The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Contemporary Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Sep 18, 2021
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 2 | A Few Stars Apart | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Fantasy |
| ▼ | 2 | 1 | He Walked on | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies |
| ▲ | 3 | 7 | You Get It All | Hayes Carll | Dualtone |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | The River Flows, Vol. 2 | John Hurlbut & Jorma Kaukonen | Fur Peace Ranch |
| - | 5 | 5 | Just Beyond the Shine | Peach & Quiet | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 6 | 4 | Seeker | Brigitte DeMeyer | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 7 | 9 | Calla Lily | The Brother Brothers | Compass |
| ▲ | 8 | 10 | Come Around | Rob Lutes | Lucky Bear |
| ▲ | 9 | 45 | Raise the Roof | Robert Plant & Allison Kraus | Rounder |
| ▲ | 10 | 13 | Have Purpose Live Long | Josie Bello | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 11 | 8 | Until Now | Carrie Newcomer | Available Light |
| - | 12 | 12 | Outside Child | Allison Russell | Fantasy |
| *NEW* | 13 | - | An Honest Effort | Matt Patershuk | Black Hen |
| ▲ | 14 | 15 | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Free Dirt |
| *NEW* | 15 | - | Uppity | Laura Love | Octoroon Biography |
| ▼ | 16 | 14 | They're Calling Me Home | Rhiannon Giddens | Nonesuch |
| ▼ | 17 | 6 | Watchhouse | Watchhouse | Thirty Tigers |
| ▲ | 18 | 20 | Desert Ghosts | Jaspar Lepak | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 19 | 16 | The Midnight Broadcast | Peter Case | Bandaloop |
| ▲ | 20 | 24 | Joyful Banner Blazing | Maria Dunn | Distant Whisper |
| - | 21 | 21 | Covers | Mo Kenney | turtlemusik |
| ▲ | 22 | 26 | Only Human | Luke LeBlanc | 145 Entertainment LLC |
| ▼ | 23 | 19 | Last of the Better Days Ahead | Charlie Parr | Smithsonian Folkways |
| ▼ | 24 | 23 | The River Flows | John Hurlbut & Jorma Kaukonen | Culture Factory |
| ▲ | 25 | 31 | Motivational Speaking | Old Sea Brigade | Nettwerk |
| ▲ | 26 | 28 | Between Here and There | Sarah Morris | AW |
| ▲ | 27 | 29 | Poets | Liz Simmons | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 28 | 32 | Why Wait! | Kate Taylor | Red House |
| ▲ | 29 | 47 | Timber | Bryan Rahija | Thirty Tigers |
| ▲ | 30 | 43 | Last Birds | Last Birds | Self-Release |
| *NEW* | 31 | - | Local Valley | Jose Gonzalez | Mute |
| ▼ | 32 | 17 | Hearts Town | The War and Treaty | Rounder |
| ▲ | 33 | 34 | The Remains of Sunday | Alec Lytle & Them Rounders | Four Acre |
| ▼ | 34 | 22 | Queen of the in Between | K.C. Jones | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 35 | 18 | No Summer | Cinder Well | Free Dirt |
| ▼ | 36 | 33 | All This Time Running | Craig Cardiff | True North |
| ▼ | 37 | 35 | Hubble Space Parade | Giriffin Swank | Infirst |
| ▼ | 38 | 36 | The Ghost and the Wall | Joshua Radin | Nettwerk |
| ▼ | 39 | 37 | What a Show | Kerry Patrick Clark | Studio 234 |
| ▼ | 40 | 38 | We'll Look for Stars | Lynn Miles | Must Have Music |
| ▼ | 41 | 40 | This Storm | Tara MacLean & Catherine MacLellan | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 42 | 11 | Song to a Refugee | Diana Jones | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 43 | 41 | Funeral for My Past | Liz Longley | Tone Tree |
| ▼ | 44 | 42 | There Used to Be Horses Here | Amy Speace | Windbone |
| ▲ | 45 | 68 | All About the Timing | Roland Roberts | Happy Life |
| ▲ | 46 | 48 | Bravado | Rose Cousins | Outside Music |
| ▲ | 47 | 49 | Light & Dark | Chris Ronald | Borealis |
| ▲ | 48 | 73 | Woman in Color | Raye Zaragoza | Art Menius |
| ▲ | 49 | 51 | Mike O'Brien | Mike O'Brien | Chouchou |
| ▼ | 50 | 25 | The Ridge | Julian Taylor | Howling Turtle |
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