The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2020
1 |  | World on the Ground by: Sarah Jarosz   | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | No Time for Love Songs by: The Mastersons | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
3 |  | We'll Never Know Unless We Try by: Darling West | Label: Jansen Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
4 |  | What It is by: Hayes Carll | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
5 |  | Have Purpose Live Long by: Josie Bello | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
6 |  | San Isabel by: Jamestown Revival | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | Bravado by: Rose Cousins | Label: Outside Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Flyover Country by: Chicago Farmer | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | Ghost Tattoo by: Kristen Grainger & True North | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | Is It You, is It Me by: The Dustbowl Revival | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | Circadian by: Letitia VanSant | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | The Balladeer by: Lori McKenna | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | 2020 by: Eliza Gilkyson | Label: Red House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:   |
14 |  | Look Long by: Indigo Girls | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Medicine for Living by: Alexa Rose | Label: Big Legal Mess Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | The Only Ones by: The Milk Carton Kids | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | The Remains of Sunday by: Alec Lytle & Them Rounders | Label: Four Acre Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | Another Sky by: Kelly's Lot | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Who Asked You Back by: EllaHarp | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | The Romantic by: Taylor Ashton | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | Pass It on Down by: Linda Sussman | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Heart Land Again by: Tim Grimm | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Woman in Color by: Raye Zaragoza | Label: Art Menius Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | Over That Road I'm Bound by: Joachim Cooder | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Bull Frogs Croon (And Other Songs) by: Aoife O'Donovan | Label: Yep Roc Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | Straight to Marrow by: Clint Alphin  | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | Good Good Man by: Vance Gilbert | Label: Disismye Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | Reliever by: William Prince | Label: Six Shooter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | All Mine by: Sarah Morris | Label: AW Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Evening Machines by: Gregory Alan Isakov | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | Ashes in the Morning by: Ken Dunn | Label: Trespass Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | Coyote by: Catherine MacLellan | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
33 |  | Assiniboine & the Red by: The Small Glories | Label: Red House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | A Beginner's Guide to Bravery by: David Keenan | Label: Rubyworks Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | If Wishes Were Horses by: Matt Patershuk | Label: Black Hen Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | How We Want to Live by: Lisa Bastoni | Label: Sweet Ondine Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | No Summer by: Cinder Well | Label: Free Dirt Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | The Storyteller's Suitcase by: Ellis Paul | Label: Rosella Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | Mipso by: Mipso | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | Adobe Road by: Cej | Label: Gnosong Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Tim O'Brien Band by: Tim O'Brien | Label: Howdy Skies Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | All That's Real by: Gathering Sparks | Label: Borealis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Do, Baby. by: Eric Selby | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | Funeral for My Past by: Liz Longley | Label: Tone Tree Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | Making Life Sweet by: The Early Risers | Label: Itchy Sabot Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | Winter Stories (feat. Chatham County Line) by: Judy Collins | Label: Cleopatra Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Easy Money by: Old Man Luedecke | Label: True North Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Phoenix by: JigJam | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Noise by: The Pairs | Label: Independent Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Art of Motion by: Andy McKee | Label: Candy Rat Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | Blue on Blue by: Sylvie Simmons | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | Ledgers and Stones by: Thomas Hine | Label: THM Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | What a Show by: Kerry Patrick Clark | Label: Studio 234 Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Down the Way by: Angus & Julia Stone | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Hearts Town by: The War and Treaty | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Through the Deep, Dark Valley by: The Oh Hellos | Label: Elektra Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Is It the Kiss by: Ana Egge | Label: StorySound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | Hubble Space Parade by: Giriffin Swank | Label: Infirst Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | This Storm by: Tara MacLean & Catherine MacLellan | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | Visions by: Alice Howe | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Charlie Parr by: Charlie Parr | Label: Red House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Love and Leave You by: 100 Mile House | Label: Fallen Tree Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Wildwood by: Katie Dahl | Label: Leaky Boat Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Where the Heart Wants to Go by: Buffalo Gals Band | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Mike O'Brien by: Mike O'Brien | Label: Chouchou Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Character by: Rachael Sage | Label: MPress Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | Back to Shore by: Shari Ulrich | Label: Borealis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | The Ridge by: Julian Taylor | Label: Howling Turtle Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | Many a Moon by: James Hill & Anne Janelle | Label: Borealis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | Calm in the Eye of the Storm by: Ken Whiteley | Label: Borealis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | Homegrown by: Neil Young | Label: Silver Bow Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Desires Shape by: Stoll Vaughan | Label: Commonwealth Artist Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | Electric Blue Dandelion Nashville Sessions by: Raveis Kole | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Cold by: Mean Mary | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | The Tree of Forgiveness by: John Prine | Label: Oh Boy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | Alone by: Mean Mary | Label: WoodRock Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | What If? by: Luca Stricagnoli | Label: Candyrat Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | The Question by: Anna Tivel | Label: Fluff And Gravy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | Without People by: Donovan Woods | Label: Meant Well Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Collection 2008-2018 by: Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus | Label: Berkalin Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Western Sun by: Nell & Jim Band | Label: Whippoorwill Arts Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | A Field Guide to Loneliness by: Jamestown Revival | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | MWI by: Jadea Kelly | Label: Tone Tree Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | Paws of a Bear by: Sofia Talvik | Label: Makaki Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | Naked Garden by: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Label: Concord Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | True to Life by: Gracious Me | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | There is No Other (with Francesco Turrisi) by: Rhiannon Giddens | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Red, White & I Love You Too by: The Mastersons | Label: Red House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | Between the Country by: Ian Noe | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | Stay Warm by: The O'Pears | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | Dreams on Hold by: Sarah Eide | Label: Sugarbird Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | A Bigger Fire by: Joe Holt | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | Time Travel by: Lennie Gallant | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | Solo by: Gordon Lightfoot | Label: Warner Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | Autonomy by: Stephanie Lambring | Label: Tone Tree Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | Hands and Knees by: Two Bird Stone | Label: Wondermore Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Bright Morning Stars by: The Wailin' Jennys | Label: High Romance Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
98 |  | Acres of Elbow Room by: John Wort Hannam | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
99 |  | Matches by: Tragedy Ann | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
100 |  | These Wilder Things by: Ruth Moody | Label: Red House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
101 |  | A Small Death by: Samantha Crain | Label: Ramseur Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
102 |  | Second Sight by: May Erlewine | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
103 |  | Stumbling Home by: The Sea The Sea | Label: Antifragile Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
104 |  | Busted Stuff by: Dave Matthews Band | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
105 |  | Noonday Dream by: Ben Howard | Label: Universal Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
106 |  | Casey Joe Lambert by: Casey Joe Lambert | Label: Hill Country Artists Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
107 |  | New Moon Shine by: James Taylor | Label: Sony Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
108 |  | Hope by: The Strumbellas | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
109 |  | Postcards from the Country by: Trae Sheehan | Label: Half Moon Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
110 |  | Grenades by: Kaia Kater | Label: Smithsonian Folkways Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
111 |  | Acorns by: Ben Winship | Label: Snake River Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
112 |  | Alone Together Sessions by: Hayes Carll | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
113 |  | Folk N’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales of Isolation by: J.S. Ondara | Label: Verve Forecast Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
114 |  | On My Own by: Lera Lynn | Label: Ruby Range Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
115 |  | Flowers for You by: Sawyer Fredericks | Label: Windrake Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
116 |  | I Can Still Hear You by: Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche | Label: StorySound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
117 |  | Forever Just Beyond by: Clem Snide | Label: Ramseur Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
118 |  | Everything's Shifting by: Madison Violet | Label: Passenger Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
119 |  | Unfortunate Point of View by: Katherine Rondeau | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
120 |  | American Standard by: James Taylor | Label: Fantasy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
121 |  | Man on Fire by: Danny Barnes | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
122 |  | One Sky by: Philip Scott Poli | Label: Trespass Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
123 |  | After the Great Storm by: Ane Brun | Label: Balloon Ranger Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
124 |  | Yellow Coat by: Matt Costa | Label: Dangerbird Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
125 |  | Off off on by: This Is the Kit | Label: Rough Trade Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
126 |  | Treasures in My Chest by: Andrew McKnight | Label: Catalooch Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
127 |  | The Blackest Crow by: Anna Nalick | Label: Chesky Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
128 |  | Modern Appalachia by: Sarah Siskind | Label: Red Request Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
129 |  | My Echo by: Laura Veirs | Label: Raven Marching Band Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
130 |  | Fretland by: Fretland | Label: Tone Tree Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
131 |  | Speed by: Keller Williams | Label: Freeky Disc Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
132 |  | Soil in the Sky by: Heather Maloney | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
133 |  | Lucid Stories, Tentative Lies by: Jessica Smucker | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
134 |  | The Iron Trios by: Laurel Premo | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
135 |  | Motivational Speakeasy by: Jordan Tice | Label: Padiddle Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
136 |  | PseudoMyopia by: Rachael Sage | Label: MPress Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
137 |  | Someday Soon Somehow by: Scott Fab | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
138 |  | Vari-Colored Songs: a Tribute to Langston Hughes by: Leyla McCalla | Label: Dixiefrog Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
139 |  | The Hummingbird Revolution by: Lesley Kernochan | Label: Make My Day Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
140 |  | Pretty Free by: Justin Farren | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
141 |  | Vignettes by: Wesley Schultz | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
142 |  | An Evening of New York Songs and Stories by: Suzanne Vega | Label: Amanuensis Productions Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
143 |  | Abandoned Companions by: Dave McEathron | Label: Watson Ent. Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
144 |  | Beautiful and Strange by: Chelsea Williams | Label: Blue Elan Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
145 |  | Mint Condition by: Caroline Spence | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
146 |  | Pharmakon by: Humbird | Label: Green Thumb Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
147 |  | The Hard Stuff by: Susan Gibson | Label: Fortherecords Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
148 |  | Keep on Running by: Joe Edwards | Label: Tiny Mountain Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
149 |  | Patty Griffin by: Patty Griffin | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
150 |  | All the Ways You Sing in the Dark by: Old Sea Brigade | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
151 |  | Embracing the Journey by: Kathleen Healy | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
152 |  | Saudade by: Juni Ata | Label: Flying on Fire Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
153 |  | Everything's Fine by: Jamie Drake | Label: AntiFragile Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
154 |  | The Unending Alteration of the Human Heart by: Gabrielle Louise | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
155 |  | The Climb by: Grady Shawver | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
156 |  | KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories) by: Hayes Carll | Label: UMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
157 |  | With the Sun by: Sunny War | Label: Hen House Studios Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
158 |  | American Darkness by: Dan Tedesco | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
159 |  | In My Pocket by: Brooksie Wells | Label: Down Home Diva Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
160 |  | In Sevens by: Kora Feder | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
161 |  | Live at Tiny Telephone by: T Sisters | Label: Three Headed Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
162 |  | Reunion Hill by: Richard Shindell | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
163 |  | The Point of Arrival by: Carrie Newcomer | Label: Available Light Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
164 |  | In This Town You're Owned by: Robert Vincent | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
165 |  | Like the River Loves the Sea by: Joan Shelley | Label: No Quarter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
166 |  | See You Tomorrow by: The Innocence Mission | Label: Bella Union Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
167 |  | Say Grace by: Sam Baker | Label: Independent Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
168 |  | Alexa Wildish by: Alexa Wildish | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
169 |  | The Order of Time by: Valerie June | Label: Concord Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
170 |  | Wondrous Traveler by: The Small Glories | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
171 |  | Are You Listening? by: Peter Mulvey | Label: Righteous Babe Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
172 |  | See You Around by: I'm With Her | Label: Concord Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
173 |  | Not to Forget by: Pint & a Half | Label: Pint & A Half Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
174 |  | Gravity of Grace by: Johnsmith | Label: Blue Pine Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
175 |  | The Way These Things Go by: FY5 | Label: Swingfingers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
176 |  | Sorrow Bound by: Kaia Kater | Label: Kingswood Records Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
177 |  | Mercy Now by: Mary Gauthier | Label: UMG Recordings Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
178 |  | Frontiers by: Eddie Berman | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
179 |  | The Long Road by: Beth Wood | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
180 |  | Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger by: Kronos Quartet | Label: Smithsonian Folkways Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
181 |  | T Sisters by: T Sisters | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
182 |  | Some Part of the Truth by: Brother Sun | Label: Brother Sun Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
183 |  | When They Fall by: Annie & Rod Capps | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
184 |  | Father's Son by: Pierce Pettis | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
185 |  | The Day After Everything Changed by: Ellis Paul | Label: Self Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
186 |  | Conspirators by: Guy Forsyth | Label: Small and Nimble Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
187 |  | What if This is All There is by: RJ Cowdery | Label: Goosepie Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
188 |  | To the Girl by: Joy Zimmerman | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
189 |  | Cascade by: Wes Corbett | Label: Padiddle Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
190 |  | Weights & Wings by: Brother Sun | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
191 |  | 2 by: The Lark and the Loon | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
192 |  | Valley of the Bones by: Jane Kramer | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
193 |  | Front Porch by: Joy Williams | Label: Sensibility Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
194 |  | Georgia I'm Here by: Joe Crookston | Label: Self Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
195 |  | This Too Shall Pass by: Chris Wilhelm | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
196 |  | Right Side of Zero by: Darryl Purpose | Label: Gamblers Grace Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
197 |  | Tell the Devil I'm Gettin' There As Fast As I Can by: Ray Wylie Hubbard | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
198 |  | Stay Human, Vol. 2 by: Michael Franti & Spearhead | Label: Boo Boo Wax Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
199 |  | More Blood, More Tracks: the Bootleg Series Vol. 14 by: Bob Dylan | Label: Sony Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
200 |  | The Pilot and the Flying Machine by: Ben Bedford | Label: Waterbug Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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