The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 New York Album Chart
for the Week of May 1, 2021
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 3 | WE ARE | Jon Batiste | Verve | Soul |
| - | 2 | 2 | Money Ain't Time | The Halley DeVestern Band | Self-Release | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 3 | 4 | Calla Lily | The Brother Brothers | Compass | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 4 | 8 | Not My Circus, Not My Monkey | Hitman Blues Band | Nerus | Delta Blues |
| ▲ | 5 | 7 | Obviously | Lake Street Dive | Nonesuch | Alternative Rock |
| ▼ | 6 | 5 | Have Purpose Live Long | Josie Bello | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 7 | 12 | Ain't Done Yet | Savoy Brown | Quarto Valley | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 8 | 14 | The Corner | Early Times & The High Rollers | VizzTone | Blues Rock |
| *NEW* | 9 | - | Cole Quest and the City Pickers | Cole Quest and The City Pickers | Omnivore | Traditional Bluegrass |
| ▲ | 10 | 16 | The New Abnormal | The Strokes | RCA | Alternative Rock |
| ▼ | 11 | 1 | Whole Nother World | Patti Parks | VizzTone | Soul Blues |
| ▼ | 12 | 6 | These Walls | Linda Sussman | Sing Out Proud | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 13 | 9 | Tales from the Psychedelta | Kerry Kearney Band | Highlander | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 14 | 32 | Two Sides | Kirsten Thien | Screen Door | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 15 | 17 | Rise | Roger Street Friedman | Playroom | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 16 | 13 | On the Prowl | Stratcat Willie & the Strays | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 17 | 15 | Til We Meet Again | Norah Jones | Blue Note | Crossover Jazz |
| *NEW* | 18 | - | Time out Session 1 | The Accidentals | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 19 | 20 | For the Record | Vinnie Riccitelli Octet | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 20 | 35 | Johnny Iguana's Chicago Spectacular! | Johnny Iguana | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| - | 21 | 21 | Sundrops on the Water - Reflections | The Sharp Flatpickers | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| ▼ | 22 | 18 | The Moon is an Ashtray | Miss Tess | Tone Tree | Country Blues |
| ▲ | 23 | 24 | Revolutionary Love | Ani DiFranco | Righteous Babe | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 24 | 10 | Uncivil War | Shemekia Copeland | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 25 | 34 | Birmingham | Nescora | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 26 | 23 | Breathe | Dr. Lonnie Smith | Blue Note | Classic Jazz |
| ▼ | 27 | 25 | Future Shock | Michael Whalen | Spout | Fusion |
| - | 28 | 28 | I'll Never Be the Same | Jack Brandfield | Gut String | Traditional Jazz |
| - | 29 | 29 | A Billion Little Lights | Wild Pink | Royal Mountain | Alternative |
| - | 30 | 30 | Distance | Kenny Carr | Zoozazz | Fusion |
| ▼ | 31 | 22 | Once in a Blue Moon | Dave Goddess Group | Emotional | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 32 | 31 | Drive on | Tas Cru | Subcat | Contemporary Blues |
| - | 33 | 33 | Geminus | Kane Mathis | Nyaato | World |
| ▲ | 34 | 40 | Shall We Hope | Tony Trischka | Shefa | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 35 | 41 | Prove It on Me | Rory Block | Stony Plain | Acoustic Blues |
| ▲ | 36 | - | Black Crow Moan | Eliza Neals | E-H | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 37 | 11 | The Good, the Bad and the Bette | Bette Smith | Ruf | Soul Blues |
| ▲ | 38 | 45 | Imaginary Road | Reza Khan | Painted Music | Smooth Jazz |
| ▲ | 39 | - | Two Saviors | Buck Meek | Keeled Scales | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 40 | 38 | Con Moto | Bill DiCosimo and Edgar Pagán | Sub Cat | Latin Jazz |
| ▲ | 41 | 61 | Nascentia (Birth) | Steve Slagle | Panorama | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 42 | 42 | I Just Want to Be Horizontal | Samoa Wilson and the Jim Kweskin band | Kingswood | Ragtime |
| ▲ | 43 | 82 | All in All | Dan Wilensky | Polyglot Music | Jazz |
| ▲ | 44 | 49 | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Epic | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 45 | 50 | In Isolation | Elle King | RCA | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 46 | 64 | Kids Like Us | The Grahams | Three Sirens | Roots Rock |
| *NEW* | 47 | - | Flor | Gretchen Parlato | Edition | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 48 | 36 | What Comes Next | Peter Bernstein | Smoke Sessions | Jazz |
| ▲ | 49 | 80 | You Must Believe in Spring | Sue Anne Gershenzon | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 50 | 53 | I Can Still Hear You | Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche | StorySound | Contemporary Folk |
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