Top Folk Album Chart for the Year of 2024

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2024

	Album Title	Band/Artist Name	Label	Sub Genre
1	The Past is Still Alive	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Nonesuch	Alternative Folk
2	I'm Too Old for Games: a Live Tribute to Odetta	Misty Blues	Guitar One	Traditional Folk
3	Witness Trees	David G Smith	Hey Dave	Alternative Folk
4	Polaroid Lovers	Sarah Jarosz	Rounder	Contemporary Folk
5	Never Too Late	Jim Kweskin	StorySound	Traditional Folk
6	Common Sense	Gary Nicholson	Qualified	Alternative Folk
7	Pagan Church	John Craigie	Leslie/Songlines	Alternative Folk
8	One Deep River	Mark Knopfler	Blue Note	Contemporary Folk
9	Little Sun	Charlie Parr	Smithsonian Folkways	Contemporary Folk
10	Mother Nature's Show	The High Hawks	Lohi	Folk Rock
11	Cardiac	Aarythmers	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
12	Sparrow	Jeff Talmadge	Berkalin	Alternative Folk
13	Mind, Man, Medicine	The Secret Sisters	New West	Contemporary Folk
14	Crank It, We're Doomed	Todd Snider	Aimless	Folk Rock
15	Win or Lose	Linda Sussman	Sing Out Proud	Alternative Folk
16	Creatures in the Garden	Karney	Self-Release	Folk Rock
17	Earl Jam	Tony Trischka	Down The Road	Alternative Folk
18	The Returner	Allison Russell	Birds of Chicago	Contemporary Folk
19	You're the One	Rhiannon Giddens	Nonesuch	Contemporary Folk
20	TREES	Laurie Lewis	Spruce And Maple Music	Alternative Folk
21	Long Way Home	Ray LaMontagne	Liula	Folk Rock
22	In the Moment	Raveis Kole	Bop	Folk Rock
23	The Avett Brothers	The Avett Brothers	Thirty Tigers	Folk Rock
24	Indoor Safari	Nick Lowe	Yep Roc	Folk Rock
25	Simple Motion	Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz	Red Beet	Alternative Folk
26	Tell Me Who You Are: a Live Tribute to Odetta	Misty Blues	Guitar One	Traditional Folk
27	Wilderness Within You	Parker Millsap	Okrahoma	Contemporary Folk
28	Hysteria	Billy Jeter	Shine Eye	Contemporary Folk
29	Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free	Bonny Light Horseman	Jagjaguwar	Alternative Folk
30	Transmissions	Amos Lee	Thirty Tigers	Folk Rock
31	Halfsies	Lizzie No	Thirty Tigers	Alternative Folk
32	So Many Wows	Lucie Blue Tremblay	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
33	Flesh and Bone	Cynthia Marchant	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
34	1988	Lori McKenna	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
35	Devil Rail	John Zipperer	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
36	Gardens Old, Flowers New	Tom Rush	Appleseed	Contemporary Folk
37	Wide Open Light	Ben Harper	Chrysalis	Alternative Folk
38	Everything is Alive	Darlingside	More Doug	Folk Rock
39	I Only See the Moon	The Milk Carton Kids	Far Cry	Contemporary Folk
40	Beautiful Thing	Peach & Quiet	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
41	Jump for Joy	Hiss Golden Messenger	Merge	Alternative Folk
42	Willie Watson	Willie Watson	Thirty Tigers	Traditional Folk
43	You Never Can Tell	Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
44	Welcome to Whatever	Rainbow Girls	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
45	Arsonist Daughter	Aspen Jacobsen	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
46	Gospel Gifts	Larry Rice	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
47	Delta Traces	Billy Jeter	House on Fire	Contemporary Folk
48	Watershed	Arielle Silver	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
49	Ozarker	Israel Nash	Soundly	Folk Rock
50	Harbortowne	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Berkalin Records	Contemporary Folk
51	Dark Harvest	Malcolm MacWatt	Singular	Contemporary Folk
52	American Boys	Don McLean	Self-Release	Folk Rock
53	Weary Ramblers	Weary Ramblers	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
54	Daylight Savings Time	Steve Forbert	Blue Rose	Contemporary Folk
55	Echoes in the Meadow	Morningbird	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
56	Occulations	Jim Lampos	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
57	Resilience	Josie Bello	Guitar One	Contemporary Folk
58	Always Here	Trampled by Turtles	Banjodad	Contemporary Folk
59	A Recipe for Hope	Linda Marks	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
60	Cat Power Sings Dylan: the 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert	Cat Power	Domino	Alternative Folk
61	Part Time Believer	The Strumbellas	Glassnote	Contemporary Folk
62	Home	Eliza Gilkyson	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
63	Man with the Muse	Bryce Ernest Taylor	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
64	Dang Fool	Eric Selby	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
65	Accentuate the Positive	Van Morrison	Exile	Alternative Folk
66	Ever-Changing	The Ruta Beggars	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
67	The Resonant Rogues	The Resonant Rogues	Sassafrass Sounds	Contemporary Folk
68	The Living Kind	John Smith	Commoner	Contemporary Folk
69	For the Life of Me	Will Kimbrough	Daphne	Folk Rock
70	Yellow Peril	Nat Myers	Easy Eye Sound	Alternative Folk
71	Sweet Beginnings	Kathryn Severing Fox	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
72	Two Birds to Kill a Stone	Son Stone	Kaimana	Alternative Folk
73	Alchemy Creek	Cloud Cult	Earthology	Folk Rock
74	And I for You	Pressing Strings	Evil Teen	Folk Rock
75	Even Better on the Bad Days	Scott Sean White	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
76	Silver City	Amy Helm	Sun	Alternative Folk
77	Revelation	Leif Vollebekk	Secret City	Alternative Folk
78	Lonesome Highway	Rainy Eyes	Royal Potato	Contemporary Folk
79	Heart of the Artichoke	Bloomsday	Bayonet	Contemporary Folk
80	Wanderer	Ruth Moody	Blue Muse	Contemporary Folk
81	Love Unfettered	Marie-Rose	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
82	Not a Number	Robby Hecht	Tone Tree	Folk Rock
83	Sing to Me About Tomorrow	Winterlark	Squink	Alternative Folk
84	Sharing in the Spirit	Ana Egge	StorySound	Contemporary Folk
85	Year of the Spider	Shannon & The Clams	Easy Eye Sound	Alternative Folk
86	The Newsman: a Man of Record	John McEuen	Compass	Alternative Folk
87	The Ocean Knocked Me Down	Matt The Electrician	Self-Release	Folk
88	After the Revolution	Carsie Blanton	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
89	Proxy Music	Linda Thompson	StorySound	Contemporary Folk
90	Walkin' After Midnight	Eva Cassidy	Blix Street	Contemporary Folk
91	Re-Open	John Stowers	Howling Alex	Folk Rock
92	Strange Medicine	Kaia Kater	Free Dirt	Contemporary Folk
93	Lost in a Dream	Cassandra Lewis	A Low Country Sound	Contemporary Folk
94	At the End of the Day	Sylvia Tyson	Stony Plain	Contemporary Folk
95	Walking on the Wire	Gordon Thomas Ward	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
96	The in Between	Kevin Gordon	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
97	Palomar Parade	Sons Of The East	Self-Release	Folk Rock
98	Larry Robbins: the Singles	Larry Robbins	Mazelations	Contemporary Folk
99	Flying on Abraham	Diane Birch	Topanga Creek	Folk Rock
100	Night Work	James Maddock	Songs Of Avenue C	Traditional Folk
101	A Great Wild Mercy	Carrie Newcomer	Available Light	Contemporary Folk
102	All Now	The Staves	Nonesuch	Alternative Folk
103	Interpretations: Volume 1	Alice DiMicele	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
104	Waitin' to Be Seen - Part 1	Chris Bullinger	Self-Release	Folk Rock
105	Time Will Finally Come	Wolf Jett	Hill House	Contemporary Folk
106	Things Were Never Good if They’re Not Good Now	Donovan Woods	Times	Contemporary Folk
107	Never Better	Wild Rivers	Nettwerk	Alternative Folk
108	The Only Moment	Maya De Vitry	Mad Maker	Contemporary Folk
109	Witness	Megan Burtt	Cure For Love	Folk Rock
110	Ramona	Grace Cummings	ATO	Folk Rock
111	Wanderlust	Elexa Dawson	Turns Out	Contemporary Folk
112	Dear Day Dear Darling	Good Morning Bedlam	Good Morning Bedlam	Contemporary Folk
113	Honeysuckle Switches: the Songs of Lucinda Williams	Amos Lee	Hoagiemouth	Folk Rock
114	A Place Beyond Belief	SLPSTRM	941048 Records DK	Alternative Folk
115	Whiplash	Jobi Riccio	Yep Roc	Alternative Folk
116	Searching for a Home	David Hobbes	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
117	A Sunday Drive	Ed Sweeney	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
118	Within	Michelle Qureshi	myndstream	Alternative Folk
119	Tired of Trying	Joe Holt	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
120	Seek the Love You're Yearning	Brian Gore Guitar Poet	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
121	Time is Funny That Way	Nina Gerber	Goatscape	Folk
122	Tales and Tellings	Marques Morel	Edgewater	Contemporary Folk
123	The Great American Bar Scene	Zach Bryan	Belting Bronco	Contemporary Folk
124	Listen to the World Spin	Paper Wings	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
125	Two Singing Songs	Ben Gage	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
126	Signal Fire	Eddie Berman	Nettwerk	Contemporary Folk
127	Phone Orphans	Laura Veirs	Raven Marching Band	Contemporary Folk
128	Wildflower Moon	Tai Shan	Self-Release	Folk Rock
129	Accompany	Michael Nau	Karma Chief	Alternative Folk
130	Let All Who Will	Chris Pierce	Friends at Work	Contemporary Folk
131	Smithereens	Dan Reeder	Oh Boy	Contemporary Folk
132	Echo Me on	Lee Baggett	Perpetual Doom	Alternative Folk
133	Sailing Dreams	Muriel Anderson	Muriel Anderson	Alternative Folk
134	Sun Without the Heat	Leyla McCalla	Anti	Alternative Folk
135	Big Girl Pants	T Sisters	Burning House	Alternative Folk
136	The Other Side	T Bone Burnett	Verve	Folk Rock
137	Lifeline	Laura Zucker	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
138	The Golden Crystal Kingdom	Vincent Neil Emerson	La Honda	Traditional Folk
139	Tripping off to Mars	Brad Strang	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
140	Tropical Depression	Jordie Lane	Blood Thinner	Folk Rock
141	Blow My Cover	Ajay Mathur	Yakketeeyak	Alternative Folk
142	Another Heart	Ann Savoy	Smithsonian Folkways	Contemporary Folk
143	From Self, with Love	Lowland Hum	Tone Tree	Alternative Folk
144	No Ordinary Crown	Will Johnson	Keeled Scales	Folk Rock
145	Cover Art	The Accidentals	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
146	Ever Onward	Bob and Sarah Amos	Self-Relese	Contemporary Folk
147	Filament	Buddy Mondlock	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
148	Better Days Ahead	Kate Weekes	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
149	Donegal	Altan	Compass	Celtic
150	Pilgrimage to Rising Fawn	Norman Blake	Avondale	Traditional Folk
151	The Little In-Between	Tim Grimm	Vault	Contemporary Folk
152	The Liberated Woman's Songbook	Dawn Landes	FunMachine	Contemporary Folk
153	Everyday Legends	Linda Marks	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
154	All is Song	Misner & Smith	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
155	Now	Graham Nash	BMG	Folk Rock
156	Love (and Other Mysteries)	Tipps and Obermiller	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
157	On the Northline	Frontier Ruckus	Sitcom Universe	Folk Rock
158	Sundust	The Ballroom Thieves	Nettwerk	Alternative Folk
159	Banjo Meditations	Benny Bleu	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
160	Banjo Jubilations	Benny Bleu	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
161	Playing Pretend	Della	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
162	Right on	Humbird	Nettwerk	Contemporary Folk
163	Me Daza	Reid Jamieson	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
164	Gold on the Horizon	Our Man in the Field	In the Field	Alternative Folk
165	Seed of a Seed	Haley Heynderickx	Mama Bird	Alternative Folk
166	Traveling Wildfire	Dom Flemons	Smithsonian Folkways	Contemporary Folk
167	Avalanche	Jenny Owen Youngs	Yep Roc	Contemporary Folk
168	December Last Call	Driftwood	Self-Release	Folk Rock
169	You Are Here	Myles Cochran	9Ball	Contemporary Folk
170	Uncertain Country	Great Lake Swimmers	Pheromone	Alternative Folk
171	Leave the Light on	Terry Klein	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
172	Heart on a Wire	Carolyn Shulman	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
173	Trevor Hall and the Great In-Between	Trevor Hall	3 Rivers	Alternative Folk
174	Cadence to the Flame	Nolen Sellwood	New Folk	Alternative Folk
175	Laurel Lewis	Laurel Lewis	RC1	Contemporary Folk
176	Shake It Loose Today	Linda Sussman	Sing Out Proud	Alternative Folk
177	More	Bill Abernathy	MTS	Folk Rock
178	Agnes	Keegan McInroe	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
179	Here in the Mountains	The Honey Dewdrops	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
180	Beware Wolves Volume 4	Beware Wolves	Aqualamb	Contemporary Folk
181	Anarchist Gospel	Sunny War	New West	Contemporary Folk
182	The Silent Years (Side B)	Farewell Friend	Street Place	Folk Rock
183	Party Lines	Romen Buffalo and The Loyal Order	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
184	Rio Bravo	Scott Ballew	La Honda	Alternative Folk
185	Blue-Twangled Folk N Roll	Reckless Saints	Shiny Gnu	Alternative Folk
186	Blessed by the West	Sarah Pierce	Berkalin	Contemporary Folk
187	Have Purpose Live Long	Josie Bello	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
188	Epic Journey	Lucas Imbiriba	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
189	All In! - Single	Ray Wyatt	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Album Chart for the Year of 2024

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2024