The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Oct 12, 2019
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | What It is | Hayes Carll | Dualtone | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 2 | 9 | Honest | Ordinary Elephant | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 3 | 4 | The Storyteller's Suitcase | Ellis Paul | Rosella | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 4 | 7 | Assiniboine & the Red | The Small Glories | Red House | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 5 | 12 | Who Asked You Back | EllaHarp | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 6 | 3 | Words of Love | Allison Lupton | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 7 | 2 | Mint Condition | Caroline Spence | Rounder | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 8 | 8 | Up Against the Sky | Dave Gunning | Wee House of Music | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 9 | 6 | San Isabel | Jamestown Revival | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 10 | 5 | Heart Land Again | Tim Grimm | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 11 | 28 | Crowing Ignites | Bruce Cockburn | True North | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 12 | 36 | Charlie Parr | Charlie Parr | Red House | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 13 | 21 | Visions | Alice Howe | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 14 | 11 | There is No Other (with Francesco Turrisi) | Rhiannon Giddens | Nonesuch | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 15 | 77 | Going to the Well | Linda McRae | 42RPM | Alternative Folk |
| *NEW* | 16 | - | If Wishes Were Horses | Matt Patershuk | Black Hen | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 17 | 23 | Is It the Kiss | Ana Egge | StorySound | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 18 | 16 | Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 | Todd Snider | Aimless | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 19 | 14 | Adobe Road | Cej | Gnosong | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 20 | 17 | The Maes | The Maes | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 21 | 18 | How We Want to Live | Lisa Bastoni | Sweet Ondine | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 22 | 10 | Songs of Our Native Daughters | Our Native Daughters | Smithsonian Folkways | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 23 | 15 | The Question | Anna Tivel | Fluff And Gravy | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 24 | 25 | Stay Human, Vol. 2 | Michael Franti & Spearhead | Boo Boo Wax | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 25 | 20 | Die Happy | Them Coulee Boys | LoHi | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 26 | 19 | Between the Country | Ian Noe | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 27 | 24 | Cancel the Sun | The Rails | Psychonaut Sounds | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 28 | 26 | Soil in the Sky | Heather Maloney | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 29 | 27 | Tim O'Brien Band | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 30 | 30 | Last Surviving Son | David Gelman | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 31 | 32 | Pass It on Down | Linda Sussman | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 32 | 29 | This Little Town | The W Lovers | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 33 | 13 | Chasing the Sun | Bobtown | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 34 | 31 | The Hurting Kind | John Paul White | Single Lock | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 35 | 33 | Who Cares | David G Smith | Hey Dave | Alternative Folk |
| *NEW* | 36 | - | Coyote | Catherine MacLellan | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 37 | 35 | Patty Griffin | Patty Griffin | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 38 | 38 | Dreams on Hold | Sarah Eide | Sugarbird | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 39 | 44 | Casey Joe Lambert | Casey Joe Lambert | Hill Country Artists | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 40 | 41 | Back to Shore | Shari Ulrich | Borealis | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 41 | 42 | Down Hearted Blues | Eilen Jewell | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 42 | 46 | Acorns | Ben Winship | Snake River | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 43 | 22 | Paws of a Bear | Sofia Talvik | Makaki | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 44 | 39 | Getaway | Abigail Lapell | Coax | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 45 | 37 | Better by Now | Benjamin Dakota Rogers | Trespass Music | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 46 | 43 | I Like It Down Here | Will Kimbrough | Daphne | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 47 | 45 | Roots to Rise (Live) | We Banjo 3 | We Banjo 3 | Celtic |
| ▲ | 48 | 73 | Rearrange My Heart | Che Apalache | Free Dirt | Traditional Folk |
| - | 49 | 49 | Talk to a Human | Terri Hendrix | Wilory | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 50 | 47 | Everything's Shifting | Madison Violet | Passenger Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
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