The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Contemporary Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Aug 1, 2020
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | World on the Ground | Sarah Jarosz | Rounder |
| ▲ | 2 | 23 | The Balladeer | Lori McKenna | Thirty Tigers |
| ▼ | 3 | 2 | No Time for Love Songs | The Mastersons | Compass |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | Ghost Tattoo | Kristen Grainger & True North | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 5 | 4 | Look Long | Indigo Girls | Rounder |
| ▼ | 6 | 5 | San Isabel | Jamestown Revival | Thirty Tigers |
| ▼ | 7 | 6 | 2020 | Eliza Gilkyson | Red House |
| *NEW* | 8 | - | No Summer | Cinder Well | Free Dirt |
| ▼ | 9 | 7 | Have Purpose Live Long | Josie Bello | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 10 | 8 | What It is | Hayes Carll | Dualtone |
| ▲ | 11 | 17 | Flyover Country | Chicago Farmer | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 12 | 9 | We'll Never Know Unless We Try | Darling West | Jansen |
| ▼ | 13 | 11 | Bull Frogs Croon (And Other Songs) | Aoife O'Donovan | Yep Roc |
| ▼ | 14 | 13 | Bravado | Rose Cousins | Outside Music |
| ▼ | 15 | 14 | Do, Baby. | Eric Selby | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 16 | 12 | Medicine for Living | Alexa Rose | Big Legal Mess |
| ▲ | 17 | 24 | The Remains of Sunday | Alec Lytle & Them Rounders | Four Acre |
| ▲ | 18 | 47 | Folk N’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales of Isolation | J.S. Ondara | Verve Forecast |
| ▼ | 19 | 16 | Good Good Man | Vance Gilbert | Disismye Music |
| ▼ | 20 | 10 | The Romantic | Taylor Ashton | Signature Sounds |
| ▲ | 21 | 65 | Fretland | Fretland | Tone Tree |
| ▼ | 22 | 18 | Reliever | William Prince | Six Shooter |
| ▼ | 23 | 21 | A Beginner's Guide to Bravery | David Keenan | Rubyworks |
| ▼ | 24 | 20 | The Only Ones | The Milk Carton Kids | Thirty Tigers |
| *NEW* | 25 | - | Homegrown | Neil Young | Silver Bow |
| ▼ | 26 | 25 | Dirty Mansions | Corin Raymond | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 27 | 26 | Noise | The Pairs | Independent |
| ▼ | 28 | 27 | Electric Blue Dandelion Nashville Sessions | Raveis Kole | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 29 | 37 | Back to Shore | Shari Ulrich | Borealis |
| ▼ | 30 | 29 | Pass It on Down | Linda Sussman | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 31 | 34 | All That's Real | Gathering Sparks | Borealis |
| ▼ | 32 | 22 | Circadian | Letitia VanSant | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 33 | 30 | Hubble Space Parade | Giriffin Swank | Infirst |
| ▼ | 34 | 28 | Ashes in the Morning | Ken Dunn | Trespass Music |
| ▼ | 35 | 32 | Many a Moon | James Hill & Anne Janelle | Borealis |
| ▼ | 36 | 33 | Coyote | Catherine MacLellan | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 37 | 36 | This Storm | Tara MacLean & Catherine MacLellan | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 38 | 35 | Making Life Sweet | The Early Risers | Itchy Sabot |
| ▲ | 39 | 58 | If Wishes Were Horses | Matt Patershuk | Black Hen |
| ▼ | 40 | 38 | Evening Machines | Gregory Alan Isakov | Dualtone |
| ▼ | 41 | 39 | Is It You, is It Me | The Dustbowl Revival | Thirty Tigers |
| ▼ | 42 | 40 | Art of Motion | Andy McKee | Candy Rat |
| ▲ | 43 | 45 | Tim O'Brien Band | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies |
| ▼ | 44 | 41 | Easy Money | Old Man Luedecke | True North |
| *NEW* | 45 | - | The Ridge | Julian Taylor | Howling Turtle |
| ▼ | 46 | 42 | Through the Deep, Dark Valley | The Oh Hellos | Elektra |
| ▼ | 47 | 43 | Down the Way | Angus & Julia Stone | Nettwerk |
| ▼ | 48 | 44 | Is It the Kiss | Ana Egge | StorySound |
| ▲ | 49 | 55 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Oh Boy |
| ▲ | 50 | - | Someday Soon Somehow | Scott Fab | Self-Release |
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