Top 20 Albums
Vote for Top 20 Blues, Rock, & Roots Albums of 2020!
We want your votes for your favorite albums released in 2020 that Rock and Blues Muse has reviewed. This year has brought many outstanding releases in these genres, despite the challenges of the pandemic.
Make your voice count toward the Top 20 full length releases of 2020, including live albums. Choose your favorites and we will create a composite of your votes and the votes from our editorial staff. No EPs, sorry.
If one of your favorite blues, rock or roots music CDs is not included in the list, there is a Write-In Vote at the end of the Poll. A valid email address is required to vote. Each person can only vote once. YOU CAN VOTE FOR 5 ALBUMS ONLY. Cast your vote at one time.
Each choice is alphabetized by first letter of band name or first name of artist. Click on the box next to that name. You can make 5 choices.
Cast your votes and the screen will roll up and say “Thank you for your vote.” You’ll know your vote has been counted.
Voting is closed midnight Saturday, Dec. 19, 2021 and results will be published Tuesday Dec. 22, 2020.
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So many fantastic albums to choose from, many of which I’ve learned from Rockandbluesmuse!
Class
Albert Castilian is never a disappointment. You really feel his music. One of my all time favorite blues artist.
Victor Wainwright knocked it out the park as always!
Great albums this year
My best album for this year is Walter trout ordinary madness
Could easily select 10 GREAT albums. Tough call.
Cry Out is a very special and powerful album! It hits every emotion both lyrically and musically! A must for any music collection!
Thank you
I love all of Albert Castiglias music! The songs he writes and the songs he covers!
Extremely impressed by Grainne Duffy and her Voodoo Blues (album)!
Pi Jacobs, incredible female songwriter for this time.
Great album!!
Agreed!
Bad touch ! All the way
I would like to nominate When Rivers Meet and their debut album We Fly Free
Stunning self penned songs grab your attention from first to last
Don,
When Rivers Meet is in the selection already. Go down to the W.
List didn’t show up when I first visited. I have now voted. Thank you
Erja is super ❤️
When Rivers meet are my vote. Great raw blues and fab vocals fom Grace Bond.
Lynda,
Please cast your vote in the form. Thank you.
Savoy Brown delivers again with “Ain’t Done Yet–great album from a great band! They definitely ain’t done yet!
100% collateral
Anthony Gomes and When Rivers Meet get my vote . I like each of their 2020 albums equally .
One Shot by Lynne Jackaman for me. Great original songs, brilliant vocals, the contributions of a stellar cast of musicians at Muscle Shoals and the production of Jamie Evans.
Collateral for sure, amazing band, great guys and some serious talent!!
When Rivers Meet are the best new band this year, no question. They have reinvented blues/rock and recruited an army of supporters through their weekly livestreams. Grace Bond may be the top female vocalist in the Country, and is brilliantly complemented by the driving guitar and vocals of husband, Aaron. Their new album We Fly Free has earned rave reviews and was rated in the Top 5 Blues albums of the year by Classic Rock Magazine. Loved by their fans, they are destined for big things.
Most of my top ten rock and blues albums are on the list. But one of my favorites is missing: The Dirty Knobs.
John MC Lean and Charles Barkatz are super ! Superbe album and compositions ! Thanks to them ! ❤
A favorite for John MC Lean and Charles Barkatz to listen absolutely
Everything should check out COLLATERAL. The whole album is excellent. Definitely not a band to sleep on.
Thanks
So many greats to chose from. I guess, if nothing else, the shut down has brought out some wonderful music.
I had to go with Anthony Gomes containment blues.
The Blues Bones!!!!!
Eliza Neals “Black Crow Moan”
Such a morally uplifting work of art by those two great men Charles Barkatz and John McLean.
Erick Steckel’s Grandview Drive simply ROCKS!
Dan Lawson Band’s “Abyssal Plain”
Hurricane Ruth “Good Life”.. wonderful and moving music!
When it comes to Blues Kirk Fletcher is absolutely the man. His album is the real deal. Just amazing
What about that stunning album from Bluesbones – live on stage ? Never expected something that good coming from Belgium besides beer :-)
John,
Bluesbones is in the list. Please vote if that’s your choice.
It says you can make 5 choices… I want all 5 for The Mary Jo Curry Band, but it only let me vote once. This isn’t Chicago OR a Dominion voting machine apparently…
Mike,
We do our best here and can’t accommodate everything in a simple voting plugin. Sorry.
Mark May
Amazing
I vote for AC DC , Black Stone Cherry , Orianthi , Tyler Bryant and Anthony Gomes all albums amazing and awesome .
Bluesbones …. they’re the best….
Anthony Gomes Containment Blues is the cd of all times for me …From Tell Somebody to Hell and Half of Georgia i love this cd.
Vanessa Collier ‘Heart on the Line’
Sprezzatura is just phenomenal.
Anthony Gomes has came so far over the years. We all love him as a person and respect him as an artist keep up the great work Blues brother!
B.B. Othersiders.
The BluesBones Live on stage!
Voted!! Jeremiah Johnson!!!! Love you!!!!!!!!
Nominate Thundermother “Heatwave” a great album.
Magnolia Bayou, Strange Place hands down