The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 New York Album Chart
for the Week of Aug 8, 2026
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 2 | Blue Collar | Chris O'Leary | Alligator | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 2 | 1 | Might Give out | Tas Cru | Subcat | Contemporary Blues |
| - | 3 | 3 | Little Wide Open | Kevin Morby | Dead Oceans | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 4 | 6 | Deep Blues | Murali Coryell | The Audiophile Society | Classic Blues |
| ▲ | 5 | 7 | Space Punk & Other Junk | Alec Berlin | SUNDRY SONGS | Singer/Songwriter |
| ▲ | 6 | 8 | Colors of Time | Sergio Pereira | Self-Release | World |
| ▲ | 7 | 9 | Live at Blue Llama | David Janeway | Steeplechase | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 8 | 17 | Barnburners! | Handsome Jack | Alive Naturalsound | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 9 | - | One Mississippi | Eric Bibb | Repute | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 10 | 11 | Music in Me | Lindsey Webster | Shanachie | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 11 | 12 | Nothing's About to Happen to Me | Mitski | Dead Oceans | Alternative Rock |
| ▼ | 12 | 10 | Where I Belong | Mary Ann Casale | Guitar One | Alternative Folk |
| - | 13 | 13 | Don't Drink the Poison | Linda Sussman | Sing Out Proud | Alternative Folk |
| - | 14 | 14 | Kitty Hawk | Dave Goddess Group | Emotional | Americana Country |
| - | 15 | 15 | Reality Awaits | The Strokes | RCA | Alternative Rock |
| - | 16 | 16 | Sings Lena Horne | Syndee Winters | Wake Your Words | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 17 | 19 | The Fiddle and the Drum | Renee Fleming with Bela Fleck | Thirty Tigers | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 18 | - | B.B. King's Blues Summit 100 | Joe Bonamassa | Keeping The Blues Alive | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 19 | 21 | Occulations | Jim Lampos | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 20 | 22 | Radiance | Lonnie Plaxico | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 21 | 23 | The Hang, the Hustle, the Path | Christopher McBride | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 22 | 24 | Lucky | Jeff Jolly Band | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| ▲ | 23 | 25 | Footprints | John Michael Hersey | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| ▲ | 24 | 26 | Imagination | Peter Lewis | Omad | Roots Rock |
| ▲ | 25 | 27 | Lost at Sea | Masorti | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 26 | 29 | Under the Moon over the Sky | Najee | Blue Horn Creative | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 27 | 38 | Good Together | Lake Street Dive | Concord | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 28 | 31 | Dime Store Mannequin | Son Stone | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 29 | 32 | Loving You | Kieran Brown | Cellar | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 30 | 18 | Thunder in the House | Eliza Neals | E-H | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 31 | 5 | The Re-Collection | Jaana Narsipur | In The Pocket Jazz | Crossover Jazz |
| ▲ | 32 | 33 | Time Wouldn't Wait | Dara Tucker | Green Hill | Jazz |
| ▲ | 33 | 34 | Like Sugar | Eric Alexander | Cellar | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 34 | 35 | The Universe is Hungry | Damn Tall Buildings | Damn Tall Buildings | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 35 | 37 | Madison McFerrin: Live from NPR's Tiny Desk | Madison McFerrin | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▼ | 36 | 30 | Something Like Summer | Ultrablue | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 37 | 40 | Long Shadows | Roger Street Friedman | The Playroom | Roots Rock |
| *NEW* | 38 | - | Sugar | Tift Merritt | One Riot | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 39 | 42 | Quiet Fire | Michael C. Lewis | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 40 | 43 | Ten Feet Tall | Christopher Weir | Edgewater | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 41 | 44 | Emerge Dancing (feat. Jeff Pittson) | Suzanne Pittson | Vineland | Contemporary Jazz |
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