The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Folk Album Chart
for the Week of May 19, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Oh Boy | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 2 | 2 | By the Way, I Forgive You | Brandi Carlile | Elektra | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 3 | 4 | Carter Stanley's Eyes | Peter Rowan | Rebel | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | See You Around | I'm With Her | Concord | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 5 | 7 | Ms. Behave | Rosie & The Riveters | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 6 | 10 | Sometimes Just the Sky | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 7 | 5 | Silence in These Walls | Flatt Lonesome | Mountain Home Music | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 8 | 8 | Fifteen | The Wailin' Jennys | Red House | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 9 | 6 | True in Time | John Gorka | Red House | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 10 | 9 | My Mother the Moon | Dead Horses | Wolff Moon | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 11 | 68 | In City & Country | Young Novelists | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 12 | 19 | Down Hearted Blues | Eilen Jewell | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 13 | 11 | Sweet Old Religion | Pharis & Jason Romero | Lula | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 14 | 27 | City Painted Gold | The Brothers Comatose | Swamp Jam | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 15 | 34 | Live at Tiny Telephone | T Sisters | Three Headed Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 16 | 29 | The Forgotten | Joe Jencks | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 17 | 14 | 10,000 Days Like These | Low Lily | Mad River | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 18 | 35 | World Gone Mad | The Weight Band | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 19 | 15 | Ghost Light | John McCutcheon | Appalseed Productions | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 20 | 28 | Folksinger Vol. 2 | Willie Watson | Acony | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 21 | 22 | Walk in the Dark | Rob Lutes | Lucky Bear | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 22 | 23 | If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous | Sarah McQuaid | Shovel And A Spade | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 23 | 21 | Letters Never Read | Dori Freeman | Free Dirt | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 24 | 73 | While I Was Asleep | Darling West | Jansen | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 25 | 13 | Black Cowboys | Dom Flemons | Smithsonian Folkways | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 26 | 20 | Insanity Vs. Humanity | James Maddock | Songs Of Avenue C | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 27 | 12 | Southland | Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 28 | 25 | Let Them Know I'm from Virginia | Big Country Bluegrass | Rebel | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 29 | 44 | Brand New Day | The Mavericks | Mono Mundo | Folk Rock |
| - | 30 | 30 | Where the River Meets the Road | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 31 | 26 | The Art of Forgetting | Kyle Carey | Riverboat | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 32 | 17 | Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs | Barbara Dane | Smithsonian Folkways | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 33 | 32 | Home on the River | Caroline Cotter | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 34 | 18 | The Way These Things Go | FY5 | Swingfingers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 35 | 48 | Everything | Darden Smith | Compass | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 36 | 49 | The Dustbowl Revival | The Dustbowl Revival | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 37 | 46 | Come and Meet Me | Sherman Ewing | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 38 | 31 | Open Road, Broken Heart | True North | True North | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 39 | 33 | White Tiger | Ana Egge | StorySound | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 40 | 53 | Great White Noise | The Sam Chase & the Untraditional | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 41 | 38 | California Calling | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards | Compass | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 42 | 16 | Time is Everything (feat. Riley Calcagno) | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Free Dirt | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 43 | 39 | Live at the Station Inn | Darrell Scott | Soundly Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 44 | 61 | While We're Here | Catie Curtis | Megenta | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 45 | 62 | No Rain, No Rose | John Craigie | Zabriskie Point | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 46 | 66 | T Sisters | T Sisters | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 47 | 43 | Low Tide | Tracy Grammer | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 48 | 41 | Life Between the Lines | Fireside Collective | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 49 | 36 | Same As I Ever Have Been | Matt Patershuk | Black Hen | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 50 | 47 | Shed My Skin | Dan Navarro | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
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