The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2026
1 |  | Witness Trees by: David G Smith   | Label: Hey Dave Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | I Swam Here by: John Craigie | Label: Zabriskie Point Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
3 |  | Northern Moon by: John Donovan | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
4 |  | Wide Open Light by: Ben Harper | Label: Chrysalis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
5 |  | Don't Drink the Poison by: Linda Sussman | Label: Sing Out Proud Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
6 |  | Heart So Rare by: Dave Murphy | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | Five by: Eric Selby | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Where I Belong by: Mary Ann Casale | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | Occulations by: Jim Lampos | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | Sing to Me About Tomorrow by: Winterlark | Label: Squink Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | Everyday Legends by: Linda Marks | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | The Silence of the Stars by: Linda Marks | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | EP Two by: Slainte Baby | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Here and Nowhere by: The Autumn Defense | Label: Yep Roc Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Sweet Believer by: Souvenir Satellite | Label: Luna's Moon Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
16 |  | If You Go There, I Hope You Find It by: The Paper Kites | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | Curtains by: Just Desserts | Label: Earhorn Disks/Sojourn Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | Heal the Heart by: The Deer's Cry | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Hero Street by: David G Smith | Label: Hey Dave Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | Thinking Too Much by: Joshua Slone | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | Two Birds to Kill a Stone by: Son Stone | Label: Kaimana Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Dime Store Mannequin by: Son Stone | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Let It Hiss by: The Barr Brothers | Label: Secret City Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | Down at Evangelina's by: The Acousticats | Label: Flying Fish Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Walking on the Wire by: Gordon Thomas Ward | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | Double Takes by: Gordie Tentrees | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | The Ground is Changing by: Andi Jane | Label: Nash Nouveau Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | Who Wants to Talk About Love? by: Jade Bird | Label: Glassnote Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | Big Girl Pants by: T Sisters | Label: Burning House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Wild and Clear and Blue by: I'm With Her | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | Wildflower by: Malin Pettersen | Label: Die With Your Boots On Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | A Taste of Ashes by: Gurf Morlix | Label: Rootball Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | Code to Live by by: Grant Peeples | Label: Ping Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | A Very Lonely Solstice by: Fleet Foxes | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Lovesexblues by: Doggy Daddy | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | EP One by: Slainte Baby | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | Big Sun by: Happy Landing | Label: Too Fine Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | Song for Juli (50th Anniversary Edition) by: Jesse Colin Young | Label: Pigfoot Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | Voices by: Jack Barksdale | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | Dang Fool by: Eric Selby | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Old Trails by: Forrest VanTuyl | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | Better Luck Tomorrow by: Shane Weisman | Label: Too Fine Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Safe to Run by: Esther Rose | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | Win or Lose by: Linda Sussman | Label: Sing Out Proud Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | Cruel Joke by: Ken Pomeroy | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | A Day on Venus by: Michelle Qureshi | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Within by: Michelle Qureshi | Label: myndstream Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Seek the Love You're Yearning by: Brian Gore Guitar Poet | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Pagan Church by: John Craigie | Label: Leslie/Songlines Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Personal History by: Mary Chapin Carpenter | Label: Lambent Light Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
51 |  | Gumshoe by: Samantha Crain | Label: Real Kind Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
52 |  | Geist by: Shannon Lay | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | Starting to Sync in by: Eric Selby | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Map of a Blue City by: Marc Ribot | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Bristlecone by: Gurf Morlix | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Where You Used to Be by: Alison Tucker | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | This Ol' Way by: Benjamin Dakota Rogers | Label: Good People Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | JVC by: Jack Van Cleaf | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | Sun Without the Heat by: Leyla McCalla | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | Simple Motion by: Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz | Label: Red Beet Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Restless Hearts by: John Jenkins | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Asterisk the Universe by: John Craigie | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Bare Bones, Vol. 1: the Duo Recordings (Master Takes) by: Jerry Garcia & David Grisman | Label: Acoustic Disc Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | 12th of June by: Lyle Lovett | Label: Verve Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Hoosier National by: Otis Gibbs | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Bones of Trees by: Tim Grimm | Label: Vault Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | Epic Journey by: Lucas Imbiriba | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | Funhouse Mirror by: McKenna Smyth | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | Mermaid Salt by: John Craigie | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | TREES by: Laurie Lewis | Label: Spruce And Maple Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | No Fun in the Chrysalis by: Them Coulee Boys | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Things Are Great by: Band Of Horses | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | Year of the Spider by: Shannon & The Clams | Label: Easy Eye Sound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | 8th Wonder by: The National Parks | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | Esmeralda by: Lipbone Redding | Label: Citizen One Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | Brother Sister by: Watkins Family Hour | Label: Family Hour Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | Via Portland by: The Mulligan Brothers | Label: Self Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | Quietly Blowing It by: Hiss Golden Messenger | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | Reverse the Flow by: Alice DiMicele | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Earl Jam by: Tony Trischka | Label: Down The Road Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | I Was Born of Water by: Revere Rivers | Label: Regional Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | My Home is Not in This World by: Natalie Bergman | Label: Third Man Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions by: The Dream Syndicate | Label: Fire Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | SHEL by: SHEL | Label: Moraine Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | Hooptie by: Derek Bodkin | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | Songs of Our Native Daughters by: Our Native Daughters | Label: Smithsonian Folkways Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | Jump for Joy by: Hiss Golden Messenger | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Watching Sparks Fly by by: Chris Trapper | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | Shore by: Fleet Foxes | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | Wintertide by: Brittany Jean | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | Welcome to Whatever by: Rainbow Girls | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | Seed of a Seed by: Haley Heynderickx | Label: Mama Bird Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | April by: The Riflebirds of Portland | Label: Regional Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | Now and the Evermore by: Colin Hay | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | The Ocean Wide by: Sussex  | Label: Lucky Bear Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | The Greatest Part by: Becca Mancari | Label: Captured Tracks Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Walk Alone by: Josh Gray | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
98 |  | Silver City by: Amy Helm | Label: Sun Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
99 |  | Never Gonna Back Down by: Kevin Farge | Label: Scene Zine Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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