The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Mar 17, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Down Hearted Blues | Eilen Jewell | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 2 | 6 | By the Way, I Forgive You | Brandi Carlile | Elektra | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 3 | 3 | See You Around | I'm With Her | Concord | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 4 | 2 | True in Time | John Gorka | Red House | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 5 | 4 | Letters Never Read | Dori Freeman | Free Dirt | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Fifteen | The Wailin' Jennys | Red House | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 7 | 5 | Silence in These Walls | Flatt Lonesome | Mountain Home Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | Time is Everything (feat. Riley Calcagno) | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Free Dirt | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 9 | 8 | Tell the Devil I'm Gettin' There As Fast As I Can | Ray Wylie Hubbard | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 10 | 10 | Ghost Light | John McCutcheon | Appalseed Productions | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 11 | 11 | Ms. Behave | Rosie & The Riveters | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 12 | 30 | Walk in the Dark | Rob Lutes | Lucky Bear | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 13 | 12 | While I Was Asleep | Darling West | Jansen | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 14 | 19 | Folksinger Vol. 2 | Willie Watson | Acony | Traditional Folk |
| - | 15 | 15 | Same As I Ever Have Been | Matt Patershuk | Black Hen | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 16 | 13 | Where the River Meets the Road | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 17 | 14 | Open Road, Broken Heart | True North | True North | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 18 | 18 | City Painted Gold | The Brothers Comatose | Swamp Jam | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 19 | 17 | The Art of Forgetting | Kyle Carey | Riverboat | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 20 | 21 | The Dustbowl Revival | The Dustbowl Revival | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 21 | 20 | Cold Spring | The Barrel Boys | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 22 | 23 | Shame | Rachel Baiman | Free Dirt | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 23 | 22 | Small Believer | Anna Tivel | Fluff & Gravy | Contemporary Folk |
| *NEW* | 24 | - | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Oh Boy | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 25 | 24 | Mother Lion | May Erlewine | Earthwork Music | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 26 | 46 | No Rain, No Rose | John Craigie | Zabriskie Point | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 27 | 16 | Let Them Know I'm from Virginia | Big Country Bluegrass | Rebel | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 28 | 26 | Insanity Vs. Humanity | James Maddock | Songs Of Avenue C | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 29 | 28 | Everything | Darden Smith | Compass | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 30 | 25 | California Calling | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards | Compass | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 31 | 32 | The Way These Things Go | FY5 | Swingfingers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 32 | 38 | Before the Bridge | Eddie Berman | Nettwerk | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 33 | 36 | The Order of Time | Valerie June | Concord | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 34 | 37 | Live at Tiny Telephone | T Sisters | Three Headed Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 35 | 29 | The Drifter and the Preacher | Barney Bentall | True North | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 36 | 34 | Bone on Bone | Bruce Cockburn | True North | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 37 | 31 | The Hammer & the Heart | Susan Cattaneo | Jersey Girl | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 38 | 39 | Chase the Sun | The Early Mays | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 39 | 40 | Home on the River | Caroline Cotter | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 40 | 41 | Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers | Joe Jencks | Turtle Bear Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 41 | 43 | Poor David's Almanack | Dave Rawlings | Acony | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 42 | 42 | If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous | Sarah McQuaid | Shovel And A Spade | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 43 | 45 | Freedom Highway | Rhiannon Giddens | Nonesuch | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 44 | 47 | Two | Gunning & Cormier | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 45 | 44 | Low Tide | Tracy Grammer | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 46 | 49 | While We're Here | Catie Curtis | Megenta | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 47 | 48 | World Gone Mad | The Weight Band | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 48 | 50 | Can You Hear Me | Ashley Condon | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 49 | 27 | Far off on the Horizon | Winter Wilson | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 50 | 51 | Live at the Station Inn | Darrell Scott | Soundly Music | Contemporary Folk |
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