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