The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Bluegrass Album Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crooked Tree | Molly Tuttle | Nonesuch |
| 2 | Renewal | Billy Strings | Rounder |
| 3 | The Next Mountain | Rick Faris | Dark Shadows |
| 4 | Make Each Second Last | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers | Moutain Home |
| 5 | Up All Night | The Grascals | Mountain Home |
| 6 | Roundtable | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver | Billy Blue |
| 7 | Never Slow Down | The Po' Ramblin' Boys | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 8 | Ridin' Through the Country | Shannon Slaughter | Elite Circuit |
| 9 | Toward the Fray | The Infamous Stringdusters | Americana Vibes |
| 10 | Solitary Diamond | Laura Orshaw | Dark Shadow |
| 11 | Authentic Unlimited | Authentic Unlimited | Billy Blue |
| 12 | Something You Didn't Count on | Jaelee Roberts | Mountain Home |
| 13 | How I Hear It | Jeremy Stephens | Rebel |
| 14 | Shades of Blue | Kristy Cox | Billy Blue |
| 15 | Heartache and Trouble | Fast Track | Engelhardt Music |
| 16 | Tina Adair | Tina Adair | Engelhardt Music |
| 17 | Hold on | Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen | Compass |
| 18 | This Life We're Livin' | Darin & Brooke Aldridge | Billy Blue |
| 19 | A Miner's Life | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band | Calv'ry |
| 20 | Get Yourself Outside | Yonder Mountain String Band | Frog Pad |
| 21 | Small Town Dreamer | Daryl Mosley | Pinecastle |
| 22 | Family Reunion | Della Mae | Soundly |
| 23 | Music is What I See | Rhonda Vincent | Upper Management |
| 24 | Things She Couldn't Get over | Dale Ann Bradley | Pinecastle |
| 25 | I'll Come Back | AJ Lee & Blue Summit | Old White Horse |
| 26 | Twenty | Deeper Shade Of Blue | Pinecastle |
| 27 | River Wild | Jeremy Garrett | Organic |
| 28 | Brand New Good Old Days | Leftover Salmon | Compass |
| 29 | Leave the Porch Light on | Kim Robins | Pinecastle |
| 30 | Things That I Like | Mickey Harris | Self-Release |
| 31 | Black Banjo | Tray Wellington | Mountain Home |
| 32 | Gospel Sessions, Vol. 1 | Authentic Unlimited | Billy Blue |
| 33 | Karma | Volume Five | Mountain Fever |
| 34 | Quiet Country Town | Wildfire | Pinecastle |
| 35 | Imaginary Lines | Unspoken Tradition | Mountain Home |
| 36 | The Lonesome Season | Andrew Crawford | Bonfire |
| 37 | East Nash Grass | East Nash Grass | Lamb Lyfe |
| 38 | Flyin' High | The Wooks | Self-Release |
| 39 | In Dreams I Go Back | Seth Mulder & Midnight Run | Mountain Fever |
| 40 | Timeless | Magnolia Drive | Mountain Fever |
| 41 | Songs of Hope & Inspiration | Darren Nicholson | Self-Release |
| 42 | Goin' Home Comin' on | Carley Arrowood | Mountain Home |
| 43 | Bridges and Backroads | Jerry Salley | Very Jerry |
| 44 | A Tale to Tell | Rick Lang | Dark Shadow |
| 45 | Renaissance | Valerie Smith | Bell Buckle |
| 46 | The Goodwin Bros. | The Goodwin Brothers | The 615 Hideaway |
| 47 | Narrowing the Gap | Amanda Cook | Mountain Fever |
| 48 | From the Ground Up | Jim Hurst | Pinecastle |
| 49 | Fall Like Rain | Justin Moses | Mountain Fever |
| 50 | Radioactive | Jason Barie | Billy Blue |
| 51 | Bluegrass Troubadour | Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass | Pinecastle |
| 52 | Maria with a "J" | Marija Droze | RBR Ent |
| 53 | What You Need to Prove | Thomas Cassell | Mountain Fever |
| 54 | Hindsight is 2020 | Colebrook Road | Mountain Fever |
| 55 | Brothersville | Doug Flowers | Self-Release |
| 56 | Kristi | Kristi Stanley | The 615 Hideaway |
| 57 | Distance and Time | Becky Buller | Dark Shadow |
| 58 | Darkest Hour | The Gibson Brothers | Bull Run |
| 59 | 4.0 | The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet | Pinecastle |
| 60 | Where the Trees Know My Name | Larry Cordle | Self-Release |
| 61 | Fresh Pickles | Chris Castino & Chicken Wire Empire | Self-Release |
| 62 | Details | Nick Dumas | Skyline |
| 63 | Early in the Morning | Byron Berline | Double Stop Music |
| 64 | Mountaintop | Don Schlitz | Engelhardt Music Group |
| 65 | Love Somebody | The Goodfellers | Bell Buckle |
| 66 | Lovin' of the Game | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper | Compass |
| 67 | Whispers in the Wind | Lindley Creek | Pinecastle |
| 68 | Songs for the Sparrows | Nefesh Mountain | Eden Sky |
| 69 | Baby You're Gone | Tacie and the Sunshine Band | Self-Release |
| 70 | Roses | Jackson Hollow | Mountain Fever |
| 71 | To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 1 | Thomm Jutz | Mountain Home |
| 72 | You Can Learn a Lot from a Song | Hammertowne | Mountain Fever |
| 73 | Banjo Player's Blues | High Fidelity | Rebel |
| 74 | Still Here (With Tim Stafford) | Steve Gulley | Mountain Home |
| 75 | People, Places, and Songs | Greg Blake | Turnberry |
| 76 | Waiting out the Storm | Billy Droze | Self-Release |
| 77 | Jake Eddy | Jake Eddy | Self-Release |
| 78 | The Dark Side of Lonesome | Edgar Loudermilk Band | Rural Rhythm |
| 79 | Bill Monroe’s Ol’ Mandolin | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road | Pinecastle |
| 80 | Wings of a Jetliner | Nate Lee | Adverb |
| 81 | Swing for the Fences (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass | Pinecastle |
| 82 | Pay Your Dues | Songs From The Road Band | Charles Humphrey III |
| 83 | The American Fiddler | Andy Leftwich | Mountain Home Music |
| 84 | Circus No. 9 | Circus No. 9 | Bonfire |
| 85 | Sundrops on the Water - Reflections | The Sharp Flatpickers | Mountain Fever |
| 86 | Ordinary Soul | Stephen Mougin | Dark Shadow |
| 87 | Bluegrass at the Crossroads | Bluegrass at the Crossroads | Mountain Home Music |
| 88 | Leaving is Believing | Ashby Frank | Mountain Home |
| 89 | Circle Up | Deanie Richardson | EMG |
| 90 | Elements | Fireside Collective | Mountain Home |
| 91 | Horses & Horsepower | Dunlap & Mabe | Bell Buckle |
| 92 | Arrows | Bowregard | Bowregard |
| 93 | Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2 (Cowboy Arms Sessions) | Sturgill Simpson | High Top Mountain |
| 94 | Lively Times (Live at the Anza Club!) | The Lonesome Ace Stringband | Self-Release |
| 95 | I Hope You Have a Good Life | The Gina Furtado Project | Mountain Home Music Company |
| 96 | The Secret of Life | Daryl Mosley | Pinecastle |
| 97 | Walkin' the Blues | Lori King & Junction 63 | Turnberry |
| 98 | + 1 | Mike Barnett | Compass |
| 99 | Pages in Your Hand | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers | Mountain Home Music Company |
| 100 | New Horizons | Mason Via | Mountain Fever |
| 101 | Round Feet, Chrome Smile | Ragged Union | Shining Castle |
| 102 | Hair & Hide | George Jackson | Self-Release |
| 103 | With You | Kenny & Amanda Smith | Farm Bot |
| 104 | Up the Hill and Through the Fog | The Slocan Ramblers | Self-Release |
| 105 | Banjophonics | Damien O'Kane & Ron Block | Pure |
| 106 | Great Big Skies | Wood Belly | Americana Vibes |
| 107 | Chicago Barn Dance | Special Consensus | Compass |
| 108 | Apple & Setser | Apple & Setser | Bell Buckle |
| 109 | Zach Top | Zach Top | RBR Ent. |
| 110 | Changes | Amanda Cook | Mountain Fever |
| 111 | Blues Around My Cabin | Flashback | Pinecastle |
| 112 | Undeniable | Nothin' Fancy | Mountain Fever |
| 113 | Losing Time | Route 3 | Pinecastle |
| 114 | Renaissance | Billy Droze | Rural Rhythm |
| 115 | 25 Trips | Sierra Hull | Rounder |
| 116 | No Headlights | Kristy Cox | Mountain Fever |
| 117 | Straighten the Curves | The Grascals | Crossroads |
| 118 | Railroad Town | Jr Williams | Mountain Fever |
| 119 | My Remedy | Missy Armstrong | Melton & Miller |
| 120 | Freedom, Love, and the Open Road | Lindley Creek | Pinecastle |
| 121 | Inner Journey | Darin & Brooke Aldridge | Rounder |
| 122 | Destination Horizon | The Plate Scrapers | Self-Release |
| 123 | Tall Fiddler | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper | Compass |
| 124 | Oh Darlin' | Bradley & Adair | Pinecastle |
| 125 | Grass Stains | Carson Peters & Iron Mountain | FCP Productions |
| 126 | Breaking in Lonesome | Rick Faris | Dark Shadow |
| 127 | Salem Town | Backline | Mountain Fever |
| 128 | Chronicle: Friends and Music | Gena Britt | Pinecastle |
| 129 | Authentic | Band Of Ruhks | Rebel |
| 130 | Where the Dogs Don't Bite | Old Salt Union | Compass |
| 131 | Straight from the Heartland | Lori King & Junction 63 | Self-Release |
| 132 | Talk of the Town | Darin & Brooke Aldridge | Billy Blue |
| 133 | Headlight | Della Mae | Rounder |
| 134 | Headed South | Crandall Creek | Bell Buckle |
| 135 | Kentucky for Me | Dale Ann Bradley | Pinecastle |
| 136 | Laysongs | Chris Thile | Nonesuch |
| 137 | Lovin' and Leavin' (A Bluegrass Tribute to Mickey Clark) | Aaron Bibelhauser | Self-Release |
| 138 | Memories of Home | The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet | Pinecastle |
| 139 | Bad for You | The Steeldrivers | Rounder |
| 140 | No Fear | Sister Sadie | Mountain Home Music Company |
| 141 | The Storyteller in Me | Daniel Crabtree | Codel |
| 142 | Silver Bird | Nick Chandler & Delivered | Pinecastle |
| 143 | Dreams for Sale | Theo & Brenna | Mountain Fever |
| 144 | Here We Go Again | Nothin' Fancy | Mountain Fever |
| 145 | Long Hill to Climb | Wolfpen Branch | Self-Release |
| 146 | If You Hadn't Noticed | The Goodwin Brothers | Pinecastle |
| 147 | Classy. Sassy. Bluegrassy. | Williamson Branch | Pinecastle |
| 148 | The Bull Mountain Moonshiners' Way | Jesse McReynolds | Self-Release |
| 149 | Living in the South | Starlett & Big John | Rebel |
| 150 | Pieces | Jason Barie | Billy Blue |
| 151 | Bluegrass 2022 (feat. Scott Vestal, Randy Kohrs, Tim Crouch, Cody Kilby & Byron House) | Scott Vestal | Pinecastle |
| 152 | One Step Away | Casey Penn | Mountain Fever |
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