The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 New York Album Chart
for the Week of Feb 20, 2021
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Uncivil War | Shemekia Copeland | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 2 | 9 | The Corner | Early Times & The High Rollers | VizzTone | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 3 | 18 | Revolutionary Love | Ani DiFranco | Righteous Babe | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 4 | 6 | Tales from the Psychedelta | Kerry Kearney Band | Highlander | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 5 | 8 | Two Sides | Kirsten Thien | Screen Door | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 6 | 10 | Slippin' and Slidin' | The Immediate Family | Quarto Valley | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 7 | 4 | Ain't Done Yet | Savoy Brown | Quarto Valley | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 8 | 7 | Trouble and Strife | Joan Osborne | Womanly Hips | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 9 | 5 | Have Purpose Live Long | Josie Bello | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 10 | 3 | Johnny Iguana's Chicago Spectacular! | Johnny Iguana | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 11 | 15 | The New Abnormal | The Strokes | RCA | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 12 | 63 | Rise Up | Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters | Stony Plain | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 13 | 2 | The Good, the Bad and the Bette | Bette Smith | Ruf | Soul Blues |
| ▲ | 14 | 17 | The Moon is an Ashtray | Miss Tess | Tone Tree | Country Blues |
| ▼ | 15 | 13 | On the Prowl | Stratcat Willie & the Strays | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 16 | 12 | Drive on | Tas Cru | Subcat | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 17 | 11 | Royal Tea | Joe Bonamassa | J&R Adventures | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 18 | 19 | I'd Prefer | Alexander McCabe | WAMCO | Traditional Jazz |
| ▼ | 19 | 16 | Shore | Fleet Foxes | Anti | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 20 | 28 | Jukebox | Wayne Alpern | Henri Elkan Music Co. | Crossover Jazz |
| *NEW* | 21 | - | A Billion Little Lights | Wild Pink | Royal Mountain | Alternative |
| ▲ | 22 | 25 | Introducing... | Aaron Frazer | Easy Eye Sound | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 23 | 20 | I Just Want to Be Horizontal | Samoa Wilson and the Jim Kweskin band | Kingswood | Ragtime |
| *NEW* | 24 | - | Calla Lily | The Brother Brothers | Compass | Contemporary Folk |
| *NEW* | 25 | - | Two Saviors | Buck Meek | Keeled Scales | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 26 | 14 | Rise | Roger Street Friedman | Playroom | Americana Country |
| *NEW* | 27 | - | Highway Troubadour | Jesse Colin Young | BMG | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 28 | 22 | Half Moon Light | The Lone Bellow | Dualtone | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 29 | 24 | 20/20 | The Walk-a-Bout | Shred The Evidence | Alternative Rock |
| ▼ | 30 | 23 | Con Moto | Bill DiCosimo and Edgar Pagán | Sub Cat | Latin Jazz |
| ▼ | 31 | 26 | Once in a Blue Moon | Dave Goddess Group | Emotional | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 32 | 27 | Birmingham | Nescora | Self-Release | Roots Rock |
| ▲ | 33 | 40 | Halfway to Somewhere | Late Night Special | Full Time Pilot | Alternative |
| ▼ | 34 | 21 | Legacy | A Band Called Sam | Highlander | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 35 | - | Memphis Song | Tas Cru | SubCat | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 36 | 29 | Force of Will | Dave Fields | Self-Release | Blues Rock |
| *NEW* | 37 | - | These Walls | Linda Sussman | Sing Out Proud | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 38 | 30 | Every Road | Linda Sussman | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 39 | 34 | Prove It on Me | Rory Block | Stony Plain | Acoustic Blues |
| ▼ | 40 | 32 | Pass It on Down | Linda Sussman | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 41 | 66 | All in All | Dan Wilensky | Polyglot Music | Jazz |
| ▼ | 42 | 31 | Shall We Hope | Tony Trischka | Shefa | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 43 | 35 | In Isolation | Elle King | RCA | Alternative Rock |
| ▼ | 44 | 37 | Kids Like Us | The Grahams | Three Sirens | Roots Rock |
| ▼ | 45 | 41 | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Epic | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 46 | 69 | You Must Believe in Spring | Sue Anne Gershenzon | Self-Release | Traditional Jazz |
| ▼ | 47 | 39 | Waltz for Abilene | Cindy Cashdollar | Silver Shot | Americana Country |
| - | 48 | 48 | 100 Days, 100 Nights | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone | Soul |
| ▼ | 49 | 44 | Monroe Bus | Andy Statman | Shefa | Traditional Folk |
| - | 50 | 50 | I Can Still Hear You | Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche | StorySound | Contemporary Folk |
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