1.TRUDY LYNN / GOLDEN GIRL / NOLA BLUE
2.MISTY BLUES / ONE LOUDER / LUNARIA
3.DUKE ROBILLARD / THEY CALLED IT RHYTHM & BLUES / STONY PLAIN
4.KATHY MURRAY & THE KILOWATTS / FULLY CHARGED / BLUE HEART
5.THE LOVELIGHT ORCHESTRA / LEAVE THE LIGHT ON / NOLA BLUE
6.ANGELA EASLEY / RISE / CLASS A RECORDS
7.KATIE HENRY / ON MY WAY / RUF
8.REGINA BONELLI / TRUTH HEARTS / TRUE GROOVE
9.KENNY "BLUES BOSS" WAYNE / FROM CHICAGO TO PARIS / STONY PLAIN
10.BOB STROGER & THE HEADCUTTERS / THAT'S MY NAME / DELMARK
11.TINSLEY ELLIS / DEVIL MAY CARE / ALLIGATOR
12.KEB MO / GOOD TO BE.../ROUNDER
13.JOHN MAYALL / THE SUN IS SHINING DOWN / FORTY BELOW
14.PETER VETESKA & BLUES TRAIN / SO FAR SO GOOD / BLUE HEART
15.RICHARD RAY FARRELL / LIFE OF LEISURE / NUBA
16.LARRY McCRAY / BLUES WITHOUT YOU / KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE
17.JOSE RAMIREZ / MAJOR LEAGUE BLUES / DELMARK
18.ALBERT CASTIGLIA / I GOT LOVE / GULF COAST
19.SUGARAY RAYFORD / IN TOO DEEP / FORTY BELOW
20.BERNARD ALLISON / HIGHS & LOWS / RUF
21.POPA CHUBBY / EMOTIONAL GANGSTER
22.THE TWANGTOWN PARAPOURS / DOUBLE DOWN ON A BAD THING / SELF
23.THE SULLY BAND / LET'S STRAIGHTEN IT OUT! / BELLY UP
24.SCOTT ELLISON / THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE NIGHT / LIBERATION HALL
25.BIG AL & THE HEAVYWEIGHTS / LOVE ONE ANOTHER / VIZZTONE
26.VAL STARR & THE BLUES ROCKET/HEALING KIND OF BLUES/SANDWICH FACTORY
27.PROFESSOR LOUIE & THE CROMATIX / STRIKE UP THE BAND / WOODSTOCK
28.BOBBY GENTILO / GENTILO / BLUE HEART
29.HURRICANE RUTH / LIVE AT 3RD AND LINDSLEY / SELF RELEASE
30.MISS BIX / BRING IT / BLUE HEART
THIS LIST WAS SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE FOR
INCLUSION IN THE NATIONAL BLUES CHART FOR APRIL 1, 2022
MIKE JACOBS
MUSIC DIRECTOR/ KIOS-FM
OMAHA, NEBRASKA