AllMusic’s Favorite Blues Albums of 2008...

The 2008 AMG "best blues" list includes G-Man favorites, The Black Keys' Attack & Release and Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs' Dirt Don't Hurt. I recommend Dr. John's City That Care Forgot. If you go to the site, you will find links to reviews of each album.

The Black Keys - Attack & Release
Robert Cray - Live at the BBC
Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup - Gonna Be Some Changes: 1946-54
Reverend Gary Davis - Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964
Dr. John and the Lower 911 - City That Care Forgot
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs - Dirt Don’t Hurt
Buddy Guy - Skin Deep
B.B. King - One Kind Favor
Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials - Full Tilt
leftLittle Caesar - Your On-The-Hour Man: Modern, Dolphin and Downey Recordings
Memphis Minnie - Hoodoo Lady
Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves - Roll with You
Duke Robillard - A Swingin Session with Duke Robillard
Byther Smith - Blues on the Moon, Live at the Rhythm Social Club
Mavis Staples - Live: Hope at the Hideout
Susan Tedeschi - Back to the River
Watermelon Slim & the Workers - No Paid Holidays
Various Artists - Blame It on the Dogg: The Swamp Dogg Anthology 1968-1978
Various Artists - Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel
Various Artists - Son House & the Kings of the Delta Blues
Various Artists - Take Me to the River: A Southern Soul Story 1961-1977