Top ten modern day blues musicians

December 22, 7:43 AMBlues ExaminerElizabeth Punke

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In the world of music today it is ever harder to find the great Blues artists that are feeding tunes and messages right under our noses. With immense searching and tireless web browsing, you may come across a few names that have had success, or you may just hit upon the masters of yester year. I believe it is all too important to realize that the blues we all once knew have evolved.

Unfortunateley, unless you scout the small bar scene and spend hours tracking down that one musician in a lost town, you will not find blues the way it was intended to be. Not unless you were me. I have spent those hours, been to the bars, and kept my eyes in cyber space for endless time periods all to accomodate the music lover that is in all of us. I know that a good list of blues artists is hard, make that very hard, to find. So I found them for you.

This is my top ten list of the best up and coming artists, and one that has been around but not noticed, that have talent, vision and will definitely please your ears and mind.

1. Ben Harper (top right)

 2. Shemekia Copeland (bottom right)

3. William Elliott Whitmore

4. Ana Popovic

5. Kelly Joe Phelps

6. Joe Bonamassa

7. Roxanne Potvin

8. Todd Sharpville

9. Anthony Gomes

10. Susan Tedeschi

All of these blues artists are unique in their own way. Some come from Canada, some play the banjo. Ana Popovic is from Yugoslavia, while Ben Harper dabbles into reggae and rock. One thing is always consistant with a great blues musician, they have soul and they know how to spread it.