The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2021
1 | Be Here Instead by: Parker Millsap Buy Now: | Label: Oklahoma/Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
2 | Friend of the Sky by: Cej Buy Now: | Label: Gnosong Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
3 | Asterisk the Universe by: John Craigie Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
4 | These Walls by: Linda Sussman Buy Now: | Label: Sing Out Proud Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
5 | Revolutionary Love by: Ani DiFranco Buy Now: | Label: Righteous Babe Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
6 | Brother Sister by: Watkins Family Hour Buy Now: | Label: Family Hour Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
7 | That Spell by: Andrea von Kampen Buy Now: | Label: Fantasy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
8 | Cycles by: Rachel Baiman Buy Now: | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
9 | A Dark Murmuration of Words by: Emily Barker Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
10 | Whoa! by: Strung Like a Horse Buy Now: | Label: Transoceanic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
11 | Girl I Used to Be by: Garrison Starr Buy Now: | Label: Soundly Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
12 | Quietly Blowing It by: Hiss Golden Messenger Buy Now: | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
13 | Bucket List by: John McCutcheon Buy Now: | Label: Appalseed Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
14 | Shore by: Fleet Foxes Buy Now: | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
15 | How Many Times by: Esther Rose Buy Now: | Label: Father/Daughter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
16 | No Cactus by: Jackdaw Buy Now: | Label: Cutthroat Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
17 | Matamoros by: James Kahn Buy Now: | Label: Words and Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
18 | There for You by: Steve Free Buy Now: | Label: Fraternity Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
19 | Wonderland by: Martha Renaud Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
20 | A Place Beyond Belief by: SLPSTRM Buy Now: | Label: 941048 Records DK Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
21 | Shall We Hope by: Tony Trischka Buy Now: | Label: Shefa Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
22 | You, Yeah, You by: Tre Burt Buy Now: | Label: Oh Boy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
23 | Mondegreens by: Rachel Garlin Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
24 | The State That We Are in by: Rachel Garlin Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
25 | Hoosier National by: Otis Gibbs Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
26 | It's a Beautiful Day and I Love You by: Jillette Johnson Buy Now: | Label: Moss Rose Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
27 | On the Wings of the Wind by: Alec Fraser Jr Buy Now: | Label: Circus Bass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
28 | Highway Troubadour by: Jesse Colin Young Buy Now: | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
29 | Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine by: John McCutcheon Buy Now: | Label: Appalsongs Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
30 | Geist by: Shannon Lay Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
31 | Carolina Child by: Ric Robertson Buy Now: | Label: Free Dirt Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
32 | How to Break a Fall by: Maya De Vitry Buy Now: | Label: Mad Maker Studio Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
33 | Namesake by: Them Coulee Boys Buy Now: | Label: Some Fun Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
34 | No. Blood by: Reid Parsons Buy Now: | Label: Unsigned Seats Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
35 | Shadow of the Cyclone by: Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt Buy Now: | Label: Trespass Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
36 | Changemakers by: Crys Matthews Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
37 | We Imagined an Ending by: Matt The Electrician Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
38 | Things Are Great by: Band Of Horses Buy Now: | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
39 | Ghost Folk by: Allysen Callery Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
40 | The Canvas Before Us by: Joy Zimmerman Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
41 | The Ocean Wide by: Sussex Buy Now: | Label: Lucky Bear Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
42 | Age of Apathy by: Aoife O'Donovan Buy Now: | Label: Yep Roc Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
43 | Within by: Michelle Qureshi Buy Now: | Label: myndstream Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
44 | Jake & Friends by: Jake Shimabukuro Buy Now: | Label: Music Theories Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
45 | What Keeps the Heart Afloat by: Garrett Wieland Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
46 | Waysides by: Bedouine Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
47 | Springshine by: Debbie Cushman Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
48 | The Light We Bring by: Trout Steak Revival Buy Now: | Label: Tsrecords Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
49 | Now and the Evermore by: Colin Hay Buy Now: | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
50 | Hooptie by: Derek Bodkin Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
51 | Speed, Sound, Lonely KV by: Kurt Vile Buy Now: | Label: Matador Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
52 | Epic Journey by: Lucas Imbiriba Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
53 | Without Susie by: James Lee Stanley Buy Now: | Label: Beachwood Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
54 | Year of the Spider by: Shannon & The Clams Buy Now: | Label: Easy Eye Sound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
55 | Mortal Flames by: John Dennis Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
56 | I'll Be Back Soon by: Tiffany Williams Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
57 | En Masse by: Mike Edel Buy Now: | Label: Pennant Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
58 | Old Future by: Norma MacDonald Buy Now: | Label: Noyes Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
59 | Unfollow the Rules (The Paramour Session) [Live] by: Rufus Wainwright Buy Now: | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
60 | Songs of Our Native Daughters by: Our Native Daughters Buy Now: | Label: Smithsonian Folkways Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
61 | Pseudonymous by: WhiteWater Ramble Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
62 | Sage by: Michelle Qureshi Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
63 | Can't Hold the Light by: Quote the Raven Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
64 | We Go On: Si Kahn's Songs of Hope in Hard Times by: Katie Oates Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
65 | Terms of Surrender by: Hiss Golden Messenger Buy Now: | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
66 | I'd Rather Lead a Band by: Loudon Wainwright III Buy Now: | Label: Search Party Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
67 | Rewrite the Ending by: Ina May Wool Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
68 | Lucky Enough by: Reed Foehl Buy Now: | Label: Green Mountain Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
69 | Lighten Up by: Erin Rae Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
70 | Circles by: Jeremy Garrett Buy Now: | Label: Organic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
71 | Honest by: Ordinary Elephant Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
72 | The Greatest Part by: Becca Mancari Buy Now: | Label: Captured Tracks Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
73 | Scatter the Light by: Eileen Ivers Buy Now: | Label: Musical Bridge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
74 | Empathy and Comedy by: Jay Brown Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
75 | And Laurie Lewis by: Laurie Lewis Buy Now: | Label: Spruce And Maple Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
76 | Ghost Hotel by: Karen Morand & The Bosco Boys Buy Now: | Label: Trespass Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
77 | The Light at the End of the Line by: Janis Ian Buy Now: | Label: Rude Girls Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
78 | Low Flyin' Planes by: Adam Klein Buy Now: | Label: Broken Hill Songs Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
79 | Any Kind of Weather by: The River Arkansas Buy Now: | Label: Mike Clark Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
80 | Chasing the Sun by: Bobtown Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
81 | Bonny Light Horseman by: Bonny Light Horseman Buy Now: | Label: 37d03d Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
82 | Between the Tracks by: Steve Eulberg Buy Now: | Label: Owl Mountain Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
83 | Snake Creek by: Pixie and The Partygrass Boys Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
84 | Winter is for Lovers by: Ben Harper Buy Now: | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
85 | Eno Axis by: H.C. McEntire Buy Now: | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
86 | Blue 50 (Demos & Outtakes) by: Joni Mitchell Buy Now: | Label: Rhino Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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