The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2020

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label Sub Genre
1Rough and Rowdy WaysBob DylanColumbiaTraditional Folk
2No Time for Love SongsThe MastersonsCompassContemporary Folk
3Asterisk the UniverseJohn CraigieThirty Tigers Alternative Folk
4Brother SisterWatkins Family HourFamily Hour Alternative Folk
5Moonshine BlueJack BroadbentCrow's FeetFolk Rock
6We'll Never Know Unless We TryDarling WestJansenContemporary Folk
7What It isHayes CarllDualtoneContemporary Folk
8Have Purpose Live LongJosie BelloSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
9BravadoRose CousinsOutside MusicContemporary Folk
10Human CitizenKeith GreeningerSelf-ReleaseFolk Rock
11Flyover CountryChicago FarmerSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
12Ghost TattooKristen Grainger & True NorthSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
13Bonny Light HorsemanBonny Light Horseman37d03d Alternative Folk
14Bet on LovePharis & Jason RomeroLulaTraditional Folk
15Is It You, is It MeThe Dustbowl RevivalThirty TigersContemporary Folk
16The Path of StonesJohn DoyleCompassCeltic
17CircadianLetitia VanSantSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
18The BalladeerLori McKennaThirty TigersContemporary Folk
192020Eliza GilkysonRed HouseContemporary Folk
20Look LongIndigo GirlsRounderContemporary Folk
21Medicine for LivingAlexa RoseBig Legal MessContemporary Folk
22The Only OnesThe Milk Carton KidsThirty TigersContemporary Folk
23The Remains of SundayAlec Lytle & Them RoundersFour AcreContemporary Folk
24Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3Todd SniderAimlessFolk Rock
25Another SkyKelly's LotSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
26No CactusJackdawCutthroat Alternative Folk
27The RomanticTaylor AshtonSignature SoundsContemporary Folk
28Pass It on DownLinda SussmanSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
29Heart Land AgainTim GrimmSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
30MondegreensRachel GarlinSelf-Release Alternative Folk
31The Hurting KindJohn Paul WhiteSingle LockFolk Rock
32The Road Not TakenNick JusticeLulu BelleFolk Rock
33Woman in ColorRaye ZaragozaArt MeniusContemporary Folk
34Bull Frogs Croon (And Other Songs)Aoife O'DonovanYep RocContemporary Folk
35Over That Road I'm BoundJoachim CooderNonesuchContemporary Folk
36MatamorosJames KahnWords and Music Alternative Folk
37Straight to MarrowClint AlphinSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
38Good Good ManVance GilbertDisismye MusicContemporary Folk
39RelieverWilliam PrinceSix ShooterContemporary Folk
40Just Like a Woman: Songs of Bob DylanJessica RhayeSelf-ReleaseFolk Rock
41Songs of Our Native DaughtersOur Native DaughtersSmithsonian Folkways Alternative Folk
42All MineSarah MorrisAWContemporary Folk
43Ashes in the MorningKen DunnTrespass MusicContemporary Folk
44Just WordsLynne HansonSelf-ReleaseFolk Rock
45A Dark Murmuration of WordsEmily BarkerThirty Tigers Alternative Folk
46CoyoteCatherine MacLellanSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
47Assiniboine & the RedThe Small GloriesRed HouseContemporary Folk
48A Beginner's Guide to BraveryDavid KeenanRubyworksContemporary Folk
49Just Like LeavingBella WhiteSelf-ReleaseTraditional Folk
50Friend of the SkyCejGnosong Alternative Folk
51Rearrange My HeartChe ApalacheFree DirtTraditional Folk
52How We Want to LiveLisa BastoniSweet OndineContemporary Folk
53No SummerCinder WellFree DirtContemporary Folk
54The Storyteller's SuitcaseEllis PaulRosellaContemporary Folk
55The Ocean WideSussexLucky Bear Alternative Folk
56Adobe RoadCejGnosongContemporary Folk
57All That's RealGathering SparksBorealisContemporary Folk
58Without SusieJames Lee StanleyBeachwood Alternative Folk
59How to Break a FallMaya De VitryMad Maker Studio Alternative Folk
60Dirty MansionsCorin RaymondSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
61Hoosier NationalOtis GibbsSelf-Release Alternative Folk
62Chasing the SunBobtownSelf-Release Alternative Folk
63AftermathElizabeth CookAgent LoveFolk Rock
64Going to the WellLinda McRae42RPM Alternative Folk
65Do, Baby.Eric SelbySelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
66Funeral for My PastLiz LongleyTone TreeContemporary Folk
67Making Life SweetThe Early RisersItchy SabotContemporary Folk
68Winter Stories (feat. Chatham County Line)Judy CollinsCleopatraContemporary Folk
69Easy MoneyOld Man LuedeckeTrue NorthContemporary Folk
70Up Against the SkyDave GunningWee House of MusicTraditional Folk
71And Laurie LewisLaurie LewisSpruce And Maple Alternative Folk
72The Light We BringTrout Steak RevivalTsrecords Alternative Folk
73A Shiver in the SkyThe John Byrne BandRi-Ra Alternative Folk
74PhoenixJigJamSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
75NoiseThe PairsIndependentContemporary Folk
76Harmony Ascension DivisionPete BernhardKahnTraditional Folk
77CirclesJeremy GarrettOrganic Alternative Folk
78Blue on BlueSylvie SimmonsCompassContemporary Folk
79Cabin Fever: Songs from the QuarantineJohn McCutcheonAppalsongs Alternative Folk
8013 or SoNick HornbuckleRuby's SlipperTraditional Folk
81HonestOrdinary ElephantSelf-Release Alternative Folk
82Ledgers and StonesThomas HineTHMContemporary Folk
83Come on Up to the House - Women Sing WaitsDualtoneDualtoneContemporary Folk
84Hearts TownThe War and TreatyRounderContemporary Folk
85Mortal FlamesJohn DennisSelf-Release Alternative Folk
86Is It the KissAna EggeStorySoundContemporary Folk
87Hubble Space ParadeGiriffin SwankInfirstContemporary Folk
88This StormTara MacLean & Catherine MacLellanSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
89Speed, Sound, Lonely KVKurt VileMatador Alternative Folk
90VisionsAlice HoweSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
91Charlie ParrCharlie ParrRed HouseContemporary Folk
92Love and Leave You100 Mile HouseFallen TreeContemporary Folk
93WildwoodKatie DahlLeaky BoatContemporary Folk
94This Little TownThe W LoversSelf-Release Alternative Folk
95Where the Heart Wants to GoBuffalo Gals BandSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
96Mike O'BrienMike O'BrienChouchouContemporary Folk
97Ghost TownSuzi RagsdaleSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
98Quiet TalkersKen YatesTone TreeContemporary Folk
99A Good Chord on a Bad GuitarKathy ForsteSelf-ReleaseFolk Rock
100CharacterRachael SageMPressContemporary Folk
101More Than I Should Duff FergusonSelf-Release Alternative Folk
102Back to ShoreShari UlrichBorealisContemporary Folk
103The RidgeJulian TaylorHowling TurtleContemporary Folk
104Apocalypse (Now!)Aztec Two-Step 2.0Rex FowlerFolk Rock
105Old FutureNorma MacDonaldNoyes Alternative Folk
106Many a MoonJames Hill & Anne JanelleBorealisContemporary Folk
107Monroe BusAndy StatmanShefaTraditional Folk
108Calm in the Eye of the StormKen WhiteleyBorealisContemporary Folk
109Crowing IgnitesBruce CockburnTrue NorthFolk Rock
110The BotoxJamie McDellMetropolitan Groove MerchantsContemporary Folk
111The MaesThe MaesSelf-ReleaseTraditional Folk
112HomegrownNeil YoungSilver BowContemporary Folk
113Regent StreetDan BernKababaFolk Rock
114The Perfect PlanThe Lowest PairThirty TigersFolk Rock
115Desires ShapeStoll VaughanCommonwealth ArtistContemporary Folk
116WildfireLauren CalveArtisanaFolk Rock
117Bird in a CagePatty LarkinRoad Narrows Alternative Folk
118ShoreFleet FoxesAnti Alternative Folk
119Better by Now Benjamin Dakota RogersTrespass MusicContemporary Folk
120North Star CallingLeela GildayDiva SoundFolk Rock
121Roots to Rise (Live)We Banjo 3We Banjo 3Celtic
122ColdMean MarySelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
123AloneMean MaryWoodRockContemporary Folk
124GetawayAbigail LapellCoaxFolk Rock
125Fish Pond FishDarlingsideThirty TigersFolk Rock
126SageMichelle QureshiSelf-Release Alternative Folk
127Live at the Hotel CafeKris AngelisSelf-ReleaseContemporary Folk
128The QuestionAnna TivelFluff And GravyContemporary Folk
129Without PeopleDonovan WoodsMeant WellContemporary Folk
130I Like It Down HereWill KimbroughDaphneFolk Rock
131Collection 2008-2018Jim Patton & Sherry BrokusBerkalinContemporary Folk
132Western SunNell & Jim BandWhippoorwill ArtsContemporary Folk
133Ten: the Errant NightRunaSelf-ReleaseCeltic
134A Field Guide to LonelinessJamestown RevivalThirty TigersContemporary Folk
135Greening the DarkDebra CowanMuzzy House Music Alternative Folk
136WonderlandMartha RenaudSelf-Release Alternative Folk
137Die HappyThem Coulee BoysLoHi Alternative Folk
138MWIJadea KellyTone TreeContemporary Folk
139Paws of a BearSofia TalvikMakakiContemporary Folk
 

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