The Roots Music Report's
Top Bluegrass Album Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Distance and Time | Becky Buller | Dark Shadow | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 2 | Fall Like Rain | Justin Moses | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 3 | Things She Couldn't Get over | Dale Ann Bradley | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 4 | Songs of a Simple Life | Tim Raybon Band | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 5 | My Bluegrass Heart | Bela Fleck | Renew | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 6 | Fiddler's Pastime | Bronwyn Keith-Hynes | Sugar Petunia | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 7 | Renewal | Billy Strings | Rounder | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 8 | Barry Abernathy and Friends | Barry Abernathy | Billy Blue | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 9 | Brand New Good Old Days | Leftover Salmon | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 10 | Hitchhiking to California | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne | Billy Blue | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 11 | Sundrops on the Water - Reflections | The Sharp Flatpickers | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 12 | Moxie and Mettle | Balsam Range | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 13 | Roundtable | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver | Billy Blue | Bluegrass |
| 14 | Chicago Barn Dance | Special Consensus | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 15 | Landmark | Jake Workman | Self-Release | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 16 | Time for Love | Donna Ulisse | Billy Blue | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 17 | Up All Night | The Grascals | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 18 | Swing for the Fences (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 19 | Where the Trees Know My Name | Larry Cordle | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 20 | With You | Kenny & Amanda Smith | Farm Bot | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 21 | + 1 | Mike Barnett | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 22 | Freedom, Love, and the Open Road | Lindley Creek | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 23 | Load the Wagon | Junior Sisk | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 24 | Ordinary Soul | Stephen Mougin | Dark Shadow | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 25 | Banjo Player's Blues | High Fidelity | Rebel | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 26 | Tina Adair | Tina Adair | Engelhardt Music | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 27 | Bad for You | The Steeldrivers | Rounder | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 28 | Take Me Back | Carolina Blue | Billy Blue | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 29 | This Life We're Livin' | Darin & Brooke Aldridge | Billy Blue | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 30 | Bluegrass Troubadour | Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 31 | Tribulation | Appalachian Road Show | Billy Blue | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 32 | Still Here (With Tim Stafford) | Steve Gulley | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 33 | For Those Who Care to Listen | Volume Five | Missouri Boy | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 34 | The Secret of Life | Daryl Mosley | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 35 | Ups, Downs and No Name Towns | Sideline | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 36 | Blues Around My Cabin | Flashback | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 37 | Fine Time to Get the Blues | Terry Baucom | Driving Duke | Bluegrass |
| 38 | Make Each Second Last | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers | Moutain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 39 | Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2 (Cowboy Arms Sessions) | Sturgill Simpson | High Top Mountain | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 40 | Bill Monroe’s Ol’ Mandolin | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 41 | All Suited Up | The Kody Norris Show | Rebel | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 42 | Bridges and Backroads | Jerry Salley | Very Jerry | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 43 | Better Days | Dave Adkins | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 44 | Early in the Morning | Byron Berline | Double Stop Music | Bluegrass |
| 45 | That Kind of Lonesome | Eddie Sanders | Engelhardt Music Group | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 46 | Streamliner | Jesse Brock | Sound Biscuit | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 47 | A Miner's Life | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band | Calv'ry | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 48 | Family Reunion | Della Mae | Soundly | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 49 | The Next Mountain | Rick Faris | Dark Shadows | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 50 | Music is What I See | Rhonda Vincent | Upper Management | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 51 | Tall Fiddler | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 52 | How I Hear It | Jeremy Stephens | Rebel | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 53 | Narrowing the Gap | Amanda Cook | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 54 | Originalist | Audie Blaylock and Redline | The 615 Hideaway | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 55 | Somewhere Beyond the Blue | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers | Billy Blue | Gospel Bluegrass |
| 56 | No Headlights | Kristy Cox | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 57 | I'll Come Back | AJ Lee & Blue Summit | Old White Horse | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 58 | Home | Billy Strings | Rounder | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 59 | Authentic | Band Of Ruhks | Rebel | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 60 | Wait for the Light to Shine | Eddie Sanders | Engelhardt Music Group | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 61 | Straighten the Curves | The Grascals | Crossroads | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 62 | Fast Track | Fast Track | Engelhardt Music Group | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 63 | Chaos Theory | Deer Creek Boys | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 64 | Undeniable | Nothin' Fancy | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 65 | Inner Journey | Darin & Brooke Aldridge | Rounder | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 66 | Ministry in Song | Larry Sparks | Rebel | Gospel Bluegrass |
| 67 | To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 1 | Thomm Jutz | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 68 | Old Road New Again | The Dillards | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 69 | New Moon over My Shoulder | Larry Sparks | Rebel | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 70 | Breaks to the Edge | Sideline | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 71 | 25 Trips | Sierra Hull | Rounder | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 72 | One Stop Along the Road | Amanda Cook | Self-Release | Bluegrass |
| 73 | Blue Haze (feat. Scott Vestal, Missy Raines & Shawn Lane) | Robert Hale & the 8th Wonder Band | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 74 | Renaissance | Billy Droze | Rural Rhythm | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 75 | Breaking in Lonesome | Rick Faris | Dark Shadow | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 76 | Wings of a Jetliner | Nate Lee | Adverb | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 77 | My Remedy | Missy Armstrong | Melton & Miller | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 78 | Elements | Fireside Collective | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 79 | Oh Darlin' | Bradley & Adair | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 80 | Somewhere Far Away: Silver Anniversary | Blue Highway | Rounder | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 81 | Cole Quest and the City Pickers | Cole Quest and The City Pickers | Omnivore | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 82 | Renaissance | Valerie Smith | Bell Buckle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 83 | The Lonesome Season | Andrew Crawford | Bonfire | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 84 | Small Town Dreamer | Daryl Mosley | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 85 | Leave the Porch Light on | Kim Robins | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 86 | The Goodwin Bros. | The Goodwin Brothers | The 615 Hideaway | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 87 | 4.0 | The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 88 | Lonesome Riverboat Blues (feat. Jeff Autry) | Edgar Loudermilk Band | Rural Rhythm | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 89 | Inside the Lines | Nick Chandler & Delivered | The 615 Hideaway | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 90 | Twenty | Deeper Shade Of Blue | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 91 | Heritage & Hope | Williamson Branch | Pinecastle | Gospel Bluegrass |
| 92 | Arrows | Bowregard | Bowregard | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 93 | I Hope You Have a Good Life | The Gina Furtado Project | Mountain Home Music Company | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 94 | Till the End of the Road | Starlett & Big John | Turnberry | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 95 | 40th Anniversary Celebration | Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 96 | Salem Town | Backline | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 97 | Time Has Made a Change | Jeff Parker & Company | Truegrass | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 98 | Chronicle: Friends and Music | Gena Britt | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 99 | Route 3 | Route 3 | 7flat | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 100 | Where the Dogs Don't Bite | Old Salt Union | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 101 | Baby You're Gone | Tacie and the Sunshine Band | Self-Release | Bluegrass |
| 102 | Tennessee Heart | Shannon Bielski & Moonlight Drive | Patuxent | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 103 | Grass Stains | Carson Peters & Iron Mountain | FCP Productions | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 104 | Jake Eddy | Jake Eddy | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 105 | To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 2 | Thomm Jutz | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 106 | Muir Maid | Kitchen Dwellers | Self-Release | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 107 | Ronnie Bowman | Ronnie Bowman | Engelhardt Music Group | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 108 | Six Degrees of Separation | Wilson Banjo Co. | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 109 | A Tribute to Bill Monroe | The Infamous Stringdusters | Americana Vibes | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 110 | Live on Location | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band | Calv'ry Music | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 111 | Back to the Country | Tim Raybon Band | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 112 | The Sunny Side of Life | Carolyn Eyerly | Patuxent | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 113 | Circle Up | Deanie Richardson | EMG | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 114 | Songs for the Sparrows | Nefesh Mountain | Eden Sky | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 115 | Waiting on a Ride | Songs From The Road Band | LDT | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 116 | Lovin' and Leavin' (A Bluegrass Tribute to Mickey Clark) | Aaron Bibelhauser | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 117 | Pieces | Jason Barie | Billy Blue | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 118 | Gonna Love Anyway | Louisa Branscomb | Compass | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 119 | Bobby & Teddi Cyrus | Bobby & Teddi Cyrus | Pinecastle | Gospel Bluegrass |
| 120 | Gathering | Aaron Ramsey | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 121 | Headed South | Crandall Creek | Bell Buckle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 122 | Memories of Home | The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 123 | The Storyteller in Me | Daniel Crabtree | Codel | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 124 | Headlight | Della Mae | Rounder | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 125 | Crazy House | Turning Ground | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 126 | Destination Horizon | The Plate Scrapers | Self-Release | Bluegrass |
| 127 | Hindsight | Full Cord | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 128 | Better Late Than Never | Brady Stogdill | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 129 | The Hole | John Bowman | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 130 | With the Bass in Mind | Jeff Picker | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 131 | Singing Up There: a Tribute to the Easter Brothers | The Lonesome River Band | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 132 | After All This Time | Blue Moon Rising | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 133 | I'm the Happiest when I'm Moving | The Alex Leach Band | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 134 | Classy. Sassy. Bluegrassy. | Williamson Branch | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 135 | Toil, Tears & Trouble | The Po' Ramblin' Boys | Rounder | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 136 | The Bull Mountain Moonshiners' Way | Jesse McReynolds | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 137 | Live in Prague, Czech Republic | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver | Billy Blue | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 138 | Dixieland for Me | Mikayla Burrows | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 139 | Timeless | Wood Family Tradition | Turnberry | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 140 | Beyond the Tagus River | Andre' Dal | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 141 | All of These Years | Steve Thomas and the Time Machine | Bonfire | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 142 | The Way I See It | Daniel Crabtree | Bell Buckle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 143 | High Peaks & New Ground | Steve Gulley | Rural Rhythm | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 144 | Love Somebody | The Goodfellers | Bell Buckle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 145 | 30 | Larry Stephenson Band | Whysper Dream | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 146 | Prime Time | Crary, Evans and Barnick | Native & Fine | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 147 | Back to the Ozarks | Lillyanne McCool | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 148 | Hold on to Your Heart | Shannon Slaughter | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 149 | The Choosing Road | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 150 | Hindsight is 2020 | Colebrook Road | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 151 | Story of a Beautiful Life | Nick Dumas | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 152 | I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me | Carolina Blue | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 153 | Modern Old Time Sounds for the Bluegrass and Folksong Jamboree | The Lonesome Ace Stringband | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 154 | Retrospective (LSB Live) | Larry Stephenson Band | Whysper Dream | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 155 | Have at It | Serene Green | Patuxent | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 156 | Stress Dreams | Greensky Bluegrass | Big Blue Zoo | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 157 | Any Fair Number | Tugalo Holler | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 158 | East Nash Grass | East Nash Grass | Lamb Lyfe | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 159 | As Yall Like It: Songs from Kentucky Shakespeare | Aaron Bibelhauser | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 160 | Bluegrass Rules! | Ricky Skaggs | Rounder | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 161 | Sho Nuff Country | Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show | Patuxent Music | Bluegrass |
| 162 | Almost Proud | Del McCoury Band | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 163 | New Time & Old Acoustic | John Reischman | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 164 | Backroads | Chain Station | Self-Release | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 165 | Pictures | Hammertowne | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 166 | Outside Looking in | The Lonesome River Band | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 167 | Bluegrass Legends: Live at the Ryman | Rhonda Vincent | Upper Management | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 168 | Pressing Onward | The Barefoot Movement | Bonfire | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 169 | Benny's TV Repair | Irene Kelley | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 170 | Sister Sadie | Sister Sadie | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 171 | Sister Sadie II | Sister Sadie | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 172 | Cold | Breaking Grass | Mountain Fever | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 173 | McKay & Leigh | McKay & Leigh | Voxhall | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 174 | Gonna Rise and Shine | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 175 | Tracks and Trains | Lou Reid & Carolina | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 176 | It's About Tyme | Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out | Break A String | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 177 | When I'm Free | Hot Rize | Ten In Hand Records | Bluegrass |
| 178 | That's Why I'm Lonesome | Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass | Patuxent | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 179 | Man on the Radio | Wood Belly | Americana Vibes | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 180 | House Down the Block | Kenny & Amanda Smith | Rebel Records | Bluegrass |
| 181 | Timepiece | Milan Miller | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 182 | North Carolina Songbook (Live from Merlefest, April 28, 2019) | Steep Canyon Rangers | Yep Roc | Bluegrass |
| 183 | A Sailor's Guide to Earth | Sturgill Simpson | Atlantic | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 184 | Mark Twain: Words & Music | The Church Sisters | Mark Twain Home Foundation | Bluegrass |
| 185 | I Sang the Song (Life of the Voice with a Heart) | Mac Wiseman | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 186 | Crêpe Paper Heart | Becky Buller | Dark Shadow | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 187 | What Does Time Care? | Armchair Boogie | GlueBrass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 188 | City on a Hill | Mile Twelve | Delores the Taurus | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 189 | The Golden Angle | David Benedict | Shelton | Bluegrass |
| 190 | Here to Stay | Adam Steffey | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 191 | Sugar & Joy | The Dead South | Six Shooter | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 192 | Queen City Jubilee | The Slocan Ramblers | SloMusic | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 193 | Abilene | Jackson Melnick | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 194 | Hair & Hide | George Jackson | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 195 | Choreomania | Full Cord | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 196 | The Steeldrivers | The Steeldrivers | Rounder | Bluegrass |
| 197 | Mountaintop | Don Schlitz | Engelhardt Music Group | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 198 | Brothersville | Doug Flowers | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 199 | Original | Bobby Osborne | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 200 | Paper Bird | Paper Bird | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Bluegrass |
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