The Top 10

1)      Album of the Year James Harman Bonetime

2)      Runner Up The Igor Prado Band and the Delta Groove All-Stars Way Down South

3)      Third Place Big Jon Atkinson Back Down South

4)      Wee Willie Walker If Nothing Ever Changes

5)      Jai Malano Rocket Girl

6)      Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Lost Time

7)      Ron Thompson Son of Boogie Woogie

8)      Trickbag Candyville

9)      The Headcutters Walkin’ in USA

10)   The Cash Box Kings Holding Court

The Next Ten

 11)   Sam Burkhardt with the Joel Paterson Trio Fly Over

12)   Nico Duportal & His Rhythm Dudes Guitar Player

13)   The Bey Paule Band Not Goin’ Away

14)   Anthony Geraci and the Boston Blues All-Stars Fifty Shades of Blue

15)   Sherwood Fleming with the Moeller Brothers Blues Blues Blues

16)   Chris O’Leary Gonna Die Tryin’

17)   Kyle Jester After All This

18)   Gerry Hundt  Legendary One Man Band

19)   Jackie Payne I Saw the Blues

20)   Andy Santana & The West Coast Playboys Watch Your Step

The Best of the Rest

(in no particular order... well alpha by first name)

21)   The 24^th Street Wailers Where Evil Grows

22)   Al Basile B’s Expression

23)   The Andy T Nick Nixon Band Numbers Man

24)   Barry Levesnson I Wonder Why?

25)   Billy Watson The 10^th Square Peg

26)   Blue Largo Sing Your Own Song

27)   The Blues Swingers Just A Little Something From...

28)   Bonita and the Blues Shacks (self titled)

29)   Bob Corritore & Henry Gray Blues Won’t Let Me take My Rest

30)   Chris James & Patrick Rynn Trouble Don’t Last

31)   Daniel DeVita Southside Blues

32)   Darrell Nulisch One Night In Boston

33)   Doug Otto and Hurricane Harold Blues at Barkin’ Jacks

34)   Don Scott Slidin’ Sideways

35)   Duke Robillard The Acoustic Roots and Blues of...

36)   Guy Davis Kokomo Kid

37)   Helge Talquvist In Footsteps

38)   Jeron Paxton Recorded Music For Your Entertainment

39)   Jewell Brown and Bloodest Saxophone Roller Coaster Boogie

40)   John Clifton Let Yourself Go

41)   Kai Straus I Go By Feel

42)   Leo “Bud” Welch I Don’t Prefer No Blues

43)   Mighty Mike Shermer Blues In Good Hands

44)   The Knickerbocker All Stars Go Back Home To The Blues

45)   Nico Smoljgan (self titled)

46)   Nikki Hill Heavy Hearts Hard Fists

47)   Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters Father's Day

48)   Shoutin’ Red Introducing...

49)   Tad Robinson Day Into Night

50)   The Texas Horns Blues Gottta Hold of Me

Editors Note: Every one of these CDs has made it onto our Jukebox in 2015. Each one of these 50 albums is music that has enjoyed multiple listenings here at the JUNCTION. Most were procured through Bluebeat Music, others purchased from the artists themselves. Others were provided to us as “promos” in the hopes of receiving a review in BLUES JUNCTON and making it on to our Top Fifty Albums of 2015.

For the hundreds of artists who were thoughtful enough to send us your music and didn’t make it into the JUNCTION, remember yours is a noble calling. Keep after it. Listen to the music you see on this list. These are very serious musicians who have a deep understanding as well as a soulful connection to this music which comes from a lifetime of study, practice and wood shedding.  They didn’t make it onto this list by accident. Congratulations to the Top Fifty.

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