The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2026
1 |  | Witness Trees - Follow by: David G Smith Tweet Buy Now:   | Label: Hey Dave Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | One True Song - Follow by: Karney Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Folk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
3 |  | Returning to Myself - Follow by: Brandi Carlile Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Interscope Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
4 |  | Crown of Roses - Follow by: Patty Griffin Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist:   |
5 |  | Heat of July - Follow by: Briscoe Tweet Buy Now: | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
6 |  | I'm Too Old for Games: a Live Tribute to Odetta - Follow by: Misty Blues Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Traditional Folk Connect with the Artist:  |
7 |  | Shelby Means - Follow by: Shelby Means Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Northern Moon by: John Donovan Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | Heart So Rare by: Dave Murphy Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | Heart Go Wild - Follow by: Caroline Spence Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Tone Tree Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | Delta Traces by: Billy Jeter Tweet Buy Now: | Label: House on Fire Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | Wait for the Night by: Eric Schmitt Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | A Taste of Ashes - Follow by: Gurf Morlix Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Rootball Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Paper Flowers - Follow by: Tim O'Brien Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Howdy Skies Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Into the Light by: Aliza Hava Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Folk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Hysteria by: Billy Jeter Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Shine Eye Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | All Hat - Follow by: Joshua Hedley Tweet Buy Now: | Label: New West Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | So Many Wows by: Lucie Blue Tremblay Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Cardiac by: Aarythmers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Aarythmers Sub Genre: Folk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | Flesh and Bone by: Cynthia Marchant Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | Homeaid by: Chicago Farmer Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Lofi Sub Genre: Folk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Beautiful Thing - Follow by: Peach & Quiet Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Wilderness Within You - Follow by: Parker Millsap Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Okrahoma Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | Sticks and Stones - Follow by: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Tweet Buy Now: | Label: 6 Ace Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Open by: John Stowers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Howling Alex Sub Genre: Folk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | Everything is Alive - Follow by: Darlingside Tweet Buy Now: | Label: More Doug Sub Genre: Folk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | The Silence of the Stars - Follow by: Linda Marks Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | A Sunday Drive by: Ed Sweeney Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Traditional Folk Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | Wide Open Light - Follow by: Ben Harper Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Chrysalis Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove - Follow by: Caitlin Canty Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Tone Tree Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | Unentitled - Follow by: John Gorka Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Red House Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | Sons - Follow by: Sons Of The East Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Metropolitan Groove Merchants Sub Genre: Folk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | 1988 - Follow by: Lori McKenna Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | The Thanksgiving Album - Follow by: Vi Wickam Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Moon over Larrabee - Follow by: Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | Occulations by: Jim Lampos Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | I Only See the Moon - Follow by: The Milk Carton Kids Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Far Cry Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | Maybe New Mexico by: Helene Cronin Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | Reverie by: Amble Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Warner Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | Heal the Heart by: The Deer's Cry Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Flying with Angels - Follow by: Suzanne Vega Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Cooking Vinyl Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | The Universe is Hungry - Follow by: Damn Tall Buildings Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Damn Tall Buildings Sub Genre: Traditional Folk Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | HIGH, LONESOME and then SOME. - Follow by: Todd Snider Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Aimless Sub Genre: Folk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | Wild and Clear and Blue - Follow by: I'm With Her Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | Who Wants to Talk About Love? - Follow by: Jade Bird Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Glassnote Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | Let It Hiss - Follow by: The Barr Brothers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Secret City Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | In the Moment - Follow by: Raveis Kole Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Bop Sub Genre: Folk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Win or Lose - Follow by: Linda Sussman Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Sing Out Proud Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Dang Fool - Follow by: Eric Selby Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Voices - Follow by: Jack Barksdale Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | Love Unfettered by: Marie-Rose Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | Nature of Necessity - Follow by: Adam Wright Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Carnival Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | Have at It! by: DUG Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Claddagh Sub Genre: Folk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Two Birds to Kill a Stone by: Son Stone Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Kaimana Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Sing to Me About Tomorrow by: Winterlark Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Squink Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Cruel Joke by: Ken Pomeroy Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | EP Two by: Slainte Baby Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | Homegrown by: Cole Quest and The City Pickers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Jalopy Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | A Teacher, a Preacher, and a Bad Farmer by: Ernie Palmer Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | You Climb the Mountain - Follow by: The Onlies Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Smokestack Town by: Ole 60 Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Three Twenty Four Sub Genre: Folk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | This Ol' Way - Follow by: Benjamin Dakota Rogers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Good People Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Walking on the Wire - Follow by: Gordon Thomas Ward Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Starting to Sync in - Follow by: Eric Selby Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Wildflower - Follow by: Malin Pettersen Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Die With Your Boots On Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Firetrail by: Erin Durant Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Ruination Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | Animal Poem by: Anna Tivel Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Fluff & Gravy Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | Fiction by: Megan Bee Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | Dance of the Yellow Leaf by: Peter Salett Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Dusty Shoes Sub Genre: Folk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | EP One by: Slainte Baby Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | Gumshoe - Follow by: Samantha Crain Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Real Kind Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Where You Used to Be by: Alison Tucker Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | Within - Follow by: Michelle Qureshi Tweet Buy Now: | Label: myndstream Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Beware Wolves Volume 9 by: Beware Wolves Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Aqualamb Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | Songs Worth Saving - Follow by: Suzie Brown Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Mule Kick Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | Cracks by: The Lowtimers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Alabama Sound Company Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away by: Hayden Pedigo Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Mexican Summer Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | These Days by: Emily Hines Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Keeled Scales Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | Memory Mountain by: Max Gomez Tweet Buy Now: | Label: New West Sub Genre: Traditional Folk Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Wartime Cartoons by: My Brother's Keeper Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Robust Sub Genre: Traditional Folk Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Seek the Love You're Yearning by: Brian Gore Guitar Poet Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | JVC - Follow by: Jack Van Cleaf Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | Old Trails by: Forrest VanTuyl Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | Bethlehem - Follow by: Storyhill Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Story Hills Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | Across the Pond - Follow by: JigJam Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | Anything Beautiful by: Trevor Bahnson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Dimed Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | Lift Up This Old World by: Hilary Hawke Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Adhyâropa Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Cry Love by: Paul Burch Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Glider Sub Genre: Contemporary Folk Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | American Boys by: Don McLean Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Folk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | Restless Hearts - Follow by: John Jenkins Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | Bristlecone - Follow by: Gurf Morlix Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | Fever - Follow by: The Imaginaries Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Folk Rock Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | Willie Watson - Follow by: Willie Watson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Traditional Folk Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | Bare Bones, Vol. 1: the Duo Recordings (Master Takes) - Follow by: Jerry Garcia & David Grisman Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Acoustic Disc Sub Genre: Alternative Folk Connect with the Artist: |
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