The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Contemporary Folk Album Chart
for the Week of May 1, 2021
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | They're Calling Me Home | Rhiannon Giddens | Nonesuch |
| - | 2 | 2 | Calla Lily | The Brother Brothers | Compass |
| - | 3 | 3 | Seeker | Brigitte DeMeyer | Self-Release |
| - | 4 | 4 | Have Purpose Live Long | Josie Bello | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 5 | 12 | Woman in Color | Raye Zaragoza | Art Menius |
| ▲ | 6 | 10 | Come Around | Rob Lutes | Lucky Bear |
| ▲ | 7 | 9 | The River Flows | John Hurlbut & Jorma Kaukonen | Culture Factory |
| ▼ | 8 | 5 | Annamania | Anna Elizabeth Laube | Ahh...Pockets! |
| ▼ | 9 | 6 | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Free Dirt |
| ▲ | 10 | 11 | Maybe Key Lime Pie | ThorNton Creek | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 11 | 8 | What a Show | Kerry Patrick Clark | Studio 234 |
| ▲ | 12 | 31 | All About the Timing | Roland Roberts | Happy Life |
| ▲ | 13 | 19 | Calico Jim | Pony Bradshaw | Black Mountain |
| ▲ | 14 | 20 | Hearts Town | The War and Treaty | Rounder |
| ▲ | 15 | 22 | Desert Ghosts | Jaspar Lepak | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 16 | 7 | Do, Baby. | Eric Selby | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 17 | 13 | Outside Child | Allison Russell | Fantasy |
| ▲ | 18 | 25 | A Field Guide to Loneliness | Jamestown Revival | Thirty Tigers |
| ▲ | 19 | 23 | Bravado | Rose Cousins | Outside Music |
| ▲ | 20 | 29 | We'll Never Know Unless We Try | Darling West | Jansen |
| ▼ | 21 | 16 | I'm Still Here | Travis Linville | Black Mesa |
| ▼ | 22 | 17 | Over That Road I'm Bound | Joachim Cooder | Nonesuch |
| ▲ | 23 | 36 | The Remains of Sunday | Alec Lytle & Them Rounders | Four Acre |
| ▼ | 24 | 18 | The Martin Gilmore Trio | The Martin Gilmore Trio | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 25 | 26 | Another Sky | Kelly's Lot | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 26 | 24 | Flyover Country | Chicago Farmer | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 27 | 46 | Is It You, is It Me | The Dustbowl Revival | Thirty Tigers |
| *NEW* | 28 | - | All This Time Running | Craig Cardiff | True North |
| ▲ | 29 | 30 | No Summer | Cinder Well | Free Dirt |
| ▼ | 30 | 15 | Gone | Tim Grimm | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 31 | 32 | We'll Look for Stars | Lynn Miles | Must Have Music |
| ▲ | 32 | - | Two Saviors | Buck Meek | Keeled Scales |
| - | 33 | 33 | Ghost Tattoo | Kristen Grainger & True North | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 34 | 21 | Love & Rage | Carsie Blanton | So Ferocious |
| ▼ | 35 | 34 | Chasing Echoes | Phil Henry | Board By Board |
| ▼ | 36 | 35 | Where the Heart Wants to Go | Buffalo Gals Band | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 37 | 57 | Autonomy | Stephanie Lambring | Tone Tree |
| - | 38 | 38 | Ghost Town | Suzi Ragsdale | Self-Release |
| - | 39 | 39 | Covers | Mo Kenney | turtlemusik |
| *NEW* | 40 | - | 1970 Sessions | Will Beeley | Tompkins Square |
| ▼ | 41 | 40 | Blue on Blue | Sylvie Simmons | Compass |
| - | 42 | 42 | Hubble Space Parade | Giriffin Swank | Infirst |
| ▲ | 43 | 44 | After the Great Storm | Ane Brun | Balloon Ranger |
| ▼ | 44 | 43 | This Storm | Tara MacLean & Catherine MacLellan | Self-Release |
| - | 45 | 45 | The Balladeer | Lori McKenna | Thirty Tigers |
| ▲ | 46 | 47 | Funeral for My Past | Liz Longley | Tone Tree |
| ▲ | 47 | 48 | Wolf Jett | Wolf Jett | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 48 | 49 | Hands and Knees | Two Bird Stone | Wondermore |
| ▼ | 49 | 27 | Under the Pepper Tree | Sara Watkins | New West |
| ▲ | 50 | 51 | Mike O'Brien | Mike O'Brien | Chouchou |
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