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Geoff Anderson's Best Blues Albums of 2025

By Geoff Anderson
January 8, 2026
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The blues just kept on coming in 2025. It's been a big year for new blues albums. 92-year-old Bobby Rush and 89-year-old Buddy Guy both released masterful albums this year. Newcomer D.K. Harrell burst onto the scene with a compelling album. Young blues masters Kingfish and Southern Avenue released albums that shouldn't be missed and several blues veterans joined the fun.

Family
Southern Avenue
Alligator Records

Talkin' Heavy
D.K. Harrell
Alligator Records

Hard Road
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Red Zero Records

Room On The Porch
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'
Concord Music Group

Steppin' Out!
Roomful of Blues
Alligator Records

Ain't Done with the Blues
Buddy Guy
Silvertone

Young Fashioned Ways
Bobby Rush
Thirty Tigers, Deep Rush Records, Ram Records

Blues is My Biography
Billy Branch
Rosa's Lounge Records

Back For Me
Janiva Magness
Blue Elan Records

Concrete Hotel
The Delta Sonics
Self Produced

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