The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Oct 17, 2020
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | ...but I'd Rather Be with You | Molly Tuttle | Compass |
| - | 2 | 2 | Asterisk the Universe | John Craigie | Thirty Tigers |
| - | 3 | 3 | Hoosier National | Otis Gibbs | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 4 | 5 | Brother Sister | Watkins Family Hour | Family Hour |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | Friend of the Sky | Cej | Gnosong |
| ▲ | 6 | 16 | Eiderdown | Gordon Thomas Ward | Trespass Music |
| ▲ | 7 | 17 | A Dark Murmuration of Words | Emily Barker | Thirty Tigers |
| ▼ | 8 | 4 | Speed, Sound, Lonely KV | Kurt Vile | Matador |
| ▼ | 9 | 8 | No Cactus | Jackdaw | Cutthroat |
| ▲ | 10 | 14 | Shore | Fleet Foxes | Anti |
| *NEW* | 11 | - | I'd Rather Lead a Band | Loudon Wainwright III | Search Party |
| ▼ | 12 | 10 | Who Cares | David G Smith | Hey Dave |
| ▼ | 13 | 11 | Matamoros | James Kahn | Words and Music |
| ▼ | 14 | 7 | Mondegreens | Rachel Garlin | Self-Release |
| *NEW* | 15 | - | Wonderland | Martha Renaud | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 16 | 19 | Beyond the Box | Alexandr Misko | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 17 | 12 | How to Break a Fall | Maya De Vitry | Mad Maker Studio |
| - | 18 | 18 | Eno Axis | H.C. McEntire | Merge |
| ▲ | 19 | 20 | Every Kingdom | Ben Howard | Universal |
| ▲ | 20 | 22 | And Laurie Lewis | Laurie Lewis | Spruce And Maple |
| ▼ | 21 | 15 | In and Through the Body | Trevor Hall | 3 Rivers |
| ▼ | 22 | 9 | Old Future | Norma MacDonald | Noyes |
| ▼ | 23 | 21 | The Ocean Wide | Sussex | Lucky Bear |
| - | 24 | 24 | Bonny Light Horseman | Bonny Light Horseman | 37d03d |
| ▼ | 25 | 23 | Bird in a Cage | Patty Larkin | Road Narrows |
| ▼ | 26 | 13 | Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine | John McCutcheon | Appalsongs |
| ▼ | 27 | 26 | Without Susie | James Lee Stanley | Beachwood |
| ▲ | 28 | - | The Greatest Part | Becca Mancari | Captured Tracks |
| - | 29 | 29 | Empathy and Comedy | Jay Brown | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 30 | - | Any Kind of Weather | The River Arkansas | Mike Clark |
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