The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 California Album Chart
for the Week of May 14, 2022
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Just Like That... | Bonnie Raitt | Redwing | Roots Rock |
| - | 2 | 2 | GET on BOARD | Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder | Perro Verde | Chicago Blues |
| - | 3 | 3 | Good to Be... | Keb Mo | Rounder | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 4 | 6 | Tommy Castro Presents a Bluesman Came to Town | Tommy Castro | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 5 | 7 | The Sun is Shining Down | John Mayall | Forty Below | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 6 | 19 | Highs & Lows | Bernard Allison | Ruf | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 7 | 4 | In Too Deep | Sugaray Rayford | Forty Below | Soul Blues |
| ▼ | 8 | 5 | Bring It | Miss Bix | Blue Heart | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 9 | 10 | I’ll Worry if I Wanna | Michael Rubin | Many Hats | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 10 | 22 | Healing Kind of Blues | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket | Sandwich Factory | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 11 | 13 | Mermaid Salt | John Craigie | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 12 | 18 | Serve It to Me Hot | Chickenbone Slim | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 13 | 11 | Ghost Stories | The Whitmore Sisters | Red House | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 14 | 17 | Turn My Radio Up | The Coffis Brothers | Blue Rose | Roots Rock |
| ▲ | 15 | 16 | Play Loud | The Record Company | Concord | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 16 | 9 | Let's Straighten It Out! | The Sully Band | Blu Elan | Soul Blues |
| ▼ | 17 | 12 | Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley | Charley Crockett | Son of Davy | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 18 | 8 | Drifting | Bubba and the Big Bad Blues | Fullerton Gold | Blues Rock |
| *NEW* | 19 | - | I'm Feeling Blue | Brad "Guitar" Wilson | Cali Bee Music | Electric Blues |
| ▼ | 20 | 15 | Crazy 'Bout You: a Tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson (feat. Mississippi MacDonald) | Steve Bailey | Another Planet | Classic Blues |
| ▲ | 21 | 40 | Dirt Does Dylan | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Self-Release | True Country |
| ▼ | 22 | 20 | Planet Her | Doja Cat | Ministry Of Sound | Pop |
| - | 23 | 23 | Now and the Evermore | Colin Hay | Compass | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 24 | 21 | Stardust and Satellites | Steve Poltz | Red House | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 25 | 14 | A Tribute to Led Zeppelin | Beth Hart | Mascot | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 26 | 28 | An Evening with Silk Sonic | Silk Sonic | Atlantic | Adult Contemporary |
| - | 27 | 27 | Glowing Lantern | The Mother Hips | Blue Rose | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 28 | 30 | Downhill from Everywhere | Jackson Browne | Inside | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 29 | 26 | Bigman | Big Llou Johnson | Golden Voice | Classic Blues |
| ▲ | 30 | 32 | Freight Train Mama | Whiskey West | Self-Release | Outlaw Country |
| ▼ | 31 | 24 | Second Nature | Lucius | MOM + POP | Alternative |
| ▼ | 32 | 25 | Step Down | The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble | MERLIN | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 33 | - | 75 and Alive | Johnny Tucker Featuring Kid Ramos And The Allstars | Blue Heart | Classic Blues |
| ▲ | 34 | 47 | One Shy of a Six Pack | Doug Schmude | Lost Hubcap | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 35 | 29 | Rose-Colored Glasses, Vol. 1 | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Blue Heart | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 36 | 33 | Follow Your Heart | Michael Franti & Spearhead | Thirty Tigers | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 37 | 39 | The State That We Are in | Rachel Garlin | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 38 | 58 | Fever Dream | Cannons | Sony | Alternative |
| ▼ | 39 | 31 | Exit Wounds | The Wallflowers | New West | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 40 | 35 | Unlimited Love | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner | Alternative |
| ▼ | 41 | 37 | Phil Lee and Other Old Time Favorites | Phil Lee | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 42 | 44 | Not in My Lifetime | Wee Willie Walker and The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra | Blue Dot | Soul Blues |
| ▼ | 43 | 36 | Where Zat | John Roy Zat | Flyin Bayou | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 44 | 45 | Til the Money's Gone | Guitar Jack Wargo | War God | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 45 | 34 | Raisin' Cain | Chris Cain | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 46 | 48 | Sleeper | Anna Ash | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 47 | 51 | This is for the Barbarians | Mondo Cozmo | Last Gang | Alternative Rock |
| *NEW* | 48 | - | A Higher Place | Tombstones in Their Eyes | Kitten Robot | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 49 | 54 | I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself | Colin Hay | Compass | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 50 | 52 | TEMPORARY HIGHS in the VIOLET SKIES | Snoh Aalegra | Artium | Soul |
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