The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Blues Album Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame It on Eve | Shemekia Copeland | Alligator |
| 2 | The Hard Line | Chris O'Leary | Alligator |
| 3 | The Hits Keep Coming | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats | Alligator |
| 4 | Cadillac Man | Rick Vito | Blue Heart |
| 5 | Good Intentions Gone Bad | Chris Cain | Alligator |
| 6 | I Hear Thunder | Tab Benoit | Whiskey Bayou |
| 7 | Ramblin' from Coast to Coast | Johnny Burgin | Straight Shooter |
| 8 | Righteous Souls | Albert Castiglia | Gulf Coast |
| 9 | Go Be Free | Sonny Gullage | Blind Pig |
| 10 | Black Bayou | Robert Finley | Easy Eye Sound |
| 11 | Lessons | Seth James | Qualified |
| 12 | To the Blues and Back Again | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket | Sandwich Factory |
| 13 | Silver Lining | Misty Blues | Guitar One |
| 14 | True Blues Brother: the Legacy of Matt "Guitar" Murphy | Bobby Christina's Caravan | Nola Blue |
| 15 | Brick by Brick | JP Soars | Liitle Village |
| 16 | Struck Down | The Fabulous Thunderbirds | Stony Plain |
| 17 | All My Love for You | Bobby Rush | Deep Rush |
| 18 | True Believer | Mark Hummel | Rockinitus |
| 19 | Stuck in the Mud | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers | Big Radio |
| 20 | 106 Miles to Chicago | The B. Christopher Band | Guitar One |
| 21 | Tears in My Eyes | Anthony Geraci | Blue Heart |
| 22 | Getaway Blues | Eden Brent | Yellow Dog |
| 23 | Thank You Brother Bill: a Tribute to Bill Withers | Kevin Burt | Gulf Coast |
| 24 | Full Tilt | Peter Veteska & Blues Train | Blue Heart |
| 25 | Testifyin' | Altered Five Blues Band | Blind Pig |
| 26 | Sam's Place | Little Feat | Hot Tomato |
| 27 | 40: Blues with Horns, Vol. II | Chris Daniels & The Kings | Moon Voyage |
| 28 | Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 | Joe Bonamassa | J&R Adventures |
| 29 | Stone Cold Hands | Sean Riley & The Water | Pugnacious |
| 30 | Ain't Goin' Back | Doug Duffey And BADD | Fort Sumner |
| 31 | Bounce Boogie & Bump | CW Ayon | Self-Release |
| 32 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Phoenix Blues Rumble | Bob Corritore | Vizztone |
| 33 | Who Needs This Mess ! ! ? ? | Franck L. Goldwasser | CrossCut |
| 34 | Too Much to Pay | John Clifton | Self-Release |
| 35 | Damn the Rent | The Dig 3 | Self-Release |
| 36 | Behind the Veil | Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind | Gulf Coast |
| 37 | Revelation | Piper & The Hard Times | Hard Times |
| 38 | The New Normal | Guitar Jack Wargo | Self-Release |
| 39 | The Blues Remind Me | Kelly's Lot | PK Entertainment |
| 40 | Come Sing with Me | Patti Parks | VizzTone |
| 41 | Simplebluesboy | Noé Socha | Asonic World |
| 42 | Do It My Own Way | Vanessa Collier | Phenix Fire |
| 43 | Memphis Royal Brothers | Memphis Royal Brothers | Mother West |
| 44 | While You Were Gone | Diego Mongue Band | Self-Release |
| 45 | Just Got Started | Jimmy Carpenter | Gulf Coast |
| 46 | 27 Stitches | Sunnysiders | Dancing Bear |
| 47 | Shepherd | Bywater Call | Gypsy Soul |
| 48 | Sundown Rising | Denise La Grassa | Self-Release |
| 49 | In the Key of Sorry | Pat McDougall | Mousetrap |
| 50 | Me | Katie Knipp | Self-Release |
| 51 | Strung out on Thrills | Emanuel Casablanca | Vinyl Recording Group L3C |
| 52 | Pass It on Down | Chris Beard | Blue Heart |
| 53 | Troublemaker | Black Cat Bones | Self-Release |
| 54 | All Kinds of Blues | Mick Kolassa | Endless Blues |
| 55 | Old Diamonds & Uncut Gems | Red's Blues | Self-Release |
| 56 | Blues Therapy | Guitar Jack Wargo | Self-Release |
| 57 | Two Rivers Back | The B. Christopher Band | Guitar One |
| 58 | Roots | Joyann Parker | Hopeless Romantic |
| 59 | Rose-Colored Glasses Vol. 2 | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Blue Heart |
| 60 | Mileage | Ruthie Foster | Sun |
| 61 | What Are You Waiting For? | The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra | Blue Dot |
| 62 | Dirt Woman Blues | Grainne Duffy | Blue Heart |
| 63 | The Real You | Greg Nagy | Self-Release |
| 64 | Backstage Pass Live!! | Judy Sings the Blues | Self-Release |
| 65 | Six Strings of Steel | Duke Robillard | M.C. |
| 66 | Young Mans Blues | Frankie Boy & The Blues Express | Kind Soul |
| 67 | About Time | Celso Salim & Darryl Carriere | Tower High |
| 68 | Blues Siren | Eva Carboni | Mad Ears Productions |
| 69 | This Old Life | Big Dave McLean | Cordova Bay |
| 70 | Memphis Calling | Emma Wilson | Self-Release |
| 71 | Motel Mississippi | Tony Holiday | Forty Below |
| 72 | Thanks | Bob Margolin | VizzTone |
| 73 | Four | Dennis Herrera | Deep Groove |
| 74 | Outside the Lines | Misty Blues | Guitar One |
| 75 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Somebody Put Bad Luck on Me | Bob Corritore | VizzTone |
| 76 | Lead Me Not into Temptation | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Self-Release |
| 77 | Lil Hoochie | Nicholas Alexander | Bluesbird |
| 78 | We Are One | MojoMama | JRO Publishing |
| 79 | The Skin I'm in | Blues People | Self-Release |
| 80 | Blue Ranchero | Steve Shanahan | Self-Release |
| 81 | Blues Calling | Rene Huard Project | Self-Release |
| 82 | Back in Boston Live | Bruce Katz Band | Dancing Rooster |
| 83 | Misty Blues: Live at the Cavern Club | Misty Blues | Guitar One |
| 84 | Things Done Changed | Jerron Paxton | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 85 | Empty Seats | Richard Wilkins | Self-Release |
| 86 | Just Wanna Have Fun | Mike Goudreau Band | Self-Release |
| 87 | Weight of the World | Joe Louis Walker | Forty Below |
| 88 | Bluesman from Jupiter | The Dennis Spencer Group | Self-Release |
| 89 | It's About Time | Kris Rab | Self-Release |
| 90 | Blues Sky | Randy Lee Riviere | Self-Release |
| 91 | Tribute | Joe Krown | Sledgehammer Blues |
| 92 | B's Time | Al Basile | Sweetspot |
| 93 | 0-60 | Mike Clark Band | Self-Release |
| 94 | Up Next | Mathias Lattin | VizzTone |
| 95 | Didn't We Have Some Fun Sometime | James Harman | Electro-Fi |
| 96 | Nasty Business | Mark Cameron | Blue Heart |
| 97 | Last Call for the Blues | Cassius King & The Downtown Rulers | Big Ear Audio |
| 98 | Nosy Neighbors | Paul Boddy & The SlideWinder Blues Band | Slide |
| 99 | You Still Got Me | Beth Hart | Mascot |
| 100 | SoulFunkn'BLUES | Blackburn Brothers | Electro-Fi |
| 101 | Broken | Walter Trout | Provogue |
| 102 | Songs of Beauty for Ashes of Realization | Reverend Freakchild | Treated And Released |
| 103 | Temptation | The Gayle Harrod Band | Nightingayle |
| 104 | Tommy Lee's Jonesin | Tommy Lee Cook | Self-Release |
| 105 | Carry on | Destini Rawls | Self Release |
| 106 | If I May... | Little G Weevil | Self-Release |
| 107 | Ooh Yeah! | Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne | Stony Plain |
| 108 | One Louder | Misty Blues | Lunaria |
| 109 | Be Cool | Willie J. Campbell | Blue Heart |
| 110 | Blues from Caucasia | Tom Buenger | Self-Release |
| 111 | Come What May | Sam Joyner | Self-Release |
| 112 | A Good Thing | Handsome Jack | Radiator |
| 113 | Call It Confusion | Johnny King and Friends | Sol Island |
| 114 | Tas Cru Band LIVE | Tas Cru | Subcat |
| 115 | The Nashville Sessions | Hubert Dorigatti | Self-Release |
| 116 | Here Lies a Fool | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Self-Release |
| 117 | Tell the World | Sister Lucille | Blue Heart |
| 118 | Saratoga | Eddie 9V | Ruf |
| 119 | Extreme Heat | Bloodest Saxophone | Dialtone |
| 120 | Red Devil Lye | Walk That Walk | Self-Release |
| 121 | Sticks & Strings | EG Kight | Blue South |
| 122 | Girl Friends | Dion | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 123 | Dream Job | Jeff Rogers | Diesel Management Prod. |
| 124 | Cut My Spirit Loose | Big Harp George | Blues Mountain |
| 125 | Raisin' Cain | Chris Cain | Alligator |
| 126 | Love One Another | Big Al & the Heavyweights | VizzTone |
| 127 | Live at the Fallout Shelter | Diane Blue All-Star Band | Regina Royale |
| 128 | New Orleans Sessions | Blue Moon Marquee | Timezone |
| 129 | Foolin' Around | Jörg Danielsen | Wolf |
| 130 | Electric Delta | Tony D | Cordova Bay |
| 131 | Simple Songs for Complicated Times | Ndidi O | Black Hen |
| 132 | Stuff I’ve Been Through | Alabama Mike | Little Village |
| 133 | Til the Money'$ All Gone | The Flaming Mudcats | Self-Release |
| 134 | I'm Coming Home | Shaun Murphy | Vision Wall |
| 135 | Truth | Tim Gartland | Self-Release |
| 136 | Walk when You Wanna Run | Ethan Askey | Self-Release |
| 137 | This is Us | Lee O'Nell Blues Gang | Self-Release |
| 138 | Forever Blues | Diana Braithwaite | G-THREE |
| 139 | First and Last Stop | Jimmy Regal & The Royals | Lunaria |
| 140 | Fearless Heart | Tokyo Tramps | Self-Release |
| 141 | Cheat the Devil | Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos | Whiskey Bayou |
| 142 | B-Side of My Life | Jon Spear Band | Self-Release |
| 143 | Blues for Democracy | Smoky Greenwell | Greenwell |
| 144 | Dance Songs for Hard Times | The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band | Self-Release |
| 145 | Tempting Fate | Carolyn Wonderland | Alligator |
| 146 | Attitude | Soulful Femme | Self-Release |
| 147 | Canboro, Canborough | Davis Hall & The Green Lanterns | Self-Release |
| 148 | Tumblin' | Mike Guldin | Blue Heart |
| 149 | Tulsa Tea | Brad Absher | Horton |
| 150 | Orange Sky Dream | Wreckless Strangers | Wreckless Strangers |
| 151 | Riffin' the Blue | Tas Cru | Subcat |
| 152 | Strike Up the Band | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix | Woodstock |
| 153 | I’ll Worry if I Wanna | Michael Rubin | Many Hats |
| 154 | The Slow Blues Sessions | Mick Simpson | Mad Ears Productions |
| 155 | The Franklin Sessions | Mike Guldin And Rollin' & Tumblin' | Blue Heart |
| 156 | Old Time Church (Live) | Mr. Sipp | Malaco |
| 157 | The Flame | Denise La Grassa | Self-Release |
| 158 | Back in Style | Nigel Mack | Blues Attack |
| 159 | Road to the Blues | Dave Thomas | Blonde On Blonde |
| 160 | Samantha King & the Midnight Outfit | Samantha King & The Midnight Outfit | Self-Release |
| 161 | Rooted in the Blues | David Lumsden | Self-Release |
| 162 | Blues Phantasia | Eric Heilner | Swerg |
| 163 | Pushing Against the Flow | Andrew Riverstone | Atlantic Highway |
| 164 | Blues That You Choose | Steve Shanholtzer | Self-Release |
| 165 | Damn Good and Ready | Chickenbone Slim | VizzTone |
| 166 | Classy Woman | Mizz Lowe | Self-Release |
| 167 | Let's Go | The Maple Blues Band | Cordova Bay |
| 168 | With a Little Help from Her Friends | Teresa James | Blue Heart |
| 169 | Stop. | Robert Billard and the Cold Calls | Fifth Chord Studios |
| 170 | Blues Called My Name | Anthony Geraci | Blue Heart |
| 171 | The Wolves Are Coming | Philip Sayce | Forty Below |
| 172 | Healing Kind of Blues | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket | Sandwich Factory |
| 173 | Rise | Angela Easley | Class A |
| 174 | Sweet Mama | Jeff Washington | The Gallery Ent |
| 175 | Songs from the Road (Live) | Bernard Allison | Ruf |
| 176 | Search No More | The DogTown Blues Band | RVL Music |
| 177 | The Way It is | Black Cat Biscuit | Donor |
| 178 | Smoke and Mirrors | Eva Carboni | Mad Ears |
| 179 | Thirsty for Your Love | The Sugar Darlings | Self-Release |
| 180 | Black & Gold | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Journeyman |
| 181 | Hold on to Love | Shakura S'Aida | Self-Release |
| 182 | The Fatalist | Buffalo Nichols | Fat Possum |
| 183 | Brand New Day | Mark Telesca | Mosher Street |
| 184 | Kirky TG & Sinkin' Down | Kirky TG & Sinkin' Down | Illscape Studios |
| 185 | Blood on My Hands | Emanuel Casablanca | Vinyl Recording Group L3C |
| 186 | Masterpiece | Albert Castiglia | Gulf Coast |
| 187 | Wildroots Sessions, Vol. 1 | The WildRoots | Self-Release |
| 188 | Wildroots Sessions, Vol. 2 | The WildRoots | Self-Release |
| 189 | Big World of Trouble | Walk That Walk | Self-Release |
| 190 | Feel So at Home | Walter "Wolfman" Washington | 501 Record Club |
| 191 | Done Come Too Far | Shemekia Copeland | Alligator |
| 192 | Double Live in Europe | Scott Weis Band | Self-Release |
| 193 | One Step Closer | Brandon Isaak | Self-Release |
| 194 | Everybody's Buddy | Nic Clark | Little Village Foundation |
| 195 | The Rock House Sessions (Extended Cut) | Nalani Rothrock | Self-Release |
| 196 | Blue Sky Fantasy | Wreckless Strangers | Neanderthal |
| 197 | Too Much Blues | Willie J Laws Jr | Pilot Light |
| 198 | Just Like the Record | Patrick McLaughlin | Bolt |
| 199 | One Day Closer to Home | William Bell | Wilbe |
| 200 | Call Dr. John | Jack's Waterfall | Roots RX |
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