The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2021

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label
1A Few Stars ApartLukas Nelson & Promise of the RealFantasy
2SeekerBrigitte DeMeyerSelf-Release
3Calla LilyThe Brother BrothersCompass
4They're Calling Me HomeRhiannon GiddensNonesuch
5Have Purpose Live LongJosie BelloSelf-Release
6The River FlowsJohn Hurlbut & Jorma KaukonenCulture Factory
7Just Beyond the ShinePeach & QuietSelf-Release
8Outside ChildAllison RussellFantasy
9In These Silent DaysBrandi CarlileLow Country Sound
10Woman in ColorRaye ZaragozaArt Menius
11Come AroundRob LutesLucky Bear
12Vivian Leva & Riley CalcagnoVivian Leva & Riley CalcagnoFree Dirt
13Calico JimPony BradshawBlack Mountain
14Hearts TownThe War and TreatyRounder
15WatchhouseWatchhouseThirty Tigers
16Song to a RefugeeDiana JonesSelf-Release
17Ghost TattooKristen Grainger & True NorthSelf-Release
18Over That Road I'm BoundJoachim CooderNonesuch
19A Field Guide to LonelinessJamestown RevivalThirty Tigers
20The Remains of SundayAlec Lytle & Them RoundersFour Acre
21Desert GhostsJaspar LepakSelf-Release
22All This Time RunningCraig CardiffTrue North
23Flyover CountryChicago FarmerSelf-Release
24Last of the Better Days AheadCharlie ParrSmithsonian Folkways
25Another SkyKelly's LotSelf-Release
26Shame and SeditionLula WilesSmithsonian Folkways
27AnnamaniaAnna Elizabeth LaubeAhh...Pockets!
28The River Flows, Vol. 2John Hurlbut & Jorma KaukonenFur Peace Ranch
29Joyful Banner BlazingMaria DunnDistant Whisper
30Funeral for My PastLiz LongleyTone Tree
31All About the TimingRoland RobertsHappy Life
32PoetsLiz SimmonsSelf-Release
33Love & RageCarsie BlantonSo Ferocious
34No SummerCinder WellFree Dirt
35There Used to Be Horses HereAmy SpeaceWindbone
36CoversMo Kenneyturtlemusik
37The Midnight BroadcastPeter CaseBandaloop
38We'll Never Know Unless We TryDarling WestJansen
39Between Here and ThereSarah MorrisAW
40Maybe Key Lime PieThorNton CreekSelf-Release
41Nowhere Sounds LovelyCristina VaneRed Parlor
42BravadoRose CousinsOutside Music
43Queen of the in BetweenK.C. JonesSelf-Release
44The Martin Gilmore TrioThe Martin Gilmore TrioSelf-Release
45Hands and KneesTwo Bird StoneWondermore
46Hubble Space ParadeGiriffin SwankInfirst
47Only HumanLuke LeBlanc145 Entertainment LLC
48I'm Still HereTravis LinvilleBlack Mesa
49This StormTara MacLean & Catherine MacLellanSelf-Release
50Where the Heart Wants to GoBuffalo Gals BandSelf-Release
51The RidgeJulian TaylorHowling Turtle
52See the World DeluxeBrett DennenMick
53Last BirdsLast BirdsSelf-Release
54Live at the Hotel CafeKris AngelisSelf-Release
55Is It You, is It MeThe Dustbowl RevivalThirty Tigers
56Ledgers and StonesThomas HineTHM
57Without PeopleDonovan WoodsMeant Well
58Xo, 1945Ryland MoranzTonic
59Mike O'BrienMike O'BrienChouchou
60Chasing EchoesPhil HenryBoard By Board
61Kitchen DaysBraden GatesBorealis
62Voyageur in SongDavid LeaskSelf-Release
63True to LifeGracious MeSelf-Release
64AutonomyStephanie LambringTone Tree
65The BalladeerLori McKennaThirty Tigers
66Ashes in the MorningKen DunnTrespass Music
67Blue on BlueSylvie SimmonsCompass
68GoneTim GrimmSelf-Release
69Let Love Be Your GuideDan + Claudia ZanesSmithsonian Folkways
70Local ValleyJose GonzalezMute
71The Skies We Look toKris AngelisSelf-Release
72Calm in the Eye of the StormKen WhiteleyBorealis
73AwakeMala OreenSelf-Release
74An Honest EffortMatt PatershukBlack Hen
75BecalmyoungloversBowerbirdsPsychic Hotline
76When We WanderJesse TerrySelf-Release
77ElisabethZach BryanWarner
78I Can Still Hear YouSuzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright RocheStorySound
79Look LongIndigo GirlsRounder
80No Time for Love SongsThe MastersonsCompass
81The More I GivePaula StandingSelf-Release
82Ghost TownSuzi RagsdaleSelf-Release
83Last SummerJohn BatdorfSelf-Release
84Light & DarkChris RonaldBorealis
85Blue Heron SuiteSarah JaroszRounder
86Golden LoamLaurel PremoSelf-Release
87Red, White & I Love You TooThe MastersonsRed House
882020Eliza GilkysonRed House
89Sober AgainJackson GrimmVault
90At the Edge of the WorldMike McKenna Jr.Self-Release
91Wolf JettWolf JettSelf-Release
92BirdtalkerBirdtalkerAntiFragile
93SlowerJules ShearFunzalo
94Two SaviorsBuck MeekKeeled Scales
95Scatter & GatherShay Martin LovetteSelf-Release
96Why Wait!Kate TaylorRed House
97Ballad of a Bad GirlKate McDonnellSelf-Release
98One SkyPhilip Scott PoliTrespass Music
99Quiet TalkersKen YatesTone Tree
100The Ghost and the WallJoshua RadinNettwerk
101Long HaulJohn Wort HannamBlack Hen
102Chinook WaltzOver the MoonBorealis
103Happy AgainBill and the BellesDitty Boom
104TimberBryan RahijaThirty Tigers
105All MineSarah MorrisAW
106Strange FlightThe WantedSelf-Release
107Soaking WetRiver KittensCreate
108Motivational SpeakingOld Sea BrigadeNettwerk
109Afraid of LoveBeta RadioNettwerk
110Impossible WorldFront CountryAntiFragile
111Under the Pepper TreeSara WatkinsNew West
112After the Great StormAne BrunBalloon Ranger
113The RomanticTaylor AshtonSignature Sounds
114Technicolour BlueArrica Rose & the ...'sSelf-Release
115Through the SmokeLaney Lou and the Bird DogsSelf-Release
116UppityLaura LoveOctoroon Biography
117SomewhereMcKain LakeySelf-Release
118Pass It on DownLinda SussmanSelf-Release
119Everything at the Same TimeCaroline Marie BrooksOutside Music
120CharacterRachael SageMPress
121Into the GroundBeth WhitneyTone Tree
122Some See the FlowersSuzie BrownMule Kick
123Blue WorldAnna TivelFluff & Gravy
124Paws of a BearSofia TalvikMakaki
125Spell Songs II: Let the Light inThe Lost Words: Spell SongsQuercus/Thirty Tigers
126VignettesWesley SchultzDualtone
127Desires ShapeStoll VaughanCommonwealth Artist
128Love and Leave You100 Mile HouseFallen Tree
129Open HouseThe FretlessBirthday Cake
130BarnNeil YoungThe Other Shoe
131HomegrownNeil YoungSilver Bow
132This Too Shall PassChris WilhelmSelf-Release
133Shadow WorkRorie KellySelf-Release
134The Desert Trilogy, Vol. 1: the Burning HeartDean OwensSelf-Release
135PhoenixJigJamSelf-Release
136Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete SeegerKronos QuartetSmithsonian Folkways
137Off off onThis Is the KitRough Trade
138Screaming into the VoidEllaHarpSilver Harp
139Motivational SpeakeasyJordan TicePadiddle
140ArrivalsDeclan O'RourkeMaiesta Musix
141SettlerMalcolm MacWattSingular
 

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