The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Blues Album Chart
for the Year of 2023
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Blues Don't Lie | Buddy Guy | RCA |
| 2 | Capricorn | Eddie 9V | Ruf |
| 3 | Weight of the World | Joe Louis Walker | Forty Below |
| 4 | Dirt Woman Blues | Grainne Duffy | Blue Heart |
| 5 | Heavy State Loving Blues | Mississippi MacDonald | Another Planet |
| 6 | Seattle to Greaseland | Joel Astley | Blue Heart |
| 7 | Motel Mississippi | Tony Holiday | Forty Below |
| 8 | Portrait | Mud Morganfield | Delmark |
| 9 | Tell the World | Sister Lucille | Blue Heart |
| 10 | Be Cool | Willie J. Campbell | Blue Heart |
| 11 | Temptation | The Gayle Harrod Band | Nightingayle |
| 12 | All My Love for You | Bobby Rush | Deep Rush |
| 13 | Outside the Lines | Misty Blues | Guitar One |
| 14 | Six Strings of Steel | Duke Robillard | M.C. |
| 15 | Who Needs This Mess!!?? | Franck L. Goldwasser | CrossCut |
| 16 | Rose-Colored Glasses Vol. 2 | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Blue Heart |
| 17 | Riffin' the Blue | Tas Cru | Subcat |
| 18 | If I May... | Little G Weevil | Self-Release |
| 19 | Tribute | Joe Krown | SledgeHammer |
| 20 | Take My Rider | Douglas Avery | GreenWave |
| 21 | Connections | Bruce Katz Band | Dancing Rooster |
| 22 | Full Tilt | Peter Veteska & Blues Train | Blue Heart |
| 23 | With a Little Help from Her Friends | Teresa James | Blue Heart |
| 24 | Everybody | Danny Liston | Blue House |
| 25 | Call It Confusion | Johnny King and Friends | Sol Island |
| 26 | The World in a Jug | Jimi "Prime Time" Smith & Bob Corritore | VizzTone |
| 27 | Pass It on Down | Chris Beard | Blue Heart |
| 28 | Roots | Joyann Parker | Hopeless Romantic |
| 29 | Songs of Beauty for Ashes of Realization | Reverend Freakchild | Treated And Released |
| 30 | Live in London | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Alligator |
| 31 | Dog Bites Back | Dyer Davis | WildRoots |
| 32 | Nosy Neighbors | Paul Boddy & The SlideWinder Blues Band | Slide |
| 33 | Let's Go | The Maple Blues Band | Cordova Bay |
| 34 | Nasty Business | Mark Cameron | Blue Heart |
| 35 | Live at the Fallout Shelter | Diane Blue All-Star Band | Regina Royale |
| 36 | Big World of Trouble | Walk That Walk | Self-Release |
| 37 | The Franklin Sessions | Mike Guldin And Rollin' & Tumblin' | Blue Heart |
| 38 | Back in Style | Nigel Mack | Blues Attack |
| 39 | Stuff I’ve Been Through | Alabama Mike | Little Village |
| 40 | Bob Corritore & Friends: High Rise Blues | Bob Corritore | VizzTone |
| 41 | In the Key of Sorry | Pat McDougall | Mousetrap |
| 42 | A Day by the Bay | Backtrack Blues Band | Gulf Coast |
| 43 | SoulFunkn'BLUES | Blackburn Brothers | Electro-Fi |
| 44 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Women in Blues Showcase | Bob Corritore | VizzTone |
| 45 | Snapshots from the Second Floor | The B. Christopher Band | Guitar One |
| 46 | How Many Roads? | Lex Grey and the Urban Pioneers | Self-Release |
| 47 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Somebody Put Bad Luck on Me | Bob Corritore | VizzTone |
| 48 | Healing Time | Ruthie Foster | Blue Corn |
| 49 | Blues from Caucasia | Tom Buenger | Self-Release |
| 50 | Groovin' at the Groove Now! | Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones | Endless Blues |
| 51 | The New Normal | Guitar Jack Wargo | Self-Release |
| 52 | Take Your Time | Ben Levin | VizzTone |
| 53 | Behind the Veil | Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind | Gulf Coast |
| 54 | Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 | Joe Bonamassa | J&R Adventures |
| 55 | Third Degree Gravity | Eric Heideman | Self-Release |
| 56 | Damn the Rent | The Dig 3 | Self-Release |
| 57 | 20 Years on the Road | Tomislav Goluban | Blue Heart |
| 58 | The Rock House Sessions (Extended Cut) | Nalani Rothrock | Self-Release |
| 59 | Black Bayou | Robert Finley | Easy Eye Sound |
| 60 | I'm Coming Home | Shaun Murphy | Vision Wall |
| 61 | Attitude | Soulful Femme | Self-Release |
| 62 | We Are One | MojoMama | JRO Publishing |
| 63 | Satisfied | Gaye Adegbalola | VizzTone |
| 64 | This is Us | Lee O'Nell Blues Gang | Self-Release |
| 65 | Memphis Calling | Emma Wilson | Self-Release |
| 66 | Everything Now | JW-Jones | Solid Blues |
| 67 | Last Call for the Blues | Cassius King & The Downtown Rulers | Big Ear Audio |
| 68 | Sticks & Strings | EG Kight | Blue South |
| 69 | Smoke Burst | Mario Rossi Band | Self-Release |
| 70 | Too Much Blues | Willie J Laws Jr | Pilot Light |
| 71 | Done Come Too Far | Shemekia Copeland | Alligator |
| 72 | Mississippi Son | Charlie Musselwhite | Alligator |
| 73 | Tommy Lee's Jonesin | Tommy Lee Cook | Self-Release |
| 74 | S.O.S. 4: Blues for Your Soul | Marc Broussard | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 75 | God Made Me Blue | Little Bobby | Untouchable |
| 76 | Stop. | Robert Billard and the Cold Calls | Fifth Chord Studios |
| 77 | Everybody's Buddy | Nic Clark | Little Village Foundation |
| 78 | No Soul, No Blues | Stan Mosley | Dialtone |
| 79 | Healing Kind of Blues | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket | Sandwich Factory |
| 80 | Damn Good and Ready | Chickenbone Slim | VizzTone |
| 81 | Latchford | Andre Bisson | Self-Release |
| 82 | Blues Without You | Larry McCray | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 83 | Good Trouble | Annika Chambers & Paul DesLauriers | VizzTone |
| 84 | Midnight Microphone | John Rutherford | Self-Release |
| 85 | SIX | The Bluesland Horn Band | Self-Release |
| 86 | Hi-Fi Drive by | Jeremiah Johnson | Ruf |
| 87 | Nobody's Fool | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 88 | Goldfish Blues | Will Jacobs | Ruf |
| 89 | Thanks | Bob Margolin | VizzTone |
| 90 | Up Next | Mathias Lattin | VizzTone |
| 91 | Keep On! | Lil' Red & The Rooster | Blue Heart |
| 92 | Rhythm Blues & Boogie | Dave Keyes | Blue Heart |
| 93 | The Lights Went out in Dallas | Mike Morgan & The Crawl | M.C. |
| 94 | Pier 43 | Paul Filipowicz | Big Jake |
| 95 | 27 Stitches | Sunnysiders | Dancing Bear |
| 96 | Live at Power Station | Vanessa Collier | Self-Release |
| 97 | Scream, Holler & Howl | Blue Moon Marquee | Self-Release |
| 98 | Cheat the Devil | Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos | Whiskey Bayou |
| 99 | Songs from the Small Room | Mockingbird Hill | Mad Ears Productions |
| 100 | Tempting Fate | Carolyn Wonderland | Alligator |
| 101 | Desert Drive-In | Weezil Malone Band | Larry J Fitzgerald |
| 102 | Classy Woman | Mizz Lowe | Self-Release |
| 103 | Trouble Is... 25 | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band | Provogue |
| 104 | Just Like the Record | Patrick McLaughlin | Bolt |
| 105 | B's Time | Al Basile | Sweetspot |
| 106 | First and Last Stop | Jimmy Regal & The Royals | Lunaria |
| 107 | Hard to Kill | Janiva Magness | Label Logic |
| 108 | One Louder | Misty Blues | Lunaria |
| 109 | 662 | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Alligator |
| 110 | Clearwater Junction | MudSlide Charley | Self-Release |
| 111 | Crown | Eric Gales | Provogue |
| 112 | So Far So Good | Peter Veteska & Blues Train | Blue Heart |
| 113 | Pushing Against the Flow | Andrew Riverstone | Atlantic Highway |
| 114 | Broken 45's | Skyla Burrell | Self-Release |
| 115 | Hot Mess | Michele D'Amour And The Love Dealers | BluesKitty |
| 116 | Here Lies a Fool | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Self-Release |
| 117 | Raisin' Cain | Chris Cain | Alligator |
| 118 | Brand New Day | Mark Telesca | Mosher Street |
| 119 | Blue Credentials | Malaya Blue | Blue Heart |
| 120 | I Ain't Playin' | Diunna Greenleaf | Little Village |
| 121 | Second | Peter Storm & The Blues Society | Naked |
| 122 | Canboro, Canborough | Davis Hall & The Green Lanterns | Self-Release |
| 123 | The Flame | Denise La Grassa | Self-Release |
| 124 | The Dig 3 | The Dig 3 | Self-Release |
| 125 | Let 'Er Roll | The Mary Stokes Band | Self-Release |
| 126 | Damage Control | Curtis Salgado | Alligator |
| 127 | Blues for Breakfast | Phantom Blues Band | Little Village Foundation |
| 128 | Bob Corritore & Friends: You Shocked Me | Bob Corritore | VizzTone |
| 129 | Navigation Blues | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado | Provogue |
| 130 | Devil May Care | Tinsley Ellis | Alligator |
| 131 | Misty Blues: Live at the Cavern Club | Misty Blues | Guitar One |
| 132 | Standin' Pat | The Lucky Losers | VizzTone |
| 133 | Everybody Let's Roll | The Texas Horns | Blue Heart |
| 134 | Blues Sky | Randy Lee Riviere | Self-Release |
| 135 | Call Dr. John | Jack's Waterfall | Roots RX |
| 136 | Straight Up | The Trouble Tones | Self-Release |
| 137 | Shake It | Robert Connely Farr | Self-Release |
| 138 | Who is He? | Dylan Triplett | VizzTone |
| 139 | Good to Be... | Keb Mo | Rounder |
| 140 | Volition Live | Harlem Lake | Self-Release |
| 141 | Ready Now | Jimmy Hall | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 142 | Memphis Moonlight | Deb Ryder | VizzTone |
| 143 | Out of the Woods | Durham County Poets | Self-Release |
| 144 | Crazy Hill Live | Tomislav Goluban | Delta Note |
| 145 | One Day Closer to Home | William Bell | Wilbe |
| 146 | Truth | Tim Gartland | Self-Release |
| 147 | Hard Road | Shawn Pittman | Self-Release |
| 148 | Feel So at Home | Walter "Wolfman" Washington | 501 Record Club |
| 149 | Orange Sky Dream | Wreckless Strangers | Wreckless Strangers |
| 150 | Highs & Lows | Bernard Allison | Ruf |
| 151 | Wildroots Sessions, Vol. 2 | The WildRoots | Self-Release |
| 152 | Into Your Blues | Johnny Sansone | Shortstack |
| 153 | One Step Closer | Brandon Isaak | Self-Release |
| 154 | The Louisiana Record | Jimmy Carpenter | Gulf Coast |
| 155 | Hurricane Ruth: Live at 3rd and Lindsley (Live) | Hurricane Ruth | Self-Release |
| 156 | Hold on to Love | Shakura S'Aida | Self-Release |
| 157 | The World Could Change | Layla Zoe | Cable Car |
| 158 | Blues, Ballads & Barnstormers | Pistol Pete Wearn | Footstomping |
| 159 | Remain | Bywater Call | Gypsy Soul |
| 160 | Just Gettin' Good | Mighty Mike Schermer | Little Village Foundation |
| 161 | Tulsa Tea | Brad Absher | Horton |
| 162 | Blues That You Choose | Steve Shanholtzer | Self-Release |
| 163 | Twenty-Three | Afton Wolfe | Grandiflora |
| 164 | I’ll Worry if I Wanna | Michael Rubin | Many Hats |
| 165 | Progeny | Kat Riggins | Gulf Coast |
| 166 | Mustang Blues | John Earl Walker | Self Release |
| 167 | Love One Another | Big Al & the Heavyweights | VizzTone |
| 168 | She Said Mahalo | Lee Oskar | Dreams We Share |
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