Metacritic Aggregate: 2024 New Music: Blues/Gospel/R&B

Notes

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

• Blues/Gospel
• Country/Americana/Folk
• Classical/New Age
• Electronica/Dance
• Hip-Hop/R&B
• Jazz
• Metal
• World
• Everything

Ranking

1. The Black Crowes: Happiness Bastards (Silver Arrow) {11}: Al:*, ClR:*, Mj:43*, RC:*, RS:*+, Sp:*, U:*, UCR:+; am:* -- A:79/12
2. Gary Clark Jr: JPEG RAW (Warner) {9}: ClR:*, Mj:*, RS:*+, S:*, Sp:*, SSt:+, U:*; ysp:* -- A:82/7, TH:B-
3. Africatown, AL: Ancestor Sounds (Free Dirt) {8}: -- MT:***, RX:***, TH:**
4. Guy Davis: The Legend of Sugarbelly (M.C.) {8}: xjdc:* -- RX:A-, TH:***
5. Pillow Queens: Name Your Sorrow (Royal Mountain) {6}: -- A:80/10
6. The Taj Mahal Sextet: Swingin' Live at the Church in Tulsa (Lightning Rod) {4}: XCI:* -- TH:***
7. Evan Nicole Bell: Runaway Girl (Humingbird -EP) {2}: ysp:* -- TH:*
8. The Harlem Gospel Travelers: Rhapsody (Colemine) {1}: Mj:69
9. Koryn Hawthorne: On God (Provident) {1}: odb:*
10. Elizabeth King: Soul Provider (Bible & Tire) {1}: ysp:*
11. Little Feat: Sam's Place (Hot Tomato) {1}: XCI:*
12. Slash: Orgy of the Damned (Gibson) {1}: UCR:+
13. The Staples Jr. Singers: Searching (Luaka Bop) {1}: ysp:*
14. Russell Thompkins Jr: Riding Solo (SoulMusic/Platinum Garage) {1}: odb:*
15. Truth & Devotion: Heaven at Last (Holy Grail) {1}: odb:*