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Updated: 21 May
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Big Mama Thornton and the Chicago Blues Band - Big Mama Thornton Vol. 2: The Queen at Monterey, Cover art
Big Mama Thornton Vol. 2: The Queen at Monterey
Big Mama Thornton and the Chicago Blues Band
3.80 438 438 5 5
May 1967 Album
Chicago Blues
Piano Blues
longing melancholic energetic rhythmic raw melodic bittersweet passionate
438 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.80 Average
Big Mama Thornton - In Europe, Cover art
In Europe
Big Mama Thornton
3.74 414 414 8 8
June 1966 Album
Electric Blues
Delta Blues Rock & Roll
passionate raw longing
414 Ratings 8 Reviews 3.74 Average
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Delta Blues, Cover art
Delta Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell
3.75 232 232 5 5
1964 Album
Delta Blues Hill Country Blues
repetitive acoustic rhythmic passionate hypnotic
232 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.75 Average
Lightning Hopkins - Texas Blues Man, Cover art
Texas Blues Man
Lightning Hopkins
3.75 168 168 4 4
June 1968 Album
Electric Texas Blues
Country Blues
passionate serious conscious raw minimalistic nocturnal melancholic humorous
168 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.75 Average
Earl Hooker - 2 Bugs and a Roach, Cover art
2 Bugs and a Roach
Earl Hooker
3.68 152 152 4 4
May 1969 Album
Chicago Blues
Rhythm & Blues
love playful raw passionate melancholic energetic
152 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.68 Average
Clifton Chenier - Bogalusa Boogie, Cover art
Bogalusa Boogie
Clifton Chenier
3.36 240 240 3 3
1976 Album
Zydeco
Swamp Blues
playful pastoral rhythmic melodic warm uplifting tropical happy
240 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.36 Average
George Coleman - "Bongo Joe", Cover art
"Bongo Joe"
George Coleman
3.31 160 160 4 4
1969 Album
Spoken Word
Beat Poetry Blues
repetitive satirical disturbing rhythmic sarcastic
160 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.31 Average
Mance Lipscomb - Texas Sharecropper and Songster, Cover art
Texas Sharecropper and Songster
Mance Lipscomb
3.71 96 96 6 6
1960 Album
Acoustic Texas Blues
mellow raw acoustic violence melodic death pastoral
96 Ratings 6 Reviews 3.71 Average
Aziz Herawi - Master of the Afghani Lutes, Cover art
Master of the Afghani Lutes
Aziz Herawi
3.30 130 130
1992 Album
Pashto Folk Music Ghazal
rhythmic acoustic technical passionate Islamic mysterious instrumental
130 Ratings 3.30 Average
Clifton Chenier - Louisiana Blues and Zydeco, Cover art
Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
Clifton Chenier
3.45 90 90 2 2
1965 Album
Zydeco Blues
Blues
90 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.45 Average
Clifton Chenier - Black Snake Blues, Cover art
Black Snake Blues
Clifton Chenier
3.60 77 77 2 2
1969 Album
Zydeco Swamp Blues
77 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.60 Average
Csókolom - May I Kiss Your Hand, Cover art
May I Kiss Your Hand
Csókolom
3.57 60 60
1998 Album
Hungarian Folk Music Romani Folk Music
Romanian Folk Music
folklore acoustic playful party warm melodic melancholic
60 Ratings 3.57 Average
Black Ace - Black Ace, Cover art
Black Ace
Black Ace
3.73 52 52
1960 Album
Acoustic Texas Blues
52 Ratings 3.73 Average
Fred McDowell and His Blues Boys - Fred McDowell and His Blues Boys, Cover art
Fred McDowell and His Blues Boys
Fred McDowell and His Blues Boys
3.90 47 47
1969 Album
Blues Hill Country Blues
47 Ratings 3.90 Average
Clifton Chenier - King of the Bayous, Cover art
King of the Bayous
Clifton Chenier
3.48 54 54 1 1
1970 Album
Zydeco
Cajun Music Rhythm & Blues
energetic passionate
54 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.48 Average
Lightnin' Sam Hopkins - Lightnin' Sam Hopkins, Cover art
Lightnin' Sam Hopkins
Lightnin' Sam Hopkins
4.06 34 34
1962 Album
Country Blues Electric Texas Blues
Acoustic Texas Blues
rhythmic passionate
34 Ratings 4.06 Average
Johnny Young & Big Walter - Chicago Blues, Cover art
Chicago Blues
Johnny Young & Big Walter Horton
3.83 33 33
1968 Album
Chicago Blues
melancholic playful
33 Ratings 3.83 Average
Fred McDowell - Vol. 2, Cover art
Vol. 2
Fred McDowell
3.83 43 43 1 1
1966 Album
Hill Country Blues
43 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.83 Average
Various Artists - Sacred Steel: Traditional Sacred African-American Steel Guitar Music in Florida, Cover art
Sacred Steel: Traditional Sacred African-American Steel Guitar Music in Florida
3.53 41 41 1 1
1997 Album
Sacred Steel
Christian spiritual religious melodic playful hypnotic
41 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.53 Average
John Littlejohn - Chicago Blues Stars, Cover art
Chicago Blues Stars
John Littlejohn
3.82 31 31 1 1
1969 Album
Chicago Blues
31 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.82 Average
Smiley Winters - Smiley etc., Cover art
Smiley etc.
Smiley Winters
3.83 27 27 1 1
1969 Album
Free Jazz
27 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.83 Average
Charlie Musselwhite - Takin' My Time, Cover art
Takin' My Time
Charlie Musselwhite
3.64 29 29 1 1
1971 Album
Blues Electric Blues
29 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.64 Average
Clifton Chenier - Bon ton roulet!, Cover art
Bon ton roulet!
Clifton Chenier
3.51 34 34
1967 Album
Zydeco
Swamp Blues
34 Ratings 3.51 Average
Bukka White - Sky Songs: Vol. 1, Cover art
Sky Songs: Vol. 1
Bukka White
3.55 36 36
1965 Album
Delta Blues
Piano Blues
36 Ratings 3.55 Average
The Charles Ford Band - The Charles Ford Band, Cover art
The Charles Ford Band
The Charles Ford Band
3.56 29 29 2 2
1972 Album
Blues Rock Blues Electric Blues
29 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.56 Average
Juke Boy Bonner - The Struggle, Cover art
The Struggle
Juke Boy Bonner
3.82 24 24 1 1
1969 Album
Electric Texas Blues
24 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.82 Average
Clifton Chenier - Out West, Cover art
Out West
Clifton Chenier
3.37 32 32 1 1
1974 Album
Zydeco
Blues Rock Blues
32 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.37 Average
Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy & D.L. Menard - Louisiana Cajun Music: Underneath the Green Oak Tree, Cover art
Louisiana Cajun Music: Underneath the Green Oak Tree
Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy & D.L. Menard
3.59 23 23
1977 Album
Cajun Music Traditional Cajun Music
acoustic pastoral
23 Ratings 3.59 Average
Mance Lipscomb - Texas Songster: Volume 2, Cover art
Texas Songster: Volume 2
Mance Lipscomb
3.94 17 17
1964 Album
Acoustic Texas Blues
17 Ratings 3.94 Average
Canray Fontenot - Louisiana Hot Sauce Creole Style, Cover art
Louisiana Hot Sauce Creole Style
Canray Fontenot
3.26 35 35 3 3
1992 Album
Cajun Music
happy uplifting playful energetic
35 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.26 Average
Earl Hooker - Hooker and Steve, Cover art
Hooker and Steve
Earl Hooker
3.73 25 25 2 2
July 1970 Album
Electric Blues Chicago Blues
25 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.73 Average
Lil Son Jackson - Lil Son Jackson, Cover art
Lil Son Jackson
Lil Son Jackson
3.46 28 28
1960 Album
Acoustic Texas Blues
28 Ratings 3.46 Average
Big Mama Thornton / Lightning Hopkins / Larry Williams - Ball and Chain, Cover art
Ball and Chain
Big Mama Thornton / Lightnin' Hopkins / Larry Williams
3.72 25 25
1968 Album
Blues
25 Ratings 3.72 Average
Various Artists - Sacred Steel: Live!, Cover art
Sacred Steel: Live!
4.00 16 16 1 1
1999 Album
Sacred Steel
16 Ratings 1 Reviews 4.00 Average
Mance Lipscomb - Vol. 4, Cover art
Vol. 4
Mance Lipscomb
3.91 15 15
1967 Album
Blues
15 Ratings 3.91 Average
Flaco Jimenez - Flaco's Amigos, Cover art
Flaco's Amigos
Flaco Jimenez
3.53 24 24 1 1
1988 Album
Tejano Music
Ranchera Bolero Polka
24 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.53 Average
Del McCoury - Del McCoury Sings Bluegrass, Cover art
Del McCoury Sings Bluegrass
Del McCoury
3.50 22 22
1968 Album
Bluegrass
22 Ratings 3.50 Average
Lydia Mendoza - La gloria de Texas, Cover art
La gloria de Texas
Lydia Mendoza
3.66 14 14 1 1
1980 Album
Tejano Music Ranchera
14 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.66 Average
BeauSoleil - Parlez-nous à boire, Cover art
Parlez-nous à boire
BeauSoleil
3.43 19 19
1984 Album
Cajun Music
energetic
19 Ratings 3.43 Average
Boua Xou Mua - The Music of the Hmong People of Laos, Cover art
The Music of the Hmong People of Laos
Boua Xou Mua
2.80 41 41
1995 Album
Hmong Folk Music
A cappella
folklore dissonant acoustic ritualistic tribal
41 Ratings 2.80 Average
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  • BeauSoleil - Belizaire the Cajun, Cover art
    Belizaire the Cajun
    1986 Album
    1 Ratings 3.50 Average
    3.50 1 1
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    Live

  • Rev. Louis Overstreet - An Evening With Rev. Louis Overstreet: His Guitar, His Four Sons, and the Congregation of St. Luke Powerhouse Church of God in Christ, Cover art
    An Evening With Rev. Louis Overstreet: His Guitar, His Four Sons, and the Congregation of St. Luke Powerhouse Church of God in Christ
    1963 Album
    164 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.52 Average
    3.52 164 164 3 3
  • Elizabeth Cotten - Live!, Cover art
    Live!
    1983 Album
    97 Ratings 3.79 Average
    3.79 97 97
  • Barbara Dane & Lightning Hopkins - Sometimes I Believe She Loves Me, Cover art
    Sometimes I Believe She Loves Me
    1996 Album
    12 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.68 Average
    3.68 12 12 1 1
  • Joseph F. Falcon - Cajun Music Pioneer, Cover art
    Cajun Music Pioneer
    1997 Album
    17 Ratings 3.59 Average
    3.59 17 17
  • Mance Lipscomb - Mance Lipscomb Vol. 3: Texas Songster in a Live Performance, Cover art
    Mance Lipscomb Vol. 3: Texas Songster in a Live Performance
    1966 Album
    7 Ratings 3.98 Average
    3.98 7 7
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    Archival

  • Mississippi Fred McDowell - Good Morning Little School Girl, Cover art
    Good Morning Little School Girl
    1994 Album
    27 Ratings 3.85 Average
    3.85 27 27
  • Dr. Ross - His First Recordings, Cover art
    His First Recordings
    1972 Album
    27 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.78 Average
    3.78 27 27 1 1
  • Big Joe Williams and Friends - Going Back to Crawford, Cover art
    Going Back to Crawford
    1999 Album
    19 Ratings 3.69 Average
    3.69 19 19
  • Robert Pete Williams - When a Man Takes the Blues, Cover art
    When a Man Takes the Blues
    1994 Album
    16 Ratings 3.96 Average
    3.96 16 16
  • The Hopkins Brothers - Joel, Lightning & John Henry, Cover art
    Joel, Lightning & John Henry
    1991 Album
    17 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.83 Average
    3.83 17 17 2 2
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