The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 New York Album Chart
for the Week of May 21, 2022
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 5 | Heavy Load Blues | Gov't Mule | Concord | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 2 | 1 | Borrowed Time | Dana Fuchs | Ruf | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 3 | 2 | Mercy Me | Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters | Stony Plain | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 4 | 7 | Stomping Ground | Dion | Keeping The Blues Alive | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 5 | 8 | Hell on Church Street | Punch Brothers | Nonesuch | Progressive Bluegrass |
| - | 6 | 6 | My Bluegrass Heart | Bela Fleck | Renew | Traditional Bluegrass |
| ▼ | 7 | 4 | Time out Session #2 | The Accidentals | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 8 | 10 | Emotional Gangster | Popa Chubby | DixieFrog | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 9 | 3 | Badder to the Bone | Eliza Neals | E-H | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 10 | 9 | Strike Up the Band | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix | Woodstock | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 11 | 16 | Age of Apathy | Aoife O'Donovan | Yep Roc | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 12 | 11 | Laurel Hell | Mitski | Dead Oceans | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 13 | 14 | DobroSinger | Abbie Gardner | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 14 | 12 | Truth Hurts | Regina Bonelli | True Groove | Soul Blues |
| ▲ | 15 | 21 | Resilience | Josie Bello | Guitar One | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 16 | 13 | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You | Big Thief | 4AD | Roots Rock |
| ▲ | 17 | 18 | WE ARE | Jon Batiste | Verve | Soul |
| ▼ | 18 | 15 | Dear America | Eric Bibb | Provogue | Acoustic Blues |
| ▼ | 19 | 17 | I'll Meet You Here | Dar Williams | Renew | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 20 | 22 | DIVA Swings Broadway | The DIVA Jazz Orchestra | Self-Release | Big Band |
| ▲ | 21 | 24 | Floating Ghost Hotel | Slink Moss Explosion | Hi-Style | Rockabilly |
| ▼ | 22 | 19 | Send for Me | Catherine Russell | Dot Time | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 23 | 20 | We've Been Going About This All Wrong | Sharon Van Etten | Unknown | Alternative |
| ▲ | 24 | 25 | Songs from the Green Couch | Seth Swirsky | Lolipop | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 25 | 23 | Always | Eric Krasno | Mascot | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 26 | 27 | Spencer Gets It Lit | Jon Spencer & the HITmakers | Sony | Progressive Rock |
| ▲ | 27 | 28 | Vortex | Kenny Shanker | Wise Cat | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 28 | 29 | Finesse | Sergio Pereira | SedaJazz | Latin Jazz |
| ▲ | 29 | 31 | Ballads: into the Heart of It | Steve Slagle | Panorama | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 30 | 30 | Surrender | Maggie Rogers | Capitol | Alternative |
| ▲ | 31 | 32 | Spellbound | Judy Collins | Cleopatra | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 32 | 33 | First Things First | Boris Kozlov | Posi-Tone | Jazz |
| ▼ | 33 | 26 | Ghost Song | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Nonesuch | Jazz |
| ▲ | 34 | 35 | On the Town, Pete Malinverni Plays Leonard Bernstein | Pete Malinverni | Planet Arts | Traditional Jazz |
| ▲ | 35 | 36 | Shines Like Gold | The Weight Band | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 36 | 38 | Hello from the End of the World | Trae Sheehan | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 37 | 57 | Vessel | The Accidentals | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 38 | 39 | Aesthetic | Aaron Bazzell | Self-Release | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▲ | 39 | - | Be Ready when I Call You | Guy Davis | M.C. | Acoustic Blues |
| - | 40 | 40 | Night Train to Copenhagen | Alvin Queen Trio | Stunt | Jazz |
| ▲ | 41 | 43 | Song to a Refugee | Diana Jones | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 42 | 44 | Barbara | Barrie | Winspear | Adult Contemporary |
| ▲ | 43 | 66 | Audio Drag for Ego Slobs | Gustaf | Royal Mountain | Punk Rock |
| ▲ | 44 | - | Blues All over My Shoes | Hanna PK | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 45 | 46 | Sundrops on the Water - Reflections | The Sharp Flatpickers | Mountain Fever | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| *NEW* | 46 | - | Ancient Grains | Will Bernard | Posi-Tone | Acid Jazz |
| ▼ | 47 | 45 | Nascentia (Birth) | Steve Slagle | Panorama | Contemporary Jazz |
| ▼ | 48 | 34 | In the Aftermath | Hollis Brown | Mascot | Rock & Roll |
| ▼ | 49 | 47 | Calla Lily | The Brother Brothers | Compass | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 50 | 48 | Mustang Blues | John Earl Walker | Self Release | Contemporary Blues |
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