The Roots Music Report's
Top Traditional Bluegrass Album Chart
for the Year of 2023
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radio John: Songs of John Hartford | Sam Bush | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 2 | The Future of the Past | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band | Billy Blue |
| 3 | Lowdown Hoedown | Jason Carter | Fiddleman |
| 4 | Heyday | The Lonesome River Band | Mountain Home |
| 5 | Old Road New Again | The Dillards | Pinecastle |
| 6 | That Kind of Lonesome | Eddie Sanders | Engelhardt Music Group |
| 7 | Lost & Alone | Junior Sisk | Mountain Fever |
| 8 | From Sulphur Springs to Rising Fawn : the Songs of Norman Blake | Bob Minner | Engelhardt |
| 9 | Here in the Country | Terry Baucom | Self-Release |
| 10 | Almost Proud | Del McCoury Band | Self-Release |
| 11 | Livin' Large | Donna Ulisse | Billy Blue |
| 12 | Jubilation | Appalachian Road Show | Billy Blue |
| 13 | We're All Crazy | Dave Adkins | Mountain Fever |
| 14 | New Chapter | Cedar Hill | Mountain Fever |
| 15 | Ups, Downs and No Name Towns | Sideline | Mountain Home |
| 16 | Hitchhiking to California | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne | Billy Blue |
| 17 | To Willie from Billy | Bill and the Belles | Self-Release |
| 18 | Let Time Ride | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers | Billy Blue |
| 19 | Jesse Smathers | Jesse Smathers | Self-Release |
| 20 | Rhinestone Revival | The Kody Norris Show | Rebel |
| 21 | Six Degrees of Separation | Wilson Banjo Co. | Pinecastle |
| 22 | A Little Bit of Bluegrass | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road | Pinecastle |
| 23 | Kinetic Tone | Balsam Range | Mountain Home |
| 24 | Between the Lines | The Price Sisters | McCoury |
| 25 | The Fretliners | The Fretliners | Self-Release |
| 26 | The Tim Shelton Syndicate | The Tim Shelton Syndicate | 10.26 |
| 27 | My Bluegrass Heart | Bela Fleck | Renew |
| 28 | Bluegrass DNA | Tim Graves & the Farm Hands | Pinecastle |
| 29 | I Could Get Used to This | Tim Raybon Band | Pinecastle |
| 30 | Songs of the Sunrise Fox | Andy Thorn | Thornpipe |
| 31 | Crowe & Wasson | J.D. Crowe & Rickey Wasson | Truegrass |
| 32 | New Time & Old Acoustic | John Reischman | Self-Release |
| 33 | Try to Make It Fly | The Lonesome Ace Stringband | Self-Release |
| 34 | 30 | Larry Stephenson Band | Whysper Dream |
| 35 | Retrospective (LSB Live) | Larry Stephenson Band | Whysper Dream |
| 36 | Every Good Path | The Chigger Hill Boys & Terri | Morning Glory |
| 37 | Hindsight | Full Cord | Self-Release |
| 38 | Toil, Tears & Trouble | The Po' Ramblin' Boys | Rounder |
| 39 | Dixieland for Me | Mikayla Burrows | Self-Release |
| 40 | Barry Abernathy and Friends | Barry Abernathy | Billy Blue |
| 41 | All the Way | The Alex Leach Band | Mountain Home Music |
| 42 | Welcome to the Show | The Little Roy and Lizzy Show | Mountain Home |
| 43 | Benny's TV Repair | Irene Kelley | Mountain Fever |
| 44 | For the Record | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers | New Day |
| 45 | Originalist | Audie Blaylock and Redline | The 615 Hideaway |
| 46 | I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me | Carolina Blue | Pinecastle |
| 47 | Time for Love | Donna Ulisse | Billy Blue |
| 48 | Better Days | Dave Adkins | Mountain Fever |
| 49 | Streamliner | Jesse Brock | Sound Biscuit |
| 50 | Moxie and Mettle | Balsam Range | Mountain Home |
| 51 | After All This Time | Blue Moon Rising | Mountain Fever |
| 52 | Gathering | Aaron Ramsey | Mountain Fever |
| 53 | Fiddler's Pastime | Bronwyn Keith-Hynes | Sugar Petunia |
| 54 | For Those Who Care to Listen | Volume Five | Missouri Boy |
| 55 | Breaks to the Edge | Sideline | Mountain Home |
| 56 | Wait for the Light to Shine | Eddie Sanders | Engelhardt Music Group |
| 57 | When the Crops Are Laid by | The Gospel Plowboys | Bridge Building |
| 58 | Aeonic | Balsam Range | Mountain Home |
| 59 | Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves | Free Dirt |
| 60 | Back to the Ozarks | Lillyanne McCool | Self-Release |
| 61 | Somewhere Far Away: Silver Anniversary | Blue Highway | Rounder |
| 62 | 40th Anniversary Celebration | Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers | Self-Release |
| 63 | Gonna Love Anyway | Louisa Branscomb | Compass |
| 64 | Linda Lay | Linda Lay | Mountain Fever |
| 65 | I'm the Happiest when I'm Moving | The Alex Leach Band | Mountain Home |
| 66 | Singing Up There: a Tribute to the Easter Brothers | The Lonesome River Band | Mountain Home |
| 67 | Wild Mountain Honey | Riverbend | Englehardt Music Group |
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