The Roots Music Report's
Top Bluegrass Album Chart
for the Year of 2023
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lovin' of the Game | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 2 | Radio John: Songs of John Hartford | Sam Bush | Smithsonian Folkways | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 3 | Lowdown Hoedown | Jason Carter | Fiddleman | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 4 | The Future of the Past | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band | Billy Blue | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 5 | Heyday | The Lonesome River Band | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 6 | Heartache and Trouble | Fast Track | Engelhardt Music | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 7 | Details | Nick Dumas | Skyline | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 8 | Snow White Memories | Irene Kelley | Self-Release | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 9 | Something You Didn't Count on | Jaelee Roberts | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 10 | A Miner's Life | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band | Calv'ry | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 11 | Living in the South | Starlett & Big John | Rebel | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 12 | On Banjo | Alison Brown | Compass | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 13 | Karma | Volume Five | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 14 | Gospel Sessions, Vol. 1 | Authentic Unlimited | Billy Blue | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 15 | Old Road New Again | The Dillards | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 16 | Authentic Unlimited | Authentic Unlimited | Billy Blue | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 17 | Things That I Like | Mickey Harris | Self-Release | Bluegrass |
| 18 | Solitary Diamond | Laura Orshaw | Dark Shadow | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 19 | Leaving is Believing | Ashby Frank | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 20 | Lost & Alone | Junior Sisk | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 21 | Just a Little Talk with Myself | Steven Moore | Self-Release | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 22 | The Next Mountain | Rick Faris | Dark Shadows | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 23 | This Life We're Livin' | Darin & Brooke Aldridge | Billy Blue | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 24 | Quiet Country Town | Wildfire | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 25 | What You Need to Prove | Thomas Cassell | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 26 | Changes | Amanda Cook | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 27 | Hold on | Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 28 | It's Just Me | Larry Sparks | Rebel | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 29 | Roses | Jackson Hollow | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 30 | From Sulphur Springs to Rising Fawn : the Songs of Norman Blake | Bob Minner | Engelhardt Music Group | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 31 | Make Each Second Last | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers | Moutain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 32 | From the Ground Up | Jim Hurst | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 33 | Ridin' Through the Country | Shannon Slaughter | Elite Circuit | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 34 | The American Fiddler | Andy Leftwich | Mountain Home Music | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 35 | Somewhere Beyond | Breaking Grass | Mountain Fever | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 36 | Rare and Fine-Uncommon Tunes of Bill Monroe | Mike Compton | Taterbug | Bluegrass |
| 37 | Accomplice Two | Tommy Emmanuel | CGP Sounds | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 38 | Darkest Hour | The Gibson Brothers | Bull Run | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 39 | Lost Voices | Tim Stafford & Thomm Jutz | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 40 | Uncommon Sky | Rick Faris | Dark Shadow | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 41 | Maria with a "J" | Marija Droze | RBR Ent | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 42 | Great Blue North | Special Consensus | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 43 | Here in the Country | Terry Baucom | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 44 | Radioactive | Jason Barie | Billy Blue | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 45 | Music is What I See | Rhonda Vincent | Upper Management | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 46 | Mighty Poplar | Mighty Poplar | Free Dirt | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 47 | Almost Proud | Del McCoury Band | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 48 | A Tribute to Flatt & Scruggs | The Infamous Stringdusters | Americana Vibes | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 49 | Banjophonics | Damien O'Kane & Ron Block | Pure | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 50 | Pick Your Poison | Benson | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 51 | Jubilation | Appalachian Road Show | Billy Blue | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 52 | We're All Crazy | Dave Adkins | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 53 | Up All Night | The Grascals | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 54 | A Life Well Lived | Daryl Mosley | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 55 | Kentucky for Me | Dale Ann Bradley | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 56 | New Chapter | Cedar Hill | Mountain Fever | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 57 | Last Chance to Win | East Nash Grass | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 58 | Black Banjo | Tray Wellington | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 59 | Morning Shift | Steep Canyon Rangers | Yep Roc | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 60 | Bridges and Backroads | Jerry Salley | Very Jerry | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 61 | Ups, Downs and No Name Towns | Sideline | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 62 | Hitchhiking to California | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne | Billy Blue | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 63 | To Willie from Billy | Bill and the Belles | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 64 | Pay Your Dues | Songs From The Road Band | Charles Humphrey III | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 65 | Small Town Dreamer | Daryl Mosley | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 66 | East Nash Grass | East Nash Grass | Lamb Lyfe | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 67 | Let Time Ride | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers | Billy Blue | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 68 | Here Within My Heart | Tina Adair | Englehardt Music Group | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 69 | Lead and Iron | Henhouse Prowlers | Dark Shadow | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 70 | Rhinestone Revival | The Kody Norris Show | Rebel | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 71 | Jesse Smathers | Jesse Smathers | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 72 | All for the Song | Railroad Earth | Bag O' Seed | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 73 | Family Reunion | Della Mae | Soundly | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 74 | In Dreams I Go Back | Seth Mulder & Midnight Run | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 75 | Man on a Mission | Darren Nicholson | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 76 | Walk on Faith | The King James Boys | Pinecastle | Gospel Bluegrass |
| 77 | Cambium | Full Cord | Dark Shadow | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 78 | Ministry in Song | Larry Sparks | Rebel | Gospel Bluegrass |
| 79 | Things She Couldn't Get over | Dale Ann Bradley | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 80 | Six Degrees of Separation | Wilson Banjo Co. | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 81 | Alone and Forsaken | Lou Reid | Self-Release | Bluegrass |
| 82 | The Winning Hand | The Lonesome River Band | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 83 | You Can Learn a Lot from a Song | Hammertowne | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 84 | Where the Trees Know My Name | Larry Cordle | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 85 | A Little Bit of Bluegrass | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 86 | If Not Now, Who? | Joe K. Walsh | Adhyâropa | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 87 | Kinetic Tone | Balsam Range | Mountain Home | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 88 | Triple Shot | Shannon Leigh Reynolds | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 89 | Greener Grass | Billy Swinson | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 90 | Easy Listening for Jerks, Pt. 1 | The Dead South | Six Shooter | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 91 | My Farm, My Bluegrass | Marty Falle | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 92 | Round Feet, Chrome Smile | Ragged Union | Shining Castle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 93 | Wanderer | Darren Nicholson | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 94 | Between the Lines | The Price Sisters | McCoury | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 95 | Lend Me a Hand | The String Cheese Incident | SCI Fidelity | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 96 | One Step Away | Casey Penn | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 97 | Modern Times | Paul Adkins & The Borderline Band | Rebel | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 98 | School Project | Cory Walker | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 99 | How I Hear It | Jeremy Stephens | Rebel | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 100 | Songs of Hope & Inspiration | Darren Nicholson | Self-Release | Bluegrass |
| 101 | The Fretliners | The Fretliners | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 102 | The Tim Shelton Syndicate | The Tim Shelton Syndicate | 10.26 | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 103 | My Bluegrass Heart | Béla Fleck | Renew | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 104 | Equality | The Sweet Lillies | Americana Vibes | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 105 | Heroes & Friends | Daniel Grindstaff & The Uptown Troubadours | Bonfire | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 106 | Bluegrass DNA | Tim Graves & the Farm Hands | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 107 | I Could Get Used to This | Tim Raybon Band | Pinecastle | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 108 | If You Hadn't Noticed | The Goodwin Brothers | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 109 | The Broken Circle Sessions | Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 110 | Straight from the Heartland | Lori King & Junction 63 | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 111 | Long Hill to Climb | Wolfpen Branch | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 112 | Whispers in the Wind | Lindley Creek | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 113 | Railroad Town | Jr Williams | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 114 | Excelsior | Alan Munde | Patuxent | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 115 | The Secret of Life | Daryl Mosley | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 116 | Distance and Time | Becky Buller | Dark Shadow | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 117 | Covers for a Cause | The Barefoot Movement | Pinecastle | Bluegrass |
| 118 | Shadow of the Cross | The Churchmen | Mountain Fever | Gospel Bluegrass |
| 119 | Great Big Skies | Wood Belly | Americana Vibes | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 120 | Smoky Mountain Favorites | Boone & Foster | Mountai Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 121 | Tryin' to Have a Good Time | Tyler Grant | Americana Vibes | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 122 | People, Places, and Songs | Greg Blake | Turnberry | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 123 | New Horizons | Mason Via | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 124 | Apple & Setser | Apple & Setser | Bell Buckle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 125 | Lonesome Chronicles | Kathy Kallick Band | Live Oak | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 126 | 20 | The Grascals | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 127 | Book of Fools | Mipso | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 128 | 100 Years of Hank | Haymakers | TOPTone | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 129 | Songs of the Sunrise Fox | Andy Thorn | Thornpipe | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 130 | Shiny Side Up | The Dirty Grass Players | Self-Release | Bluegrass |
| 131 | Welcome | The Arcadian Wild | Self-Release | Progressive Bluegrass |
| 132 | Losing Time | Route 3 | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 133 | Waking Up | Graber Gryass | Spaceman Orbits | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 134 | Imaginary Lines | Unspoken Tradition | Mountain Home | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 135 | Crowe & Wasson | J.D. Crowe & Rickey Wasson | Truegrass | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 136 | Leftover Feelings | John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band | New West Records | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 137 | Gotta Lotta Lonesome | Carson Peters & Iron Mountain | Billy Blue | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 138 | It Never Gets Old | Chosen Road | Thoroughbred | Gospel Bluegrass |
| 139 | Fathers and Sons | Mike Mitchell | Turnberry | Bluegrass |
| 140 | Here We Go Again | Nothin' Fancy | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 141 | Live in Asheville | The JackTown Ramblers | Litte Ruby | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 142 | Final Chapter | Lost & Found | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 143 | Hold Back the Dawn | Anthony Howell | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 144 | Tougher Than Nails | The Steeldrivers | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 145 | Hard Times & Deadlines | Armchair Boogie | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 146 | New Time & Old Acoustic | John Reischman | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 147 | Ordinary Soul | Stephen Mougin | Dark Shadow | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 148 | Fear of Falling Stars | Kristen Grainger & True North | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 149 | Try to Make It Fly | The Lonesome Ace Stringband | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 150 | Leave the Porch Light on | Kim Robins | Pinecastle | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 151 | Bittersweet | Sweet Potato Pie | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 152 | With You | Kenny & Amanda Smith | Farm Bot | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 153 | Your Love for Me is Gold | Shane McGeehan | Patuxent | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 154 | 30 | Larry Stephenson Band | Whysper Dream | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 155 | Solid Butter | The Cleverlys | Mountain Home Music Company | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 156 | Man on the Radio | Wood Belly | Americana Vibes | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 157 | Pictures | Hammertowne | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 158 | Banjo Player's Blues | High Fidelity | Rebel | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 159 | Hindsight | Full Cord | Self-Release | Traditional Bluegrass |
| 160 | The Bull Mountain Moonshiners' Way | Jesse McReynolds | Self-Release | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 161 | Pieces | Jason Barie | Billy Blue | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| 162 | Retrospective (LSB Live) | Larry Stephenson Band | Whysper Dream | Traditional Bluegrass |
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