The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Apr 21, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 4 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Oh Boy | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 2 | 2 | By the Way, I Forgive You | Brandi Carlile | Elektra | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 3 | 1 | See You Around | I'm With Her | Concord | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | Down Hearted Blues | Eilen Jewell | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | Silence in These Walls | Flatt Lonesome | Mountain Home Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 6 | 13 | Carter Stanley's Eyes | Peter Rowan | Rebel | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 7 | 10 | Southland | Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | Ms. Behave | Rosie & The Riveters | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 9 | 7 | True in Time | John Gorka | Red House | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 10 | 20 | Sometimes Just the Sky | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 11 | 8 | Tell the Devil I'm Gettin' There As Fast As I Can | Ray Wylie Hubbard | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 12 | 26 | My Mother the Moon | Dead Horses | Wolff Moon | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 13 | 16 | Fifteen | The Wailin' Jennys | Red House | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 14 | 15 | Where the River Meets the Road | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 15 | 24 | Let Them Know I'm from Virginia | Big Country Bluegrass | Rebel | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 16 | 5 | Time is Everything (feat. Riley Calcagno) | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Free Dirt | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 17 | 21 | Black Cowboys | Dom Flemons | Smithsonian Folkways | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 18 | 14 | Letters Never Read | Dori Freeman | Free Dirt | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 19 | 17 | Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs | Barbara Dane | Smithsonian Folkways | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 20 | 18 | While I Was Asleep | Darling West | Jansen | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 21 | 39 | Motel Bouquet | Caitlin Canty | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 22 | 29 | City Painted Gold | The Brothers Comatose | Swamp Jam | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 23 | 19 | Folksinger Vol. 2 | Willie Watson | Acony | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 24 | 30 | The Art of Forgetting | Kyle Carey | Riverboat | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 25 | 32 | Home on the River | Caroline Cotter | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 26 | 33 | Live at Tiny Telephone | T Sisters | Three Headed Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 27 | 22 | The Way These Things Go | FY5 | Swingfingers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 28 | 12 | Walk in the Dark | Rob Lutes | Lucky Bear | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 29 | 11 | Ghost Light | John McCutcheon | Appalseed Productions | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 30 | 41 | Can You Hear Me | Ashley Condon | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 31 | 25 | Freedom Highway | Rhiannon Giddens | Nonesuch | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 32 | 79 | Lord of the Desert | 3hattrio | Okehdokee | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 33 | 23 | Small Believer | Anna Tivel | Fluff & Gravy | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 34 | 43 | World Gone Mad | The Weight Band | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 35 | 56 | Bone on Bone | Bruce Cockburn | True North | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 36 | 61 | The Siren's Song | Kacy & Clayton | New West | Traditional Folk |
| *NEW* | 37 | - | In City & Country | Young Novelists | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 38 | 46 | Insanity Vs. Humanity | James Maddock | Songs Of Avenue C | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 39 | 89 | Sunshiner | The Mammals | Humble Abode | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 40 | 34 | Close Ties | Rodney Crowell | New West | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 41 | 47 | Mother Lion | May Erlewine | Earthwork Music | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 42 | 48 | Brand New Day | The Mavericks | Mono Mundo | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 43 | 38 | Singin' | Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio | Vessel Recordings | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 44 | 35 | Same As I Ever Have Been | Matt Patershuk | Black Hen | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 45 | 49 | Low Tide | Tracy Grammer | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 46 | 27 | Everything | Darden Smith | Compass | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 47 | 28 | The Dustbowl Revival | The Dustbowl Revival | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 48 | 65 | Far off on the Horizon | Winter Wilson | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 49 | 54 | The Drifter and the Preacher | Barney Bentall | True North | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 50 | 52 | Redemption & Ruin | The Devil Makes Three | New West | Folk Rock |
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