The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Past is Still Alive | Hurray for the Riff Raff | Nonesuch | Alternative Folk |
| 2 | I'm Too Old for Games: a Live Tribute to Odetta | Misty Blues | Guitar One | Traditional Folk |
| 3 | Witness Trees | David G Smith | Hey Dave | Alternative Folk |
| 4 | Polaroid Lovers | Sarah Jarosz | Rounder | Contemporary Folk |
| 5 | Never Too Late | Jim Kweskin | StorySound | Traditional Folk |
| 6 | Common Sense | Gary Nicholson | Qualified | Alternative Folk |
| 7 | Pagan Church | John Craigie | Leslie/Songlines | Alternative Folk |
| 8 | One Deep River | Mark Knopfler | Blue Note | Contemporary Folk |
| 9 | Little Sun | Charlie Parr | Smithsonian Folkways | Contemporary Folk |
| 10 | Mother Nature's Show | The High Hawks | Lohi | Folk Rock |
| 11 | Cardiac | Aarythmers | Aarythmers | Folk Rock |
| 12 | Sparrow | Jeff Talmadge | Berkalin | Alternative Folk |
| 13 | Mind, Man, Medicine | The Secret Sisters | New West | Contemporary Folk |
| 14 | Crank It, We're Doomed | Todd Snider | Aimless | Folk Rock |
| 15 | Win or Lose | Linda Sussman | Sing Out Proud | Alternative Folk |
| 16 | Creatures in the Garden | Karney | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 17 | Earl Jam | Tony Trischka | Down The Road | Alternative Folk |
| 18 | The Returner | Allison Russell | Birds of Chicago | Contemporary Folk |
| 19 | You're the One | Rhiannon Giddens | Nonesuch | Contemporary Folk |
| 20 | TREES | Laurie Lewis | Spruce And Maple Music | Alternative Folk |
| 21 | Long Way Home | Ray LaMontagne | Liula | Folk Rock |
| 22 | In the Moment | Raveis Kole | Bop | Folk Rock |
| 23 | The Avett Brothers | The Avett Brothers | Thirty Tigers | Folk Rock |
| 24 | Indoor Safari | Nick Lowe | Yep Roc | Folk Rock |
| 25 | Simple Motion | Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz | Red Beet | Alternative Folk |
| 26 | Tell Me Who You Are: a Live Tribute to Odetta | Misty Blues | Guitar One | Traditional Folk |
| 27 | Wilderness Within You | Parker Millsap | Okrahoma | Contemporary Folk |
| 28 | Sticks and Stones | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | 6 Ace | Contemporary Folk |
| 29 | Hysteria | Billy Jeter | Shine Eye | Contemporary Folk |
| 30 | Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free | Bonny Light Horseman | Jagjaguwar | Alternative Folk |
| 31 | Transmissions | Amos Lee | Thirty Tigers | Folk Rock |
| 32 | Halfsies | Lizzie No | Thirty Tigers | Alternative Folk |
| 33 | So Many Wows | Lucie Blue Tremblay | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 34 | Flesh and Bone | Cynthia Marchant | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 35 | 1988 | Lori McKenna | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| 36 | Devil Rail | John Zipperer | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 37 | Gardens Old, Flowers New | Tom Rush | Appleseed | Contemporary Folk |
| 38 | Wide Open Light | Ben Harper | Chrysalis | Alternative Folk |
| 39 | Everything is Alive | Darlingside | More Doug | Folk Rock |
| 40 | I Only See the Moon | The Milk Carton Kids | Far Cry | Contemporary Folk |
| 41 | Beautiful Thing | Peach & Quiet | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 42 | Jump for Joy | Hiss Golden Messenger | Merge | Alternative Folk |
| 43 | Willie Watson | Willie Watson | Thirty Tigers | Traditional Folk |
| 44 | You Never Can Tell | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 45 | Welcome to Whatever | Rainbow Girls | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 46 | Arsonist Daughter | Aspen Jacobsen | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 47 | Gospel Gifts | Larry Rice | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| 48 | Delta Traces | Billy Jeter | House on Fire | Contemporary Folk |
| 49 | Watershed | Arielle Silver | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 50 | Ozarker | Israel Nash | Soundly | Folk Rock |
| 51 | Harbortowne | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus | Berkalin Records | Contemporary Folk |
| 52 | Dark Harvest | Malcolm MacWatt | Singular | Contemporary Folk |
| 53 | American Boys | Don McLean | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 54 | Weary Ramblers | Weary Ramblers | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 55 | Daylight Savings Time | Steve Forbert | Blue Rose | Contemporary Folk |
| 56 | Echoes in the Meadow | Morningbird | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 57 | Occulations | Jim Lampos | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 58 | Resilience | Josie Bello | Guitar One | Contemporary Folk |
| 59 | Always Here | Trampled by Turtles | Banjodad | Contemporary Folk |
| 60 | Cat Power Sings Dylan: the 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert | Cat Power | Domino | Alternative Folk |
| 61 | A Recipe for Hope | Linda Marks | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 62 | Part Time Believer | The Strumbellas | Glassnote | Contemporary Folk |
| 63 | Home | Eliza Gilkyson | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 64 | Man with the Muse | Bryce Ernest Taylor | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 65 | Dang Fool | Eric Selby | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 66 | Accentuate the Positive | Van Morrison | Exile | Alternative Folk |
| 67 | Ever-Changing | The Ruta Beggars | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 68 | The Resonant Rogues | The Resonant Rogues | Sassafrass Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| 69 | The Living Kind | John Smith | Commoner | Contemporary Folk |
| 70 | For the Life of Me | Will Kimbrough | Daphne | Folk Rock |
| 71 | Sweet Beginnings | Kathryn Severing Fox | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 72 | Two Birds to Kill a Stone | Son Stone | Kaimana | Alternative Folk |
| 73 | Yellow Peril | Nat Myers | Easy Eye Sound | Alternative Folk |
| 74 | Alchemy Creek | Cloud Cult | Earthology | Folk Rock |
| 75 | And I for You | Pressing Strings | Evil Teen | Folk Rock |
| 76 | Silver City | Amy Helm | Sun | Alternative Folk |
| 77 | Even Better on the Bad Days | Scott Sean White | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 78 | Revelation | Leif Vollebekk | Secret City | Alternative Folk |
| 79 | Lonesome Highway | Rainy Eyes | Royal Potato | Contemporary Folk |
| 80 | Heart of the Artichoke | Bloomsday | Bayonet | Contemporary Folk |
| 81 | Love Unfettered | Marie-Rose | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 82 | Wanderer | Ruth Moody | Blue Muse | Contemporary Folk |
| 83 | Not a Number | Robby Hecht | Tone Tree | Folk Rock |
| 84 | Sing to Me About Tomorrow | Winterlark | Squink | Alternative Folk |
| 85 | Back to the Light | Heather Pierson | Vessel | Contemporary Folk |
| 86 | Sharing in the Spirit | Ana Egge | StorySound | Contemporary Folk |
| 87 | Year of the Spider | Shannon & The Clams | Easy Eye Sound | Alternative Folk |
| 88 | The Newsman: a Man of Record | John McEuen | Compass | Alternative Folk |
| 89 | The Ocean Knocked Me Down | Matt The Electrician | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 90 | After the Revolution | Carsie Blanton | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 91 | Proxy Music | Linda Thompson | StorySound | Contemporary Folk |
| 92 | Walkin' After Midnight | Eva Cassidy | Blix Street | Contemporary Folk |
| 93 | Re-Open | John Stowers | Howling Alex | Folk Rock |
| 94 | Lost in a Dream | Cassandra Lewis | A Low Country Sound | Contemporary Folk |
| 95 | Strange Medicine | Kaia Kater | Free Dirt | Contemporary Folk |
| 96 | At the End of the Day | Sylvia Tyson | Stony Plain | Contemporary Folk |
| 97 | Walking on the Wire | Gordon Thomas Ward | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 98 | The in Between | Kevin Gordon | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 99 | Larry Robbins: the Singles | Larry Robbins | Mazelations | Contemporary Folk |
| 100 | Flying on Abraham | Diane Birch | Topanga Creek | Folk Rock |
| 101 | Palomar Parade | Sons Of The East | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 102 | Night Work | James Maddock | Songs Of Avenue C | Traditional Folk |
| 103 | A Great Wild Mercy | Carrie Newcomer | Available Light | Contemporary Folk |
| 104 | All Now | The Staves | Nonesuch | Alternative Folk |
| 105 | Interpretations: Volume 1 | Alice DiMicele | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 106 | Time Will Finally Come | Wolf Jett | Hill House | Contemporary Folk |
| 107 | Waitin' to Be Seen - Part 1 | Chris Bullinger | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 108 | Never Better | Wild Rivers | Nettwerk | Alternative Folk |
| 109 | The Only Moment | Maya De Vitry | Mad Maker | Contemporary Folk |
| 110 | Witness | Megan Burtt | Cure For Love | Folk Rock |
| 111 | Things Were Never Good if They’re Not Good Now | Donovan Woods | Times | Contemporary Folk |
| 112 | Family Ties | Charles Wesley Godwin | Big Loud | Contemporary Folk |
| 113 | Ramona | Grace Cummings | ATO | Folk Rock |
| 114 | Dear Day Dear Darling | Good Morning Bedlam | Good Morning Bedlam | Contemporary Folk |
| 115 | Wanderlust | Elexa Dawson | Turns Out | Contemporary Folk |
| 116 | Searching for a Home | David Hobbes | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 117 | Honeysuckle Switches: the Songs of Lucinda Williams | Amos Lee | Hoagiemouth | Folk Rock |
| 118 | Within | Michelle Qureshi | myndstream | Alternative Folk |
| 119 | Tired of Trying | Joe Holt | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 120 | Seek the Love You're Yearning | Brian Gore Guitar Poet | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 121 | A Sunday Drive | Ed Sweeney | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| 122 | A Place Beyond Belief | SLPSTRM | 941048 Records DK | Alternative Folk |
| 123 | Whiplash | Jobi Riccio | Yep Roc | Alternative Folk |
| 124 | Time is Funny That Way | Nina Gerber | Goatscape | Contemporary Folk |
| 125 | Tales and Tellings | Marques Morel | Edgewater | Contemporary Folk |
| 126 | Two Singing Songs | Ben Gage | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 127 | Listen to the World Spin | Paper Wings | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 128 | The Great American Bar Scene | Zach Bryan | Belting Bronco | Contemporary Folk |
| 129 | Signal Fire | Eddie Berman | Nettwerk | Contemporary Folk |
| 130 | Phone Orphans | Laura Veirs | Raven Marching Band | Contemporary Folk |
| 131 | Wildflower Moon | Tai Shan | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 132 | Let All Who Will | Chris Pierce | Friends at Work | Contemporary Folk |
| 133 | Smithereens | Dan Reeder | Oh Boy | Contemporary Folk |
| 134 | Echo Me on | Lee Baggett | Perpetual Doom | Alternative Folk |
| 135 | Starting over | Dan Bern With Jane's Great Dane | Grand Phony | Contemporary Folk |
| 136 | Sailing Dreams | Muriel Anderson | Muriel Anderson | Alternative Folk |
| 137 | Big Girl Pants | T Sisters | Burning House | Alternative Folk |
| 138 | Accompany | Michael Nau | Karma Chief | Alternative Folk |
| 139 | Sun Without the Heat | Leyla McCalla | Anti | Alternative Folk |
| 140 | Tripping off to Mars | Brad Strang | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 141 | Tropical Depression | Jordie Lane | Blood Thinner | Folk Rock |
| 142 | The Golden Crystal Kingdom | Vincent Neil Emerson | La Honda | Traditional Folk |
| 143 | Lifeline | Laura Zucker | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 144 | Blow My Cover | Ajay Mathur | Yakketeeyak | Alternative Folk |
| 145 | The Other Side | T Bone Burnett | Verve | Folk Rock |
| 146 | Another Heart | Ann Savoy | Smithsonian Folkways | Contemporary Folk |
| 147 | From Self, with Love | Lowland Hum | Tone Tree | Alternative Folk |
| 148 | Cover Art | The Accidentals | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 149 | No Ordinary Crown | Will Johnson | Keeled Scales | Folk Rock |
| 150 | Filament | Buddy Mondlock | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 151 | Ever Onward | Bob and Sarah Amos | Self-Relese | Contemporary Folk |
| 152 | Better Days Ahead | Kate Weekes | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 153 | The Little In-Between | Tim Grimm | Vault | Contemporary Folk |
| 154 | The Liberated Woman's Songbook | Dawn Landes | FunMachine | Contemporary Folk |
| 155 | Everyday Legends | Linda Marks | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 156 | Pilgrimage to Rising Fawn | Norman Blake | Avondale | Traditional Folk |
| 157 | Donegal | Altan | Compass | Celtic |
| 158 | All is Song | Misner & Smith | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 159 | Now | Graham Nash | BMG | Folk Rock |
| 160 | Love (and Other Mysteries) | Tipps and Obermiller | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 161 | Banjo Meditations | Benny Bleu | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| 162 | Banjo Jubilations | Benny Bleu | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| 163 | Sundust | The Ballroom Thieves | Nettwerk | Alternative Folk |
| 164 | On the Northline | Frontier Ruckus | Sitcom Universe | Folk Rock |
| 165 | Me Daza | Reid Jamieson | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 166 | Gold on the Horizon | Our Man in the Field | In the Field | Alternative Folk |
| 167 | Playing Pretend | Della | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 168 | Traveling Wildfire | Dom Flemons | Smithsonian Folkways | Contemporary Folk |
| 169 | Avalanche | Jenny Owen Youngs | Yep Roc | Contemporary Folk |
| 170 | December Last Call | Driftwood | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| 171 | Seed of a Seed | Haley Heynderickx | Mama Bird | Alternative Folk |
| 172 | Uncertain Country | Great Lake Swimmers | Pheromone | Alternative Folk |
| 173 | Right on | Humbird | Nettwerk | Contemporary Folk |
| 174 | Leave the Light on | Terry Klein | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 175 | Heart on a Wire | Carolyn Shulman | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 176 | You Are Here | Myles Cochran | 9Ball | Contemporary Folk |
| 177 | Shake It Loose Today | Linda Sussman | Sing Out Proud | Alternative Folk |
| 178 | Cadence to the Flame | Nolen Sellwood | New Folk | Alternative Folk |
| 179 | Agnes | Keegan McInroe | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 180 | More | Bill Abernathy | MTS | Folk Rock |
| 181 | Here in the Mountains | The Honey Dewdrops | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 182 | The Silent Years (Side B) | Farewell Friend | Street Place | Folk Rock |
| 183 | Laurel Lewis | Laurel Lewis | RC1 | Contemporary Folk |
| 184 | Trevor Hall and the Great In-Between | Trevor Hall | 3 Rivers | Alternative Folk |
| 185 | Beware Wolves Volume 4 | Beware Wolves | Aqualamb | Contemporary Folk |
| 186 | Tarwater | Colin Cutler | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 187 | Blue-Twangled Folk N Roll | Reckless Saints | Shiny Gnu | Alternative Folk |
| 188 | Butcher Holler | Eilen Jewell | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| 189 | Anarchist Gospel | Sunny War | New West | Contemporary Folk |
| 190 | The Real Thing | May Erlewine | 10 Good Songs | Contemporary Folk |
| 191 | Time out Session #2 | The Accidentals | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 192 | TumbleWeedyWorld | Lynn Miles | True North | Contemporary Folk |
| 193 | Rio Bravo | Scott Ballew | La Honda | Alternative Folk |
| 194 | Cup of Sugar | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies | Contemporary Folk |
| 195 | All the Eye Can See | Joe Henry | Worksong | Contemporary Folk |
| 196 | Blessed by the West | Sarah Pierce | Berkalin | Contemporary Folk |
| 197 | The King's Dream | paul benoit | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| 198 | Dusty Highway | David Gelman | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| 199 | Alpenglow | Trampled by Turtles | Banjodad | Traditional Folk |
| 200 | Ordinary Magic | Lea Morris | Big Bee | Alternative Folk |
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