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 Hits Keep Coming | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats | Alligator |
| 3 | Cadillac Man | Rick Vito | Blue Heart |
| 4 | Good Intentions Gone Bad | Chris Cain | Alligator |
| 5 | I Hear Thunder | Tab Benoit | Whiskey Bayou |
| 6 | Lessons | Seth James | Qualified |
| 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 | Silver Lining | Misty Blues | Guitar One |
| 12 | To the Blues and Back Again | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket | Sandwich Factory |
| 13 | Struck Down | The Fabulous Thunderbirds | Stony Plain |
| 14 | All My Love for You | Bobby Rush | Deep Rush |
| 15 | Brick by Brick | JP Soars | Liitle Village |
| 16 | True Believer | Mark Hummel | Rockinitus |
| 17 | Sam's Place | Little Feat | Hot Tomato |
| 18 | Stuck in the Mud | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers | Big Radio |
| 19 | 106 Miles to Chicago | The B. Christopher Band | Guitar One |
| 20 | Tears in My Eyes | Anthony Geraci | Blue Heart |
| 21 | Getaway Blues | Eden Brent | Yellow Dog |
| 22 | Full Tilt | Peter Veteska & Blues Train | Blue Heart |
| 23 | Testifyin' | Altered Five Blues Band | Blind Pig |
| 24 | Thank You Brother Bill: a Tribute to Bill Withers | Kevin Burt | Gulf Coast |
| 25 | 40: Blues with Horns, Vol. II | Chris Daniels & The Kings | Moon Voyage |
| 26 | Stone Cold Hands | Sean Riley & The Water | Pugnacious |
| 27 | Ain't Goin' Back | Doug Duffey And BADD | Fort Sumner |
| 28 | Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 | Joe Bonamassa | J&R Adventures |
| 29 | Seattle to Greaseland | Joel Astley | Blue Heart |
| 30 | Bounce Boogie & Bump | CW Ayon | Self-Release |
| 31 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Phoenix Blues Rumble | Bob Corritore | Vizztone |
| 32 | Too Much to Pay | John Clifton | Self-Release |
| 33 | Damn the Rent | The Dig 3 | Self-Release |
| 34 | Who Needs This Mess!!?? | Franck L. Goldwasser | CrossCut |
| 35 | Behind the Veil | Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind | Gulf Coast |
| 36 | The New Normal | Guitar Jack Wargo | Self-Release |
| 37 | Capricorn | Eddie 9V | Ruf |
| 38 | Spirits & Soul | Kid Andersen & Lisa "Little Baby" Andersen | Little Village Foundation |
| 39 | Revelation | Piper & The Hard Times | Hard Times |
| 40 | Simplebluesboy | Noé Socha | Asonic World |
| 41 | Come Sing with Me | Patti Parks | VizzTone |
| 42 | Do It My Own Way | Vanessa Collier | Phenix Fire |
| 43 | Memphis Royal Brothers | Memphis Royal Brothers | Mother West |
| 44 | Blues Without You | Larry McCray | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 45 | 27 Stitches | Sunnysiders | Dancing Bear |
| 46 | Just Got Started | Jimmy Carpenter | Gulf Coast |
| 47 | Shepherd | Bywater Call | Self-Release |
| 48 | While You Were Gone | Diego Mongue Band | Self-Release |
| 49 | Sundown Rising | Denise La Grassa | Self-Release |
| 50 | In the Key of Sorry | Pat McDougall | Mousetrap |
| 51 | Me | Katie Knipp | Self-Release |
| 52 | Strung out on Thrills | Emanuel Casablanca | Vinyl Recording Group L3C |
| 53 | Pass It on Down | Chris Beard | Blue Heart |
| 54 | The Blues Remind Me | Kelly's Lot | PK Entertainment |
| 55 | Troublemaker | Black Cat Bones | Self-Release |
| 56 | Old Diamonds & Uncut Gems | Red's Blues | Self-Release |
| 57 | Blues Therapy | Guitar Jack Wargo | Self-Release |
| 58 | Roots | Joyann Parker | Hopeless Romantic |
| 59 | Heavy State Loving Blues | Mississippi MacDonald | Another Planet |
| 60 | Mileage | Ruthie Foster | Sun |
| 61 | Rose-Colored Glasses Vol. 2 | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Blue Heart |
| 62 | Everybody | Danny Liston | Blue House |
| 63 | Dirt Woman Blues | Grainne Duffy | Blue Heart |
| 64 | Backstage Pass Live!! | Judy Sings the Blues | Self-Release |
| 65 | Motel Mississippi | Tony Holiday | Forty Below |
| 66 | Young Mans Blues | Frankie Boy & The Blues Express | Kind Soul |
| 67 | About Time | Celso Salim & Darryl Carriere | Tower High |
| 68 | Outside the Lines | Misty Blues | Guitar One |
| 69 | Blues Siren | Eva Carboni | Mad Ears Productions |
| 70 | What Are You Waiting For? | The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra | Blue Dot |
| 71 | This Old Life | Big Dave McLean | Cordova Bay |
| 72 | Thanks | Bob Margolin | VizzTone |
| 73 | Four | Dennis Herrera | Deep Groove |
| 74 | Memphis Calling | Emma Wilson | Self-Release |
| 75 | Back in Boston Live | Bruce Katz Band | Dancing Rooster |
| 76 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Somebody Put Bad Luck on Me | Bob Corritore | VizzTone |
| 77 | Lead Me Not into Temptation | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Self-Release |
| 78 | We Are One | MojoMama | JRO Publishing |
| 79 | Lil Hoochie | Nicholas Alexander | Bluesbird |
| 80 | Dog Bites Back | Dyer Davis | WildRoots |
| 81 | The Skin I'm in | Blues People | Self-Release |
| 82 | Blue Ranchero | Steve Shanahan | Self-Release |
| 83 | Blues Calling | Rene Huard Project | Self-Release |
| 84 | Take Your Time | Ben Levin | VizzTone |
| 85 | Misty Blues: Live at the Cavern Club | Misty Blues | Guitar One |
| 86 | Things Done Changed | Jerron Paxton | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 87 | A Day by the Bay | Backtrack Blues Band | Gulf Coast |
| 88 | Empty Seats | Richard Wilkins | Self-Release |
| 89 | Connections | Bruce Katz Band | Dancing Rooster |
| 90 | Weight of the World | Joe Louis Walker | Forty Below |
| 91 | It's About Time | Kris Rab | Self-Release |
| 92 | Just Wanna Have Fun | Mike Goudreau Band | Self-Release |
| 93 | Blues Sky | Randy Lee Riviere | Self-Release |
| 94 | Tribute | Joe Krown | SledgeHammer |
| 95 | Bluesman from Jupiter | The Dennis Spencer Group | Self-Release |
| 96 | Damage Control | Curtis Salgado | Alligator |
| 97 | Up Next | Mathias Lattin | VizzTone |
| 98 | Didn't We Have Some Fun Sometime | James Harman | Electro-Fi |
| 99 | B's Time | Al Basile | Sweetspot |
| 100 | Nasty Business | Mark Cameron | Blue Heart |
| 101 | Get to Work | Tom Craig | 8th Train |
| 102 | SoulFunkn'BLUES | Blackburn Brothers | Electro-Fi |
| 103 | 0-60 | Mike Clark Band | Self-Release |
| 104 | Songs of Beauty for Ashes of Realization | Reverend Freakchild | Treated And Released |
| 105 | Temptation | The Gayle Harrod Band | Nightingayle |
| 106 | Last Call for the Blues | Cassius King & The Downtown Rulers | Big Ear Audio |
| 107 | Tommy Lee's Jonesin | Tommy Lee Cook | Self-Release |
| 108 | Six Strings of Steel | Duke Robillard | M.C. |
| 109 | Broken | Walter Trout | Provogue |
| 110 | You Still Got Me | Beth Hart | Mascot |
| 111 | Carry on | Destini Rawls | Self Release |
| 112 | One Louder | Misty Blues | Lunaria |
| 113 | Be Cool | Willie J. Campbell | Blue Heart |
| 114 | Blues from Caucasia | Tom Buenger | Self-Release |
| 115 | Tas Cru Band LIVE | Tas Cru | Subcat |
| 116 | The Nashville Sessions | Hubert Dorigatti | Self-Release |
| 117 | If I May... | Little G Weevil | Self-Release |
| 118 | Here Lies a Fool | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Self-Release |
| 119 | A Good Thing | Handsome Jack | Radiator |
| 120 | Come What May | Sam Joyner | Self-Release |
| 121 | Ooh Yeah! | Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne | Stony Plain |
| 122 | Nosy Neighbors | Paul Boddy & The SlideWinder Blues Band | Slide |
| 123 | Tell the World | Sister Lucille | Blue Heart |
| 124 | Call It Confusion | Johnny King and Friends | Sol Island |
| 125 | The Blues Don't Lie | Buddy Guy | RCA |
| 126 | Red Devil Lye | Walk That Walk | Self-Release |
| 127 | Extreme Heat | Bloodest Saxophone | Dialtone |
| 128 | Sticks & Strings | EG Kight | Blue South |
| 129 | Dream Job | Jeff Rogers | Diesel Management Prod. |
| 130 | Saratoga | Eddie 9V | Ruf |
| 131 | Raisin' Cain | Chris Cain | Alligator |
| 132 | Live at the Fallout Shelter | Diane Blue All-Star Band | Regina Royale |
| 133 | I'm Coming Home | Shaun Murphy | Vision Wall |
| 134 | New Orleans Sessions | Blue Moon Marquee | Timezone |
| 135 | Love One Another | Big Al & the Heavyweights | VizzTone |
| 136 | CrissCross | David Vest & Terry Robb | Cordova Bay |
| 137 | Foolin' Around | Jörg Danielsen | Wolf |
| 138 | Electric Delta | Tony D | Cordova Bay |
| 139 | Simple Songs for Complicated Times | Ndidi O | Black Hen |
| 140 | Stuff I’ve Been Through | Alabama Mike | Little Village |
| 141 | Til the Money'$ All Gone | The Flaming Mudcats | Self-Release |
| 142 | Truth | Tim Gartland | Self-Release |
| 143 | This is Us | Lee O'Nell Blues Gang | Self-Release |
| 144 | Smoke Burst | Mario Rossi Band | Self-Release |
| 145 | Walk when You Wanna Run | Ethan Askey | Self-Release |
| 146 | First and Last Stop | Jimmy Regal & The Royals | Lunaria |
| 147 | Forever Blues | Diana Braithwaite | G-THREE |
| 148 | Cheat the Devil | Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos | Whiskey Bayou |
| 149 | Girl Friends | Dion | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 150 | Fearless Heart | Tokyo Tramps | Self-Release |
| 151 | B-Side of My Life | Jon Spear Band | Self-Release |
| 152 | Blues for Democracy | Smoky Greenwell | Greenwell |
| 153 | Dance Songs for Hard Times | The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band | Self-Release |
| 154 | Tempting Fate | Carolyn Wonderland | Alligator |
| 155 | Canboro, Canborough | Davis Hall & The Green Lanterns | Self-Release |
| 156 | Tumblin' | Mike Guldin | Blue Heart |
| 157 | Tulsa Tea | Brad Absher | Horton |
| 158 | Orange Sky Dream | Wreckless Strangers | Wreckless Strangers |
| 159 | Strike Up the Band | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix | Woodstock |
| 160 | I’ll Worry if I Wanna | Michael Rubin | Many Hats |
| 161 | The Slow Blues Sessions | Mick Simpson | Mad Ears Productions |
| 162 | Riffin' the Blue | Tas Cru | Subcat |
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