The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Week of May 1, 2021
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | These Walls | Linda Sussman | Sing Out Proud |
| ▲ | 2 | 3 | Be Here Instead | Parker Millsap | Oklahoma/Thirty Tigers |
| ▲ | 3 | 5 | Friend of the Sky | Cej | Gnosong |
| ▲ | 4 | 15 | Brother Sister | Watkins Family Hour | Family Hour |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | A Dark Murmuration of Words | Emily Barker | Thirty Tigers |
| *NEW* | 6 | - | Time out Session 1 | The Accidentals | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 7 | 2 | Girl I Used to Be | Garrison Starr | Soundly Music |
| ▲ | 8 | 12 | Whoa! | Strung Like a Horse | Transoceanic |
| ▲ | 9 | 11 | There for You | Steve Free | Fraternity |
| ▼ | 10 | 9 | Revolutionary Love | Ani DiFranco | Righteous Babe |
| ▲ | 11 | 16 | No Cactus | Jackdaw | Cutthroat |
| ▲ | 12 | 17 | Who Cares | David G Smith | Hey Dave |
| - | 13 | 13 | It's a Beautiful Day and I Love You | Jillette Johnson | Moss Rose |
| ▼ | 14 | 7 | Wonderland | Martha Renaud | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 15 | 24 | Shall We Hope | Tony Trischka | Shefa |
| ▼ | 16 | 8 | How Many Times | Esther Rose | Father/Daughter |
| ▲ | 17 | 27 | A Place Beyond Belief | SLPSTRM | 941048 Records DK |
| ▼ | 18 | 10 | ...but I'd Rather Be with You | Molly Tuttle | Compass |
| ▼ | 19 | 18 | Beyond the Box | Alexandr Misko | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 20 | 22 | Matamoros | James Kahn | Words and Music |
| ▲ | 21 | 23 | How to Break a Fall | Maya De Vitry | Mad Maker Studio |
| ▼ | 22 | 4 | Asterisk the Universe | John Craigie | Thirty Tigers |
| ▼ | 23 | 20 | Eiderdown | Gordon Thomas Ward | Trespass Music |
| ▲ | 24 | 26 | Mondegreens | Rachel Garlin | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 25 | 30 | Without Susie | James Lee Stanley | Beachwood |
| ▲ | 26 | 31 | Shore | Fleet Foxes | Anti |
| ▲ | 27 | - | Pseudonymous | WhiteWater Ramble | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 28 | - | Changemakers | Crys Matthews | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 29 | 32 | The Ocean Wide | Sussex | Lucky Bear |
| ▲ | 30 | 34 | One House | David G Smith | Hey Dave |
| ▲ | 31 | 35 | We Go On: Si Kahn's Songs of Hope in Hard Times | Katie Oates | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 32 | 14 | On the Wings of the Wind | Alec Fraser Jr | Circus Bass |
| ▲ | 33 | - | Petals | Elephant Revival | Itz Evolving |
| ▲ | 34 | 36 | The Meaning of Life | James Kahn | Words and Music |
| ▼ | 35 | 28 | Within | Michelle Qureshi | myndstream |
| ▼ | 36 | 29 | Mortal Flames | John Dennis | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 37 | - | Terms of Surrender | Hiss Golden Messenger | Merge |
| ▲ | 38 | 39 | Old Future | Norma MacDonald | Noyes |
| ▲ | 39 | - | Empathy and Comedy | Jay Brown | Self-Release |
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