List of contemporary blues musicians

List of contemporary blues musicians

The following is a list of contemporary blues musicians

A

*Gaye Adegbalola
*Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets

B

*Chico Banks
*Rory Block
*Pat Boyack
*Sarah Brown

C

*Tommy Castro
*John Cephas
*Grady Champion
*Popa Chubby
*Deborah Coleman
*Ry Cooder
*Robert Cray

D

*Guy Davis
*Doctor Duke

F

*Sue Foley - Born March 29, 1968 in Ottawa, Ontario, Foley is a contemporary electric blues guitarist and singer who also performs roots rock. She has been compared to the likes of Bonnie Raitt by critics, and currently lives in Austin, Texas. She has released numerous albums for Ruf Records.

G

*Peter Green (musician)
*Buddy Guy

H

*John Hammond, Jr.
*The Hamsters
*Alvin Youngblood Hart
*Ted Hawkins
*Michael Hill
*Rich Holstrom

J

*The Jelly Roll Kings
*Dr. John

L

*Louisiana Red

M

*Taj Mahal (musician) - Born May 17, 1942 in New York City, Taj Mahal performs on guitar, harmonica and banjo and also sings. Mahal explores a variety of genres which he fuses into his music, including zydeco. He performs in both acoustic and electric settings, depending on the material.

*Medcat & Kane
*Mellow Fellows
*Melvin Taylor & the Slack Band
*Ron Martinez - Born July 23, 1969 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Ron is a contemporary electric and acoustic blues guitarist and singer who also performs roots rock. He has performed numerous shows in New York City and Jersey City area. Most of his performs solo or with his trio are only available in podcasts and Youtube.

*Dave Meyers
*Keb' Mo'

*Mike Morgan (blues musician) - Born November 30, 1959, Morgan is bandleader of "Mike Morgan & the Crawl", a Texas blues band. He is a guitarist and blues harp player, and has released a series of albums for Black Top Records.

*John Mooney

N

*New Mississippi Shieks
*Johnny Nicholas
*Darrell Nulisch

P

*Kelly Joe Phelps

R

*Kid Ramos
*Paul Rishell

*Duke Robillard - Born October 4, 1948 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Robillard is a founding member of Roomful of Blues. An electric guitarist, he has performed jazz blues and swing music in addition to his contemporary blues sound. He has released dozens of albums for labels like Stony Plain Records, Rounder Records and Virgin Records.

*Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers
*Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters
*Roy Rogers

*Peggy Scott-Adams
*Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
*Sugar Blue

T

*Melvin Taylor

*Susan Tedeschi - Born November 9, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts, Tedeschi is a contemporary blues guitarist and singer who began singing at age four. She has released at least six albums to date, her latest two for the Verve Records label.

*Duke Tumatoe

References

*Allmusic


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