The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Aug 1, 2026
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Grey & Greene | Grey DeLisle | Hummin'bird | Folk Rock |
| - | 2 | 2 | One True Song | Karney | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| - | 3 | 3 | Parry Lamont | Parry Lamont | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 4 | 4 | Hero Street | David G Smith | Hey Dave | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | Where Truth Lies | Stacy Robin | Dharmapala | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 6 | 5 | I Ain't Worried | Ray Wyatt | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 7 | 7 | Northern Moon | John Donovan | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| - | 8 | 8 | Witness Trees | David G Smith | Hey Dave | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 9 | 11 | Queen of the Angels | Linda Marks | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 10 | 10 | Where I Belong | Mary Ann Casale | Guitar One | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 11 | 12 | Don't Drink the Poison | Linda Sussman | Sing Out Proud | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 12 | 13 | Five | Eric Selby | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 13 | 15 | Sing to Me About Tomorrow | Winterlark | Squink | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 14 | 9 | The Fiddle and the Drum | Renee Fleming with Bela Fleck | Thirty Tigers | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 15 | 16 | Occulations | Jim Lampos | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 16 | 17 | Into the Light | Aliza Hava | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 17 | 19 | Borrowed | Grey DeLisle | Regional | Folk Rock |
| - | 18 | 18 | The Only Moment | Maya De Vitry | Mad Maker | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 19 | 20 | Dime Store Mannequin | Son Stone | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 20 | 21 | Songs of Hope and Resistance | David Scott Weaver | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 21 | - | I'm Too Old for Games: a Live Tribute to Odetta | Misty Blues | Guitar One | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 22 | 14 | Bloodline | Mon Rovîa | Nettwerk | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 23 | 22 | Letting Go | Wolf Jett | Wolf Tracks | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 24 | 23 | Willie Watson | Willie Watson | Thirty Tigers | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 25 | 24 | Mother Nature's Show | The High Hawks | Lohi | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 26 | 25 | I Swam Here | John Craigie | Zabriskie Point | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 27 | - | Wilderness Within You | Parker Millsap | Okrahoma | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 28 | 26 | HIGH, LONESOME and then SOME. | Todd Snider | Aimless | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 29 | 27 | Homeaid | Chicago Farmer | Lofi | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 30 | 28 | Memory Mountain | Max Gomez | New West | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 31 | - | Sending Money and Stems | Joe Kaplow | Fluff & Gravy | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 32 | 29 | The Universe is Hungry | Damn Tall Buildings | Damn Tall Buildings | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 33 | 30 | American Boys | Don McLean | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 34 | - | Ancestral Home | Half Gringa | Half Gringa | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 35 | 32 | One Deep River | Mark Knopfler | Blue Note | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 36 | 33 | The New Modern Hymns | Darrell Scott | Here | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 37 | 34 | Dark Ages | Eliza Gilkyson | Realiza | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 38 | 35 | And I for You | Pressing Strings | Evil Teen | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 39 | - | Lightning | Laith | Fluff and Gravy | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 40 | - | Nowhere to Fall | Chris Bullinger | Tweedle | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 41 | 36 | Song for Juli (50th Anniversary Edition) | Jesse Colin Young | Pigfoot | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 42 | 37 | Pagan Church | John Craigie | Leslie/Songlines | Alternative Folk |
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