The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Dec 2, 2017
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Down Hearted Blues | Eilen Jewell | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 2 | 5 | Letters Never Read | Dori Freeman | Free Dirt | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 3 | 4 | Same As I Ever Have Been | Matt Patershuk | Black Hen | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 4 | 2 | Silence in These Walls | Flatt Lonesome | Mountain Home Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 5 | 3 | Tell the Devil I'm Gettin' There As Fast As I Can | Ray Wylie Hubbard | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Fifteen | The Wailin' Jennys | Red House | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 7 | 6 | Small Believer | Anna Tivel | Fluff & Gravy | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | Bone on Bone | Bruce Cockburn | True North | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 9 | 15 | Gathering | Josh Ritter | Pytheas | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 10 | 12 | Life Between the Lines | Fireside Collective | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 11 | 8 | Poor David's Almanack | Dave Rawlings | Acony | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 12 | 22 | California Calling | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards | Compass | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 13 | 17 | Not Dark Yet | Shelby Lynne | Thirty Tigers | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 14 | 13 | Shame | Rachel Baiman | Free Dirt | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 15 | 10 | Can You Hear Me | Ashley Condon | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 16 | 11 | Let Them Know I'm from Virginia | Big Country Bluegrass | Rebel | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 17 | 14 | The Hammer & the Heart | Susan Cattaneo | Jersey Girl | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 18 | 44 | Mother Lion | May Erlewine | Earthwork Music | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 19 | 16 | The Siren's Song | Kacy & Clayton | New West | Traditional Folk |
| - | 20 | 20 | Folksinger Vol. 2 | Willie Watson | Acony | Traditional Folk |
| *NEW* | 21 | - | Insanity Vs. Humanity | James Maddock | Songs Of Avenue C | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 22 | 21 | No Rain, No Rose | John Craigie | Zabriskie Point | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 23 | 18 | Where the River Meets the Road | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 24 | 19 | Hallelujah Anyhow | Hiss Golden Messenger | Merge | Alternative Folk |
| - | 25 | 25 | Cold Spring | The Barrel Boys | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 26 | 38 | Carry Me Home | Flatland Tourists | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 27 | 23 | Freedom Highway | Rhiannon Giddens | Nonesuch | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 28 | 24 | Chase the Sun | The Early Mays | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 29 | 26 | Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers | Joe Jencks | Turtle Bear Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 30 | 31 | The Dustbowl Revival | The Dustbowl Revival | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| *NEW* | 31 | - | True in Time | John Gorka | Red House | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 32 | 29 | Everything | Darden Smith | Compass | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 33 | 28 | Grimshaw Road | Durham County Poets | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 34 | 32 | City Painted Gold | The Brothers Comatose | Swamp Jam | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 35 | 30 | Cider | Gwyneth Moreland | Blue Rose Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 36 | 39 | The Drifter and the Preacher | Barney Bentall | True North | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 37 | 37 | Fierce Mercy | Colin Hay | Compass | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 38 | 35 | Further Down the Line | Scott Cook | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 39 | 41 | While We're Here | Catie Curtis | Megenta | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 40 | 36 | The Road We Once Knew | The Eisenhauers | Black Hen Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 41 | 40 | Before the Bridge | Eddie Berman | Nettwerk | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 42 | 45 | Find a Way | Bill Abernathy | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 43 | 46 | Balancing Act | Judy Nazemetz | Smokey Lady Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 44 | 72 | Worth | Emily Mure | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 45 | 43 | One Go Around | Jeffrey Martin | Fluff and Gravy | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 46 | 73 | If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous | Sarah McQuaid | Shovel And A Spade | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 47 | 48 | Close Ties | Rodney Crowell | New West | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 48 | 49 | Brand New Day | The Mavericks | Mono Mundo | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 49 | 58 | Singin' | Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio | Vessel Recordings | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 50 | 50 | A Girl in Teen City | Oh Susanna | Stella | Contemporary Folk |
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