The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Aug 4, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Oh Boy | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 2 | 7 | Carter Stanley's Eyes | Peter Rowan | Rebel | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 3 | 2 | The Tree | Lori McKenna | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 4 | 5 | Silence in These Walls | Flatt Lonesome | Mountain Home Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 5 | 3 | Ms. Behave | Rosie & The Riveters | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 6 | 4 | See You Around | I'm With Her | Concord | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 7 | 11 | All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do | The Milk Carton Kids | Anti | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 8 | 6 | Oliver the Crow | Oliver the Crow | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 9 | 8 | True in Time | John Gorka | Red House | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 10 | 9 | White Tiger | Ana Egge | StorySound | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 11 | 13 | Secularia | Eliza Gilkyson | Red House | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 12 | 10 | Blood Brothers | Jeffrey Foucault | Tone Tree | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 13 | 15 | By the Way, I Forgive You | Brandi Carlile | Elektra | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 14 | 16 | Brand New Old-Time Songs | Melissa Carper and Rebecca Patek | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 15 | 12 | The Lonesomest Sound That Can Sound | Clay Parker and Jodi James | Electric Wreck | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 16 | 20 | My Mother the Moon | Dead Horses | Wolff Moon | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 17 | 23 | Shelter | Olivia Chaney | Nonesuch | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 18 | 18 | Walk in the Dark | Rob Lutes | Lucky Bear | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 19 | 22 | Sunshiner | The Mammals | Humble Abode | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 20 | 19 | The Broken Heart of Everything | David Francey | Laker Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 21 | 24 | Plays Well with Others | Lera Lynn | Single Lock | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 22 | 26 | Sweet Old Religion | Pharis & Jason Romero | Lula | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 23 | 36 | Life Between the Lines | Fireside Collective | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 24 | 27 | Folksinger Vol. 2 | Willie Watson | Acony | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 25 | 17 | Sometimes Just the Sky | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 26 | 25 | Chains Are Broken | The Devil Makes Three | New West | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 27 | 29 | Down Hearted Blues | Eilen Jewell | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 28 | 28 | The Forgotten | Joe Jencks | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 29 | 30 | Insanity Vs. Humanity | James Maddock | Songs Of Avenue C | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 30 | 14 | Black Cowboys | Dom Flemons | Smithsonian Folkways | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 31 | 32 | Southland | Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 32 | 34 | Open Road, Broken Heart | True North | True North | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 33 | 33 | Healing Tide | The War and Treaty | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 34 | 35 | City Painted Gold | The Brothers Comatose | Swamp Jam | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 35 | 38 | 10,000 Days Like These | Low Lily | Mad River | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 36 | 37 | Live at Tiny Telephone | T Sisters | Three Headed Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 37 | 31 | Lost Souls | Loreena McKennitt | Quinlan Road Limited | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 38 | 41 | Come and Meet Me | Sherman Ewing | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 39 | 21 | Time is Everything (feat. Riley Calcagno) | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Free Dirt | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 40 | 53 | Take This Hammer | Joe Rollin Porter | Joropo | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 41 | 42 | Tongue | The Andrew Collins Trio | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 42 | 40 | Ghost Light | John McCutcheon | Appalseed Productions | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 43 | 43 | While We're Here | Catie Curtis | Megenta | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 44 | 65 | Cold Spring | The Barrel Boys | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 45 | 51 | Rabbit in the Moon | Sparrow Blue | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 46 | 72 | Fifteen | The Wailin' Jennys | Red House | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 47 | 44 | Said Little Sparrow | Kim Beggs | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| *NEW* | 48 | - | Them and Us | Chuck Brodsky | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 49 | 39 | Still Here | Don Gallardo | Rock Ridge | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 50 | 46 | Brand New Day | The Mavericks | Mono Mundo | Folk Rock |
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