Top Bluegrass Album Chart for the Year of 2023

The Roots Music Report's
Top Bluegrass Album Chart
for the Year of 2023

	Album Title	Band/Artist Name	Label	Sub Genre
1	Me / and / Dad	Billy Strings	Rounder	Progressive Bluegrass
2	Crooked Tree	Molly Tuttle	Nonesuch	Contemporary Bluegrass
3	Lovin' of the Game	Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper	Compass	Contemporary Bluegrass
4	City of Gold	Molly Tuttle	Nonesuch	Contemporary Bluegrass
5	Radio John: Songs of John Hartford	Sam Bush	Smithsonian Folkways	Traditional Bluegrass
6	The Future of the Past	The Tennessee Bluegrass Band	Billy Blue	Traditional Bluegrass
7	Lowdown Hoedown	Jason Carter	Fiddleman	Traditional Bluegrass
8	Heartache and Trouble	Fast Track	Engelhardt Music	Contemporary Bluegrass
9	Details	Nick Dumas	Skyline	Contemporary Bluegrass
10	A Miner's Life	Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band	Calv'ry	Contemporary Bluegrass
11	Something You Didn't Count on	Jaelee Roberts	Mountain Home	Contemporary Bluegrass
12	Snow White Memories	Irene Kelley	Self-Release	Progressive Bluegrass
13	On Banjo	Alison Brown	Compass	Progressive Bluegrass
14	Living in the South	Starlett & Big John	Rebel	Contemporary Bluegrass
15	Karma	Volume Five	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
16	Heyday	The Lonesome River Band	Mountain Home	Traditional Bluegrass
17	Never Slow Down	The Po' Ramblin' Boys	Smithsonian Folkways	Contemporary Bluegrass
18	Old Road New Again	The Dillards	Pinecastle	Traditional Bluegrass
19	Authentic Unlimited	Authentic Unlimited	Billy Blue	Contemporary Bluegrass
20	Things That I Like	Mickey Harris	Self-Release	Contemporary Bluegrass
21	Solitary Diamond	Laura Orshaw	Dark Shadow	Contemporary Bluegrass
22	Gospel Sessions, Vol. 1	Authentic Unlimited	Billy Blue	Contemporary Bluegrass
23	Leaving is Believing	Ashby Frank	Mountain Home	Contemporary Bluegrass
24	That Kind of Lonesome	Eddie Sanders	Engelhardt Music Group	Traditional Bluegrass
25	Lost & Alone	Junior Sisk	Mountain Fever	Traditional Bluegrass
26	Just a Little Talk with Myself	Steven Moore	Self-Release	Progressive Bluegrass
27	The Next Mountain	Rick Faris	Dark Shadows	Contemporary Bluegrass
28	River Wild	Jeremy Garrett	Organic	Contemporary Bluegrass
29	This Life We're Livin'	Darin & Brooke Aldridge	Billy Blue	Contemporary Bluegrass
30	God Fearing Heathen	Dan Tyminski	8 Track Ent.	Contemporary Bluegrass
31	Quiet Country Town	Wildfire	Pinecastle	Contemporary Bluegrass
32	Losing Game	David Peterson & 1946	Self-Release	Contemporary Bluegrass
33	What You Need to Prove	Thomas Cassell	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
34	Changes	Amanda Cook	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
35	Hold on	Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen	Compass	Contemporary Bluegrass
36	Shades of Blue	Kristy Cox	Billy Blue	Contemporary Bluegrass
37	It's Just Me	Larry Sparks	Rebel	Contemporary Bluegrass
38	Roses	Jackson Hollow	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
39	From Sulphur Springs to Rising Fawn : the Songs of Norman Blake	Bob Minner	Engelhardt	Traditional Bluegrass
40	Make Each Second Last	Chris Jones & the Night Drivers	Moutain Home	Contemporary Bluegrass
41	From the Ground Up	Jim Hurst	Pinecastle	Contemporary Bluegrass
42	Ridin' Through the Country	Shannon Slaughter	Elite Circuit	Contemporary Bluegrass
43	The American Fiddler	Andy Leftwich	Mountain Home Music	Contemporary Bluegrass
44	Rare and Fine-uncommon Tunes of Bill Monroe	Mike Compton	Taterbug	Traditional Bluegrass
45	Somewhere Beyond	Breaking Grass	Mountain Fever	Progressive Bluegrass
46	I'll Come Back	AJ Lee & Blue Summit	Old White Horse	Contemporary Bluegrass
47	Accomplice Two	Tommy Emmanuel	CGP Sounds	Contemporary Bluegrass
48	Darkest Hour	The Gibson Brothers	Bull Run	Contemporary Bluegrass
49	Lost Voices	Tim Stafford & Thomm Jutz	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
50	Maria with a "J"	Marija Droze	RBR Ent	Contemporary Bluegrass
51	Uncommon Sky	Rick Faris	Dark Shadow	Contemporary Bluegrass
52	Great Blue North	Special Consensus	Compass	Contemporary Bluegrass
53	Here in the Country	Terry Baucom	Self-Release	Traditional Bluegrass
54	Music is What I See	Rhonda Vincent	Upper Management	Contemporary Bluegrass
55	Radioactive	Jason Barie	Billy Blue	Contemporary Bluegrass
56	Mighty Poplar	Mighty Poplar	Free Dirt	Contemporary Bluegrass
57	Roundtable	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Billy Blue	Contemporary Bluegrass
58	Almost Proud	Del McCoury Band	Self-Release	Traditional Bluegrass
59	Livin' Large	Donna Ulisse	Billy Blue	Traditional Bluegrass
60	Banjophonics	Damien O'Kane & Ron Block	Pure	Contemporary Bluegrass
61	A Tribute to Flatt & Scruggs	The Infamous Stringdusters	Americana Vibes	Progressive Bluegrass
62	Renewal	Billy Strings	Rounder	Contemporary Bluegrass
63	Pick Your Poison	Benson	Mountain Home	Contemporary Bluegrass
64	Jubilation	Appalachian Road Show	Billy Blue	Traditional Bluegrass
65	We're All Crazy	Dave Adkins	Mountain Fever	Traditional Bluegrass
66	A Life Well Lived	Daryl Mosley	Pinecastle	Contemporary Bluegrass
67	Get Yourself Outside	Yonder Mountain String Band	Frog Pad	Contemporary Bluegrass
68	Kentucky for Me	Dale Ann Bradley	Pinecastle	Contemporary Bluegrass
69	New Chapter	Cedar Hill	Mountain Fever	Traditional Bluegrass
70	Up All Night	The Grascals	Mountain Home	Contemporary Bluegrass
71	Black Banjo	Tray Wellington	Mountain Home	Contemporary Bluegrass
72	Last Chance to Win	East Nash Grass	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
73	Morning Shift	Steep Canyon Rangers	Yep Roc	Contemporary Bluegrass
74	Bridges and Backroads	Jerry Salley	Very Jerry	Contemporary Bluegrass
75	Ups, Downs and No Name Towns	Sideline	Mountain Home	Traditional Bluegrass
76	Toward the Fray	The Infamous Stringdusters	Americana Vibes	Contemporary Bluegrass
77	Hitchhiking to California	Alan Bibey & Grasstowne	Billy Blue	Traditional Bluegrass
78	To Willie from Billy	Bill and the Belles	Self-Release	Traditional Bluegrass
79	Pay Your Dues	Songs From The Road Band	Charles Humphrey III	Contemporary Bluegrass
80	Small Town Dreamer	Daryl Mosley	Pinecastle	Contemporary Bluegrass
81	East Nash Grass	East Nash Grass	Lamb Lyfe	Contemporary Bluegrass
82	Let Time Ride	Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers	Billy Blue	Traditional Bluegrass
83	Jesse Smathers	Jesse Smathers	Self-Release	Traditional Bluegrass
84	All for the Song	Railroad Earth	Bag O' Seed	Progressive Bluegrass
85	Rhinestone Revival	The Kody Norris Show	Rebel	Traditional Bluegrass
86	Lead and Iron	Henhouse Prowlers	Dark Shadow	Contemporary Bluegrass
87	Man on a Mission	Darren Nicholson	Mountain Home	Contemporary Bluegrass
88	Family Reunion	Della Mae	Soundly	Contemporary Bluegrass
89	Walk on Faith	The King James Boys	Pinecastle	Gospel Bluegrass
90	Things She Couldn't Get over	Dale Ann Bradley	Pinecastle	Contemporary Bluegrass
91	Hell on Church Street	Punch Brothers	Nonesuch	Progressive Bluegrass
92	Cambium	Full Cord	Dark Shadow	Progressive Bluegrass
93	Ministry in Song	Larry Sparks	Rebel	Gospel Bluegrass
94	Alone and Forsaken	Lou Reid	Self-Release	Traditional Bluegrass
95	In Dreams I Go Back	Seth Mulder & Midnight Run	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
96	You Can Learn a Lot from a Song	Hammertowne	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
97	Where the Trees Know My Name	Larry Cordle	Self-Release	Contemporary Bluegrass
98	Stress Dreams	Greensky Bluegrass	Big Blue Zoo	Progressive Bluegrass
99	Kinetic Tone	Balsam Range	Mountain Home	Traditional Bluegrass
100	A Little Bit of Bluegrass	Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road	Pinecastle	Traditional Bluegrass
101	If Not Now, Who?	Joe K. Walsh	Adhyâropa	Contemporary Bluegrass
102	Triple Shot	Shannon Leigh Reynolds	Self-Release	Contemporary Bluegrass
103	Greener Grass	Billy Swinson	Self-Release	Contemporary Bluegrass
104	Easy Listening for Jerks, Pt. 1	The Dead South	Six Shooter	Progressive Bluegrass
105	Round Feet, Chrome Smile	Ragged Union	Shining Castle	Contemporary Bluegrass
106	Greener Pastures	The Waymores	Chicken Ranch	Contemporary Bluegrass
107	Tina Adair	Tina Adair	Engelhardt Music	Contemporary Bluegrass
108	Lend Me a Hand	The String Cheese Incident	SCI Fidelity	Progressive Bluegrass
109	One Step Away	Casey Penn	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
110	Between the Lines	The Price Sisters	McCoury	Traditional Bluegrass
111	Here Within My Heart	Tina Adair	Englehardt Music Group	Contemporary Bluegrass
112	Modern Times	Paul Adkins & The Borderline Band	Rebel	Contemporary Bluegrass
113	Wanderer	Darren Nicholson	Mountain Home	Contemporary Bluegrass
114	Pages in Your Hand	Chris Jones & the Night Drivers	Mountain Home Music Company	Contemporary Bluegrass
115	School Project	Cory Walker	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
116	Songs of Hope & Inspiration	Darren Nicholson	Self-Release	Contemporary Bluegrass
117	How I Hear It	Jeremy Stephens	Rebel	Contemporary Bluegrass
118	The Fretliners	The Fretliners	Self-Release	Traditional Bluegrass
119	The Tim Shelton Syndicate	The Tim Shelton Syndicate	10.26	Traditional Bluegrass
120	My Bluegrass Heart	Bela Fleck	Renew	Traditional Bluegrass
121	Dreams for Sale	Theo & Brenna	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
122	My Farm, My Bluegrass	Marty Falle	Self-Release	Contemporary Bluegrass
123	Bluegrass DNA	Tim Graves & the Farm Hands	Pinecastle	Traditional Bluegrass
124	Equality	The Sweet Lillies	Americana Vibes	Contemporary Bluegrass
125	No Fear	Sister Sadie	Mountain Home Music Company	Contemporary Bluegrass
126	Into the Blue	The String Cheese Incident	SCI Fidelity	Progressive Bluegrass
127	If You Hadn't Noticed	The Goodwin Brothers	Pinecastle	Contemporary Bluegrass
128	Memory Lane	Wilson Banjo Co.	Pinecastle	Contemporary Bluegrass
129	Long Hill to Climb	Wolfpen Branch	Self-Release	Contemporary Bluegrass
130	Railroad Town	Jr Williams	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
131	I Could Get Used to This	Tim Raybon Band	Pinecastle	Traditional Bluegrass
132	Whispers in the Wind	Lindley Creek	Pinecastle	Contemporary Bluegrass
133	Silver Bird	Nick Chandler & Delivered	Pinecastle	Contemporary Bluegrass
134	Excelsior	Alan Munde	Patuxent	Contemporary Bluegrass
135	Covers for a Cause	The Barefoot Movement	Pinecastle	Progressive Bluegrass
136	The Broken Circle Sessions	Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra	Self-Release	Contemporary Bluegrass
137	Walking in Those Shoes	Eddie Sanders	Engelhardt Music Group	Gospel Bluegrass
138	Shadow of the Cross	The Churchmen	Mountain Fever	Gospel Bluegrass
139	I Built a World	Bronwyn Keith-Hynes	Self-Release	Traditional Bluegrass
140	The Secret of Life	Daryl Mosley	Pinecastle	Contemporary Bluegrass
141	New Horizons	Mason Via	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
142	Straight from the Heartland	Lori King & Junction 63	Self-Release	Contemporary Bluegrass
143	Songs That Sing Me	Becky Buller	Dark Shadow Recording	Contemporary Bluegrass
144	People, Places, and Songs	Greg Blake	Turnberry	Contemporary Bluegrass
145	Caroline Owens	Caroline Owens	Skyline	Contemporary Bluegrass
146	Smoky Mountain Favorites	Boone & Foster	Mountai Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass
147	Tryin' to Have a Good Time	Tyler Grant	Americana Vibes	Contemporary Bluegrass
148	Great Big Skies	Wood Belly	Americana Vibes	Contemporary Bluegrass
149	Apple & Setser	Apple & Setser	Bell Buckle	Contemporary Bluegrass
150	100 Years of Hank	Haymakers	TOPTone	Contemporary Bluegrass
151	The Songwriter	Jerry Salley	Very Jerry	Contemporary Bluegrass
152	Songs of the Sunrise Fox	Andy Thorn	Thornpipe	Traditional Bluegrass
153	Losing Time	Route 3	Pinecastle	Contemporary Bluegrass
154	Imaginary Lines	Unspoken Tradition	Mountain Home	Contemporary Bluegrass
155	Book of Fools	Mipso	Self-Release	Contemporary Bluegrass
156	Lonesome Chronicles	Kathy Kallick Band	Live Oak	Contemporary Bluegrass
157	Lively Times (Live at the Anza Club!)	The Lonesome Ace Stringband	Self-Release	Contemporary Bluegrass
158	Crowe & Wasson	J.D. Crowe & Rickey Wasson	Truegrass	Traditional Bluegrass
159	It Never Gets Old	Chosen Road	Thoroughbred	Gospel Bluegrass
160	Shiny Side Up	The Dirty Grass Players	Self-Release	Contemporary Bluegrass
161	Heroes & Friends	Daniel Grindstaff	Bonfire	Contemporary Bluegrass
162	Gotta Lotta Lonesome	Carson Peters & Iron Mountain	Billy Blue	Contemporary Bluegrass
163	Welcome	The Arcadian Wild	Self-Release	Progressive Bluegrass
164	Live in Asheville	The JackTown Ramblers	Litte Ruby	Contemporary Bluegrass
165	Here We Go Again	Nothin' Fancy	Mountain Fever	Contemporary Bluegrass

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The Roots Music Report's Top Bluegrass Album Chart for the Year of 2023

The Roots Music Report's
Top Bluegrass Album Chart
for the Year of 2023