The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Aug 1, 2020
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 2 | Rough and Rowdy Ways | Bob Dylan | Columbia | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 2 | 1 | World on the Ground | Sarah Jarosz | Rounder | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 3 | 3 | Asterisk the Universe | John Craigie | Thirty Tigers | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 4 | 43 | The Balladeer | Lori McKenna | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 5 | 5 | No Time for Love Songs | The Mastersons | Compass | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 6 | 6 | Ghost Tattoo | Kristen Grainger & True North | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 7 | 8 | Look Long | Indigo Girls | Rounder | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 8 | 7 | No Cactus | Jackdaw | Cutthroat | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 9 | 12 | Bet on Love | Pharis & Jason Romero | Lula | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 10 | 9 | San Isabel | Jamestown Revival | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 11 | 10 | Human Citizen | Keith Greeninger | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 12 | 29 | Mondegreens | Rachel Garlin | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 13 | 11 | 2020 | Eliza Gilkyson | Red House | Contemporary Folk |
| *NEW* | 14 | - | No Summer | Cinder Well | Free Dirt | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 15 | 13 | Have Purpose Live Long | Josie Bello | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 16 | 14 | What It is | Hayes Carll | Dualtone | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 17 | 33 | Flyover Country | Chicago Farmer | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 18 | 15 | The Path of Stones | John Doyle | Compass | Celtic |
| ▲ | 19 | 42 | A Dark Murmuration of Words | Emily Barker | Thirty Tigers | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 20 | 4 | Brother Sister | Watkins Family Hour | Family Hour | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 21 | 16 | We'll Never Know Unless We Try | Darling West | Jansen | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 22 | 19 | Bull Frogs Croon (And Other Songs) | Aoife O'Donovan | Yep Roc | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 23 | 22 | Bravado | Rose Cousins | Outside Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 24 | 23 | Do, Baby. | Eric Selby | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 25 | 24 | Eiderdown | Gordon Thomas Ward | Trespass Music | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 26 | 21 | Medicine for Living | Alexa Rose | Big Legal Mess | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 27 | 26 | Bonny Light Horseman | Bonny Light Horseman | 37d03d | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 28 | 45 | The Remains of Sunday | Alec Lytle & Them Rounders | Four Acre | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 29 | 27 | Harmony Ascension Division | Pete Bernhard | Kahn | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 30 | 56 | Apocalypse (Now!) | Aztec Two-Step 2.0 | Rex Fowler | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 31 | 85 | Folk N’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales of Isolation | J.S. Ondara | Verve Forecast | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 32 | 30 | Good Good Man | Vance Gilbert | Disismye Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 33 | 20 | How to Break a Fall | Maya De Vitry | Mad Maker Studio | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 34 | 31 | Who Cares | David G Smith | Hey Dave | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 35 | 32 | The Road Not Taken | Nick Justice | Lulu Belle | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 36 | 72 | Unfollow the Rules | Rufus Wainwright | BMG | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 37 | 36 | The Hurting Kind | John Paul White | Single Lock | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 38 | 83 | Moonshine Blue | Jack Broadbent | Crow's Feet | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 39 | 37 | Matamoros | James Kahn | Words and Music | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 40 | 17 | The Romantic | Taylor Ashton | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 41 | - | Fretland | Fretland | Tone Tree | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 42 | 34 | Reliever | William Prince | Six Shooter | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 43 | 39 | A Beginner's Guide to Bravery | David Keenan | Rubyworks | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 44 | 38 | The Only Ones | The Milk Carton Kids | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 45 | 61 | The Ocean Wide | Sussex | Lucky Bear | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 46 | 18 | Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine | John McCutcheon | Appalsongs | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 47 | - | Crowing Ignites | Bruce Cockburn | True North | Folk Rock |
| *NEW* | 48 | - | Homegrown | Neil Young | Silver Bow | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 49 | 41 | Walk Through Fire | Yola | Nonesuch | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 50 | 44 | Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 | Todd Snider | Aimless | Folk Rock |
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