The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Blues Album Chart
for the Year of 2019
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tall, Dark, and Handsome | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men | Hot Shot |
| 2 | Kingfish | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Alligator |
| 3 | Nobody Told Me | John Mayall | Forty Below |
| 4 | Coming in Hot | Coco Montoya | Alligator |
| 5 | Somebody Save Me | Sugaray Rayford | Forty Below |
| 6 | Masterpiece | Albert Castiglia | Gulf Coast |
| 7 | The Longshot | Brandon Santini | American Showplace |
| 8 | Sitting on Top of the Blues | Bobby Rush | Deep Rush |
| 9 | Lucky Guy | Nick Moss | Alligator |
| 10 | Ten Thousand Watts | Altered Five Blues Band | Blind Pig |
| 11 | 7 Minutes Late | Chris O'Leary | American Showplace |
| 12 | Halfway Home by Morning | Matt Andersen | True North |
| 13 | Bad Tattoo | Mighty Mike Schermer | Vizztone |
| 14 | Hell Bound for Heaven | Manx Marriner Mainline | Stony Plain |
| 15 | Keep on | Southern Avenue | Concord |
| 16 | Prime Blues | Jim Allchin | Sandy Key |
| 17 | Pay the Price | Ray Fuller and the Bluesrockers | Azuretone |
| 18 | Contemporary | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats | Alligator |
| 19 | Roads That Cross | Katarina Pejak | Ruf |
| 20 | Two Rivers Back | The B. Christopher Band | Guitar One |
| 21 | Let Go of the Reins | JP Soars | Whiskey Bayou |
| 22 | The Traveler | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band | Concord |
| 23 | Don't Give Up on the Blues | Giles Robson | American Showplace |
| 24 | You Tell Me | Glen Clark | Self-Release |
| 25 | Everblue | JP Williams Blues Band | Gizzifter |
| 26 | Kiss My Sass | Annika Chambers | VizzTone |
| 27 | Tennessee Redemption | Tennessee Redemption | Endless Blues |
| 28 | Walking to New Orleans | George Benson | Provogue |
| 29 | Shine | Ghost Town Blues Band | Self-Release |
| 30 | Down Yonder | Vaneese Thomas | Segue |
| 31 | Beyond the Blue Door | Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters | Stony Plain |
| 32 | The NOLA Sessions | Tom Hambridge | Superstar |
| 33 | Out of the Blues | Boz Scaggs | Concord |
| 34 | Redemption | Joe Bonamassa | J&R Adventures |
| 35 | On a Roll | Mark Cameron | COP |
| 36 | Rogue Hunter | Vin Mott | Self-Release |
| 37 | Mad Love | Dawn Tyler Watson | Self-Release |
| 38 | Smokehouse Serenade | Kerry Kearney Band | Highlander |
| 39 | Real Street | Tad Robinson | Severn |
| 40 | A Simple Case of the Blues | Rosie Flores | The Last Record Company |
| 41 | Miles to Go | Colin James | Stony Plain |
| 42 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Do the Hip-Shake Baby! | Bob Corritore | Vizztone |
| 43 | Play the Blues | Doug Duffey And BADD | Out Of The Past |
| 44 | Steppin' In: a Tribute to Z.Z. Hill | Grady Champion | Malaco |
| 45 | Get Here Quick | The Texas Horns | Severn |
| 46 | Queen of My Castle | Diana Rein | Gulf Coast |
| 47 | Michael Lee | Michael Lee | Ruf |
| 48 | Bounce | The Paul DesLauriers Band | Bros |
| 49 | We Don’t Own the Blues | Miss Bix | Self-Release |
| 50 | Dog Eat Dog | Billy Price | Gulf Coast |
| 51 | Chicago Rambler | Tomislav Goluban | Spona |
| 52 | Love at the All Night Cafe | Jon Gindick | Old Chimney |
| 53 | Ear Worms | Duke Robillard | Stony Plain |
| 54 | Rise from the Flames | Heather Newman | VizzTone |
| 55 | Live! | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Jesi-Lu |
| 56 | Leopard Print Dress | Dee Miller Band | Self-Release |
| 57 | Mississippi Blend | Ghalia | Ruf |
| 58 | Look for the Light | Diane Blue All-Star Band | Self-Release |
| 59 | Can't Take My Soul | Kelly's Lot | Self-Release |
| 60 | Up and Rolling | North Mississippi Allstars | New West |
| 61 | Blink | Rachelle Coba | American Showplace |
| 62 | Reason to Try | Shaun Murphy | Vision Wall |
| 63 | World Full of Trouble | Big Al & the Heavyweights | Eller Soul |
| 64 | Chicken Grease | Biscuit Miller | American Showplace |
| 65 | Soul Doctor | Jimmy Carpenter | Gulf Coast |
| 66 | Journeys to the Heart of the Blues | Joe Louis Walker, Bruce Katz & Giles Robson | Alligator |
| 67 | Pocket Full of Nothin' | Big Dave McLean | Black Hen |
| 68 | Venom & Faith | Larkin Poe | Tricki-Woo |
| 69 | Dos Hombres Wanted | Rockin' Johnny & Quique Gomez | Vizztone |
| 70 | Texas Queens 5 | Bloodest Saxophone | Vizztone |
| 71 | Blues from the Inside out | Dave Specter | Delmark |
| 72 | Whitey Johnson - More Days Like This | Gary Nicholson | Blue Corn |
| 73 | High Road | Katie Henry | Self-Release |
| 74 | Why Did You Have to Go | Anthony Geraci | Shining Stone |
| 75 | Blue Basso | Charlie Wooton Project | Wild Heart |
| 76 | City Soul | Russ Green | Cleopatra |
| 77 | Shaken but Not Deterred | Peter Veteska & Blues Train | Self-Release |
| 78 | Light of Day | Vince Agwada | Rocketnoodle |
| 79 | Before Me | Ben Levin | VizzTone |
| 80 | Headline | Kate Lush | Self-Release |
| 81 | Nothin' to It but to Do It | Junior Watson | Little Village Foundation |
| 82 | Something Smells Funky 'Round Here | Elvin Bishop | Alligator |
| 83 | Solo Ride | Bruce Katz Band | American Showplace |
| 84 | Meet Me in Memphis | King Bee & The Stingers | Hive Talking |
| 85 | In the Middle of Nowhere | John Clifton | RipCat |
| 86 | Miles of Blues | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix | Woodstock |
| 87 | Drop the Hammer | Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith & The House Bumpers | Big Eye |
| 88 | Porch Sessions | Tony Holiday | VizzTone |
| 89 | Voodoo in the Shadows | Fiona Boyes | Reference |
| 90 | Pickled & Aged | Misty Blues | Self-Release |
| 91 | Rockhouse Party | Big Joe & The Dynaflows | Severn |
| 92 | Been Meaning to Tell You | Ina Forsman | Ruf |
| 93 | Rain City Blues | Arsen Shomakhov | Self-Release |
| 94 | Left My Soul in Memphis | Eddie 9V | Hubbub! |
| 95 | Victor Wainwright & the Train | Victor Wainwright | Ruf |
| 96 | Tired of Talkin' | Steve Strongman | Self-Releae |
| 97 | Winning Hand | Tinsley Ellis | Alligator |
| 98 | Southbound I-95 | JP Soars | Soars High |
| 99 | Mr. Little Big Man | Screamin' John and TD Lind | Down In The Alley |
| 100 | Honey Up | Vanessa Collier | Phenix Fire |
| 101 | The Griot | Gaye Adegbalola | Vizztone |
| 102 | Gracie Curran & Friends: Come Undone | Gracie Curran | VizzTone |
| 103 | Uptown Cool | Big Harp George | Self-Release |
| 104 | In the Boys' Club | Kat Riggins | Bluzpik |
| 105 | Damn! I Spilled the Blues | Brody Buster's One Man Band | Booga Music |
| 106 | Inspired by the Blues | Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne | Stony Plain |
| 107 | Alive & Blue (Live) | Nancy Wright | VizzTone |
| 108 | Spectacular Class | Jontavious Willis | Kind of Blue |
| 109 | Memphis Song | Tas Cru | SubCat |
| 110 | Williwaw | Ross Osteen Band | Self-Release |
| 111 | Heard the Lie | Gina Sicilia | Blue Elan |
| 112 | Living with Your Ghost | Kara Grainger | Station House |
| 113 | Up All Night | Albert Castiglia | Ruf |
| 114 | Been There | Jonas Scott Cowan | Melrose Hill |
| 115 | Love Lives on | Dana Fuchs | Get Along |
| 116 | Hard Truth | Coco Montoya | Alligator |
| 117 | Shine Bright | Marcia Ball | Alligator |
| 118 | The High Cost of Low Living | Nick Moss | Alligator |
| 119 | Home | Shady Frank | Self-Release |
| 120 | Gemini | Layla Zoe | Self-Release |
| 121 | That's How the Cookie Crumbles | Black Cat Biscuit | Naked |
| 122 | Put on Your Red Shoes | Bobby BlackHat | Self-Release |
| 123 | Live on the East Coast | The Lee Boys | M.C. |
| 124 | Long Live Them Blues | Dry Johnson | Connor Ray |
| 125 | Trouble with a Capital T | Niecie | Ride The Tiger |
| 126 | Blues & Angels | Sandy Carroll | Catfood |
| 127 | I Dream of Water | Katy Hobgood Ray | Out Of The Past |
| 128 | Blues Caravan 2018 | Mike Zito, Vanja Sky, Bernard Allison | Ruf |
| 129 | Get Inside | Johnny A. | Self-Release |
| 130 | Dirty South Blues | Robert Connely Farr & the Rebeltone Boys | Self-Release |
| 131 | No Mercy in This Land | Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite | Anti |
| 132 | Back to the Blues | Scotty Dennis | Buddydog |
| 133 | Keith Stone with Red Gravy | Keith Stone | Self-Release |
| 134 | Here to Make You Feel Good | Arthur Adams | Cleopatra |
| 135 | Jackpot | Vegas Strip Kings | Gutbukit |
| 136 | Made in Texas | Murali Coryell | Self-Release |
| 137 | Blues Power | Jeff Dale and the South Woodlawners | Pro Sho Bidness |
| 138 | Midnight Stroll | Robert Cray | The Island Def Jam |
| 139 | If I Die Tomorrow | Tokyo Tramps | Vagabond |
| 140 | Can't Stop This Love | Jack Semple | Self-Release |
| 141 | Honest Woman | Thornetta Davis | Self-Release |
| 142 | Blues of Desperation | Joe Bonamassa | J&R Adventures |
| 143 | I Miss Otis Clay | Johnny Rawls | Third Street Cigar |
| 144 | Blues and the Power of Peace | Smoky Greenwell | Greenwell |
| 145 | Click Click Spark | Troy Gonyea | Self-Release |
| 146 | The Roads We Ride | Wily Bo Walker & E D Brayshaw | Self-Release |
| 147 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Don't Let the Devil Ride! | Bob Corritore | Vizz Tone |
| 148 | Small Blues and Grooves | 11 Guys Quartet | VizzTone |
| 149 | The Good, the Bad and the Blues | The Good, The Bad and the Blues | Third Street Cigar |
| 150 | Bare Knuckles & Brawn | Blue Moon Marquee | Self-Release |
| 151 | Holywater | HeavyDrunk | 4142 Music |
| 152 | Sometime Tuesday Morning | Johnny A. | Self-Release |
| 153 | Take It with You | Katie Knipp | Self-Release |
| 154 | Satisfied | Tim Gartland | Self-Release |
| 155 | City Hall | Levee Town | Self Release |
| 156 | That's How I Roll | Debra Power | Self-Release |
| 157 | Charmed and Dangerous | Altered Five Blues Band | Blind Pig |
| 158 | Blue Sky | The Reverend Shawn Amos | Put Together Music |
| 159 | Resonator Blues | Derek Davis | Southern Blood/MTS |
| 160 | Crossroads | Ry Cooder | Warner Bros. |
| 161 | Believe | The Keeshea Pratt Band | Self-Release |
| 162 | Toolin Around Woodstock Featuring Levon Helm | Arlen Roth | Aquinnah |
| 163 | They Call Me Mud | Mud Morganfield | Severn |
| 164 | Me & the Originator | Al Basile | Sweetspot |
| 165 | Bonafide | Larry Griffith | Self-Release |
| 166 | Love Makes a Woman | The Knickerbocker All-Stars | JP Cadillac |
| 167 | The Reverend Shawn Amos Breaks It Down | The Reverend Shawn Amos | Put Together Music |
| 168 | Something I've Done | Downchild | Linus Entertainmant |
| 169 | Love is an Army | Janiva Magness | Blue Élan |
| 170 | Ice Pickin' | Albert Collins | Alligator |
| 171 | Enjoy the Ride | Deb Ryder | VizzTone |
| 172 | We're All in This Together | Walter Trout | Provogue |
| 173 | Showdown! | Albert Collins | Alligator |
| 174 | Hand Me Down Blues | Durham County Poets | Self-Release |
| 175 | Blind Spot | The Lucky Losers | Dirty Cat |
| 176 | A Wildfire out of Control (Live Version) | Annee 2CU Blues Band | Self-Release |
| 177 | Get Your Groove! | Bruce Katz Band | American Showplace |
| 178 | Three for the Road | John Mayall | Forty Below |
| 179 | Beatles Blues Blast | Gaetano Letizia & the Underworld Blues Band | Letizia |
| 180 | Inspired | David Julia | Vizztone |
| 181 | Middle of the Road | Eric Gales | Provogue |
| 182 | Chills & Fever | Samantha Fish | Ruf |
| 183 | Feelin Freaky | John Németh | Memphis Grease |
| 184 | A Woman Rules the World | Whitney Shay | Little Village |
| 185 | Man of Many Blues | Paul Gabriel | Smoke Ring |
| 186 | Jr.Boy & Kerrie's Blues | Andrew "Jr Boy" Jones & Kerrie Lepai Jones | Galexc |
| 187 | Dragonfly | Long Tall Deb | VizzTone |
| 188 | Raised in Muddy Water | Markey Blue Ric Latina Project | EllerSoul |
| 189 | No Paint | Jeff Chaz | JCP |
| 190 | What You Need | Jimmy Reiter | Pogo Pop |
| 191 | Influences | Peggie Perkins | Self-Release |
| 192 | Unfinished Business | Victoria Ginty | Blue Door |
| 193 | Ridin' a Chicken | Big Joe Shelton | ALT 45 |
| 194 | Manhattan Alley | Big Apple Blues | Stone Tone |
| 195 | A Month of Sundays | Jim Roberts & the Resonants | Bo$$ PoGG |
| 196 | Premonition of Love | Kathy Murray & The Kilowatts | Nola Blue |
| 197 | Blue Metamorphosis | Jontavious Willis | Self-Release |
| 198 | Prayer for Peace | North Mississippi Allstars | Songs of the South |
| 199 | B T | Billy Thompson | Self-Release |
| 200 | Memphis Light | Tomislav Goluban | Spona |
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