Top Folk Album Chart for the Year of 2023

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2023

	Album Title	Band/Artist Name	Label	Sub Genre
1	You're the One	Rhiannon Giddens	Nonesuch	Contemporary Folk
2	Yellow Peril	Nat Myers	Easy Eye Sound	Alternative Folk
3	Witness Trees	David G Smith	Hey Dave	Alternative Folk
4	Wilderness Within You	Parker Millsap	Okrahoma	Contemporary Folk
5	Home	Eliza Gilkyson	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
6	One More Time Before You Go: a Tribute to Tony Rice	Dan Tyminski	North Star	Traditional Folk
7	You Never Can Tell	Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
8	Sticks and Stones	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	6 Ace	Contemporary Folk
9	Celebrants	Nickel Creek	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
10	Wide Open Light	Ben Harper	Chrysalis	Alternative Folk
11	Jump for Joy	Hiss Golden Messenger	Merge	Alternative Folk
12	1988	Lori McKenna	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
13	Tell Me Who You Are: a Live Tribute to Odetta	Misty Blues	Guitar One	Traditional Folk
14	Cardiac	Aarythmers	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
15	Emotional Contracts	Deer Tick	ATO	Alternative Folk
16	In the Moment	Raveis Kole	Bop	Folk Rock
17	Lay Your Darkness Down	Mark Erelli	Soundly	Alternative Folk
18	Sanctuary	Rebecca Folsom	Sunshine Productions	Contemporary Folk
19	Resilience	Josie Bello	Guitar One	Contemporary Folk
20	Flesh and Bone	Cynthia Marchant	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
21	Larry Robbins: the Singles	Larry Robbins	Mazelations	Contemporary Folk
22	Cup of Sugar	Tim O'Brien	Howdy Skies	Contemporary Folk
23	The Returner	Allison Russell	Birds of Chicago	Contemporary Folk
24	12th of June	Lyle Lovett	Verve	Alternative Folk
25	I Only See the Moon	The Milk Carton Kids	Far Cry	Contemporary Folk
26	Traveling Wildfire	Dom Flemons	Smithsonian Folkways	Contemporary Folk
27	North Georgia Rounder	Pony Bradshaw	Black Mountain	Contemporary Folk
28	Beautiful Thing	Peach & Quiet	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
29	Ozarker	Israel Nash	Soundly	Folk Rock
30	And I for You	Pressing Strings	Evil Teen	Folk Rock
31	Anarchist Gospel	Sunny War	New West	Contemporary Folk
32	Everything is Alive	Darlingside	More Doug	Folk Rock
33	Lover's Game	The War and Treaty	Mercury	Contemporary Folk
34	You Only Get a Few	Upstate	Royal Potato Family	Contemporary Folk
35	Filament	Buddy Mondlock	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
36	Crank It, We're Doomed	Todd Snider	Aimless	Folk Rock
37	Safe to Run	Esther Rose	New West	Alternative Folk
38	Dang Fool	Eric Selby	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
39	Small Towns	StillHouse Junkies	Dark Shadow	Traditional Folk
40	Gonna Be Beautiful	Karney	Self-Release	Folk Rock
41	Tape	Patty Griffin	PGM	Contemporary Folk
42	Bits & Pieces	Malcolm Holcombe	Singular	Contemporary Folk
43	Meat Bird in Beigeville	Judy Nazemetz	Smokey Lady	Contemporary Folk
44	Creatures in the Garden	Karney	Self-Release	Folk Rock
45	Dark Enough to See the Stars	Mary Gauthier	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
46	There is So Much Here	Glen Phillips	Compass	Alternative Folk
47	Palomar Parade	Sons Of The East	Self-Release	Folk Rock
48	A Murder of Songs	Grant Peeples	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
49	Upstate Crossroads	Tim Ball	Irelandville	Contemporary Folk
50	Moving on Skiffle	Van Morrison	Virgin Music	Alternative Folk
51	Sanctity of Silence	Noah Derksen	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
52	Cover to Cover	The Brother Brothers	Compass	Contemporary Folk
53	Shake It Loose Today	Linda Sussman	Sing Out Proud	Alternative Folk
54	Arsonist Daughter	Aspen Jacobsen	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
55	Everyday Legends	Linda Marks	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
56	Cosmos	Darling West	Jansen	Contemporary Folk
57	World Record	Neil Young	The Other Shoe	Contemporary Folk
58	So Many Wows	Lucie Blue Tremblay	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
59	The Liar	John Fullbright	Blue Dirt	Contemporary Folk
60	Now and the Evermore	Colin Hay	Compass	Alternative Folk
61	Night Work	James Maddock	Songs Of Avenue C	Traditional Folk
62	Whispers from the Woods	Gordon Thomas Ward	Trespass Music	Alternative Folk
63	Folkocracy	Rufus Wainwright	BMG	Contemporary Folk
64	A Few Stars Apart	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Fantasy	Contemporary Folk
65	Outpourings	Craig Bickhardt	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
66	Now	Graham Nash	BMG	Folk Rock
67	How Can I Say This?	Annie Capps	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
68	Accentuate the Positive	Van Morrison	Exile	Alternative Folk
69	Moving Through America	Steve Forbert	Blue Rose	Contemporary Folk
70	Appaloosa Bones	Gregory Alan Isakov	Dualtone	Contemporary Folk
71	Where Zat	John Roy Zat	Flyin Bayou	Alternative Folk
72	I'm Your Huckleberry	Tommy Goucher	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
73	The Little In-Between	Tim Grimm	Vault	Contemporary Folk
74	The Price We Pay for Love	Julie Christensen	Wierbird	Contemporary Folk
75	Book of Life	Brian Blake	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
76	Alpenglow	Trampled by Turtles	Banjodad	Traditional Folk
77	There for You	Steve Free	Fraternity	Alternative Folk
78	The Ballad of Aesop Fin	Barrett Davis	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
79	Sweet Beginnings	Kathryn Severing Fox	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
80	All Souls Hill	The Waterboys	Cooking Vinyl	Alternative Folk
81	1977	Michelle Malone	BFD	Contemporary Folk
82	Bones	Melissa Ruth	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
83	Common Nation of Sorrow	Rachel Baiman	Signature Sounds	Contemporary Folk
84	Ever-Changing	The Ruta Beggars	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
85	55	Ellis Paul	Rosella	Contemporary Folk
86	Among Other Things	Bella White	Rounder	Traditional Folk
87	Come Back to Me	Peter One	Verve Forecast	Alternative Folk
88	Make Myself Me Again	Cristina Vane	Red Parlor	Alternative Folk
89	From Where I Stand	Wyatt Easterling	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
90	Hysteria	Billy Jeter	Shine Eye	Contemporary Folk
91	Stand for Myself	Yola	Easy Eye Sound	Folk Rock
92	Hold That Spirit	Raye Zaragoza	Rebel River	Contemporary Folk
93	Close Enough to Hear	Mile Twelve	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
94	York's Lament & Other Stories	Reggie Garrett	WonderDog	Contemporary Folk
95	Songs from the River Wind	Eliza Gilkyson	Howlin' Dog	Contemporary Folk
96	The Resonant Rogues	The Resonant Rogues	Sassafrass Sounds	Contemporary Folk
97	Mermaid Salt	John Craigie	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
98	Man with the Muse	Bryce Ernest Taylor	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
99	Time Will Finally Come	Wolf Jett	Hill House	Contemporary Folk
100	Meantime's Up	Jon Stickley Trio	Organic	Alternative Folk
101	Center of the Universe	Sofia Talvik	Makaki	Contemporary Folk
102	The Waiting Room	Alex Mabey	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
103	I Draw Slow	I Draw Slow	Compass	Contemporary Folk
104	Big Talk	Jarrod Dickenson	Hooked	Alternative Folk
105	All the Eye Can See	Joe Henry	Worksong	Contemporary Folk
106	Sleeping Sun, Waking Moon	Band For Sale	Electric Habitat	Folk Rock
107	Junk Drawer	Steve Wood	Benaji	Folk Rock
108	Rolling Golden Holy	Bonny Light Horseman	37d03d	Alternative Folk
109	In These Silent Days	Brandi Carlile	Low Country Sound	Contemporary Folk
110	Time is Funny That Way	Nina Gerber	Goatscape	Contemporary Folk
111	Watchhouse	Watchhouse	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
112	What You Feel is Real	Nina De Vitry	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
113	Phil Lee and Other Old Time Favorites	Phil Lee	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
114	Brady Street	Dead Horses	Vos & Wolff	Contemporary Folk
115	Uncertain Country	Great Lake Swimmers	Pheromone	Alternative Folk
116	Southern Sun	John Donovan	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
117	Blue-Twangled Folk N Roll	Reckless Saints	Shiny Gnu	Alternative Folk
118	Snake Creek	Pixie and The Partygrass Boys	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
119	A Place Beyond Belief	SLPSTRM	941048 Records DK	Alternative Folk
120	Tired of Trying	Joe Holt	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
121	Passages and Partings	April Verch	Slab Town	Contemporary Folk
122	The New Faith	Jake Blount	Smithsonian Folkways	Contemporary Folk
123	Sisters of White Chapel	Annie Bartholomew	Muskeg Collective	Contemporary Folk
124	In the Summertime	Tattletale Saints	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
125	Whiplash	Jobi Riccio	Yep Roc	Alternative Folk
126	Uranium Maiden	Kate MacLeod	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
127	Age of Apathy	Aoife O'Donovan	Yep Roc	Alternative Folk
128	The Rainbow Wheel of Death	Dougie Poole	Wharf Cat	Alternative Folk
129	Sleeping Dogs	Damn Tall Buildings	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
130	Roscoe's Dream	Mapache	Innovative Leisure	Contemporary Folk
131	Landmarks	Helene Cronin	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
132	Nine Apples of Gold	Karan Casey	Crow Valley	Contemporary Folk
133	8th Wonder	The National Parks	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
134	Tiny Beautiful Things	May Erlewine	Tone City Music	Contemporary Folk
135	The More I Give	Paula Standing	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
136	Reimagining	Claudia Schmidt	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
137	Seek the Love You're Yearning	Brian Gore Guitar Poet	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
138	Another End of a Year	Connor Garvey	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
139	Reckonings	Eric Kilburn	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
140	Lifeline	Laura Zucker	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
141	Last Days of Summer	Lucy Kaplansky	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
142	Shufflemania	Robyn Hitchcock	Tiny Ghost	Alternative Folk
143	Pizza Tickets	Taylor Ashton	Signature Sounds	Contemporary Folk
144	Coming Home: a Collection of Songs	Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb	Magnolia	Contemporary Folk
145	Moon Calendar	Travis McNamara	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
146	Clouds	The Ballroom Thieves	Nettwerk	Alternative Folk
147	From Self, with Love	Lowland Hum	Tone Tree	Alternative Folk
148	Blurry Vision	Shred Kelly	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
149	Borrowed	Grey DeLisle	Regional	Folk Rock
150	The Darkest Brilliance	Coastwest Unrest	Reclaim	Alternative Folk
151	At the Roadhouse	The Paper Kites	Nettwerk	Alternative Folk
152	Breaking the Thermometer	Leyla McCalla	Anti	Alternative Folk
153	Extrovert	Mr. Sun	Compass	Traditional Folk
154	Long Day's Journey into Light	Payson Lyon	Earwig	Contemporary Folk
155	Time out Session #2	The Accidentals	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
156	With You in My Life	Sheila K. Cameron	Glalell	Contemporary Folk
157	Avalanche	Jenny Owen Youngs	Yep Roc	Contemporary Folk
158	Party Lines	Romen Buffalo and The Loyal Order	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
159	Let All Who Will	Chris Pierce	Friends at Work	Contemporary Folk
160	Songs of Our Grandfathers	Zoe & Cloyd	Organic	Traditional Folk
161	Gold	Carter Sampson	Horton	Alternative Folk
162	Family Ties	Charles Wesley Godwin	Big Loud	Contemporary Folk
163	Constellations	Meredith Moon	True North	Contemporary Folk
164	Quietly Blowing It	Hiss Golden Messenger	Merge	Alternative Folk
165	Canvas	Natalie MacMaster	Linus	Celtic
166	Where I'm from	Mike Berman	Self-Release	Folk Rock
167	Within	Michelle Qureshi	myndstream	Alternative Folk
168	Tell 'Em You Were Gold	Pharis & Jason Romero	Smithsonian Folkways	Traditional Folk
169	Homemaker	Jill Barber	Outside	Alternative Folk
170	Love is the Only Thing	Peter Mulvey	Righteous Babe	Alternative Folk
171	Barn	Neil Young	The Other Shoe	Contemporary Folk
172	Twenty-First Century Times	Joe Astley	Self-Release	Folk Rock
173	Do, Baby.	Eric Selby	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
174	Better Days Ahead	Kate Weekes	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Album Chart for the Year of 2023

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2023