Top Folk Album Chart for the Year of 2023

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

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Album Chart for the Year of 2023

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2023