Top Folk Album Chart for the Year of 2019

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2019

	Album Title	Band/Artist Name	Label	Sub Genre
1	What It is	Hayes Carll	Dualtone	Contemporary Folk
2	Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3	Todd Snider	Aimless	Folk Rock
3	Tim O'Brien Band	Tim O'Brien	Howdy Skies	Contemporary Folk
4	San Isabel	Jamestown Revival	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
5	Patty Griffin	Patty Griffin	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
6	Assiniboine & the Red	The Small Glories	Red House	Contemporary Folk
7	Songs of Our Native Daughters	Our Native Daughters	Smithsonian Folkways	Alternative Folk
8	What Will We Do	Lula Wiles	Smithsonian Folkways	Contemporary Folk
9	Leylines	Rising Appalachia	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
10	Honest	Ordinary Elephant	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
11	Evening Machines	Gregory Alan Isakov	Dualtone	Contemporary Folk
12	The Storyteller's Suitcase	Ellis Paul	Rosella	Contemporary Folk
13	Front Porch	Joy Williams	Sensibility	Contemporary Folk
14	Standard Deviation	Danny Schmidt	Live Once	Contemporary Folk
15	Stay Human, Vol. 2	Michael Franti & Spearhead	Boo Boo Wax	Contemporary Folk
16	Adobe Road	Cej	Gnosong	Contemporary Folk
17	Mint Condition	Caroline Spence	Rounder	Contemporary Folk
18	Heart Land Again	Tim Grimm	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
19	Woven Waters	Tellico	Organic	Traditional Folk
20	Carter Stanley's Eyes	Peter Rowan	Rebel	Traditional Folk
21	There is No Other (with Francesco Turrisi)	Rhiannon Giddens	Nonesuch	Contemporary Folk
22	The Magic Tree	Steve Forbert	Rose Music	Contemporary Folk
23	Up Against the Sky	Dave Gunning	Wee House of Music	Traditional Folk
24	Words of Love	Allison Lupton	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
25	The Long Road	Beth Wood	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
26	Better by Now	Benjamin Dakota Rogers	Trespass Music	Alternative Folk
27	The Question	Anna Tivel	Fluff And Gravy	Contemporary Folk
28	This Little Town	The W Lovers	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
29	Chains Are Broken	The Devil Makes Three	New West	Folk Rock
30	Down Hearted Blues	Eilen Jewell	Signature Sounds	Folk
31	Grenades	Kaia Kater	Smithsonian Folkways	Contemporary Folk
32	Easy Money	Old Man Luedecke	True North	Contemporary Folk
33	Ten: the Errant Night	Runa	Self-Release	Celtic
34	The Hurting Kind	John Paul White	Single Lock	Folk Rock
35	Hummingbird	John Smith	Commoner	Contemporary Folk
36	Everything's Shifting	Madison Violet	Passenger Sounds	Contemporary Folk
37	I Like It Down Here	Will Kimbrough	Daphne	Folk Rock
38	Charlie Parr	Charlie Parr	Red House	Contemporary Folk
39	Stardust Lodge	Grain Thief	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
40	Visions	Alice Howe	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
41	Indoor Safari	Nick Lowe	Yep Roc	Folk Rock
42	City Painted Gold	The Brothers Comatose	Swamp Jam	Traditional Folk
43	Getaway	Abigail Lapell	Coax	Folk Rock
44	Moonshine Blue	Jack Broadbent	Crow's Feet	Folk Rock
45	Pictures of Us	Braden Gates	Borealis	Alternative Folk
46	How We Want to Live	Lisa Bastoni	Sweet Ondine	Contemporary Folk
47	Black Cowboys	Dom Flemons	Smithsonian Folkways	Traditional Folk
48	Adaptations	Maya De Vitry	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
49	The Only Ones	The Milk Carton Kids	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
50	Secularia	Eliza Gilkyson	Red House	Contemporary Folk
51	Dreams on Hold	Sarah Eide	Sugarbird	Contemporary Folk
52	To Everyone in All the World: a Celebration of Pete Seeger	John McCutcheon	Appalseed	Contemporary Folk
53	Between the Country	Ian Noe	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
54	Chasing the Sun	Bobtown	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
55	Soil in the Sky	Heather Maloney	Signature Sounds	Contemporary Folk
56	Who Cares	David G Smith	Hey Dave	Alternative Folk
57	Down the Way	Angus & Julia Stone	Nettwerk	Contemporary Folk
58	Paws of a Bear	Sofia Talvik	Makaki	Contemporary Folk
59	The Great Irish Songbook	Dervish	Rounder	Traditional Folk
60	Pass It on Down	Linda Sussman	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
61	Riverland	Eric Brace, Peter Cooper & Thomm Jutz	Red Beet	Contemporary Folk
62	Karma for Cheap	Aaron Lee Tasjan	New West	Folk Rock
63	Thanksgiving	Rachel Baiman	Free Dirt	Traditional Folk
64	Every Kingdom	Ben Howard	Universal	Alternative Folk
65	Pretty Bird	Kathy Mattea	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
66	Acres of Elbow Room	John Wort Hannam	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
67	The Meaning of Life	James Kahn	Words and Music	Alternative Folk
68	Coyote	Catherine MacLellan	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
69	The Place That You Call Home	Ever More Nest	Parish Road Music	Contemporary Folk
70	Time Travel	Lennie Gallant	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
71	My American Dream	Will Hoge	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
72	This Side of the Glass	The Currys	Self-Release	Folk Rock
73	Cold	Mean Mary	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
74	Seneca	Charles Wesley Godwin	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
75	Stay Warm	The O'Pears	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
76	While We're Here	Catie Curtis	Megenta	Folk
77	The Other Side	Dawn and Hawkes	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
78	Healing Tide	The War and Treaty	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
79	Is It the Kiss	Ana Egge	StorySound	Contemporary Folk
80	Going to the Well	Linda McRae	42RPM	Alternative Folk
81	Bright Hills	The Appalucians	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
82	Caravan of Dawn	The Levins	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
83	Crowing Ignites	Bruce Cockburn	True North	Folk Rock
84	Matches	Tragedy Ann	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
85	If Wishes Were Horses	Matt Patershuk	Black Hen	Contemporary Folk
86	Sweet Old Religion	Pharis & Jason Romero	Lula	Traditional Folk
87	The Tree of Forgiveness	John Prine	Oh Boy	Contemporary Folk
88	Through the Deep, Dark Valley	The Oh Hellos	Elektra	Contemporary Folk
89	Rearrange My Heart	Che Apalache	Free Dirt	Traditional Folk
90	All That's Real	Gathering Sparks	Borealis	Contemporary Folk
91	Back to Shore	Shari Ulrich	Borealis	Contemporary Folk
92	Die Happy	Them Coulee Boys	LoHi	Alternative Folk
93	Art of Motion	Andy McKee	Candy Rat	Contemporary Folk
94	The Maes	The Maes	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
95	Casey Joe Lambert	Casey Joe Lambert	Hill Country Artists	Contemporary Folk
96	The Tree	Lori McKenna	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
97	Everything	Darden Smith	Compass	Folk
98	Live at Tiny Telephone	T Sisters	Three Headed Sounds	Contemporary Folk
99	Walk Through Fire	Yola	Nonesuch	Folk Rock
100	Mission Bell	Amos Lee	Blue Note	Folk Rock
101	Aerial Boundaries	Michael Hedges	BMG	Folk
102	Heroin and Helicopters	Citizen Cope	Rainwater	Folk Rock
103	Clocks Slow Down	Greg Jacquin	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
104	Beyond the Box	Alexandr Misko	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
105	Medicine for Living	Alexa Rose	Big Legal Mess	Contemporary Folk
106	Empathy and Comedy	Jay Brown	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
107	The Ocean Wide	Sussex	Lucky Bear	Alternative Folk
108	Straight to Marrow	Clint Alphin	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
109	First Love	David G Smith	Hey Dave	Alternative Folk
110	Sweet Creature	Sophie Buskin	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
111	Folksinger Vol. 2	Willie Watson	Acony	Traditional Folk
112	MWI	Jadea Kelly	Tone Tree	Contemporary Folk
113	Cancel the Sun	The Rails	Psychonaut Sounds	Folk Rock
114	Hangin Drinkin and Stuff	Art and Paul	Columbia/Sony	Traditional Folk
115	Conspirators	Guy Forsyth	Small and Nimble	Contemporary Folk
116	Giant Steps/De Old Folks at Home	Taj Mahal	Sony	Folk
117	A Dotted Line	Nickel Creek	Nonesuch Records	Celtic
118	PseudoMyopia	Rachael Sage	MPress	Contemporary Folk
119	Tree of Shade	Driftwood	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
120	Fragments	Chris Ronald	Borealis	Contemporary Folk
121	Monroe Bus	Andy Statman	Shefa	Traditional Folk
122	March Through Storms	House of Hamill	Self-Release	Folk Rock
123	Swallowed by the New	Glen Phillips	Compass	Alternative Folk
124	Great White Noise	The Sam Chase & the Untraditional	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
125	The Bull Moose Party	Jackson Grimm	Vault	Traditional Folk
126	No One Travels Alone	Jon Brooks	Borealis	Contemporary Folk
127	White Tiger	Ana Egge	StorySound	Contemporary Folk
128	Balancing Act	Judy Nazemetz	Smokey Lady Music	Contemporary Folk
129	Short Stories	Michelle Qureshi	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
130	Tattered	Courtney Hale Revia	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
131	Unfortunate Point of View	Katherine Rondeau	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
132	Who Asked You Back	EllaHarp	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
133	Roots to Rise (Live)	We Banjo 3	We Banjo 3	Celtic
134	Acorns	Ben Winship	Snake River	Contemporary Folk
135	T Sisters	T Sisters	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
136	Talk to a Human	Terri Hendrix	Wilory	Contemporary Folk
137	The Ledges	Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert	Dead Reckoning	Contemporary Folk
138	Many a Moon	James Hill & Anne Janelle	Borealis	Contemporary Folk
139	To the Girl	Joy Zimmerman	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
140	A Shiver in the Sky	The John Byrne Band	Ri-Ra	Folk Rock
141	The Broken Heart of Everything	David Francey	Laker Music	Contemporary Folk
142	No Rain, No Rose	John Craigie	Zabriskie Point	Alternative Folk
143	Canary in a Coal Mine	Tomato/Tomato	Self-Release	Folk Rock
144	Sometimes Just the Sky	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
145	Make Your Own Luck	Mustard's Retreat	Yellow Room	Contemporary Folk
146	Life Between the Lines	Fireside Collective	Self-Release	Folk
147	Oliver the Crow	Oliver the Crow	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
148	Abandoned Companions	Dave McEathron	Watson Ent.	Contemporary Folk
149	Busted Stuff	Dave Matthews Band	BMG	Contemporary Folk
150	What If?	Luca Stricagnoli	Candyrat	Contemporary Folk
151	More Than I Should	Duff Ferguson	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
152	Like the River Loves the Sea	Joan Shelley	No Quarter	Contemporary Folk
153	Take This Hammer	Joe Rollin Porter	Joropo	Alternative Folk
154	All the Little Lights	Passenger	Netterk	Folk Rock
155	Wildwood	Katie Dahl	Leaky Boat	Contemporary Folk
156	Home for the Harvest	Craig Bickhardt	Stone Barn	Contemporary Folk
157	All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do	The Milk Carton Kids	Anti	Contemporary Folk
158	Tongue	The Andrew Collins Trio	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
159	Making Life Sweet	The Early Risers	Itchy Sabot	Contemporary Folk
160	Common Man	Joe Iadanza	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
161	The Canadian River	James Lee Baker	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
162	New Moon Shine	James Taylor	Sony	Contemporary Folk
163	These Wilder Things	Ruth Moody	Red House	Contemporary Folk
164	Shed My Skin	Dan Navarro	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
165	Silence in These Walls	Flatt Lonesome	Mountain Home Music	Contemporary Folk
166	While I Was Asleep	Darling West	Jansen	Contemporary Folk
167	Opening for Steinbeck (Live)	John Craigie	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
168	The Lonesomest Sound That Can Sound	Clay Parker and Jodi James	Electric Wreck	Contemporary Folk
169	Blood Brothers	Jeffrey Foucault	Tone Tree	Contemporary Folk
170	Without Susie	James Lee Stanley	Beachwood	Alternative Folk
171	In My Pocket	Brooksie Wells	Down Home Diva	Contemporary Folk
172	Eighty-Eight	Wild Rivers	Self Release	Contemporary Folk
173	Wooh Dang	Daniel Norgren	Superpuma	Contemporary Folk
174	Shelter	Olivia Chaney	Nonesuch	Contemporary Folk
175	Winter Stories (feat. Chatham County Line)	Judy Collins	Cleopatra	Contemporary Folk
176	Golden Hour	Quote the Raven	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
177	Noonday Dream	Ben Howard	Universal	Contemporary Folk
178	Live in L.A.	Ken Dunn	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
179	Brand New Old-Time Songs	Melissa Carper and Rebecca Patek	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
180	Tempered Tantrum	Lucas Choi Zimbel	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
181	Low Flyin' Planes	Adam Klein	Broken Hill Songs	Alternative Folk
182	Now I'm Free	Bill Scorzari	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
183	Terms of Surrender	Hiss Golden Messenger	Merge	Alternative Folk
184	Folk Music, Vol. 1	Noah Smith	Folk Music	Folk
185	The Hard Stuff	Susan Gibson	Fortherecords	Contemporary Folk
186	Magic Ship	Mountain Man	Nonesuch	Contemporary Folk
187	True in Time	John Gorka	Red House	Traditional Folk
188	Home Again	James Lee Baker	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
189	White on the Blue	The Cody Sisters Band	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
190	Haven	We Banjo 3	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
191	Sunshiner	The Mammals	Humble Abode	Folk Rock
192	Old Ghosts and Lost Causes	Helene Cronin	Self-Release	Folk
193	No Contest	Liam Russell	Hidden Pony	Contemporary Folk
194	Wilderness Years	Jory Nash	Thin Man	Contemporary Folk
195	Pharmakon	Humbird	Green Thumb	Contemporary Folk
196	Phoenix	JigJam	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
197	Carrying on	Kacy & Clayton	New West	Traditional Folk
198	Thanking Jupiter	Bruce C. Stevenson	Pluto Underground	Alternative Folk
199	The Iron Trios	Laurel Premo	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
200	Encore	Greg Jacobs	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Album Chart for the Year of 2019

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2019