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Blues and bluegrass records that came out in 2026, newest first. Every release date and label here was checked against the label or a music news source.
Last updated: October 17, 2026
Six decades of blues, soul and gospel from the Holmes Brothers veteran, produced by Andreas Werner. Guests include Joan Osborne and the Blind Boys of Alabama.
Find it on Spotify → Buy on Amazon →The Baton Rouge singer's second record, produced by Tom Hambridge. Swampy blues with gospel and Southern rock mixed in, all about temptation and what it costs you.
Find it on Spotify → Buy on Amazon →Sixteen songs written after losing his mother, co-produced with T Bone Burnett. The cover art is a painting she made.
Find it on Spotify → Buy on Amazon →The Kansas City bassist and singer, produced by Tony Braunagel. Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars sits in on "Take Me Back."
Find it on Spotify → Buy on Amazon →Ten tracks of Chicago slide guitar caught live at the Fallout Shelter outside Boston. About as close as you'll get to seeing her without a ticket.
Find it on Spotify → Buy on Amazon →The fiddler you knew as Bronwyn Keith-Hynes from Molly Tuttle's Golden Highway, now going by just Bronwyn. Her first album built around her own songs.
Find it on Spotify → Buy on Amazon →The Florida guitarist cut this one in London at Abbey Road. Loud blues-rock with a nod to the British players who got him started.
Find it on Spotify → Buy on Amazon →Harmonica man, ex-Marine, and former Levon Helm bandmate. Eleven songs of Chicago blues, Memphis soul, and New Orleans funk.
Find it on Spotify → Buy on Amazon →Debut from a 20-year-old Connecticut guitarist who plays with his thumb instead of a pick. One to watch.
Find it on Spotify → Buy on Amazon →The Grammy winner's solo record. Bluegrass, country, and Americana with Molly Tuttle, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band along for the ride.
Find it on Spotify → Buy on Amazon →Their first for Compass, produced by banjo great Alison Brown. Mostly originals from the Grammy-nominated band.
Find it on Spotify → Buy on Amazon →The Grammy-winning jamgrass band's latest, with a country streak running through it.
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