The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2020
1 |  | Asterisk the Universe by: John Craigie   | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | Brother Sister by: Watkins Family Hour | Label: Family Hour Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
3 |  | ...but I'd Rather Be with You by: Molly Tuttle | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
4 |  | Bonny Light Horseman by: Bonny Light Horseman | Label: 37d03d Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
5 |  | Who Cares by: David G Smith | Label: Hey Dave Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
6 |  | No Cactus by: Jackdaw | Label: Cutthroat Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | Mondegreens by: Rachel Garlin | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Matamoros by: James Kahn  | Label: Words and Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | Songs of Our Native Daughters by: Our Native Daughters | Label: Smithsonian Folkways Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | A Dark Murmuration of Words by: Emily Barker | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | Eiderdown by: Gordon Thomas Ward | Label: Trespass Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | Friend of the Sky by: Cej | Label: Gnosong Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
13 |  | The Ocean Wide by: Sussex | Label: Lucky Bear Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Without Susie by: James Lee Stanley | Label: Beachwood Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | How to Break a Fall by: Maya De Vitry | Label: Mad Maker Studio Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Hoosier National by: Otis Gibbs | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
17 |  | Chasing the Sun by: Bobtown | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | Going to the Well by: Linda McRae | Label: 42RPM Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | And Laurie Lewis by: Laurie Lewis | Label: Spruce And Maple Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | The Light We Bring by: Trout Steak Revival | Label: Tsrecords Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
21 |  | Circles by: Jeremy Garrett | Label: Organic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine by: John McCutcheon | Label: Appalsongs Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Honest by: Ordinary Elephant | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | Beyond the Box by: Alexandr Misko | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Mortal Flames by: John Dennis | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | Every Kingdom by: Ben Howard | Label: Universal Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | Speed, Sound, Lonely KV by: Kurt Vile | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | This Little Town by: The W Lovers | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | More Than I Should by: Duff Ferguson | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Old Future by: Norma MacDonald | Label: Noyes Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | Bird in a Cage by: Patty Larkin | Label: Road Narrows Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | Shore by: Fleet Foxes | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | Better by Now by: Benjamin Dakota Rogers | Label: Trespass Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Wonderland by: Martha Renaud | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Die Happy by: Them Coulee Boys | Label: LoHi Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | Bad Wife by: Grant Peeples | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | Pictures of Us by: Braden Gates | Label: Borealis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | Happy Hour on the Floor by: Parsonsfield | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | Shadow of the Cyclone by: Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt | Label: Trespass Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | Unlovely by: The Ballroom Thieves | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Pseudonymous by: WhiteWater Ramble | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | Eno Axis by: H.C. McEntire | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Sermon on the Rocks by: Josh Ritter | Label: Pytheas Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | Another Burn on the Astroturf by: Bart Budwig | Label: Fluff & Gravy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | Little Bones by: Irish Mythen | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | The Greatest Part by: Becca Mancari | Label: Captured Tracks Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Empathy and Comedy by: Jay Brown | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Transmigration Blues by: The Dead Tongues | Label: Psychic Hotline Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | In and Through the Body by: Trevor Hall | Label: 3 Rivers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Hooptie by: Derek Bodkin | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | Unfollow the Rules by: Rufus Wainwright | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | I'd Rather Lead a Band by: Loudon Wainwright III | Label: Search Party Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | En Masse by: Mike Edel | Label: Pennant Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Shades of Blue by: Lynne Taylor | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Whoa! by: Strung Like a Horse | Label: Transoceanic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Luminous Darkness by: Parker Gray | Label: Gallway Bay Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Wrestling with the Mystery by: Nick Nace | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | Petals by: Elephant Revival | Label: Itz Evolving Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | John 20:20 by: Reid Jamieson | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | Terms of Surrender by: Hiss Golden Messenger | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Scatter the Light by: Eileen Ivers | Label: Musical Bridge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Lucky Enough by: Reed Foehl | Label: Green Mountain Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Now I'm Free by: Bill Scorzari | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | First Love by: David G Smith | Label: Hey Dave Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Any Kind of Weather by: The River Arkansas | Label: Mike Clark Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Low Flyin' Planes by: Adam Klein | Label: Broken Hill Songs Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | No Rain, No Rose by: John Craigie | Label: Zabriskie Point Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | More Than a Little by: Adrian + Meredith | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | SHEL by: SHEL | Label: Moraine Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | Together by: Cary Morin | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | Mother Lion by: May Erlewine | Label: Earthwork Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Get Some by: The 14Ers | Label: 14ers Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | Between the Tracks by: Steve Eulberg | Label: Owl Mountain Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn by: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | Flight by: Coty Hogue | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | Binary by: Ani DiFranco | Label: Righteous Babe Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | Kindred Lines by: T Sisters | Label: Spruce And Maple Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | The Story Behind the Story by: Mark Stepakoff | Label: Self Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | I Dreamed an Island by: Piers Faccini | Label: Six Degrees Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Cautionary Tale by: Dylan LeBlanc | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Blackbirds by: Gretchen Peters | Label: Scarlet Letter Records Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | Pieces of You by: Jewel | Label: Atlantic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | I Need to Start a Garden by: Haley Heynderickx | Label: Mama Bird Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | Tempest and Rapture by: The Deer | Label: Owl Bum Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | Roll on by: Ernie Hendrickson | Label: Lo Hi Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | Winter is for Lovers by: Ben Harper | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | Leave No Bridge Unburned by: Whitehorse | Label: Six Shooter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Create Your Own Mythology by: Kristin Diable | Label: Speakeasy Records Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | Building a Human Being by: Dana Cooper | Label: Self Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | Rust by: Christopher Bell | Label: Silent Home Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | Traveling Circus by: No Fuss and Feathers | Label: Roadshow Records Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | All Night Drive by: WhiteWater Ramble | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | Heart Like a Levee by: Hiss Golden Messenger | Label: Merge Records Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | Magic Music by: Magic Music | Label: Bright Sun Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | Big Things and Little Things by: Truckstop Honeymoon | Label: Squirrel Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | Ms. Behave by: Rosie & The Riveters | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Sweet Creature by: Sophie Buskin | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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