The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Oct 19, 2019
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 8 | Up Against the Sky | Dave Gunning | Wee House of Music | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 2 | 4 | Assiniboine & the Red | The Small Glories | Red House | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 3 | 32 | This Little Town | The W Lovers | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 4 | 5 | Who Asked You Back | EllaHarp | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 5 | 16 | If Wishes Were Horses | Matt Patershuk | Black Hen | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 6 | 3 | The Storyteller's Suitcase | Ellis Paul | Rosella | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 7 | 21 | How We Want to Live | Lisa Bastoni | Sweet Ondine | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 8 | 2 | Honest | Ordinary Elephant | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 9 | 10 | Heart Land Again | Tim Grimm | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 10 | 11 | Crowing Ignites | Bruce Cockburn | True North | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 11 | 14 | There is No Other (with Francesco Turrisi) | Rhiannon Giddens | Nonesuch | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 12 | 86 | The Only Ones | The Milk Carton Kids | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 13 | 6 | Words of Love | Allison Lupton | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 14 | 12 | Charlie Parr | Charlie Parr | Red House | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 15 | 15 | Going to the Well | Linda McRae | 42RPM | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 16 | 1 | What It is | Hayes Carll | Dualtone | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 17 | 48 | Rearrange My Heart | Che Apalache | Free Dirt | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 18 | 19 | Adobe Road | Cej | Gnosong | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 19 | 29 | Tim O'Brien Band | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 20 | 9 | San Isabel | Jamestown Revival | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 21 | 20 | The Maes | The Maes | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 22 | 41 | Down Hearted Blues | Eilen Jewell | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 23 | 24 | Stay Human, Vol. 2 | Michael Franti & Spearhead | Boo Boo Wax | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 24 | 38 | Dreams on Hold | Sarah Eide | Sugarbird | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 25 | 17 | Is It the Kiss | Ana Egge | StorySound | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 26 | 33 | Chasing the Sun | Bobtown | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 27 | - | Conspirators | Guy Forsyth | Small and Nimble | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 28 | - | Ten: the Errant Night | Runa | Self-Release | Celtic |
| ▲ | 29 | 30 | Last Surviving Son | David Gelman | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 30 | 31 | Pass It on Down | Linda Sussman | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 31 | 25 | Die Happy | Them Coulee Boys | LoHi | Alternative Folk |
| *NEW* | 32 | - | The Ocean Wide | Sussex | Lucky Bear | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 33 | 55 | Chains Are Broken | The Devil Makes Three | New West | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 34 | 49 | Talk to a Human | Terri Hendrix | Wilory | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 35 | 28 | Soil in the Sky | Heather Maloney | Signature Sounds | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 36 | 35 | Who Cares | David G Smith | Hey Dave | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 37 | 62 | Easy Money | Old Man Luedecke | True North | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 38 | 22 | Songs of Our Native Daughters | Our Native Daughters | Smithsonian Folkways | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 39 | 54 | Cold | Mean Mary | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| *NEW* | 40 | - | All That's Real | Gathering Sparks | Borealis | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 41 | 52 | Carrying on | Kacy & Clayton | New West | Traditional Folk |
| ▼ | 42 | 18 | Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 | Todd Snider | Aimless | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 43 | 27 | Cancel the Sun | The Rails | Psychonaut Sounds | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 44 | 42 | Acorns | Ben Winship | Snake River | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 45 | 23 | The Question | Anna Tivel | Fluff And Gravy | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 46 | 73 | Grenades | Kaia Kater | Smithsonian Folkways | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 47 | 13 | Visions | Alice Howe | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 48 | 39 | Casey Joe Lambert | Casey Joe Lambert | Hill Country Artists | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 49 | 43 | Paws of a Bear | Sofia Talvik | Makaki | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 50 | 45 | Better by Now | Benjamin Dakota Rogers | Trespass Music | Contemporary Folk |
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