The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Blues Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California Trap | Andrew Duncanson | Run It Back |
| 2 | Young Fashioned Ways | Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd | Deep Rush |
| 3 | Look out Highway | Charlie Musselwhite | Forty Below |
| 4 | Grown in Mississippi | John Primer | Blues House |
| 5 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Doin' the Shout | Bob Corritore | VizzTone |
| 6 | Family | Southern Avenue | Alligator |
| 7 | Back for Me | Janiva Magness | Blue Elan |
| 8 | One Hour Mama: the Blues of Victoria Spivey | Maria Muldaur | Nola Blue |
| 9 | Truth is | Carolyn Wonderland | Alligator |
| 10 | Blame It on Eve | Shemekia Copeland | Alligator |
| 11 | Blues is Still Alive | Will Wilde | VizzTone |
| 12 | I Love Freddie King | Popa Chubby | Gulf Coast |
| 13 | Which Way Do We Go? | Brandon Santini | Momojo |
| 14 | Unequivocally Blue | Gina Coleman | Guitar One |
| 15 | New Southern Vintage | Candice Ivory | Nola Blue |
| 16 | Blues Power | Big Al & the Heavyweights | VizzTone |
| 17 | Live in Clarksdale | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers | Big Radio |
| 18 | A Bluesman of Sorts | Reverend Freakchild | Treated & Released |
| 19 | Other Side of Blue | Misty Blues | Guitar One |
| 20 | Blues Factory | Mark Cameron | Overton Music |
| 21 | The Great Women in Blues (Feat. Terrie Odabi) [Live] | Lisa Mann's Northwestern All-Stars | Self-Release |
| 22 | Strange Things Happening | Kid Ramos | Nola Blue |
| 23 | Blood Brothers: Help Yourself | Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia | Gulf Coast |
| 24 | King Size | Big Shoes | Qualified |
| 25 | Our Time to Ride (feat. Annika Chambers & Paul Deslauriers) | Chambers Deslauriers | Forty Below |
| 26 | Live at Proud Larry's | Davis Coen | Soundview |
| 27 | Gonna Be 2 of Those Days | Jimmy Vivino | Gulf Coast |
| 28 | I Hear Thunder | Tab Benoit | Whiskey Bayou |
| 29 | Keep on Pushing | Kirk Fletcher | VizzTone |
| 30 | Heartbreak City | Larry McCray | The Blues Alive |
| 31 | Keep Your Head Up | Tony Holiday | Forty Below |
| 32 | Two Trains | Dave Keyes | Bue Heart |
| 33 | Saratoga | Eddie 9V | Ruf |
| 34 | Just Stay High | The Alexis P. Suter Band | Big Mama |
| 35 | The Hits Keep Coming | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats | Alligator |
| 36 | Right on Time | John Christopher Morgan | Self-Release |
| 37 | 106 Miles to Chicago | The B. Christopher Band | Guitar One |
| 38 | Roadhouses, Juke Joints and Honky-Tonks | Rusty Ends & HillBilly Hoodoo | Earwig |
| 39 | Keep Living Til I Die | Monster Mike Welch | Self-Release |
| 40 | Ten Chicago Blues Classics (feat. John Primer) | Giles Robson | Self-Release |
| 41 | Live to Be This | The Boneshakers | Gulf Coast |
| 42 | Bounce Boogie & Bump | CW Ayon | Self-Release |
| 43 | To the Blues and Back Again | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket | Sandwich Factory |
| 44 | August Moon | Allison August | Momojo |
| 45 | Good Intentions Gone Bad | Chris Cain | Alligator |
| 46 | Stuck in the Mud | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers | Big Radio |
| 47 | The Blues is in the House | Robbin Kapsalis | Blues House |
| 48 | Lemon Live! | Blind Lemon Pledge | OFEH |
| 49 | I'm Just Johnnie | Johnnie Johnson | Missouri Morning |
| 50 | Black & Gold | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Journeyman |
| 51 | Peace | Frank Bey | Nola Blue |
| 52 | Live at the Song Theater | Debbie Bond | Blues Root |
| 53 | Honeysuckle | The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band | Family Owned |
| 54 | Blues Without You | Larry McCray | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 55 | All My Love for You | Bobby Rush | Deep Rush |
| 56 | It's My Time | Jimi 'Prime Time' Smith | New Folk |
| 57 | Seattle to Greaseland | Joel Astley | Blue Heart |
| 58 | Not Defeated | Angelique Francis | Self-Release |
| 59 | Take the Edge off | Travellin' Blue | Naked Productions |
| 60 | Blues in Hand | Al Basile | Sweetop |
| 61 | What Are You Waiting For? | The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra | Blue Dot |
| 62 | The Real You | Greg Nagy | Self-Release |
| 63 | Light It Up | Long Tall Deb & Colin John | Vizztone |
| 64 | Shades of Trouble | Kyle Culkin | Tonebucker |
| 65 | While You Were Gone | Diego Mongue Band | Self-Release |
| 66 | Ain't Goin' Back | Doug Duffey And BADD | Fort Sumner |
| 67 | A Spoonful of Willie Dixon | Emma Wilson | Self-Release |
| 68 | You Still Got Me | Beth Hart | Mascot |
| 69 | Capricorn | Eddie 9V | Ruf |
| 70 | Just a Little More Time | Greg Nagy | Self-Release |
| 71 | Blues Therapy | Guitar Jack Wargo | Self-Release |
| 72 | Everybody | Danny Liston | Blue House |
| 73 | In the Key of Sorry | Pat McDougall | Mousetrap |
| 74 | Hammer & Chisel | Altered Five Blues Band | Blind Pig |
| 75 | Empty Chair | Mike Dangeroux | Self-Release |
| 76 | Silver Lining | Misty Blues | Guitar One |
| 77 | Go Be Free | Sonny Gullage | Blind Pig |
| 78 | The Road to Memphis | Melon Jelly | Melon Jelly |
| 79 | Damn the Rent | The Dig 3 | Self-Release |
| 80 | Heavy State Loving Blues | Mississippi MacDonald | Another Planet |
| 81 | Strike Up the Band | Little Feat | Hot Tomato |
| 82 | Arrival | The Lucky Losers | Momojo |
| 83 | Don't Slow Down | Stratcat Willie & the Strays | Eight Days a Week |
| 84 | Hold on | Shari Puorto | Little Lightning Productions |
| 85 | Dog Bites Back | Dyer Davis | WildRoots |
| 86 | 27 Stitches | Sunnysiders | Dancing Bear |
| 87 | Electric Delta | Tony D | Cordova Bay |
| 88 | Blues Siren | Eva Carboni | Mad Ears Productions |
| 89 | Right Amount of Funky | Tim Gartland | Self-Release |
| 90 | Why the Worry | Seth Walker | Royal Potato Family |
| 91 | Things Done Changed | Jerron Paxton | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 92 | Don't Look Back | Mississippi Heat | Delmark |
| 93 | Breakthrough | Joe Bonamassa | J&R Adventures |
| 94 | The New Normal | Guitar Jack Wargo | Self-Release |
| 95 | Ooh Yeah! | Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne | Stony Plain |
| 96 | Take Your Time | Ben Levin | VizzTone |
| 97 | The Blues Archives | Eva Carboni | Mad Ears |
| 98 | Motel Mississippi | Tony Holiday | Forty Below |
| 99 | Getaway Blues | Eden Brent | Yellow Dog |
| 100 | We Are One | MojoMama | JRO Publishing |
| 101 | Four | Dennis Herrera | Deep Groove |
| 102 | Between Somewhere and Goodbye | Doug MacLeod | Reference |
| 103 | Damage Control | Curtis Salgado | Alligator |
| 104 | Dead Blues Volume 1 (feat. Datrian Johnson) | Luther Dickinson | Strollin' Bones |
| 105 | Testifyin' | Altered Five Blues Band | Blind Pig |
| 106 | Nail It! | Renovation Blues Band | Self-Release |
| 107 | Do It My Own Way | Vanessa Collier | Phenix Fire |
| 108 | Cher Reve | Miss Tess | Rights |
| 109 | Memphis Sun | Jon Hines | Self-Release |
| 110 | Hollywood Forever | Emanuel Casablanca | Vinyl Recording Group L3C |
| 111 | Big Dave & the Dutchmen | Big Dave & The Dutchmen | Donor Productions |
| 112 | Cadillac Man | Rick Vito | Blue Heart |
| 113 | Connections | Bruce Katz Band | Dancing Rooster |
| 114 | Stirring the Pot | Brother Ray Lemelin & the Matinee Kings | Self-Release |
| 115 | One Morning Soon | Robert Top Thomas | Self-Release |
| 116 | At Delmark | Johnny Iguana | Delmark |
| 117 | Lead Me Not into Temptation | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Self-Release |
| 118 | Preacher Kids | Robert Randolph | Sun |
| 119 | House of Sticks | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado | Mascot |
| 120 | True Believer | Mark Hummel | Rockinitus |
| 121 | Seven Deadly Gins | Reckless And Blue | Self-Release |
| 122 | Struck Down | The Fabulous Thunderbirds | Stony Plain |
| 123 | Brick by Brick | JP Soars | Liitle Village |
| 124 | Weight of the World | Joe Louis Walker | Forty Below |
| 125 | Long Hollow Blues | Farmhand | Self-Release |
| 126 | Raisin' Cain | Chris Cain | Alligator |
| 127 | Meanwhile | Eric Clapton | Surf Dog |
| 128 | Bluesman from Jupiter | The Dennis Spencer Group | Self-Release |
| 129 | Righteous Souls | Albert Castiglia | Gulf Coast |
| 130 | Ramblin' from Coast to Coast | Johnny Burgin | Straight Shooter |
| 131 | Red Devil Lye | Walk That Walk | Self-Release |
| 132 | Take a Ride | Larry Kurtz & The Lawbreakers | Self-Release |
| 133 | Dirt Woman Blues | Grainne Duffy | Blue Heart |
| 134 | 40: Blues with Horns, Vol. II | Chris Daniels & The Kings | Moon Voyage |
| 135 | The Invisible Bluesman | Andy Fairweather Low | The Last Music Company |
| 136 | Almost Live | Pops Fletcher & The Hucksters | Self-Release |
| 137 | 662 | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Alligator |
| 138 | Have Mercy! | Sean McDonald | Little Village |
| 139 | Mileage | Ruthie Foster | Sun |
| 140 | It's About Time | Kris Rab | Self-Release |
| 141 | Remembering Now | Van Morrison | Exile |
| 142 | Third Degree Gravity | Eric Heideman | Self-Release |
| 143 | A Day by the Bay | Backtrack Blues Band | Gulf Coast |
| 144 | Glass Half Full | The BC Combo | Momojo |
| 145 | Back in Boston Live | Bruce Katz Band | Dancing Rooster |
| 146 | Redemption | Brody Buster | Sel-Release |
| 147 | Downtown Ways | Citizen Jones | 7338611 Records DK |
| 148 | Hired Hand | Geoff Arsenault | Self-Release |
| 149 | Just Got Started | Jimmy Carpenter | Gulf Coast |
| 150 | Homage to 4 Kings | Bryan Lee | EarRelevant |
| 151 | Love One Another | Big Al & the Heavyweights | VizzTone |
| 152 | 15 Shades of Blue | Mike Dangeroux | Self-Release |
| 153 | Lessons | Seth James | Qualified |
| 154 | Blues from Caucasia | Tom Buenger | Self-Release |
| 155 | Memphis Royal Brothers | Memphis Royal Brothers | Mother West |
| 156 | The Nashville Sessions | Hubert Dorigatti | Self-Release |
| 157 | Live in Clarksdale | Rashad The Blues Kid | Side2Side |
| 158 | Carry on | Destini Rawls | Self Release |
| 159 | All in My Blood | JP LeBlanc | Acadian Connection |
| 160 | The Last Dance | Kip London | MoMojo |
| 161 | B-Side of My Life | Jon Spear Band | Self-Release |
| 162 | Strike Up the Band | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix | Woodstock |
| 163 | I’ll Worry if I Wanna | Michael Rubin | Many Hats |
| 164 | Time is a Thief | Marc Broussard | G-Man Touring |
| 165 | Kirky TG & Sinkin' Down | Kirky TG & Sinkin' Down | Illscape Studios |
| 166 | Old Diamonds & Uncut Gems | Red's Blues | Self-Release |
| 167 | Last Call for the Blues | Cassius King & The Downtown Rulers | Big Ear Audio |
| 168 | Not Holding Back | Kyle Rowland | Little Village |
| 169 | Rooted in the Blues | David Lumsden | Self-Release |
| 170 | Changing Times | Mick Simpson | Mad Ears Productions |
| 171 | Stone Cold Hands | Sean Riley & The Water | Pugnacious |
| 172 | Smoke Burst | Mario Rossi Band | Self-Release |
| 173 | My Journey | Shawn Pittman | Continental |
| 174 | Live at Green Auto | Robert Connely Farr | Self-Release |
| 175 | Poor Boy Blues | Jon Slidewell and the Reedcutters | Self-Release |
| 176 | This Old Life | Big Dave McLean | Cordova Bay |
| 177 | Empty Seats | Richard Wilkins | Self-Release |
| 178 | Crowin' Around | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix | Woodstock |
| 179 | Road to the Blues | Dave Thomas | Blonde On Blonde |
| 180 | That's How I Got to Memphis | Kara Grainger | Red Parlor |
| 181 | Young Mans Blues | Frankie Boy & The Blues Express | Kind Soul |
| 182 | Crown Jewels | Koko Taylor | Alligator |
| 183 | Troublemaker | Black Cat Bones | Self-Release |
| 184 | Here Lies a Fool | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Self-Release |
| 185 | Promised Land Blues | Guy Verlinde | Bandr |
| 186 | Revelation | Piper & The Hard Times | Hard Times |
| 187 | The Kerry Kearney Band | Kerry Kearney Band | Pardiddle |
| 188 | Mustang Blues | John Earl Walker | Self Release |
| 189 | This is Us | Lee O'Nell Blues Gang | Self-Release |
| 190 | Rise | Angela Easley | Class A |
| 191 | Blues That You Choose | Steve Shanholtzer | Self-Release |
| 192 | Shepherd | Bywater Call | Self-Release |
| 193 | The Blues Remind Me | Kelly's Lot | PK Entertainment |
| 194 | In the Heart of the City | Voodoo Ramble | Self-Release |
| 195 | Be Cool | Willie J. Campbell | Blue Heart |
| 196 | Trial by Fire | Fran Drew and the Lucky Strikes | Shakey Buddha |
| 197 | Soul Kiss | Rochelle & The Sidewinders | Self-Release |
| 198 | Songs from the Road | Bernard Allison | Ruf |
| 199 | New Orleans Sessions | Blue Moon Marquee | Timezone |
| 200 | Tommy Lee's Jonesin | Tommy Lee Cook | Self-Release |
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