The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2020

1
Asterisk the Universe
by: John Craigie

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Label: Thirty Tigers
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Brother Sister
by: Watkins Family Hour

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Label: Family Hour
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Bonny Light Horseman
by: Bonny Light Horseman

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Label: 37d03d
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No Cactus
by: Jackdaw

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Label: Cutthroat
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Mondegreens
by: Rachel Garlin

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Label: Self-Release
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Matamoros
by: James Kahn

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Label: Words and Music
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Songs of Our Native Daughters
by: Our Native Daughters

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Label: Smithsonian Folkways
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A Dark Murmuration of Words
by: Emily Barker

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Label: Thirty Tigers
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Friend of the Sky
by: Cej

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Label: Gnosong
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The Ocean Wide
by: Sussex

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Label: Lucky Bear
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Without Susie
by: James Lee Stanley

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Label: Beachwood
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How to Break a Fall
by: Maya De Vitry

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Label: Mad Maker Studio
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Hoosier National
by: Otis Gibbs

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Label: Self-Release
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Chasing the Sun
by: Bobtown

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Label: Self-Release
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Going to the Well
by: Linda McRae

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Label: 42RPM
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And Laurie Lewis
by: Laurie Lewis

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Label: Spruce And Maple
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The Light We Bring
by: Trout Steak Revival

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Label: Tsrecords
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A Shiver in the Sky
by: The John Byrne Band

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Label: Ri-Ra
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Circles
by: Jeremy Garrett

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Label: Organic
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Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine
by: John McCutcheon

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Label: Appalsongs
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Honest
by: Ordinary Elephant

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Label: Self-Release
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Mortal Flames
by: John Dennis

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Label: Self-Release
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Speed, Sound, Lonely KV
by: Kurt Vile

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Label: Matador
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This Little Town
by: The W Lovers

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Label: Self-Release
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More Than I Should
by: Duff Ferguson

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Label: Self-Release
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Old Future
by: Norma MacDonald

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Label: Noyes
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Bird in a Cage
by: Patty Larkin

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Label: Road Narrows
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Shore
by: Fleet Foxes

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Label: Anti
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Sage
by: Michelle Qureshi

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Label: Self-Release
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Greening the Dark
by: Debra Cowan

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Label: Muzzy House Music
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Wonderland
by: Martha Renaud

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Label: Self-Release
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Die Happy
by: Them Coulee Boys

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Label: LoHi
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Browse Line
by: Kris and Dee

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Label: Self-Release
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Bad Wife
by: Grant Peeples

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Now and the Evermore
by: Colin Hay

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Label: Compass
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Happy Hour on the Floor
by: Parsonsfield

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Label: Signature Sounds
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Shadow of the Cyclone
by: Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt

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Label: Trespass Music
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Unlovely
by: The Ballroom Thieves

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Label: Nettwerk
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Pseudonymous
by: WhiteWater Ramble

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Label: Self-Release
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Eno Axis
by: H.C. McEntire

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Label: Merge
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Another Burn on the Astroturf
by: Bart Budwig

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Label: Fluff & Gravy
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Little Bones
by: Irish Mythen

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Label: Self-Release
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The Greatest Part
by: Becca Mancari

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Label: Captured Tracks
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Empathy and Comedy
by: Jay Brown

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Label: Self-Release
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Transmigration Blues
by: The Dead Tongues

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Label: Psychic Hotline
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In and Through the Body
by: Trevor Hall

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Label: 3 Rivers
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Hooptie
by: Derek Bodkin

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Label: Self-Release
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Unfollow the Rules
by: Rufus Wainwright

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Label: BMG
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I'd Rather Lead a Band
by: Loudon Wainwright III

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Label: Search Party
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En Masse
by: Mike Edel

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Label: Pennant
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Old Ghosts and Lost Causes
by: Helene Cronin

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Label: Self-Release
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Shades of Blue
by: Lynne Taylor

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Here & Now
by: Distant Cousins

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Label: Jullian
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A Place Beyond Belief
by: SLPSTRM

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Label: 941048 Records DK
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Whoa!
by: Strung Like a Horse

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Label: Transoceanic
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Luminous Darkness
by: Parker Gray

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Label: Gallway Bay
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Wrestling with the Mystery
by: Nick Nace

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Label: Self-Release
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John 20:20
by: Reid Jamieson

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Terms of Surrender
by: Hiss Golden Messenger

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Label: Merge
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Scatter the Light
by: Eileen Ivers

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Label: Musical Bridge
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Lucky Enough
by: Reed Foehl

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Label: Green Mountain
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Now I'm Free
by: Bill Scorzari

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Last Surviving Son
by: David Gelman

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Any Kind of Weather
by: The River Arkansas

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Label: Mike Clark
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Low Flyin' Planes
by: Adam Klein

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Label: Broken Hill Songs
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Best of Many Days
by: Michael Veitch

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I'll Be Back Soon
by: Tiffany Williams

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I Can Face the Truth
by: Dana Cooper

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Between the Tracks
by: Steve Eulberg

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Label: Owl Mountain
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Roll on
by: Ernie Hendrickson

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Label: Lo Hi
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Winter is for Lovers
by: Ben Harper

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Label: Anti
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Leave No Bridge Unburned
by: Whitehorse

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Label: Six Shooter
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