The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Jul 7, 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 | See You Around | I'm With Her | Concord | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 3 | 3 | Carter Stanley's Eyes | Peter Rowan | Rebel | Traditional Folk |
| - | 4 | 4 | Ms. Behave | Rosie & The Riveters | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| - | 5 | 5 | Silence in These Walls | Flatt Lonesome | Mountain Home Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 6 | 8 | My Mother the Moon | Dead Horses | Wolff Moon | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 7 | 6 | True in Time | John Gorka | Red House | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 8 | 14 | Black Cowboys | Dom Flemons | Smithsonian Folkways | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 9 | 7 | White Tiger | Ana Egge | StorySound | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 10 | 11 | Sometimes Just the Sky | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 11 | 9 | Walk in the Dark | Rob Lutes | Lucky Bear | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 12 | 10 | Sweet Old Religion | Pharis & Jason Romero | Lula | Traditional Folk |
| - | 13 | 13 | Sunshiner | The Mammals | Humble Abode | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 14 | 15 | Blood Brothers | Jeffrey Foucault | Tone Tree | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 15 | 24 | 10,000 Days Like These | Low Lily | Mad River | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 16 | 17 | Shelter | Olivia Chaney | Nonesuch | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 17 | 16 | Ghost Light | John McCutcheon | Appalseed Productions | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 18 | 18 | Fifteen | The Wailin' Jennys | Red House | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 19 | 19 | Time is Everything (feat. Riley Calcagno) | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Free Dirt | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 20 | 12 | In City & Country | Young Novelists | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 21 | 20 | Plays Well with Others | Lera Lynn | Single Lock | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 22 | 21 | Open Road, Broken Heart | True North | True North | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 23 | 28 | Come and Meet Me | Sherman Ewing | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 24 | 23 | The Art of Forgetting | Kyle Carey | Riverboat | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 25 | 26 | The Way These Things Go | FY5 | Swingfingers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 26 | 29 | Live at Tiny Telephone | T Sisters | Three Headed Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 27 | 30 | Life Between the Lines | Fireside Collective | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 28 | 31 | Brand New Old-Time Songs | Melissa Carper and Rebecca Patek | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 29 | 34 | By the Way, I Forgive You | Brandi Carlile | Elektra | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 30 | 32 | World Gone Mad | The Weight Band | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 31 | 33 | Lost Souls | Loreena McKennitt | Quinlan Road Limited | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 32 | 36 | Insanity Vs. Humanity | James Maddock | Songs Of Avenue C | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 33 | 38 | Southland | Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 34 | 37 | Let Them Know I'm from Virginia | Big Country Bluegrass | Rebel | Traditional Folk |
| *NEW* | 35 | - | The Lonesomest Sound That Can Sound | Clay Parker and Jodi James | Electric Wreck | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 36 | 35 | Said Little Sparrow | Kim Beggs | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 37 | 40 | Brand New Day | The Mavericks | Mono Mundo | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 38 | 41 | Down Hearted Blues | Eilen Jewell | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 39 | 42 | Where the River Meets the Road | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 40 | 39 | Shed My Skin | Dan Navarro | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 41 | 25 | City Painted Gold | The Brothers Comatose | Swamp Jam | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 42 | 45 | Everything | Darden Smith | Compass | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 43 | 22 | The Broken Heart of Everything | David Francey | Laker Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 44 | 56 | Low Tide | Tracy Grammer | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 45 | 27 | Home on the River | Caroline Cotter | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 46 | 47 | The Forgotten | Joe Jencks | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 47 | 46 | While I Was Asleep | Darling West | Jansen | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 48 | 48 | Take This Hammer | Joe Rollin Porter | Joropo | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 49 | 50 | Great White Noise | The Sam Chase & the Untraditional | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 50 | 53 | If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous | Sarah McQuaid | Shovel And A Spade | Contemporary Folk |
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