The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2020

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label
1No Time for Love SongsThe MastersonsCompass
2We'll Never Know Unless We TryDarling WestJansen
3What It isHayes CarllDualtone
4Have Purpose Live LongJosie BelloSelf-Release
5BravadoRose CousinsOutside Music
6Flyover CountryChicago FarmerSelf-Release
7Ghost TattooKristen Grainger & True NorthSelf-Release
8Is It You, is It MeThe Dustbowl RevivalThirty Tigers
9CircadianLetitia VanSantSelf-Release
10The BalladeerLori McKennaThirty Tigers
112020Eliza GilkysonRed House
12Look LongIndigo GirlsRounder
13Medicine for LivingAlexa RoseBig Legal Mess
14The Only OnesThe Milk Carton KidsThirty Tigers
15The Remains of SundayAlec Lytle & Them RoundersFour Acre
16Another SkyKelly's LotSelf-Release
17The RomanticTaylor AshtonSignature Sounds
18Pass It on DownLinda SussmanSelf-Release
19Heart Land AgainTim GrimmSelf-Release
20Woman in ColorRaye ZaragozaArt Menius
21Bull Frogs Croon (And Other Songs)Aoife O'DonovanYep Roc
22Over That Road I'm BoundJoachim CooderNonesuch
23Straight to MarrowClint AlphinSelf-Release
24Good Good ManVance GilbertDisismye Music
25RelieverWilliam PrinceSix Shooter
26All MineSarah MorrisAW
27Ashes in the MorningKen DunnTrespass Music
28CoyoteCatherine MacLellanSelf-Release
29Assiniboine & the RedThe Small GloriesRed House
30A Beginner's Guide to BraveryDavid KeenanRubyworks
31How We Want to LiveLisa BastoniSweet Ondine
32No SummerCinder WellFree Dirt
33The Storyteller's SuitcaseEllis PaulRosella
34Adobe RoadCejGnosong
35All That's RealGathering SparksBorealis
36Dirty MansionsCorin RaymondSelf-Release
37Do, Baby.Eric SelbySelf-Release
38Funeral for My PastLiz LongleyTone Tree
39Making Life SweetThe Early RisersItchy Sabot
40Winter Stories (feat. Chatham County Line)Judy CollinsCleopatra
41Easy MoneyOld Man LuedeckeTrue North
42PhoenixJigJamSelf-Release
43NoiseThe PairsIndependent
44Blue on BlueSylvie SimmonsCompass
45Ledgers and StonesThomas HineTHM
46Come on Up to the House - Women Sing WaitsDualtoneDualtone
47Hearts TownThe War and TreatyRounder
48Is It the KissAna EggeStorySound
49Hubble Space ParadeGiriffin SwankInfirst
50This StormTara MacLean & Catherine MacLellanSelf-Release
51VisionsAlice HoweSelf-Release
52Charlie ParrCharlie ParrRed House
53Love and Leave You100 Mile HouseFallen Tree
54WildwoodKatie DahlLeaky Boat
55Where the Heart Wants to GoBuffalo Gals BandSelf-Release
56Mike O'BrienMike O'BrienChouchou
57Ghost TownSuzi RagsdaleSelf-Release
58Quiet TalkersKen YatesTone Tree
59CharacterRachael SageMPress
60Back to ShoreShari UlrichBorealis
61The RidgeJulian TaylorHowling Turtle
62Many a MoonJames Hill & Anne JanelleBorealis
63Calm in the Eye of the StormKen WhiteleyBorealis
64The BotoxJamie McDellMetropolitan Groove Merchants
65HomegrownNeil YoungSilver Bow
66Desires ShapeStoll VaughanCommonwealth Artist
67Better by Now Benjamin Dakota RogersTrespass Music
68ColdMean MarySelf-Release
69AloneMean MaryWoodRock
70Live at the Hotel CafeKris AngelisSelf-Release
71The QuestionAnna TivelFluff And Gravy
72Without PeopleDonovan WoodsMeant Well
73Collection 2008-2018Jim Patton & Sherry BrokusBerkalin
74Western SunNell & Jim BandWhippoorwill Arts
75A Field Guide to LonelinessJamestown RevivalThirty Tigers
76MWIJadea KellyTone Tree
77Paws of a BearSofia TalvikMakaki
78Naked GardenLukas Nelson & Promise of the RealConcord
79True to LifeGracious MeSelf-Release
80Red, White & I Love You TooThe MastersonsRed House
81Citizen AlienLeaf RapidsCoax
82Between the CountryIan NoeThirty Tigers
83Dreams on HoldSarah EideSugarbird
84At the Edge of the WorldMike McKenna Jr.Self-Release
85When the Sun Goes DownKieran Kane & Rayna GellertDead Reckoning
86There is No Other (with Francesco Turrisi)Rhiannon GiddensNonesuch
87A Bigger FireJoe HoltSelf-Release
88SoloGordon LightfootWarner
89AutonomyStephanie LambringTone Tree
90Hands and KneesTwo Bird StoneWondermore
91A Small DeathSamantha CrainRamseur
92Second SightMay ErlewineSelf-Release
93Stumbling HomeThe Sea The SeaAntifragile Music
94Casey Joe LambertCasey Joe LambertHill Country Artists
95Postcards from the CountryTrae SheehanHalf Moon
96AcornsBen WinshipSnake River
97Alone Together SessionsHayes CarllDualtone
98Folk N’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales of IsolationJ.S. OndaraVerve Forecast
99On My OwnLera LynnRuby Range
100Flowers for YouSawyer FredericksWindrake
101I Can Still Hear YouSuzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright RocheStorySound
102Forever Just BeyondClem SnideRamseur
103Everything's ShiftingMadison VioletPassenger Sounds
104Chasing EchoesPhil HenryBoard By Board
105American StandardJames TaylorFantasy
106Man on FireDanny BarnesATO
107One SkyPhilip Scott PoliTrespass Music
108After the Great StormAne BrunBalloon Ranger
109Yellow CoatMatt CostaDangerbird
110Off off onThis Is the KitRough Trade
111Treasures in My ChestAndrew McKnightCatalooch Music
112The Blackest CrowAnna NalickChesky
113Modern AppalachiaSarah SiskindRed Request
114My EchoLaura VeirsRaven Marching Band
115FretlandFretlandTone Tree
116Last SummerJohn BatdorfSelf-Release
117SpeedKeller WilliamsFreeky Disc
118Soil in the SkyHeather MaloneySignature Sounds
119Lucid Stories, Tentative LiesJessica SmuckerSelf-Release
120The Iron TriosLaurel PremoSelf-Release
121Motivational SpeakeasyJordan TicePadiddle
122PseudoMyopiaRachael SageMPress
123Someday Soon SomehowScott FabSelf-Release
124The Hummingbird RevolutionLesley KernochanMake My Day
125VignettesWesley SchultzDualtone
126Pretty FreeJustin FarrenSelf-Release
127An Evening of New York Songs and StoriesSuzanne VegaAmanuensis Productions
128Beautiful and StrangeChelsea WilliamsBlue Elan
129Mint ConditionCaroline SpenceRounder
130PharmakonHumbirdGreen Thumb
131The Hard StuffSusan GibsonFortherecords
132Keep on RunningJoe EdwardsTiny Mountain
133Kitchen DaysBraden GatesBorealis
134All the Ways You Sing in the DarkOld Sea BrigadeNettwerk
135SlowerJules ShearFunzalo
136Patty GriffinPatty GriffinThirty Tigers
137Embracing the JourneyKathleen HealySelf-Release
138SaudadeJuni AtaFlying on Fire
139Everything's FineJamie DrakeAntiFragile
 

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