Has anyone on here heard Samuel James?
Hear him at:
myspace.com/sugarsmallhouse

He's in his early 30s, has recorded two albums, second one came out in mid-2009. He plays blues on a classical guitar and sometimes on banjo.

Someone else already mentioned Blind Boy Paxton.

Carolina Chocolate Drops obviously aren't blues, but they're bluesy roots music.

I think, just as there are more and more black kids playing in indie rock bands (previously the preserve of the white middle class) we're starting to see more Afro-Americans checking out the music of the past. I have to say, I think it corresponds with the rise of an Afro-American middle class and increasing affluence: for the simple reason that hip-hop and soul sell much much better (playing folk and blues isn't exactly a ticket to fame and riches).

Over here in the UK, there's the one-man-band that is Lewis Floyd Henry. Or Errol Linton. But in the UK, it's different again, as black musical heritage is going to be Afro-Caribbean or African. So reggae and ska and calypso are more likely to be yr interests, not blues.