The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2023
1 |  | Yellow Peril by: Nat Myers   | Label: Easy Eye Sound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:   |
2 |  | Witness Trees by: David G Smith | Label: Hey Dave Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
3 |  | Wide Open Light by: Ben Harper | Label: Chrysalis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
4 |  | Jump for Joy by: Hiss Golden Messenger | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
5 |  | Emotional Contracts by: Deer Tick | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
6 |  | Lay Your Darkness Down by: Mark Erelli | Label: Soundly Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
7 |  | 12th of June by: Lyle Lovett | Label: Verve Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Safe to Run by: Esther Rose | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | Dang Fool by: Eric Selby | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | Dark Enough to See the Stars by: Mary Gauthier | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | There is So Much Here by: Glen Phillips | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | A Murder of Songs by: Grant Peeples | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | Moving on Skiffle by: Van Morrison | Label: Virgin Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Shake It Loose Today by: Linda Sussman | Label: Sing Out Proud Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Arsonist Daughter by: Aspen Jacobsen | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Everyday Legends by: Linda Marks | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | Now and the Evermore by: Colin Hay | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | Whispers from the Woods by: Gordon Thomas Ward | Label: Trespass Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Who Cares by: David G Smith | Label: Hey Dave Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | Outpourings by: Craig Bickhardt | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | How Can I Say This? by: Annie Capps | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Accentuate the Positive by: Van Morrison | Label: Exile Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Where Zat by: John Roy Zat | Label: Flyin Bayou Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | I'm Your Huckleberry by: Tommy Goucher | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | There for You by: Steve Free | Label: Fraternity Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | All Souls Hill by: The Waterboys | Label: Cooking Vinyl Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself by: Colin Hay | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | Bones by: Melissa Ruth | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | Come Back to Me by: Peter One | Label: Verve Forecast Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Make Myself Me Again by: Cristina Vane | Label: Red Parlor Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | Meantime's Up by: Jon Stickley Trio | Label: Organic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | Mermaid Salt by: John Craigie | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | Man with the Muse by: Bryce Ernest Taylor | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Big Talk by: Jarrod Dickenson | Label: Hooked Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Rolling Golden Holy by: Bonny Light Horseman | Label: 37d03d Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | Southern Sun by: John Donovan | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | What You Feel is Real by: Nina De Vitry | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | Phil Lee and Other Old Time Favorites by: Phil Lee | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
39 |  | Uncertain Country by: Great Lake Swimmers | Label: Pheromone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | Blue-Twangled Folk N Roll by: Reckless Saints | Label: Shiny Gnu Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | A Place Beyond Belief by: SLPSTRM | Label: 941048 Records DK Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | Snake Creek by: Pixie and The Partygrass Boys | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Whiplash by: Jobi Riccio | Label: Yep Roc Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | The Rainbow Wheel of Death by: Dougie Poole | Label: Wharf Cat Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | 8th Wonder by: The National Parks | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | Lifeline by: Laura Zucker | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Seek the Love You're Yearning by: Brian Gore Guitar Poet | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Blurry Vision by: Shred Kelly | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Shufflemania by: Robyn Hitchcock | Label: Tiny Ghost Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Clouds by: The Ballroom Thieves | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | Breaking the Thermometer by: Leyla McCalla | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | The Darkest Brilliance by: Coastwest Unrest | Label: Reclaim Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | From Self, with Love by: Lowland Hum | Label: Tone Tree Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Gold by: Carter Sampson | Label: Horton Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Homemaker by: Jill Barber | Label: Outside Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | At the Roadhouse by: The Paper Kites | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Something from Nothing by: Chris Williams & Kid Reverie | Label: Gray Sun Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | Quietly Blowing It by: Hiss Golden Messenger | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | Within by: Michelle Qureshi | Label: myndstream Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | Love is the Only Thing by: Peter Mulvey | Label: Righteous Babe Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Sem Olhar Ao Tempo by: Manuel Maio | Label: Sons Vadios Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Paint Horse by: Benjamin Dakota Rogers | Label: Good People Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Wintertide by: Brittany Jean | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Halfsies by: Lizzie No | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Beyond the Great Pause by: Doug Cox & Linda McRae | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | John 20:20 by: Reid Jamieson | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | Carving Canyons by: Lissie | Label: Lionbo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | Le Olem by: Alex Krawczyk | Label: MTS Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | Agnes by: Keegan McInroe | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | Is This Now? by: Rena Guinn | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | Honest by: Ordinary Elephant  | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Leap! by: John McCutcheon | Label: Appalsongs Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | Wherever You Aren't by: Elizabeth Moen | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Colors & Covers by: Brittany Jean | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | Much Further out Than Inevitable: a Fiddle and Banjo Tribute to Some Music of John Hartford by: John Showman | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions by: The Dream Syndicate | Label: Fire Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | Vessel by: The Accidentals | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | Dusty Highway by: David Gelman | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | Trevor Hall and the Great In-Between by: Trevor Hall | Label: 3 Rivers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Epic Journey by: Lucas Imbiriba | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live) by: Joni Mitchell | Label: Rhino Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | Gold on the Horizon by: Our Man in the Field | Label: In the Field Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | Wonderland by: Martha Renaud | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | I Can Face the Truth by: Dana Cooper | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | Lucky Enough by: Reed Foehl | Label: Green Mountain Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | A Very Lonely Solstice by: Fleet Foxes | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | Brother Sister by: Watkins Family Hour | Label: Family Hour Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | We Imagined an Ending by: Matt The Electrician | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | A Beautiful World by: Calista Garcia | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | Watkins Family Hour Vol. II by: Watkins Family Hour | Label: Family Hour/Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | How Many Times by: Esther Rose | Label: Father/Daughter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | Terms of Surrender by: Hiss Golden Messenger | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | The State That We Are in by: Rachel Garlin | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | Pseudonymous by: WhiteWater Ramble | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | Blow My Cover by: Ajay Mathur | Label: Yakketeeyak Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | Whoa! by: Strung Like a Horse | Label: Transoceanic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Empathy and Comedy by: Jay Brown | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
98 |  | About the Winter by: Barbaro | Label: StorySound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
99 |  | Revolutionary Love by: Ani DiFranco | Label: Righteous Babe Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
100 |  | The Light at the End of the Line by: Janis Ian | Label: Rude Girls Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
101 |  | Day by Day by: Timothy B. Schmit | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
102 |  | Things Are Great by: Band Of Horses | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
103 |  | The Long Game by: Johnathan Rice | Label: Mano Walker Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
104 |  | Don't Be Discouraged by: Peter Lehndorff | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
105 |  | Bucket List by: John McCutcheon | Label: Appalseed Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
106 |  | Geist by: Shannon Lay | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
107 |  | Gravity, Wings, and Heavy Things by: Chuck Brodsky | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
108 |  | Truth is by: Vanessa Lively | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
109 |  | Asterisk the Universe by: John Craigie | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
110 |  | SHEL by: SHEL | Label: Moraine Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
111 |  | The Greatest Part by: Becca Mancari | Label: Captured Tracks Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
112 |  | That Was You and Me by: Fortunate Ones | Label: Sonic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
113 |  | Jabberwockies by: Wes Collins | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
114 |  | Shore by: Fleet Foxes | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
115 |  | Winter is for Lovers by: Ben Harper | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
116 |  | You, Yeah, You by: Tre Burt | Label: Oh Boy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
117 |  | Moonflora by: River Whyless | Label: Soundly Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
118 |  | Leave No Bridge Unburned by: Whitehorse | Label: Six Shooter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
119 |  | Floating on a Dream by: Avi Kaplan | Label: Fantasy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
120 |  | Die Happy by: Them Coulee Boys | Label: LoHi Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
121 |  | That Spell by: Andrea von Kampen | Label: Fantasy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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