Country Blues |
| 124 | Tribute | Jack de Keyzer | Blue Star | Blues Rock |
| 125 | Modern Nostalgia | Hughes Taylor | The Bent Note | Blues Rock |
| 126 | Love on the Rocks | Lauren Anderson | Self-Release | Blues Rock |
| 127 | Printers Alley | Stacy Mitchhart | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 128 | Rawer Than Raw | Bobby Rush | Deep Rush | Acoustic Blues |
| 129 | Moe Betta Blues | Miss Lady Blues | Self-Release | Soul Blues |
| 130 | Stand Up! | Whitney Shay | Ruf | Contemporary Blues |
| 131 | Drive on | Tas Cru | Subcat | Contemporary Blues |
| 132 | Bluesdaddy | Will Johns | Galetone | Blues Rock |
| 133 | Lagniappe | Kirk Nelson & Jambalaya West | Self-Release | Jazzy Blues |
| 134 | Volume One | The Atomic 44's | Bird Dog | Blues Rock |
| 135 | Daydreams in Blue | Anthony Geraci | Shining Stone | Contemporary Blues |
| 136 | The Call of the Blues | Whitey Somers | Motorhome | Blues Rock |
| 137 | Wasted Youth | Mick Kolassa | Endless Blues | Classic Blues |
| 138 | Heavy Load Blues | Gov't Mule | Concord | Blues Rock |
| 139 | Royal Tea | Joe Bonamassa | J&R Adventures | Contemporary Blues |
| 140 | Bloodstains & Teardrops | Big Chief Monk Boudreaux | Whiskey Bayou | Soul Blues |
| 141 | The Blues Album | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Keeping The Blues Alive | Blues Rock |
| 142 | Plug in and Play | Tommy Z | South Blossom | Blues Rock |
| 143 | Be the Love You Want | Southern Avenue | Renew | Contemporary Blues |
| 144 | Whiskey, Women & Trouble | Kurt Allen | Titanium Blue | Blues Rock |
| 145 | Traveler's Blues | Blues Traveler | Round Hill | Blues Rock |
| 146 | Hollerin' out Loud | Malcolm Wells and the Two-Timers | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 147 | Broke Down Busted Up | Tas Cru | Subcat | Acoustic Blues |
| 148 | Deep Dark Demon | Mark May Band | Gulf Coast | Blues Rock |
| 149 | Let Loose Those Chains | Hector Anchondo | VizTone | Acoustic Blues |
| 150 | The Coldwater Sessions | J.D. Taylor | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| 151 | Cry out | Kat Riggins | Gulf Coast | Contemporary Blues |
| 152 | Hot Coffee and Pain | Crooked Eye Tommy | Blue Heart | Contemporary Blues |
| 153 | In My Mind | Ilana Katz Katz | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 154 | The Remedy | Too Slim & the Taildraggers | VizzTone | Blues Rock |
| 155 | Dark Side of the Blues (Live in Prague) | Pat Fulgoni | Chocolate Fireguard | Contemporary Blues |
| 156 | The Isolation Blues | Mike Goudreau Band | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 157 | Do Right, Say Right | Mississippi MacDonald | Another Planet | Contemporary Blues |
| 158 | Better Days | Sugar Queen and the Straight Blues Band | Self-Release | Chicago Blues |
| 159 | Tennessee Run | Lloyd Jones | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| 160 | The Gypsy Woman Told Me | John Primer & Bob Corritore | Vizztone | Contemporary Blues |
| 161 | The Triangle | Lisa Mills | BMG | Contemporary Blues |
| 162 | You Get What You Give | Dave Keller | Tastee Tone | Soul Blues |
| 163 | Rocket Ride | Broke Fuse | Self-Release | Blues Rock |
| 164 | Tryin' to Get Home | Andy Cohen | Earwig Music | Acoustic Blues |
| 165 | I'm All Burn | Cathy Grier and the Troublemakers | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 166 | Now Dig This | Crystal Thomas | Dialtone | Contemporary Blues |
| 167 | Ice Cream in Hell | Tinsley Ellis | Alligator | Blues Rock |
| 168 | Soft Hard & Loud | Dennis Jones | Blue Rock | Blues Rock |
| 169 | Change in Me | Eddie Turner | 7-14 productions | Contemporary Blues |
| 170 | Blood Cash | Lea McIntosh | Shark Park | Contemporary Blues |
| 171 | All in the Blues | Willie Jackson | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 172 | Carryout or Delivery | Ben Levin | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| 173 | Let's Get Happy Together | Maria Muldaur | Stony Plain | Jazzy Blues |
| 174 | Front Porch | The Mary Jo Curry Band | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 175 | Containment Blues | Anthony Gomes | Up 2 Zero | Blues Rock |
| 176 | Stone Crazy | Kevin Burt | Gulf Coast | Contemporary Blues |
| 177 | Soul Garage Experience "Counterfeited Soulstice" Vol. 1 | Fabrizio Grossi & Soul Garage Experience | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 178 | Peace in Pieces | The Betty Fox band | Self-Release | Soul Blues |
| 179 | Joseph and the Velozians | Joseph Veloz | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| 180 | Spirits in the Water | Dione Taylor | Matay | Contemporary Blues |
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