The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2022
1 |  | Raise the Roof by: Robert Plant & Allison Kraus   | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | You Get It All by: Hayes Carll | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
3 |  | A Few Stars Apart by: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Label: Fantasy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
4 |  | He Walked on by: Tim O'Brien | Label: Howdy Skies Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
5 |  | Time out Session #2 by: The Accidentals | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
6 |  | Resilience by: Josie Bello | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | Anaïs Mitchell by: Anais Mitchell | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Tape by: Patty Griffin | Label: PGM Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
9 |  | Watchhouse by: Watchhouse | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | Life on Earth by: Hurray for the Riff Raff | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | River Fools & Mountain Saints by: Ian Noe | Label: Lock 13 Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | Just Beyond the Shine by: Peach & Quiet | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | Rain in the Desert by: Lisa Morales | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Coming Home: a Collection of Songs by: Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb | Label: Magnolia Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | In These Silent Days by: Brandi Carlile | Label: Low Country Sound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Barn by: Neil Young | Label: The Other Shoe Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | Uranium Maiden by: Kate MacLeod | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | Calla Lily by: The Brother Brothers | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Meat Bird in Beigeville by: Judy Nazemetz | Label: Smokey Lady Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | Last of the Better Days Ahead by: Charlie Parr | Label: Smithsonian Folkways Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | Moving Through America by: Steve Forbert | Label: Blue Rose Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Lulu by: Good Morning Bedlam | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Outside Child by: Allison Russell | Label: Fantasy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | True North by: Caroline Spence | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Cover to Cover by: The Brother Brothers | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | Until Now by: Carrie Newcomer | Label: Available Light Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | What a Show by: Kerry Patrick Clark | Label: Studio 234 Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
28 |  | Gone, Long Gone by: Steve Dawson | Label: Black Hen Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | Chinook Waltz by: Over the Moon | Label: Borealis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Neon Blue by: Joshua Hedley | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | Backroads by: Johnsmith | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | 1960 by: Martyn Joseph | Label: Pipe Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | Tucson by: Amy Speace | Label: WindBone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Spell Songs II: Let the Light in by: The Lost Words: Spell Songs | Label: Quercus/Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Come Around by: Rob Lutes | Label: Lucky Bear Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | We'll Look for Stars by: Lynn Miles | Label: Must Have Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | Open House by: The Fretless | Label: Birthday Cake Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | See the World Deluxe by: Brett Dennen | Label: Mick Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | Afterburn: Folk at Arena Level by: Michael Johnathon | Label: PoetMan Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | Let Love Be Your Guide by: Dan + Claudia Zanes | Label: Smithsonian Folkways Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Some See the Flowers by: Suzie Brown | Label: Mule Kick Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | Coyote Red by: Bailey Bigger | Label: Madjack Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | The River Flows, Vol. 2 by: John Hurlbut & Jorma Kaukonen | Label: Fur Peace Ranch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | The Liar by: John Fullbright | Label: Blue Dirt Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | All In! - Single by: Ray Wyatt | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | Desert Ghosts by: Jaspar Lepak | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Covers by: Mo Kenney | Label: turtlemusik Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Muscle Shoals Metaphysical by: Firekid | Label: Lucky Bird Media Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Poets by: Liz Simmons | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Broken English by: Eddie Berman | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | Joyful Banner Blazing by: Maria Dunn | Label: Distant Whisper Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | Horizon Line by: Dan Navarro | Label: Red Hen Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | The Worst Kind of New by: The Lied To's | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Only the Killer Would Know by: Valorie Miller | Label: Blackbird Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Blue Heron Suite by: Sarah Jarosz | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Roscoe's Dream by: Mapache | Label: Innovative Leisure Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Song to a Refugee by: Diana Jones | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | The New Faith by: Jake Blount | Label: Smithsonian Folkways Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno by: Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Label: Free Dirt Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | Sing to the Walls by: Chastity Brown | Label: Red House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Wish for You by: Allison Moorer | Label: Autotelic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Seeker by: Brigitte DeMeyer | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Fugue State by: Luke LeBlanc | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Sidelines by: Wild Rivers | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Nowhere Sounds Lovely by: Cristina Vane | Label: Red Parlor Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | All This Time Running by: Craig Cardiff | Label: True North Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | (self-titled) by: Marcus Mumford | Label: Capitol Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | Steel and Wool by: Kim Beggs | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | Hold Our Ground by: Tom Chapin | Label: Sundance Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | Biggest Moments by: Rob Heath | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | This Storm by: Tara MacLean & Catherine MacLellan | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Spellbound by: Judy Collins | Label: Cleopatra Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | From Where I Stand by: Wyatt Easterling | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Rabbit by: Buffalo Rose & Tom Paxton | Label: Misra Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | Tired of Trying by: Joe Holt | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | Cosmic Dreamer by: Barney Bentall | Label: True North Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | All Those Days of Drinking Dust by: Tiffany Williams | Label: Blue Redbird Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | Light & Dark by: Chris Ronald | Label: Borealis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | Cerulean by: Ken Yates | Label: Soundly Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Tiny Beautiful Things by: May Erlewine | Label: Tone City Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Calico Jim by: Pony Bradshaw | Label: Black Mountain Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | Hands and Knees by: Two Bird Stone | Label: Wondermore Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | The More I Give by: Paula Standing | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | 1977 by: Michelle Malone | Label: BFD Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | Arrivals by: Declan O'Rourke | Label: Maiesta Musix Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | The Local Honeys by: The Local Honeys | Label: La Honda Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | Found Light by: Laura Veirs | Label: Bella Union Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Golden Loam by: Laurel Premo | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | Kitchen Days by: Braden Gates | Label: Borealis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | I Draw Slow by: I Draw Slow | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | The Ties That Bind Us by: Adler & Hearne | Label: Howlin' Dog Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | So Much Time, So Much Love by: Shelton & Williams | Label: Grass Tank Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | The Veil by: Edie Carey | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | Anthems of Home by: HuDost | Label: Open Sesame Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | Watchhouse (Duo) by: Watchhouse | Label: Tiptoe Tiger Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | Voyageur in Song by: David Leask | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Loose Future by: Courtney Marie Andrews | Label: Fat Possum Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
98 |  | Time out Session 1 by: The Accidentals | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
99 |  | Only Human by: Luke LeBlanc | Label: 145 Entertainment LLC Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
100 |  | Calm in the Eye of the Storm by: Ken Whiteley | Label: Borealis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
101 |  | Brady Street by: Dead Horses | Label: Vos & Wolff Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
102 |  | Stolen Time by: Abigail Lapell | Label: Outside Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
103 |  | Trains, Rivers & Trails by: Monica Taylor | Label: Horton Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
104 |  | Love and Leave You by: 100 Mile House | Label: Fallen Tree Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
105 |  | The Ridge by: Julian Taylor | Label: Howling Turtle Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
106 |  | Autonomy by: Stephanie Lambring | Label: Tone Tree Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
107 |  | Last Birds by: Last Birds | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
108 |  | Afraid of Love by: Beta Radio | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
109 |  | Cottonwood by: Megan Bee | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
110 |  | Another End of a Year by: Connor Garvey | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
111 |  | Where the Heart Wants to Go by: Buffalo Gals Band | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
112 |  | I Can Still Hear You by: Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche | Label: StorySound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
113 |  | She Ought to Be King by: Lisa Morales | Label: Zaino Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
114 |  | Chasing Echoes by: Phil Henry | Label: Board By Board Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
115 |  | Blue on Blue by: Sylvie Simmons | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
116 |  | Out Here Now by: Ever More Nest | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
117 |  | A White Album by: Rain Perry | Label: Precipitous Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
118 |  | The Skies We Look to by: Kris Angelis | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
119 |  | Happy Accident by: Big Little Lions | Label: Fallen Tree Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
120 |  | Lady Mondegreen by: Fellow Pynins | Label: Row Boat Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
121 |  | Shame and Sedition by: Lula Wiles | Label: Smithsonian Folkways Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
122 |  | Birdtalker by: Birdtalker | Label: AntiFragile Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
123 |  | The Spur by: Joan Shelley | Label: No Quarter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
124 |  | Grit by: Keller Williams | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
125 |  | The Wheres and the Whatnots by: The Brothers Reed | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
126 |  | Mike O'Brien by: Mike O'Brien | Label: Chouchou Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
127 |  | Do, Baby. by: Eric Selby | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
128 |  | Beyond the Reservoir by: Julian Taylor | Label: Howling Turtle Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
129 |  | Settler by: Malcolm MacWatt | Label: Singular Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
130 |  | Built on Bones by: Emily Scott Robinson | Label: Oh Boy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
131 |  | Heavy Heart by: Girl Blue | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
132 |  | Book of Life by: Brian Blake | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
133 |  | Get Together by: Frank Swift | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
134 |  | Have Purpose Live Long by: Josie Bello | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
135 |  | The Ballad of Aesop Fin by: Barrett Davis | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
136 |  | World on the Ground by: Sarah Jarosz | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
137 |  | Excelsior! by: Johanna Samuels | Label: Mama Bird Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
138 |  | Outsiders by: Anna Tivel | Label: Mama Bird Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
139 |  | At First There Was Nothing by: Anthony D'Amato | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
140 |  | They're Calling Me Home by: Rhiannon Giddens | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
141 |  | Wealth of Sorrow by: Cahalen Morrison | Label: Fluff and Gravy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
142 |  | Endless Grace by: Deidre McCalla | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
143 |  | Hackensaw Boys by: Hackensaw Boys | Label: Suns Work Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
144 |  | Summertime Blues by: Zach Bryan | Label: Belting Bronco Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
145 |  | The Midnight Broadcast by: Peter Case | Label: Bandaloop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
146 |  | Ghost Tattoo by: Kristen Grainger & True North | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
147 |  | Coyote by: Joe Purdy | Label: Mudtown Crier Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
148 |  | Larry Robbins: the Singles by: Larry Robbins | Label: Mazelations Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
149 |  | Second Hand by: James Keelaghan | Label: Borealis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
150 |  | At the Edge of the World by: Mike McKenna Jr. | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
151 |  | Love & Rage by: Carsie Blanton | Label: So Ferocious Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
152 |  | Wachtraum by: Michael Veitch | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
153 |  | Strings, Wings and Curious Things by: Sue Horowitz | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
154 |  | No Shortcuts (Live at the Academy) by: Heather Maloney | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
155 |  | Kisbee Ring by: Abby Posner | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
156 |  | Luxumbra by: South for Winter | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
157 |  | Four Directions by: Eli Lev | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
158 |  | Wonderful Oblivion by: Charm of Finches | Label: Antifragile Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
159 |  | Vignettes by: Wesley Schultz | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
160 |  | Bethlehem by: Storyhill | Label: Story Hills Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
161 |  | Local Valley by: Jose Gonzalez | Label: Mute Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
162 |  | Drinking by: Paul Kelly | Label: Cooking Vinyl Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
163 |  | Becalmyounglovers by: Bowerbirds | Label: Psychic Hotline Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
164 |  | LilyGild (feat. Reed Stutz) by: Hilary Hawke | Label: Pickin' Chicken Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
165 |  | Xo, 1945 by: Ryland Moranz | Label: Tonic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
166 |  | Lonesome by: Mary Scholz | Label: KZZ Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
167 |  | Screaming into the Void by: EllaHarp | Label: Silver Harp Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
168 |  | Blossom in the Sun by: Kirsten Manville | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
169 |  | Beautiful and Blue by: Halley Neal | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
170 |  | Still Life by: Humbird | Label: Green Thumb Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
171 |  | Anthology, Volume 1 by: Ken Dunn | Label: Trespass Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
172 |  | Desires Shape by: Stoll Vaughan | Label: Commonwealth Artist Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
173 |  | Hubble Space Parade by: Giriffin Swank | Label: Infirst Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
174 |  | See You Tomorrow by: The Innocence Mission | Label: Bella Union Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
175 |  | We'll Answer the Call by: John Mcdonough | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
176 |  | Sober Again by: Jackson Grimm | Label: Vault Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
177 |  | Woman in Color by: Raye Zaragoza | Label: Art Menius Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
178 |  | Shapeshifter by: Violet Bell | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
179 |  | Adobe Road by: Cej | Label: Gnosong Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
180 |  | Unamericana by: The Other Favorites | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
181 |  | Two Good Hands by: Darryl Purpose | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
182 |  | The Martin Gilmore Trio by: The Martin Gilmore Trio | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
183 |  | Old News by: Terra Spencer and Ben Caplan | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
184 |  | Hummingbird by: John Smith | Label: Commoner Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
185 |  | You Let the Light in by: Hope Dunbar | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
186 |  | San Isabel by: Jamestown Revival | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
187 |  | Gone by: Tim Grimm | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
188 |  | In Sevens by: Kora Feder | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
189 |  | Soil in the Sky by: Heather Maloney | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
190 |  | There Used to Be Horses Here by: Amy Speace | Label: Windbone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
191 |  | Pharmakon by: Humbird | Label: Green Thumb Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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