The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Blues Album Chart
for the Year of 2021
Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
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1 | 662 | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Alligator |
2 | Damage Control | Curtis Salgado | Alligator |
3 | Raisin' Cain | Chris Cain | Alligator |
4 | You Ain’t Unlucky | Veronica Lewis | Blue Heart |
5 | Holler if You Hear Me | Altered Five Blues Band | Blind Pig |
6 | Little Black Flies | Eddie 9V | Ruf |
7 | Tempting Fate | Carolyn Wonderland | Alligator |
8 | Rose-Colored Glasses, Vol. 1 | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Blue Heart |
9 | Memphis Moonlight | Deb Ryder | VizzTone |
10 | Out of the Dark | Joyann Parker | Self-Release |
11 | Supramundane Blues | Reverend Freakchild | Treated & Released |
12 | Uncivil War | Shemekia Copeland | Alligator |
13 | Surrender | Clarence Spady | Nola Blue |
14 | None More Blue | Misty Blues | Self-Release |
15 | JP & Ekat | JP Williams Blues Band | Self-Release |
16 | Under Your Spell | Tito Jackson | Gulf Coast |
17 | The Forgiver and the Runaway | A.J. Fullerton | VizzTone |
18 | I'm Hungry | Jimmie Bratcher | Ain't Skeert Tunes |
19 | Blues Without Borders | Debbie Bond | Blues Roots |
20 | Stronger Than Strong | John Németh | Nola Blue |
21 | Bayou Liberty | Tiffany Pollack & Co. | Nola Blue |
22 | Sharecropper's Son | Robert Finley | Easy Eye Sound |
23 | You Gotta Have It | Tia Carroll | Little Vilage |
24 | Dance Songs for Hard Times | The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band | Self-Release |
25 | Firebreather | Skylar Rogers | Blue Heart |
26 | Just Say the Word | Gabe Stillman | VizzTone |
27 | Lindsay Beaver & Brad Stivers | Lindsay Beaver & Brad Stivers | VizzTone |
28 | Grass Ain't Greener on the Other Side | Peter Veteska & Blues Train | Self-Release |
29 | Express Connection | Tomislav Goluban | Blue Heart |
30 | Back from the Edge | Mark Cameron | COP |
31 | Serve It to Me Hot | Chickenbone Slim | VizzTone |
32 | One More Mile | Dave Thomas | Blonde On Blonde Direct |
33 | Tales from the Psychedelta | Kerry Kearney Band | Highlander |
34 | B-Side of My Life | Jon Spear Band | Self-Release |
35 | Up Next | Joe Lewis Band | Self-Release |
36 | City Country City | Ricci / Krown | Gulf Coast |
37 | What We Did (Live) | Chris Daniels & Hazel Miller | Moon Voyage |
38 | So Much Trouble | David Rotundo Band | Dreams We Share |
39 | How Blue Can You Get | Gary Moore | Mascot |
40 | That's What I Heard | Robert Cray | Nozzle |
41 | Memphis Loud | Victor Wainwright | Ruf |
42 | The Trio Sessions | EG Kight | Blues South |
43 | Blues All over My Shoes | Hanna PK | VizzTone |
44 | Backyard Blues | Blues Society of Central Pennsylvania | Blue Heart |
45 | Tell Tale Heart | Avey Grouws Band | Navy House |
46 | Wildroots Sessions, Vol. 1 | The WildRoots | Self-Release |
47 | On the Prowl | Stratcat Willie & the Strays | Self-Release |
48 | Two Sides | Kirsten Thien | Screen Door |
49 | Sonic Departures | JW-Jones | Solid Blues |
50 | Hound Dog | Georgia Randall | Self-Release |
51 | The Well | Katie Knipp | Heart Songs |
52 | Blue Sky | The Reverend Shawn Amos | Put Together Music |
53 | Keep on Climbin' | West Side Joe & The Men of Soul | Jyn |
54 | 50 | Polly O'Keary and the Rhythm Method | Self-Release |
55 | Welcome to the Land | Memphissippi Sounds | Self-Release |
56 | Printers Alley | Stacy Mitchhart | Self-Release |
57 | Stand Up! | Whitney Shay | Ruf |
58 | Drive on | Tas Cru | Subcat |
59 | Daydreams in Blue | Anthony Geraci | Shining Stone |
60 | Royal Tea | Joe Bonamassa | J&R Adventures |
61 | Be the Love You Want | Southern Avenue | Renew |
62 | Hollerin' out Loud | Malcolm Wells and the Two-Timers | Self-Release |
63 | The Coldwater Sessions | J.D. Taylor | VizzTone |
64 | Cry out | Kat Riggins | Gulf Coast |
65 | Hot Coffee and Pain | Crooked Eye Tommy | Blue Heart |
66 | In My Mind | Ilana Katz Katz | Self-Release |
67 | Dark Side of the Blues (Live in Prague) | Pat Fulgoni | Chocolate Fireguard |
68 | The Isolation Blues | Mike Goudreau Band | Self-Release |
69 | Do Right, Say Right | Mississippi MacDonald | Another Planet |
70 | Tennessee Run | Lloyd Jones | VizzTone |
71 | The Gypsy Woman Told Me | John Primer & Bob Corritore | Vizztone |
72 | The Triangle | Lisa Mills | BMG |
73 | I'm All Burn | Cathy Grier and the Troublemakers | Self-Release |
74 | Now Dig This | Crystal Thomas | Dialtone |
75 | Change in Me | Eddie Turner | 7-14 productions |
76 | Blood Cash | Lea McIntosh | Shark Park |
77 | All in the Blues | Willie Jackson | Self-Release |
78 | Carryout or Delivery | Ben Levin | VizzTone |
79 | Front Porch | The Mary Jo Curry Band | Self-Release |
80 | Stone Crazy | Kevin Burt | Gulf Coast |
81 | Soul Garage Experience "Counterfeited Soulstice" Vol. 1 | Fabrizio Grossi & Soul Garage Experience | Self-Release |
82 | Joseph and the Velozians | Joseph Veloz | Self-Release |
83 | Spirits in the Water | Dione Taylor | Matay |
84 | Gotta Have It | The Jimmys | Brown Cow |
85 | Somebody Save Me | Sugaray Rayford | Forty Below |
86 | Meet Me in the Middle | Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers | VizzTone |
87 | Church House Blues | Crystal Shawanda | True North |
88 | Sippnotized | Mr. Sipp | Malaco |
89 | Brand New Thing | The Hungry Williams | Self-Release |
90 | Rebel Moon Blues | Sass Jordan | Stony Plain |
91 | Search No More | The DogTown Blues Band | RVL Music |
92 | Tired of Talkin' | Steve Strongman | Self-Releae |
93 | The Music Gets Us Thru | Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans | MadHatTone |
94 | Good As Gone | Casey Hensley | Vizztone |
95 | Blueswoman | Nora Jean Wallace | Severn |
96 | Into the Soul | Josh Hyde | Self-Release |
97 | Good Man Gone Bad | Tom Craig | Self-Release |
98 | Stop. | Robert Billard and the Cold Calls | Fifth Chord Studios |
99 | Legacy | A Band Called Sam | Highlander |
100 | Hand Me Down Blues | Durham County Poets | Self-Release |
101 | Mark Hummel Presents East Bay Blues Vaults 1976-1988 | Mark Hummel | Electro - Fi |
102 | My Blues Pathway | Kirk Fletcher | Cleopatra |
103 | Weed ‘Em & Reap | Misty Blues | Self-Release |
104 | Go, Just Do It! | Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne | Stony Plain |
105 | Let It Shine | Jessie Lee & The Alchemists | DixieFrog |
106 | Voodoo Blues | Grainne Duffy | Self-Release |
107 | Time Clocks | Joe Bonamassa | J&R Adventures |
108 | Paperbag Salvation | Randy McAllister and the Scrappiest band in the Motherland | Reaction |
109 | Oklahoma | Keb Mo | Concord |
110 | Blues in a Bucket | The Forrest McDonald Band | World Talent |
111 | Nobody Told Me | John Mayall | Forty Below |
112 | Unemployed Highly Annoyed | Jeremiah Johnson | Ruf |
113 | Heart on the Line | Vanessa Collier | Phenix Fire |
114 | Just Me and My Friend(s) | Charlie Barath | Self-Release |
115 | Steppin' out | AJ Crawdaddy | 2459569 |
116 | Masterpiece | Albert Castiglia | Gulf Coast |
117 | One Louder | Misty Blues | Lunaria |
118 | Bright Shining Stars | Danielle Miraglia | VizzTone |
119 | Life in the Pond | Roger Chapman | Ruf |
120 | You Ain't Done | The Proven Ones | Gulf Coast |
121 | Comin' Home | The Mary Stokes Band | Self-Release |
122 | Cruel Thing | Bad Luck Woman & Her Misfortunes | Self-Release |
123 | The Devil May Care | Avey Grouws Band | Self-Release |
124 | The SuBourbon Blues Project (Where Concrete Meets the Grass) | Chris Ford | Self-Release |
125 | 50th Anniversary: Live at the Toronto Jazz Festival | Downchild | Diesel Management Productions |
126 | B's Testimony | Al Basile | Sweetspot |
127 | Too Far from the Bar (feat. Little Charlie Baty) | Sugar Ray & The Bluetones | Severn |
128 | Chocolate Cake | Zoom with Shawn Kellerman | Mouhaha |
129 | Elmore's Blues | Wayne Nicholson & John Campbelljohn | Grindstone |
130 | Way Down South | Johnny Ray Jones | Moondogg |
131 | Your Baby Has Left | Backtrack Blues Band | VizzTone |
132 | The Bodhisattva Blues | Reverend Freakchild | Treated And Released |
133 | Tall, Dark, and Handsome | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men | Hot Shot |
134 | Taking the Good with the Bad | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado | Self-Release |
135 | Ain't No Man a Good Man | Wily Bo Walker & Danny Flam | Mescal Canyon |
136 | Lessons Learned | Jim Gustin & Truth Jones | Self-Release |
137 | Here I Come | Jose Ramirez | Self-Release |
138 | The Bridges | Sunnysiders | Dancing Bear |
139 | Good to Be... | Keb Mo | Rounder |
140 | Country Supper | Robert Connely Farr | Self-Release |
141 | Nowhere to Go but Up | Smiling Jack Smith & the New Panama Limited | Self-Release |
142 | Stompin' Solo | Shawn Pittman | Must Have |
143 | Out of the Box | Ren Rice & RB Stone | Middle Mountain |
144 | Rise Up | Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters | Stony Plain |
145 | The Corona Tapes | MojoMama | Self-Release |
146 | Major League Blues (feat. Jimmy Johnson) | Jose Ramirez | Delmark |
147 | John the Revelator | John Fusco & X-Road Riders | Checkerboard Lounge |
148 | Roads That Cross | Katarina Pejak | Ruf |
149 | Back to the Blues | The Mick Schafer Band | Self-Release |
150 | Pocket Full of Nothin' | Big Dave McLean | Black Hen |
151 | Friends of Tuesday | Paul Boddy & The SlideWinder Blues Band | Self-Release |
152 | Are You Ready? the Mississippi Sessions! | Danny Brooks & Lil Miss Debi | HIS House |
153 | Mad Love | Dawn Tyler Watson | Self-Release |
154 | Bluz Me | Rashad The Blues Kid | Self-Release |
155 | Modern Primitive | Brandon Isaak | Self-Release |
156 | Six | Brad Stivers | VizzTone |
157 | Alive in Italia | Paul Reddick | Stony Plain |
158 | Green Eyed Blues | Laura Green | Self-Release |
159 | Blues with Friends | Dion | Keeping The Blues Alive |
160 | Homecoming | Muddy Gurdy | Chantilly Negra |
161 | Shakin' | Black River Delta | SofaBurn |
162 | Consider This | Patty Tuite | Thread City Productions |
163 | Love Letters from Detroit | Bobby Murray | Self-Release |
164 | Soul Service | Tony Holiday | VizzTone |
165 | Invisible Prison | Paul Gillings | Self-Release |
166 | The Parade | Greg Sover | Grounded Soul |
167 | Mood Swings | Andy Peake | BigLittle |
168 | Wine, Whiskey & Wimmen | Little Hat | Rhythm Bomb |
169 | Halfway Home by Morning | Matt Andersen | True North |
170 | Simmer Me Down | Scott Weis Band | Self-Release |
171 | The Rock House Sessions (Extended Cut) | Nalani Rothrock | Self-Release |
172 | Latest Record Project, Vol. 1 | Van Morrison | BMG |
173 | From the Vaults: Phoenix Blues Sessions | Kid Ramos & Bob Corritore | VizzTone |
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