The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Blues Album Chart
for the Week of Aug 23, 2025

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Ain't Done with the Blues
by: Buddy Guy

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Label: RCA/Silvertone
Sub Genre: Electric Blues
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It's My Time Now
by: Garry Burnside

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Label: Strolling Bones
Sub Genre: Blues Rock
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The Blues Summit
by: Devon Allman

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Label: Ruf
Sub Genre: Blues Rock
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Last Nite at the Bluebird Live
by: Mike Henderson

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Label: Qualified
Sub Genre: Blues Rock
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King Size
by: Big Shoes

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Label: Qualified
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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One Hour Mama: the Blues of Victoria Spivey
by: Maria Muldaur

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Label: Nola Blue
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Sleeping While the River Runs
by: Mother Blues With Gerald McClendon

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Label: Sleeping Dog
Sub Genre: Classic Blues
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8
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Right on Time
by: John Christopher Morgan

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Hill Country Blood
by: Kent Burnside

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Label: Strolling Bones
Sub Genre: Hill Country Blues
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Unequivocally Blue
by: Gina Coleman

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Label: Guitar One
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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The Californian
by: Brad "Guitar" Wilson

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Label: Cali Bee
Sub Genre: Blues Rock
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Talkin' Heavy
by: D.K. Harrell

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Label: Alligator
Sub Genre: Classic Blues
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Need to Know
by: Yates McKendree

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Label: Qualified
Sub Genre: Classic Blues
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Black & Gold
by: Joanne Shaw Taylor

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Label: Journeyman
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Room on the Porch
by: Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'

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Label: Concord
Sub Genre: Acoustic Blues
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Look out Highway
by: Charlie Musselwhite

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Label: Forty Below
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Cool Blue Shoes
by: The Name Droppers

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Label: Horizon
Sub Genre: Blues Rock
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Heartbreak City
by: Larry McCray

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Label: The Blues Alive
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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The Bluesmasters Featuring Cassie Taylor
by: The Bluesmasters

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Label: Exulans
Sub Genre: Blues Rock
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It's My Time
by: Jimi 'Prime Time' Smith

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Label: New Folk
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Songs from My Soul
by: Forrest McDonald

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Label: World Talent
Sub Genre: Acoustic Blues
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Grown in Mississippi
by: John Primer

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Label: Blues House
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Live to Be This
by: The Boneshakers

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Label: Gulf Coast
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Other Side of Blue
by: Misty Blues

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Label: Guitar One
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Closer to the Bone
by: Tommy Castro

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Label: Alligator
Sub Genre: Blues Rock
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Keep Living Til I Die
by: Monster Mike Welch

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Slim Pickin'
by: Mississippi MacDonald

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Label: APM
Sub Genre: Acoustic Blues
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Liberation
by: ZZ Ward

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Label: Dirty Shine
Sub Genre: Urban Blues
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Roadhouses, Juke Joints and Honky-Tonks
by: Rusty Ends & HillBilly Hoodoo

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Label: Earwig
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Back for Me
by: Janiva Magness

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Label: Blue Elan
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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A Bluesman of Sorts
by: Reverend Freakchild

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Label: Treated & Released
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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The Sound of Muscle Shoals
by: Mike Farris

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Label: Fame Enterprises
Sub Genre: Soul Blues
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Live at Space
by: Dave Specter

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Label: Delmark
Sub Genre: Chicago Blues
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The Great Women in Blues (Feat. Terrie Odabi) [Live]
by: Lisa Mann's Northwestern All-Stars

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Label: Self-Release
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Live at the Song Theater
by: Debbie Bond

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Label: Blues Root
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Truth is
by: Carolyn Wonderland

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Label: Alligator
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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I Love Freddie King
by: Popa Chubby

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Label: Gulf Coast
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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God Bless the USA
by: Aki Kumar

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Label: Little Village
Sub Genre: Blues Rock
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Our Time to Ride (feat. Annika Chambers & Paul Deslauriers)
by: Chambers Deslauriers

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Label: Forty Below
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Grease to Gravy
by: Terry Hanck

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Label: Little Village
Sub Genre: Jazzy Blues
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Shades of Trouble
by: Kyle Culkin

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Label: Tonebucker
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Light It Up
by: Long Tall Deb & Colin John

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Label: Vizztone
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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California Trap
by: Andrew Duncanson

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Label: Run It Back
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Breakthrough
by: Joe Bonamassa

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Label: J&R Adventures
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Just Stay High
by: The Alexis P. Suter Band

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Label: Big Mama
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Take the Edge off
by: Travellin' Blue

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Label: Naked Productions
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Blues is Still Alive
by: Will Wilde

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Label: VizzTone
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Live in Clarksdale
by: Christopher Wyze & The Tellers

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Label: Big Radio
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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Bring It on Back to Me
by: John Brennan

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Label: Guitar One
Sub Genre: Classic Blues
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Blues Power
by: Big Al & the Heavyweights

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Label: VizzTone
Sub Genre: Contemporary Blues
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