Metafile: 2013 New Records

For reissues and compilations, click here.

This is boilerplate . . .

Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. The James Hunter Six: Minute by Minute (Fantasy) {11}: MC(88/7), AC:89, AM:90, BBC:80, bl:60, I:100, M:80, PM:80, u:70
  2. Ben Harper/Charlie Musselwhite: Get Up! (Concord) {10}: MC(79/9), AM:80, BBC:80, BG:80, ew:75, M:80, PM:80, q:60, rs:70, U:80
  3. Otis Taylor: My World Is Gone (Telarc) {9}: MC(68/5), AM:80, bl:70, CR:80, G:80, Ob:80, pm:50, sl:70; DB
  4. Alexis Cuadrado: Lorca Soundscape (Sunnyside) {7}:
  5. Bobby Rush: Down in Louisiana (Deep Rush) {7}: AM:80, PM:80; DB, TH:**
  6. Buddy Guy: Rhythm and Blues (RCA) {6}: MC(63/4), am:60, Ex:80, pm:70, sl:40; V:633-10-1
  7. Luke Winslow-King: The Coming Tide (Bloodshot) {6}: AM:80, Mg; TH:*
  8. Lurrie Bell: Blues in My Soul (Delmark) {5}: AM:80; TH:A-(127)
  9. JJ Grey and Mofro: This River (Alligator) {5}: MC(71/6), am:70, bl:60, ex:70, I:80, m:60, pm:70, rec:60
  10. The Howlin' Brothers: Howl (Readymade) {5}: ac:78, am:70, Bl:80, ex:50
  11. The Slide Brothers: Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers (Concord) {5}: AM:80; DB, th:b
  12. Eric Bibb: Jericho Road (Stony Plain) {4}: AM:80; TH:*
  13. Rory Block: Avalon: A Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt (Stony Plain) {4}: am:70
  14. Devon Allman: Turquoise (Ruf) {3}: am:70; V:1160-8-1
  15. Joe Bonamassa: An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House (Provogue Music, 2CD) {3}: am:70
  16. The Como Mamas: Get an Understanding (Daptone) {3}: ac:67, AM:80; DB
  17. James Cotton: Cotton Mouth Man (Alligator) {3}: AM:80
  18. Omar Dykes: Runnin With the Wolf (Provogue) {3}: ac:67, am:70
  19. Five Horse Johnson: The Taking of Blackheart (Small Stone) {3}: am:70
  20. Robben Ford: Bringing It Back Home (Provogue) {3}: AM:80
  21. Eric Gales Trio: Ghost Notes (Tone Center) {3}: AM:80
  22. Honey Island Swamp Band: Cane Sugar (Louisiana Red Hot) {3}: AM:90, as:70; th:b
  23. Candye Kane: Coming Out Swingin' (Vizztone) {3}: AM:90
  24. Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King: Road Dog's Life (Delta Groove Music) {3}: AM:80
  25. Dayna Kurtz: Secret Canon Vol 2 (MC) {3}:
  26. Jonny Lang: Fight for My Soul (Concord) {3}: AM:80, pm:60
  27. Cyril Neville: Magic Honey (Ruf) {3}: DB, TH:***
  28. Anders Osborne: Peace (Alligator) {3}: AM:80, as:70, bl:60
  29. Walter Trout: Luther's Blues: A Tribute to Luther Allison (Mascot) {3}: AM:80
  30. Watermelon Slim and the Workers: Bull Goose Rooster (Northern Blues) {3}: Bl:80, pm:60
  31. Frank Bey and Anthony Paule Band: Soul for Your Blues (Blue Dot) {2}: DB
  32. Frank Bey/The Anthony Paule Band: You Don't Know Nothing (Blue Dot) {2}: am:70
  33. Chris Duarte Group: My Soul Alone (Blues Bureau) {2}: am:70
  34. Sena Ehrhardt: All In (Blind Pig) {2}: am:70
  35. Habib Koite/Eric Bibb: Brothers in Bamako (Stony Plain -2012) {2}: Mg
  36. Popa Chubby: Universal Breakdown Blues (Mascot/Provogue) {2}: am:70
  37. John Primer/Bob Corritore: Knockin' Around These Blues (Delta Groove) {2}: am:70
  38. Roomful of Blues: 45 Live (Alligator) {2}: am:70
  39. Hadden Sayers: Rolling Soul (Blue Corn) {2}: am:70
  40. Kevin Selfe: Long Walk Home (Delta Groove) {2}: am:70
  41. Southern Hospitality: Easy Livin' (Blind Pig) {2}: am:70
  42. Melvin Taylor: Taylor Made (Eleven East) {2}: TH:*
  43. Trampled Under Foot: Badlands (Telarc) {2}: am:70
  44. Leslie West: Still Climbing (Provogue) {2}: am:70
  45. Toronzo Cannon: John the Conquer Root (Delmark) {1}: db
  46. The Claudettes: Infernal Piano Plot . . . Hatched! (Yellow Dog) {1}: db
  47. Ursula George: One Steady Roll (Indys) {1}: db
  48. Anders Osborne: Three Free Amigos (Alligator) {1}: am:70
  49. Hans Theessink: Wishing Well (Blue Groove) {1}:
  50. The Jay Willie Blues Band: New York Minute (Zoho) {1}:

Notes

For information on what lists are consulted, and what the various abbreviations and notes mean, click here.