The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2023
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You're the One | Rhiannon Giddens | Nonesuch | Contemporary Folk |
| 2 | Yellow Peril | Nat Myers | Easy Eye Sound | Alternative Folk |
| 3 | Witness Trees | David G Smith | Hey Dave | Alternative Folk |
| 4 | Wilderness Within You | Parker Millsap | Okrahoma | Contemporary Folk |
| 5 | Home | Eliza Gilkyson | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 6 | One More Time Before You Go: a Tribute to Tony Rice | Dan Tyminski | North Star | Traditional Folk |
| 7 | You Never Can Tell | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 8 | Sticks and Stones | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | 6 Ace | Contemporary Folk |
| 9 | Celebrants | Nickel Creek | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| 10 | Wide Open Light | Ben Harper | Chrysalis | Alternative Folk |
| 11 | Jump for Joy | Hiss Golden Messenger | Merge | Alternative Folk |
| 12 | 1988 | Lori McKenna | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| 13 | Tell Me Who You Are: a Live Tribute to Odetta | Misty Blues | Guitar One | Traditional Folk |
| 14 | Cardiac | Aarythmers | Aarythmers | Folk Rock |
| 15 | Emotional Contracts | Deer Tick | ATO | Alternative Folk |
| 16 | In the Moment | Raveis Kole | Bop | Folk Rock |
| 17 | Lay Your Darkness Down | Mark Erelli | Soundly | Alternative Folk |
| 18 | Sanctuary | Rebecca Folsom | Sunshine Productions | Contemporary Folk |
| 19 | Resilience | Josie Bello | Guitar One | Contemporary Folk |
| 20 | Flesh and Bone | Cynthia Marchant | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 21 | Larry Robbins: the Singles | Larry Robbins | Mazelations | Contemporary Folk |
| 22 | Cup of Sugar | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies | Contemporary Folk |
| 23 | The Returner | Allison Russell | Birds of Chicago | Contemporary Folk |
| 24 | 12th of June | Lyle Lovett | Verve | Alternative Folk |
| 25 | I Only See the Moon | The Milk Carton Kids | Far Cry | Contemporary Folk |
| 26 | Traveling Wildfire | Dom Flemons | Smithsonian Folkways | Contemporary Folk |
| 27 | North Georgia Rounder | Pony Bradshaw | Black Mountain | Contemporary Folk |
| 28 | Beautiful Thing | Peach & Quiet | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 29 | Ozarker | Israel Nash | Soundly | Folk Rock |
| 30 | Anarchist Gospel | Sunny War | New West | Contemporary Folk |
| 31 | And I for You | Pressing Strings | Evil Teen | Folk Rock |
| 32 | Everything is Alive | Darlingside | More Doug | Folk Rock |
| 33 | Lover's Game | The War and Treaty | Mercury | Contemporary Folk |
| 34 | You Only Get a Few | Upstate | Royal Potato Family | Contemporary Folk |
| 35 | Filament | Buddy Mondlock | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 36 | Crank It, We're Doomed | Todd Snider | Aimless | Folk Rock |
| 37 | Safe to Run | Esther Rose | New West | Alternative Folk |
| 38 | Dang Fool | Eric Selby | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 39 | Small Towns | StillHouse Junkies | Dark Shadow | Traditional Folk |
| 40 | Gonna Be Beautiful | Karney | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 41 | Tape | Patty Griffin | PGM | Contemporary Folk |
| 42 | Bits & Pieces | Malcolm Holcombe | Singular | Contemporary Folk |
| 43 | Meat Bird in Beigeville | Judy Nazemetz | Smokey Lady | Contemporary Folk |
| 44 | Creatures in the Garden | Karney | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 45 | Palomar Parade | Sons Of The East | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 46 | Dark Enough to See the Stars | Mary Gauthier | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 47 | There is So Much Here | Glen Phillips | Compass | Alternative Folk |
| 48 | A Murder of Songs | Grant Peeples | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 49 | Below Sea Level | Aarythmers | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 50 | Upstate Crossroads | Tim Ball | Irelandville | Contemporary Folk |
| 51 | Moving on Skiffle | Van Morrison | Virgin Music | Alternative Folk |
| 52 | Sanctity of Silence | Noah Derksen | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 53 | Cover to Cover | The Brother Brothers | Compass | Contemporary Folk |
| 54 | Shake It Loose Today | Linda Sussman | Sing Out Proud | Alternative Folk |
| 55 | Arsonist Daughter | Aspen Jacobsen | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 56 | Everyday Legends | Linda Marks | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 57 | Cosmos | Darling West | Jansen | Contemporary Folk |
| 58 | World Record | Neil Young | The Other Shoe | Contemporary Folk |
| 59 | What a Show | Kerry Patrick Clark | Studio 234 | Contemporary Folk |
| 60 | So Many Wows | Lucie Blue Tremblay | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 61 | The Liar | John Fullbright | Blue Dirt | Contemporary Folk |
| 62 | Now and the Evermore | Colin Hay | Compass | Alternative Folk |
| 63 | Night Work | James Maddock | Songs Of Avenue C | Traditional Folk |
| 64 | Whispers from the Woods | Gordon Thomas Ward | Trespass Music | Alternative Folk |
| 65 | Folkocracy | Rufus Wainwright | BMG | Contemporary Folk |
| 66 | Who Cares | David G Smith | Hey Dave | Alternative Folk |
| 67 | A Few Stars Apart | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Fantasy | Contemporary Folk |
| 68 | Outpourings | Craig Bickhardt | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 69 | Now | Graham Nash | BMG | Folk Rock |
| 70 | How Can I Say This? | Annie Capps | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 71 | Accentuate the Positive | Van Morrison | Exile | Alternative Folk |
| 72 | Moving Through America | Steve Forbert | Blue Rose | Contemporary Folk |
| 73 | Appaloosa Bones | Gregory Alan Isakov | Dualtone | Contemporary Folk |
| 74 | Where Zat | John Roy Zat | Flyin Bayou | Alternative Folk |
| 75 | I'm Your Huckleberry | Tommy Goucher | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 76 | The Little In-Between | Tim Grimm | Vault | Contemporary Folk |
| 77 | The High Hawks | The High Hawks | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 78 | The Price We Pay for Love | Julie Christensen | Wierbird | Contemporary Folk |
| 79 | Alpenglow | Trampled by Turtles | Banjodad | Traditional Folk |
| 80 | Book of Life | Brian Blake | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 81 | There for You | Steve Free | Fraternity | Alternative Folk |
| 82 | The Ballad of Aesop Fin | Barrett Davis | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 83 | Sweet Beginnings | Kathryn Severing Fox | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 84 | All Souls Hill | The Waterboys | Cooking Vinyl | Alternative Folk |
| 85 | I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself | Colin Hay | Compass | Alternative Folk |
| 86 | 1977 | Michelle Malone | BFD | Contemporary Folk |
| 87 | Bones | Melissa Ruth | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 88 | Common Nation of Sorrow | Rachel Baiman | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| 89 | Shadow Kingdom | Bob Dylan | Columbia | Folk |
| 90 | You Get It All | Hayes Carll | Dualtone | Contemporary Folk |
| 91 | Ever-Changing | The Ruta Beggars | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 92 | Among Other Things | Bella White | Rounder | Traditional Folk |
| 93 | 55 | Ellis Paul | Rosella | Contemporary Folk |
| 94 | Come Back to Me | Peter One | Verve Forecast | Alternative Folk |
| 95 | Make Myself Me Again | Cristina Vane | Red Parlor | Alternative Folk |
| 96 | From Where I Stand | Wyatt Easterling | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 97 | Hysteria | Billy Jeter | Shine Eye | Contemporary Folk |
| 98 | Stand for Myself | Yola | Easy Eye Sound | Folk Rock |
| 99 | Hold That Spirit | Raye Zaragoza | Rebel River | Contemporary Folk |
| 100 | Raise the Roof | Robert Plant & Allison Kraus | Rounder | Contemporary Folk |
| 101 | Close Enough to Hear | Mile Twelve | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 102 | York's Lament & Other Stories | Reggie Garrett | WonderDog | Contemporary Folk |
| 103 | The Resonant Rogues | The Resonant Rogues | Sassafrass Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| 104 | Songs from the River Wind | Eliza Gilkyson | Howlin' Dog | Folk |
| 105 | Mermaid Salt | John Craigie | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 106 | Man with the Muse | Bryce Ernest Taylor | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 107 | Meantime's Up | Jon Stickley Trio | Organic | Alternative Folk |
| 108 | Center of the Universe | Sofia Talvik | Makaki | Contemporary Folk |
| 109 | The Waiting Room | Alex Mabey | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 110 | I Draw Slow | I Draw Slow | Compass | Contemporary Folk |
| 111 | Big Talk | Jarrod Dickenson | Hooked | Alternative Folk |
| 112 | All the Eye Can See | Joe Henry | Worksong | Contemporary Folk |
| 113 | Sleeping Sun, Waking Moon | Band For Sale | Electric Habitat | Folk Rock |
| 114 | Junk Drawer | Steve Wood | Benaji | Folk Rock |
| 115 | Rolling Golden Holy | Bonny Light Horseman | 37d03d | Alternative Folk |
| 116 | In These Silent Days | Brandi Carlile | Low Country Sound | Contemporary Folk |
| 117 | Time is Funny That Way | Nina Gerber | Goatscape | Folk |
| 118 | Watchhouse | Watchhouse | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| 119 | What You Feel is Real | Nina De Vitry | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 120 | He Walked on | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies | Contemporary Folk |
| 121 | Phil Lee and Other Old Time Favorites | Phil Lee | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 122 | Brady Street | Dead Horses | Vos & Wolff | Contemporary Folk |
| 123 | Uncertain Country | Great Lake Swimmers | Pheromone | Alternative Folk |
| 124 | Southern Sun | John Donovan | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 125 | Blue-Twangled Folk N Roll | Reckless Saints | Shiny Gnu | Alternative Folk |
| 126 | Greener Pastures | The Waymores | Chicken Ranch | Traditional Folk |
| 127 | Snake Creek | Pixie and The Partygrass Boys | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 128 | A Place Beyond Belief | SLPSTRM | 941048 Records DK | Alternative Folk |
| 129 | Tired of Trying | Joe Holt | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 130 | Passages and Partings | April Verch | Slab Town | Contemporary Folk |
| 131 | The New Faith | Jake Blount | Smithsonian Folkways | Contemporary Folk |
| 132 | Sisters of White Chapel | Annie Bartholomew | Muskeg Collective | Contemporary Folk |
| 133 | Whiplash | Jobi Riccio | Yep Roc | Alternative Folk |
| 134 | In the Summertime | Tattletale Saints | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 135 | Uranium Maiden | Kate MacLeod | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 136 | Age of Apathy | Aoife O'Donovan | Yep Roc | Folk |
| 137 | The Rainbow Wheel of Death | Dougie Poole | Wharf Cat | Alternative Folk |
| 138 | Sleeping Dogs | Damn Tall Buildings | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| 139 | Roscoe's Dream | Mapache | Innovative Leisure | Contemporary Folk |
| 140 | Landmarks | Helene Cronin | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 141 | Nine Apples of Gold | Karan Casey | Crow Valley | Contemporary Folk |
| 142 | 8th Wonder | The National Parks | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 143 | Tiny Beautiful Things | May Erlewine | Tone City Music | Contemporary Folk |
| 144 | The More I Give | Paula Standing | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 145 | Reimagining | Claudia Schmidt | Self-Release | Folk |
| 146 | Seek the Love You're Yearning | Brian Gore Guitar Poet | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 147 | Another End of a Year | Connor Garvey | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 148 | Coming Home: a Collection of Songs | Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb | Magnolia | Contemporary Folk |
| 149 | Lifeline | Laura Zucker | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 150 | Shufflemania | Robyn Hitchcock | Tiny Ghost | Alternative Folk |
| 151 | Pizza Tickets | Taylor Ashton | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| 152 | Moon Calendar | Travis McNamara | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 153 | Clouds | The Ballroom Thieves | Nettwerk | Alternative Folk |
| 154 | From Self, with Love | Lowland Hum | Tone Tree | Alternative Folk |
| 155 | Blurry Vision | Shred Kelly | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 156 | Borrowed | Grey DeLisle | Regional | Folk Rock |
| 157 | At the Roadhouse | The Paper Kites | Nettwerk | Alternative Folk |
| 158 | The Darkest Brilliance | Coastwest Unrest | Reclaim | Alternative Folk |
| 159 | Breaking the Thermometer | Leyla McCalla | Anti | Alternative Folk |
| 160 | Long Day's Journey into Light | Payson Lyon | Earwig | Contemporary Folk |
| 161 | Extrovert | Mr. Sun | Compass | Traditional Folk |
| 162 | Time out Session #2 | The Accidentals | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 163 | With You in My Life | Sheila K. Cameron | Glalell | Contemporary Folk |
| 164 | Avalanche | Jenny Owen Youngs | Yep Roc | Contemporary Folk |
| 165 | Let All Who Will | Chris Pierce | Friends at Work | Contemporary Folk |
| 166 | Party Lines | Romen Buffalo and The Loyal Order | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 167 | Songs of Our Grandfathers | Zoe & Cloyd | Organic | Traditional Folk |
| 168 | Songs for a Winter's Night | Reid Jamieson | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 169 | Gold | Carter Sampson | Horton | Alternative Folk |
| 170 | Constellations | Meredith Moon | True North | Contemporary Folk |
| 171 | Canvas | Natalie MacMaster | Linus | Folk |
| 172 | Quietly Blowing It | Hiss Golden Messenger | Merge | Alternative Folk |
| 173 | Where I'm from | Mike Berman | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 174 | Within | Michelle Qureshi | myndstream | Alternative Folk |
| 175 | Tell 'Em You Were Gold | Pharis & Jason Romero | Smithsonian Folkways | Traditional Folk |
| 176 | Homemaker | Jill Barber | Outside | Alternative Folk |
| 177 | Barn | Neil Young | The Other Shoe | Contemporary Folk |
| 178 | Love is the Only Thing | Peter Mulvey | Righteous Babe | Alternative Folk |
| 179 | Do, Baby. | Eric Selby | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 180 | Twenty-First Century Times | Joe Astley | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 181 | Better Days Ahead | Kate Weekes | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 182 | Sem Olhar Ao Tempo | Manuel Maio | Sons Vadios | Alternative Folk |
| 183 | Another Ghost Town | Andy & Judy | Self-Release | Celtic |
| 184 | Songs of the Celtic Winter II | Ashley Davis | Daisy Rings | Celtic |
| 185 | See the World Deluxe | Brett Dennen | Mick | Contemporary Folk |
| 186 | Rain in the Desert | Lisa Morales | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 187 | Gently As I Go | Caroline Cotter | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 188 | Gog Magog | The Trials of Cato | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| 189 | Ever Onward | Bob and Sarah Amos | Self-Relese | Contemporary Folk |
| 190 | Wintertide | Brittany Jean | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 191 | Dear Day Dear Darling | Good Morning Bedlam | Good Morning Bedlam | Contemporary Folk |
| 192 | Halfsies | Lizzie No | Thirty Tigers | Alternative Folk |
| 193 | Songs of Stupid Hope | Jim Brunberg | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 194 | Something from Nothing | Chris Williams & Kid Reverie | Gray Sun | Alternative Folk |
| 195 | The Birds, the Stars & the Chimney Sweeps | Frontier Station | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 196 | Only This Far | The Rough & Tumble | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 197 | So Much Time, So Much Love | Shelton & Williams | Grass Tank Music | Contemporary Folk |
| 198 | Seven Stones | Katie Dahl | Leaky Boat | Contemporary Folk |
| 199 | A Great Wild Mercy | Carrie Newcomer | Available Light | Contemporary Folk |
| 200 | Ceremony | Tiny Ruins | Marathon Artists | Contemporary Folk |
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