Top Folk Album Chart for the Year of 2024

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

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Album Chart for the Year of 2024

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2024