Top Canada Album Chart for the Year of 2023

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

	Album Title	Band/Artist Name	Label	Sub Genre
1	Let's Go	The Maple Blues Band	Cordova Bay	Contemporary Blues
2	The Big Bottle of Joy	Matt Andersen	Sonic	Soul Blues
3	SoulFunkn'BLUES	Blackburn Brothers	Electro-Fi	Contemporary Blues
4	Live in Austin Vol. 1	Sue Foley	Self-Release	Blues Rock
5	Nice Ain't Got Me Nothin'	Billy The Kid & The Regulators	indienink	Blues Rock
6	Everything Now	JW-Jones	Solid Blues	Contemporary Blues
7	Stop.	Robert Billard and the Cold Calls	Fifth Chord Studios	Contemporary Blues
8	Latchford	Andre Bisson	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
9	Midnight Microphone	John Rutherford	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
10	Roses	Jackson Hollow	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
11	SIX	The Bluesland Horn Band	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
12	Down Rounder	Cat Clyde	Second Prize	Country Blues
13	O Sun O Moon	Bruce Cockburn	True North	Roots Rock
14	Continue As a Guest	The New Pornographers	Merge	Alternative Rock
15	Painting Stars	LH Express	Self-Release	Blues Rock
16	Scream, Holler & Howl	Blue Moon Marquee	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
17	A Sound in the Dark	Sandra Bouza	Self-Release	Blues Rock
18	Honest Lies	Justin Saladino Band	Self-Release	Roots Rock
19	Open Road	Colin James	Stony Plain	Blues Rock
20	Breakless Heart	Brett Spaulding	Self-Release	Roots Rock
21	Multitudes	Feist	Polydor	Alternative Rock
22	Dear Illusion	Steve Hill	No Label	Blues Rock
23	I'm Not Crying, You're Crying	Whitehorse	Six Shooter	Alternative Country
24	Shades of Blue	Terry Donaghue	Self-Release	Classic Blues
25	The Returner	Allison Russell	Birds of Chicago	Contemporary Folk
26	Beautiful Thing	Peach & Quiet	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
27	Handled with Care	Jason Lang	Famgroup	Roots Rock
28	Destiny	Brendan Rothwell	Self-Release	Contemporary Jazz
29	Canboro, Canborough	Davis Hall & The Green Lanterns	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
30	Thanks for Tomorrow	Harrison Kennedy	Electro-Fi	Classic Blues
31	Little Songs	Colter Wall	Black Hole	Roots Rock
32	Rosie	Whitney Rose	MCG	Americana Country
33	Pieces of Honey	Billy Simard	Self-Release	Americana Country
34	Blue Rev	Alvvays	Transgressive	Alternative
35	Shake It	Robert Connely Farr	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
36	Sanctity of Silence	Noah Derksen	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
37	C'est La Vie	Sean Poluk	Self-Release	Acoustic Blues
38	For Jimmy	Boy Golden	Six Shooter	Americana Country
39	World Record	Neil Young	The Other Shoe	Contemporary Folk
40	So Many Wows	Lucie Blue Tremblay	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
41	Stand in the Joy	William Prince	Six Shooter	Americana Country
42	Out of the Woods	Durham County Poets	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
43	Folkocracy	Rufus Wainwright	BMG	Contemporary Folk
44	Norm	Andy Shauf	Anti	Alternative
45	Same Pain	Garret T. Willie	Self-Release	Blues Rock
46	One Step Closer	Brandon Isaak	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
47	Gin House	Wayne Nicholson	Grindstone	Blues Rock
48	Your Requests	Laila Biali	Self-Release	Crossover Jazz
49	Hold on to Love	Shakura S'Aida	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
50	The World Could Change	Layla Zoe	Cable Car	Contemporary Blues
51	Defined by Love	Miss Emily	Self-Release	Soul Blues
52	Remain	Bywater Call	Gypsy Soul	Contemporary Blues
53	Preach to My Soul	Spencer Mackenzie	Gypsy Soul	Blues Rock
54	Bitches Blues	Sass Jordan	Stony Plain	Contemporary Blues
55	Bootcut	Bahamas	Brushfire	Alternative Rock
56	Walk when You Wanna Run	Ethan Askey	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
57	Steady	SLOAN	Yep Roc	Alternative Rock
58	Fall Back Home	Suzie Vinnick	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
59	Still That Way Today	South Island Rhythm Kings	Blue Glue	Contemporary Blues
60	Time to Shine	Garnetta Cromwell	Self-Release	Soul Blues
61	Pray 4 Tomorrow	Dumb	Mint	Alternative Rock
62	Long River	Angelique Francis	Self-Release	Soul Blues
63	The Ballad of Lucy Stone	Andre Bisson	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
64	Better Days	Cliff Stevens	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
65	Containment Blues	Anthony Gomes	Up 2 Zero	Blues Rock
66	Set the Record	HOROJO Trio	Stony Plain	Contemporary Blues
67	Easy Listening for Jerks, Pt. 1	The Dead South	Six Shooter	Progressive Bluegrass
68	Laff It off	Pony Girl	Paper Bag	Alternative Rock
69	Uncertain Country	Great Lake Swimmers	Pheromone	Alternative Folk
70	Southern Sun	John Donovan	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
71	BLOW	Colin Linden	Highway 20	Blues Rock
72	Next Stop	Gary Cain	Self-Release	Blues Rock
73	Immigrant	Fuat Tuac	Tuzu Kuru	Crossover Jazz
74	Moonlighting – AstroJazz, Vol.1	Astrocolor	Softone	Jazz
75	Passages and Partings	April Verch	Slab Town	Contemporary Folk
76	Back to the Spirit of 66 (Live)	Layla Zoe	Cable Car	Contemporary Blues
77	Blues from Chicago to Paris	Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne	Stony Plain	Contemporary Blues
78	The Strongman Blues Remedy, Vol. 1	Steve Strongman	Stony Plain	Contemporary Blues
79	Playing with Fire	Jane Bunnett	Linus	Latin Jazz
80	Real Blues	Jim Dan Dee	Self-Release	Blues Rock
81	Standing Eight	Jeremy Green	Self-Release	Fusion
82	Blurry Vision	Shred Kelly	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
83	Operator	Avi Granite 6	Pet Mantis	Modern Jazz
84	Thirsty for Your Love	The Sugar Darlings	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
85	I'm Not from Chicago	Debra Power	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
86	Twelve Bar Prescription	Fog Blues and Brass Band	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
87	Boogalator	Tim Gibbons and The Swampbusters	Self-Release	Blues Rock
88	Songs for a Winter's Night	Reid Jamieson	Self-Release	Christmas
89	Constellations	Meredith Moon	True North	Contemporary Folk
90	The Head of a Mouse	Audrey Ochoa	Chronograph	Jazz
91	Pandora Sessions	Robert Connely Farr	Self-Release	Delta Blues
92	Tell 'Em You Were Gold	Pharis & Jason Romero	Smithsonian Folkways	Traditional Folk
93	Homemaker	Jill Barber	Outside	Alternative Folk
94	Almanac	Del Barber	Acronym	Americana Country
95	Barn	Neil Young	The Other Shoe	Contemporary Folk
96	Home Cookin'	Cory Weeds	Cellar	Big Band
97	Better Days Ahead	Kate Weekes	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
98	Say What You Like	Doug Paisley	Outside Music	Americana Country
99	Convergence	Nick Maclean Quartet	Browntasaurus	Jazz
100	Being Somewhere	Dan Mangan	Arts & Crafts	Alternative Rock
101	Joy	Ernesto Cervini	TPR	Jazz
102	Beyond the Great Pause	Doug Cox & Linda McRae	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
103	Cry Me a River	Hilario Duran And His Latin Jazz Big Band	Alma	Latin Jazz
104	Paint Horse	Benjamin Dakota Rogers	Good People	Alternative Folk
105	Arrangements	Preoccupations	Flemish Eye	Alternative Rock
106	The Ostara Project	The Ostara Project	Cellar Live	Jazz
107	News Blues	Greg Amirault	Self-Release	Jazz
108	Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs	Colter Wall	La Honda	Western Swing
109	John 20:20	Reid Jamieson	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
110	TumbleWeedyWorld	Lynn Miles	True North	Contemporary Folk
111	The Drip	Rubim De Toledo	Bottom Dweller	Modern Jazz
112	Through the Rain	Lyle Odjick & The Northern Steam	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
113	Voyages and Other Stories	Guy Belanger	Bros	Contemporary Blues
114	Eleven	Madison Violet	Passenger Sounds	Traditional Folk
115	Bravado	Rose Cousins	Outside Music	Contemporary Folk
116	The Same Storm	Dave Gunning	Wee House of Music	Traditional Folk
117	New Light	Claire Coupland	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
118	Shepherd	Bywater Call	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues
119	Second Hand	James Keelaghan	Borealis	Contemporary Folk
120	At the End of the Day	Sylvia Tyson	Stony Plain	Contemporary Folk
121	Acoustic Crossroads	Brad Strang	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
122	Breathe in the World, Breathe out Music	Mike Stevens	Stony Plain	Folk Rock
123	The Reckless One	Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar	Gypsy Soul	Soul Blues
124	Chopper	Kiwi jr.	Sub Pop	Alternative Rock
125	Front Street Duets	Hilario Duran And His Latin Jazz Big Band	Alma	Jazz
126	Much Further out Than Inevitable: a Fiddle and Banjo Tribute to Some Music of John Hartford	John Showman	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
127	Sham Family	Sham Family	Wavy Haze	Alternative Rock
128	Epistle	Jacob Chung	Three Pines	Jazz
129	Lively Times (Live at the Anza Club!)	The Lonesome Ace Stringband	Self-Release	Contemporary Bluegrass
130	Le Olem	Alex Krawczyk	MTS	Alternative Folk
131	Silver Cup	David Gogo	Cordova Bay	Acoustic Blues
132	Girl in the Yard	Joy Lapps	Self-Release	Jazz
133	Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)	Joni Mitchell	Rhino	Alternative Folk
134	Northern Bayou	Al Lerman	Self-Release	Acoustic Blues
135	Getaway	Abigail Lapell	Coax	Folk Rock
136	Blues Calling	Rene Huard Project	Self-Release	Contemporary Blues

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

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