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

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label
1The Past is Still AliveHurray for the Riff RaffNonesuch
2Witness TreesDavid G SmithHey Dave
3Common SenseGary NicholsonQualified
4Pagan ChurchJohn CraigieLeslie/Songlines
5SparrowJeff TalmadgeBerkalin
6Win or LoseLinda SussmanSing Out Proud
7Earl JamTony TrischkaDown The Road
8TREESLaurie LewisSpruce And Maple Music
9Simple MotionEric Brace & Thomm JutzRed Beet
10Keep Me on Your Mind/See You FreeBonny Light HorsemanJagjaguwar
11HalfsiesLizzie NoThirty Tigers
12Wide Open LightBen HarperChrysalis
13Jump for JoyHiss Golden MessengerMerge
14Welcome to WhateverRainbow GirlsSelf-Release
15OcculationsJim LamposSelf-Release
16Cat Power Sings Dylan: the 1966 Royal Albert Hall ConcertCat PowerDomino
17A Recipe for HopeLinda MarksSelf-Release
18Dang FoolEric SelbySelf-Release
19Accentuate the PositiveVan MorrisonExile
20Two Birds to Kill a StoneSon StoneKaimana
21Yellow PerilNat MyersEasy Eye Sound
22Silver CityAmy HelmSun
23RevelationLeif VollebekkSecret City
24Sing to Me About TomorrowWinterlarkSquink
25Year of the SpiderShannon & The ClamsEasy Eye Sound
26The Newsman: a Man of RecordJohn McEuenCompass
27The Ocean Knocked Me DownMatt The ElectricianSelf-Release
28Walking on the WireGordon Thomas WardSelf-Release
29The in BetweenKevin GordonSelf-Release
30All NowThe StavesNonesuch
31Interpretations: Volume 1Alice DiMiceleSelf-Release
32Never BetterWild RiversNettwerk
33WithinMichelle Qureshimyndstream
34Seek the Love You're YearningBrian Gore Guitar PoetSelf-Release
35A Place Beyond BeliefSLPSTRM941048 Records DK
36WhiplashJobi RiccioYep Roc
37Two Singing SongsBen GageSelf-Release
38Echo Me onLee BaggettPerpetual Doom
39Sailing DreamsMuriel AndersonMuriel Anderson
40Big Girl PantsT SistersBurning House
41AccompanyMichael NauKarma Chief
42Sun Without the HeatLeyla McCallaAnti
43Tripping off to MarsBrad StrangSelf-Release
44LifelineLaura ZuckerSelf-Release
45Blow My CoverAjay MathurYakketeeyak
46From Self, with LoveLowland HumTone Tree
47Cover ArtThe AccidentalsSelf-Release
48Everyday LegendsLinda MarksSelf-Release
49SundustThe Ballroom ThievesNettwerk
50Me DazaReid JamiesonSelf-Release
51Gold on the HorizonOur Man in the FieldIn the Field
52Seed of a SeedHaley HeynderickxMama Bird
53Uncertain CountryGreat Lake SwimmersPheromone
54ArtifactsHello June31 Tigers
55The Great EscapeEmily TriggsSelf-Release
56All is ForgivenLilli LewisRighteous Babe
57Shake It Loose TodayLinda SussmanSing Out Proud
58Cadence to the FlameNolen SellwoodNew Folk
59AgnesKeegan McInroeSelf-Release
60Here in the MountainsThe Honey DewdropsSelf-Release
61Body of LightThe Dead TonguesPsychic Hotline
62Trevor Hall and the Great In-BetweenTrevor Hall3 Rivers
63Blue-Twangled Folk N RollReckless SaintsShiny Gnu
64Rio BravoScott BallewLa Honda
65Dusty HighwayDavid GelmanSelf-Release
66Ordinary MagicLea MorrisBig Bee
67Emotional ContractsDeer TickATO
68At the RoadhouseThe Paper KitesNettwerk
69Blurry VisionShred KellySelf-Release
70ShineSussexLucky Bear
71About the WinterBarbaroStorySound
72DirtStrung Like a HorseTransoceanic
73Walk AloneJosh GraySelf-Release
74The Coward BrothersThe Coward BrothersNew West
75The Light at the End of the LineJanis IanRude Girls
76Leap!John McCutcheonAppalsongs
77How Can I Say This?Annie CappsSelf-Release
78American RailroadSilkroad Ensemble & Rhiannon GiddensNonesuch
79The Wilburland SessionRena Guinn & the GentlemenSelf-Release
80Songs of Our Native DaughtersOur Native DaughtersSmithsonian Folkways
81What You Feel is RealNina De VitrySelf-Release
82There is So Much HereGlen PhillipsCompass
83Lay Your Darkness DownMark ErelliSoundly
84Moving on SkiffleVan MorrisonVirgin Music
8512th of JuneLyle LovettVerve
86Come Back to MePeter OneVerve Forecast
87Terms of SurrenderHiss Golden MessengerMerge
88Phil Lee and Other Old Time FavoritesPhil LeeSelf-Release
89Asterisk the UniverseJohn CraigieThirty Tigers
90BonesMelissa RuthSelf-Release
91All Souls HillThe WaterboysCooking Vinyl
92HonestOrdinary ElephantSelf-Release
93Things Are GreatBand Of HorsesBMG
94OutpouringsCraig BickhardtSelf-Release
95The Rainbow Wheel of DeathDougie PooleWharf Cat
968th WonderThe National ParksSelf-Release
97Southern SunJohn DonovanSelf-Release
98Brother SisterWatkins Family HourFamily Hour
99Whoa!Strung Like a HorseTransoceanic
100It's a Beautiful Day and I Love YouJillette JohnsonMoss Rose
101ChangemakersCrys MatthewsSelf-Release
102The Canvas Before UsJoy ZimmermanSelf-Release
103We Imagined an EndingMatt The ElectricianSelf-Release
104Big TalkJarrod DickensonHooked
105A Murder of SongsGrant PeeplesSelf-Release
106Something from NothingChris Williams & Kid ReverieGray Sun
107GoldCarter SampsonHorton
108Colors & CoversBrittany JeanSelf-Release
 

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