The Roots Music Report's
Top Blues Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hard Line | Chris O'Leary | Alligator |
| 2 | Live and Havin' Fun | Deb Ryder | VizzTone |
| 3 | The Love You Bleed | Danielle Nicole | Fourty Below |
| 4 | Fine by Me | Curtis Salgado | Little Village |
| 5 | Drifter | Jovin Webb | Blind Pig |
| 6 | Chasing the Sun | Colin James | Stony Plain |
| 7 | Blu Ja Vu | Tom Hambridge | Quarto Valley |
| 8 | Finyl Vinyl | Canned Heat | Ruf |
| 9 | Life is Hard | Mike Zito | Gulf Coast |
| 10 | Blues Since Birth | J.P. Reali | Self-Release |
| 11 | Kingdom | Amanda Fish | VizzTone |
| 12 | Barnyard Smile | Damon Fowler | Landslide |
| 13 | Backstage II | Bart Bryant | Horizon |
| 14 | Live from the Northern Plains | Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival | J&R Collective |
| 15 | Buckle Up! | Brad "Guitar" Wilson | Cali Bee |
| 16 | Strong | Albert Cummings | Ivy Music Company |
| 17 | Kell's Kitchen | Shawn Kellerman | Songsurfer |
| 18 | Luther's Blues | Bernard Allison | Ruf |
| 19 | Dirt on My Diamonds, Vol. 1 | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band | Mascot |
| 20 | Hill Country Love | Cedric Burnside | Provogue |
| 21 | Starshine | The Name Droppers | Horizon |
| 22 | Shout Sister Shout | Ghalia Volt | Ruf |
| 23 | Out of Line | The Wicked Lo-Down | Gulf Coast |
| 24 | Mystic Chiefs | Johnny Ray Jones | Moondogg |
| 25 | Side Hustle | One Dime Band | Self-Release |
| 26 | Are We Ever Free | The Trevor B. Power Band | Farm 189 |
| 27 | Live in Austin Vol. 1 | Sue Foley | Self-Release |
| 28 | About Time | Dennis Jones | Blue Rock |
| 29 | Heavy Soul | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Journeyman |
| 30 | Dealing from the Bottom of the Deck | Little Bobby | Untouchable Productions |
| 31 | Standing out Loud | Alastair Greene | Ruf |
| 32 | Do the Rump! | J.D. Simo | Forty Below |
| 33 | YEAH! | David Gogo | Cordova Bay |
| 34 | Exorcist | Selwyn Birchwood | Alligator |
| 35 | Family Matters | Gunn Blues Band | Self-Release |
| 36 | 11 X 11 | 11 Guys Quartet | VizzTone |
| 37 | Bluesin' It Up | Otilia Donaire | Self-Release |
| 38 | Vivir En Espana | The Reverend Shawn Amos | Immediate Family |
| 39 | The Blues Album | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 40 | Gate C23 | Chad Rupp and the Sugar Roots | Lightning In A Bottle |
| 41 | Traveling North | Mikey Junior | 8th Train |
| 42 | Get Goin' | Katie Henry | Ruf |
| 43 | Stories | Levee Town | Hudtone |
| 44 | Guitar Kingdom | Dudley Taft | Self-Release |
| 45 | Smokey Bourbon | The Pszenny Project | Markonguitar |
| 46 | Play Loud & Smoke Often | Cryin' Out Loud | Pilot Ligh |
| 47 | Get Up off the Ground | Dick Earl's Electric Witness | ABP |
| 48 | Unchained | The Bluesbones | Donor |
| 49 | The Roof is on Fire | Mitch Ryder | Ruf |
| 50 | A Shot of the Blues | Lone Star Mojo | Self-Release |
| 51 | Dirt on My Diamonds, Vol. 2 | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band | Provogue |
| 52 | Outside the Lines | Gary Cain | Self-Release |
| 53 | Restless | The Commoners | Gypsy Soul |
| 54 | Calling Long Distance | Hitman Blues Band | Unknown |
| 55 | Destination: Blues | Stevie & the Blue Flames | Sugar Smax |
| 56 | Bag of Tracks | Sunny Bleau and The Moons | Self-Release |
| 57 | The Pszenny Project | The Pszenny Project | Earwig |
| 58 | Friendlytown | Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour | Mascot |
| 59 | The Sauce | Sauce Boss | Self-Release |
| 60 | Colorcrimes | Eliza Neals | E-H |
| 61 | Concrete Blues | Randy Lee Riviere | New Wilderness |
| 62 | Heavy Load Blues | Gov't Mule | Concord |
| 63 | Sounds of an Old Soul | Chase Walker Band | Self-Release |
| 64 | Blues Experience | Jake Shimabukuro | Forty Below |
| 65 | Looking for a Change | Alex Lopez | Maremil |
| 66 | Old Soul: Live | Joe Flip | Joe Flip |
| 67 | Plug It in | Mitch Grainger | Gent |
| 68 | BadNews Travels Fast | Chris 'Bad News' Barnes | Gulf Coast |
| 69 | Live at the Palladium | Damon Fowler | Landslide |
| 70 | Blood Brothers | Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia | Gulf Coast |
| 71 | Sonic Mojo | Foghat | Self-Release |
| 72 | Nothing but Time | Monster Mike Welch | Gulf Coast |
| 73 | Dirty Work | Mick Clarke | Rockfold |
| 74 | All Fired Up | Wailin' Walker | Jitterbug |
| 75 | Salvation | Quinn Sullivan | Mascot |
| 76 | Winter's Coming | Bridget Kelly Band | Alpha Sun |
| 77 | Southern Light | Saverio Maccne | Velvet Utopia |
| 78 | On the Ride Here | Sam Morrow | Blue Elan |
| 79 | Easy Tiger | Ian Siegal and Johnny Mastro | Continental Blue Heaven |
| 80 | Rogue Blues with Pete Sears | Nick Gravenites | M.C. |
| 81 | Wild & Precious Life | Duane Betts | Royal Potato Family |
| 82 | Rescue 3 | Mean Old Fireman | First Due Music |
| 83 | Desert Fox Blues | Todd Partridge | Old School |
| 84 | Blue Diamonds | The Name Droppers | Horizon |
| 85 | Buried in the Hail | Dom Martin | Forty Below |
| 86 | Can't Outrun a Memory | Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers | Omnivore |
| 87 | Devil Won't Get You | Chad Rupp and the Sugar Roots | Lightning In A Bottle |
| 88 | Blues for the Southside (Live) | Mike Zito | Gulf Coast |
| 89 | Philadelphia Mississippi | G. Love & Special Sauce | Thirty Tigers |
| 90 | Goin' off the Rails | Rosedale Junction | Center Block |
| 91 | We Hot | The Wicked Lo-Down | Self-Release |
| 92 | The St. Louis Sessions, Vol. II | Jack Hadley | Self-Release |
| 93 | That Killer B Sting | Little Bobby | Untouchable |
| 94 | The Southern | The Cold Stares | Mascot |
| 95 | The Deep & the Dirty | Eric Johanson | Ruf |
| 96 | Believe | Albert Cummings | Mascot |
| 97 | Real Gone | Ally Venable Band | Ruf |
| 98 | Raise Your Hands | Scott Weis Band | Self-Release |
| 99 | Bending the Rules | Travellin' Blue Kings | Naked |
| 100 | Red, Hot and Blue | Glenn Marais and the Mojo Train | Self-Release |
| 101 | Orgy of the Damned | Slash | Snakepit |
| 102 | Beautiful Sin | Paul Black | Self-Release |
| 103 | Resurrection | Mike Zito | Gulf Coast |
| 104 | Sound and Fury | Phil Coyne And The Wayward Aces | Self-Release |
| 105 | Neon Skies & Different Highs | Boogie Beasts | Donor |
| 106 | A Sound in the Dark | Sandra Bouza | Self-Release |
| 107 | The Blues, Man, the Blues | Mick Clarke | Rockfold |
| 108 | Anywhere | KA & The Blue Devils | Self-Release |
| 109 | Babel | Jhett Black | RumbleStump Entertainment |
| 110 | Goin' Back | Pierce Dipner | Self-Release |
| 111 | Milwaukee and Friends - Crossing Borders | Milwaukee | Zoundr |
| 112 | Faster | Samantha Fish | Rounder |
| 113 | 4801 South Indiana Avenue | Joanna Connor | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 114 | Among the Insanity | Skylar Rogers | Blue Heart |
| 115 | Blues in the Barn, Vol. 2 | Mikey Junior | 8th-Train |
| 116 | Best of Me | Joanna Connor | Gulf Coast |
| 117 | Talkin About | Waterstreet Blues Band | Deyman, DiDonato, Sapounzi |
| 118 | Drifting | Bubba and the Big Bad Blues | Fullerton Gold |
| 119 | Blood Brothers: Live in Canada | Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia | Gulf Coast |
| 120 | Paisley Hearts | Campbell & Johnston's Black Market Band | Self-Release |
| 121 | Take It for a Ride | Lower Case Blues | Self-Release |
| 122 | Speed of Heat | Skunk Baxter | BMG |
| 123 | Live on Tour | The Bluesbones | Naked |
| 124 | Modern Nostalgia | Hughes Taylor | The Bent Note |
| 125 | Blues from the Bayou (feat. Jonathon Boogie Long) | The Groove Krewe | Sound Business Services LLC |
| 126 | The Blues is Back | Karen Lawrence | Hostel |
| 127 | Fresh Tracks | Big Shoes | Qualified |
| 128 | Kill or Be Kind | Samantha Fish | Rounder |
| 129 | Ten | Albert Cummings | Ivy Music Company |
| 130 | Deja Hoodoo | Lew Jetton & 61 South | Endless Blues |
| 131 | Breakfast Served Cold (feat. the Moons) | Sunny Bleau and The Moons | CoccoMusic |
| 132 | Gin House | Wayne Nicholson | Grindstone |
| 133 | Unusual Suspects | The Righteous Villains | VillaineousBluesBflo |
| 134 | There's Something About the Night | Scott Ellison | Liberation Hall |
| 135 | Real Blues | Jim Dan Dee | Self-Release |
| 136 | The Noir Album | Big B and The Actual Proof | Self-Release |
| 137 | Live from the Red Shed | Kurt Allen | Titanium Blue |
| 138 | Tulsa Custom | Seth Lee Jones | Horton |
| 139 | Sweat and Pray | Jimi Fiano | Self-Release |
| 140 | Nice Ain't Got Me Nothin' | Billy The Kid & The Regulators | indienink |
| 141 | On My Way | Katie Henry | Ruf |
| 142 | Acoustic Transitions , Vol.1 | Bobby Messano | Autumn |
| 143 | Lovers Before Sunrise | Brad "Guitar" Wilson | Cali Bee |
| 144 | Blue Eyed Soul | Markey Blue Ric Latina Project | Soul Sound |
| 145 | Watch Your Step! | Mojo Minefield | Self-Release |
| 146 | Next Stop | Gary Cain | Self-Release |
| 147 | First Last Time | Ghost Hounds | Gibson |
| 148 | Roasted, Pt. 1: Dark Roast | Hughes Taylor | Bent Note |
| 149 | Fated | Jeau James | Lord Vinyl |
| 150 | Gypsy Soul | Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival | J&R Collective |
| 151 | The Fury | Antonio Vergara | AVA |
| 152 | Your Move | King Me Blues | Perimeter |
| 153 | Death Wish Blues (With Jesse Dayton) | Samantha Fish | Rounder |
| 154 | Child of the State | Ayron Jones | Big Machine |
| 155 | Temple of Blues - Influences and Friends | Cactus | Cleopatra |
| 156 | Closer to the Bone | Tommy Castro | Alligator |
| 157 | Trying to Keep My Head Above Water | Levee Town | Hudtone |
| 158 | Electric Lady Studios: a Jimi Hendrix Vision | Jimi Hendrix | Legacy |
| 159 | Just Won't Burn (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) | Susan Tedeschi | Concord |
| 160 | Enchantment | Until The Sun | Self-Release |
| 161 | What's Buggin' You? | Omar & The Howlers | Big Guitar |
| 162 | Joyful Sky | Robin Trower | Mascot |
| 163 | Big in Nepal (feat. Sean Carney) | Katmandu Blues Band | Ramasound |
| 164 | Containment Blues | Anthony Gomes | Up 2 Zero |
| 165 | Midnight Blues | Crystal Shawanda | True North |
| 166 | Strat's Got Your Tongue | Greg Koch | Self-Release |
| 167 | Be Love | The Alexis P. Suter Band | Hipbone |
| 168 | Bluesdaddy | Will Johns | Galetone |
| 169 | Can't Kill Me Twice | Blue Deal | Self-Release |
| 170 | RFB | Rick Fowler Band | Self-Release |
| 171 | Have a Good Time | Dave Erickson | Self-Release |
| 172 | Backbone | Deb Callahan | Blue Pearl |
| 173 | Changing Times | Silent Partners | Little Village |
| 174 | Delta Kream | The Black Keys | Nonesuch |
| 175 | Upside Down Blues | Shyfrin Alliance | Self-Release |
| 176 | Dumpster Fire | Mean Old Fireman | First Due |
| 177 | Turning Back the Time | Foreigner | Atlantic |
| 178 | Need a Friend | The Christopher Dean Band | Lost World |
| 179 | Home Sweet Home | Joe Flip | Loud Folk |
| 180 | Crash and Burn (feat. Mike Thomas) | The Cadillac Kings | 33 JAZZ |
| 181 | Far Enough | Jimmie Bratcher | Ain't Skeert Tunes |
| 182 | What Key is Trouble In? | Nick Schnebelen Band | VizzTone |
| 183 | I Got Love | Albert Castiglia | Gulf Coast |
| 184 | Hot Mess | Coyote Kings | Twin Lion |
| 185 | Blues in the Barn, Vol. 1 | Mikey Junior | 8th-Train |
| 186 | People, Hell & Angels | Jimi Hendrix | Sony Legacy |
| 187 | Tear in My Eye | Kenny James Miller Band | Self-Release |
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