The Roots Music Report's
Top Bluegrass Album Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad for You | The Steeldrivers | Rounder | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 2 | Inner Journey | Darin & Brooke Aldridge | Rounder | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 3 | Authentic | Band Of Ruhks | Rebel | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 4 | Breaks to the Edge | Sideline | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 5 | 25 Trips | Sierra Hull | Rounder | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 6 | Breaking in Lonesome | Rick Faris | Dark Shadow | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 7 | Headlight | Della Mae | Rounder | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 8 | No Headlights | Kristy Cox | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 9 | Chicago Barn Dance | Special Consensus | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 10 | Straighten the Curves | The Grascals | Crossroads | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 11 | Tribulation | Appalachian Road Show | Billy Blue | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 12 | Tall Fiddler | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 13 | With You | Kenny & Amanda Smith | Farm Bot | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 14 | Banjo Player's Blues | High Fidelity | Rebel | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 15 | Load the Wagon | Junior Sisk | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 16 | For Those Who Care to Listen | Volume Five | Missouri Boy | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 17 | Originalist | Audie Blaylock and Redline | The 615 Hideaway | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 18 | Better Days | Dave Adkins | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 19 | The Secret of Life | Daryl Mosley | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 20 | Distance and Time | Becky Buller | Dark Shadow | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 21 | Somewhere Far Away: Silver Anniversary | Blue Highway | Rounder | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 22 | Where the Dogs Don't Bite | Old Salt Union | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 23 | New Moon over My Shoulder | Larry Sparks | Rebel | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 24 | Ordinary Soul | Stephen Mougin | Dark Shadow | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 25 | Rise Sun | The Infamous Stringdusters | Tape Time | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 26 | Back to the Country | Tim Raybon Band | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 27 | I Hope You Have a Good Life | The Gina Furtado Project | Mountain Home Music Company | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 28 | Elements | Fireside Collective | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 29 | Chronicle: Friends and Music | Gena Britt | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 30 | Freedom, Love, and the Open Road | Lindley Creek | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 31 | Have at It | Serene Green | Patuxent | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 32 | Undeniable | Nothin' Fancy | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 33 | Benny's TV Repair | Irene Kelley | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 34 | Salem Town | Backline | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 35 | Classy. Sassy. Bluegrassy. | Williamson Branch | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 36 | Sugar & Joy | The Dead South | Six Shooter | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 37 | Oh Darlin' | Bradley & Adair | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 38 | High Peaks & New Ground | Steve Gulley | Rural Rhythm | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 39 | Landmark | Jake Workman | Self-Release | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 40 | Take Me Back | Carolina Blue | Billy Blue | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 41 | Gonna Rise and Shine | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 42 | City on a Hill | Mile Twelve | Delores the Taurus | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 43 | Blues Around My Cabin | Flashback | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 44 | Lovin' and Leavin' (A Bluegrass Tribute to Mickey Clark) | Aaron Bibelhauser | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 45 | Swing for the Fences (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 46 | Bridges and Backroads | Jerry Salley | Very Jerry | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 47 | Bill Monroe’s Ol’ Mandolin | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 48 | The Hole | John Bowman | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 49 | Cold | Breaking Grass | Mountain Fever | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 50 | Waiting on a Ride | Songs From The Road Band | LDT | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 51 | The Choosing Road | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 52 | Memories of Home | The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 53 | The Hard Way | Dale Ann Bradley | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 54 | Gonna Love Anyway | Louisa Branscomb | Compass | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 55 | Wings of a Jetliner | Nate Lee | Adverb | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 56 | Chaos Theory | Deer Creek Boys | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 57 | Barry Abernathy & Darrell Webb Present Appalachian Road Show | Appalachian Road Show | Billy Blue | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 58 | Point of No Return | Amanda Cook | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 59 | Aeonic | Balsam Range | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 60 | The Travelin' Mccourys | The Travelin' McCourys | Self-Release | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 61 | Pictures | Hammertowne | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 62 | All for Money | Greensky Bluegrass | Big Blue Zoo | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 63 | The Way I View the World | Chris Luquette | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 64 | Sister Sadie II | Sister Sadie | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 65 | 30 | Larry Stephenson Band | Whysper Dream | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 66 | Pieces | Jason Barie | Billy Blue | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 67 | Old Road New Again | The Dillards | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 68 | A Brand New Shade of Blue | Junior Sisk | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 69 | I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me | Carolina Blue | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 70 | Lonesome Riverboat Blues (feat. Jeff Autry) | Edgar Loudermilk Band | Rural Rhythm | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 71 | Mountains, Mamas and Memories | Big Country Bluegrass | Rebel | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 72 | The Storyteller in Me | Daniel Crabtree | Codel | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 73 | Inside the Lines | Nick Chandler & Delivered | The 615 Hideaway | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 74 | Front and Center | Sideline | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 75 | Songs Like Those for Days Like These | The Chigger Hill Boys & Terri | Great Escape | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 76 | Time Has Made a Change | Jeff Parker & Company | Truegrass | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 77 | The Bull Mountain Moonshiners' Way | Jesse McReynolds | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 78 | Grass Stains | Carson Peters & Iron Mountain | FCP Productions | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 79 | Route 3 | Route 3 | 7flat | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 80 | Fast Track | Fast Track | Engelhardt Music Group | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 81 | Hold on to Your Heart | Shannon Slaughter | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 82 | All of These Years | Steve Thomas and the Time Machine | Bonfire | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 83 | Hills and Home | High Fidelity | Rebel | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 84 | Muir Maid | Kitchen Dwellers | Self-Release | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 85 | When the Crops Are Laid by | The Gospel Plowboys | Bridge Building | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 86 | Modern Old Time Sounds for the Bluegrass and Folksong Jamboree | The Lonesome Ace Stringband | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 87 | One Stop Along the Road | Amanda Cook | Self-Release | Bluegrass |
| 88 | No Escape | Claybank | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 89 | Urge for Going | Dede Wyland | Patuxent Music | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 90 | Ronnie Bowman | Ronnie Bowman | Engelhardt Music Group | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 91 | Horrible World | Kathy Kallick Band | Live Oak | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 92 | North Carolina Songbook (Live from Merlefest, April 28, 2019) | Steep Canyon Rangers | Yep Roc | Bluegrass |
| 93 | Right or Wrong | Dave Adkins | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 94 | Back Where I Come from | Traditionally Wound | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 95 | Love Hard, Work Hard, Play Hard | Deanie Richardson | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 96 | Roadsigns and Highways | Claybank | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 97 | Steam | Deeper Shade Of Blue | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 98 | Old Country Store | Turning Ground | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 99 | Highland Travelers | Highland Travelers | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 100 | If You Can't Stand the Heat | Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 101 | Tracks and Trains | Lou Reid & Carolina | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 102 | West Virginia Rail | Joe Hott | Rural Rhythm | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 103 | Lord Help Me Find the Way | Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys | Stanley Family | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 104 | Over the Line | Jeff Scroggins & Colorado | Patuxent | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 105 | The Golden Angle | David Benedict | Shelton | Bluegrass |
| 106 | Community | Gregg Welty | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 107 | Raising the Bar | Chad Darou | Bell Buckle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 108 | Moonshiner's Daughter | Cindy G | Blue Road | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 109 | New Freedom Blues | Town Mountain | Tone Tree | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 110 | Fingerprints | Rod McCormack | Sonic Timber | Bluegrass |
| 111 | Thirty Years Later | Johnny & Jeanette Williams | Grass Tank | Bluegrass |
| 112 | Rivers and Roads | Special Consensus | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 113 | Sundrops on the Water - Reflections | The Sharp Flatpickers | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 114 | Glory Bound | The Wooks | Gnar Vector | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 115 | Living on a Promise | The King James Boys | Mountain Fever | Gospel Bluegrass |
| 116 | Renaissance | Billy Droze | Rural Rhythm | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 117 | Songs from the Blue Ridge | Mickey Galyean | Rebel | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 118 | McKay & Leigh | McKay & Leigh | Voxhall | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 119 | Royal Traveller | Missy Raines & the New Hip | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 120 | The Tale of Willie Tackett | Caney Creek | 9 Lives | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 121 | My Remedy | Missy Armstrong | Melton & Miller | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 122 | Thanks, Mac! | Jerry Wicentowski | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 123 | The Goodfellers | The Goodfellers | Fly by Nite | Bluegrass |
| 124 | Cover Story | Love Canon | Canon | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 125 | Crêpe Paper Heart | Becky Buller | Dark Shadow | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 126 | What Does Time Care? | Armchair Boogie | GlueBrass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 127 | The Hillbenders | The Hillbenders | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 128 | Didn’t He Ramble: Songs of Charlie Poole | David Davis & The Warrior River Boys | Rounder | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 129 | North of Despair | Wood & Wire | Blue Corn | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 130 | Groove | The Andrew Collins Trio | Sytesounds | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 131 | Carolina Chimes | Rudi Ekstein | Fox Fire | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 132 | Free | Williamson Branch | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 133 | Story of a Beautiful Life | Nick Dumas | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 134 | Unbroken | Trinity River Band | Orange Blossom | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 135 | The Butcher Shoppe | Della Mae | Rounder | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 136 | Fiddler's Pastime | Bronwyn Keith-Hynes | Sugar Petunia | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 137 | What We Leave Behind | Tim Stafford | S&S | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 138 | Baby You're Gone | Tacie and the Sunshine Band | Self-Release | Bluegrass |
| 139 | Prime Time | Crary, Evans and Barnick | Native & Fine | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 140 | Bowerbird | Aubrey Eisenman & The Clydes | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 141 | Time Changes Everything | Nothin' Fancy | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 142 | Blue | The Cleverlys | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 143 | Banjophony | Damien O'Kane | Pure | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 144 | Footprints in a Song | Circa Blue | Bell Buckle | Bluegrass |
| 145 | Had a Big Time Today | Brennen Ernst | Patuxent Music | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 146 | Gathering | Aaron Ramsey | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 147 | Crazy House | Turning Ground | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 148 | Any Fair Number | Tugalo Holler | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 149 | Queen City Jubilee | The Slocan Ramblers | SloMusic | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 150 | On Time | Colebrook Road | Eisenbise | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 151 | A Thousand Wishes | Backline | Poor Mountain | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 152 | Time and Place | George Jackson | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 153 | To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 2 | Thomm Jutz | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 154 | Perfect Fit | Patrick McAvinue | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 155 | As Yall Like It: Songs from Kentucky Shakespeare | Aaron Bibelhauser | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 156 | Bluegrass Legends: Live at the Ryman | Rhonda Vincent | Upper Management | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 157 | When I Get the Money Made | The Kody Norris Show | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 158 | Better Late Than Never | Brady Stogdill | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 159 | Milestones | Volume Five | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 160 | Dixieland for Me | Mikayla Burrows | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 161 | It's Just the Night | Del McCoury Band | McCoury Music | Bluegrass |
| 162 | Bluegrass Rules! | Ricky Skaggs | Rounder | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 163 | Long Way from Home | The Burnett Sisters Band | Bee Hive | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 164 | Spirit to the Sea | Trout Steak Revival | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 165 | Ragin' Live | Rhonda Vincent | Rounder | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 166 | New Day | Claire Lynch | Rounder Records | Bluegrass |
| 167 | Tell the Ones I Love | Steep Canyon Rangers | Rounder | Bluegrass |
| 168 | Paper Bird | Paper Bird | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 169 | Mountain Voodoo | Balsam Range | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 170 | Epilogue: a Tribute to John Duffey | Smithsonian Folkways | Smithsonian Folkways | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 171 | Lonesome and then Some | Larry Sparks | Rebel | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 172 | It's About Tyme | Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out | Break A String | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 173 | Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves | Free Dirt | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 174 | Original | Bobby Osborne | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 175 | One Step Ahead | Rhonda Vincent | Rounder | Bluegrass |
| 176 | Old World | NewTown | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 177 | A Sailor's Guide to Earth | Sturgill Simpson | Atlantic | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 178 | Starry Southern Nights | Rock Hearts | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 179 | Live at the CMA Theater in the Country Music Hall of Fame | The Earls of Leicester | Rounder | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 180 | From the Heart | Donna Hughes | Running Dog | Bluegrass |
| 181 | North Country | Danny Burns | Bonfire | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 182 | Under the Mountain | Dewey & Leslie Brown and The Carolina Gentlemen | Liberty Showcase | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 183 | Things Kids and Dogs Know | Brandon Rickman | Voxhall | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 184 | Hanging Tree | Blue Mafia | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 185 | Ramblin' Feels Good | Jeff Scroggins & Colorado | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 186 | Somewhere South of Crazy | Dale Ann Bradley | Compass Records | Bluegrass |
| 187 | There's You | The Church Sisters | Independant | Bluegrass |
| 188 | When It Rains | Lou Reid & Carolina | Sugar Hill | Contemporary Bluegrass |
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