The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Contemporary Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Apr 14, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 2 | See You Around | I'm With Her | Concord |
| ▼ | 2 | 1 | By the Way, I Forgive You | Brandi Carlile | Elektra |
| - | 3 | 3 | Down Hearted Blues | Eilen Jewell | Signature Sounds |
| - | 4 | 4 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Oh Boy |
| ▲ | 5 | 15 | Silence in These Walls | Flatt Lonesome | Mountain Home Music |
| ▼ | 6 | 5 | Tell the Devil I'm Gettin' There As Fast As I Can | Ray Wylie Hubbard | Thirty Tigers |
| ▲ | 7 | 10 | Southland | Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | Ghost Light | John McCutcheon | Appalseed Productions |
| ▼ | 9 | 8 | Walk in the Dark | Rob Lutes | Lucky Bear |
| ▼ | 10 | 6 | Letters Never Read | Dori Freeman | Free Dirt |
| - | 11 | 11 | Where the River Meets the Road | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies |
| ▼ | 12 | 7 | Fifteen | The Wailin' Jennys | Red House |
| - | 13 | 13 | While I Was Asleep | Darling West | Jansen |
| ▼ | 14 | 12 | Sometimes Just the Sky | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Thirty Tigers |
| ▲ | 15 | 21 | The Way These Things Go | FY5 | Swingfingers |
| - | 16 | 16 | Small Believer | Anna Tivel | Fluff & Gravy |
| ▲ | 17 | 25 | Freedom Highway | Rhiannon Giddens | Nonesuch |
| *NEW* | 18 | - | My Mother the Moon | Dead Horses | Wolff Moon |
| ▼ | 19 | 17 | Everything | Darden Smith | Compass |
| ▼ | 20 | 18 | The Dustbowl Revival | The Dustbowl Revival | Signature Sounds |
| ▼ | 21 | 19 | The Art of Forgetting | Kyle Carey | Riverboat |
| ▲ | 22 | 33 | If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous | Sarah McQuaid | Shovel And A Spade |
| ▼ | 23 | 20 | Home on the River | Caroline Cotter | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 24 | 42 | Live at Tiny Telephone | T Sisters | Three Headed Sounds |
| ▼ | 25 | 23 | Same As I Ever Have Been | Matt Patershuk | Black Hen |
| ▼ | 26 | 24 | The Order of Time | Valerie June | Concord |
| ▼ | 27 | 14 | Open Road, Broken Heart | True North | True North |
| ▲ | 28 | 29 | Singin' | Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio | Vessel Recordings |
| ▼ | 29 | 26 | Motel Bouquet | Caitlin Canty | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 30 | 27 | The Forgotten | Joe Jencks | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 31 | 28 | While We're Here | Catie Curtis | Megenta |
| ▼ | 32 | 30 | Low Tide | Tracy Grammer | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 33 | 31 | Life Between the Lines | Fireside Collective | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 34 | 32 | Shed My Skin | Dan Navarro | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 35 | 34 | The Drifter and the Preacher | Barney Bentall | True North |
| ▼ | 36 | 35 | Poor David's Almanack | Dave Rawlings | Acony |
| ▼ | 37 | 36 | Before the Bridge | Eddie Berman | Nettwerk |
| ▼ | 38 | 37 | Far off on the Horizon | Winter Wilson | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 39 | 38 | Balancing Act | Judy Nazemetz | Smokey Lady Music |
| ▼ | 40 | 39 | Live at the Station Inn | Darrell Scott | Soundly Music |
| ▲ | 41 | 51 | Let's… | Brett Dennen | Downtown |
| ▼ | 42 | 40 | God Bless the Grass | The Malvinas | Soona Songs |
| ▼ | 43 | 41 | Capricorn in Retrograde... Just Kidding... Live in Portland | John Craigie | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 44 | 22 | T Sisters | T Sisters | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 45 | 43 | That's What Love Can Do to Your Heart | Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements | Kabeauty Music |
| ▼ | 46 | 44 | The Road We Once Knew | The Eisenhauers | Black Hen Music |
| ▼ | 47 | 45 | Fall Away Blues | Red Tail Ring | Earthwork |
| ▼ | 48 | 46 | Hearts in Need of Repair | Sarah Morris | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 49 | 47 | Out from the Harbor | Nikki Talley | Self Release |
| ▼ | 50 | 48 | Daybreak over Jackson Street | Steph Cameron | Pheromone |
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