The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asterisk the Universe | John Craigie | Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | Brother Sister | Watkins Family Hour | Family Hour |
| 3 | Bonny Light Horseman | Bonny Light Horseman | 37d03d |
| 4 | No Cactus | Jackdaw | Cutthroat |
| 5 | Mondegreens | Rachel Garlin | Self-Release |
| 6 | Matamoros | James Kahn | Words and Music |
| 7 | Songs of Our Native Daughters | Our Native Daughters | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 8 | A Dark Murmuration of Words | Emily Barker | Thirty Tigers |
| 9 | Friend of the Sky | Cej | Gnosong |
| 10 | The Ocean Wide | Sussex | Lucky Bear |
| 11 | Without Susie | James Lee Stanley | Beachwood |
| 12 | How to Break a Fall | Maya De Vitry | Mad Maker Studio |
| 13 | Hoosier National | Otis Gibbs | Self-Release |
| 14 | Chasing the Sun | Bobtown | Self-Release |
| 15 | Going to the Well | Linda McRae | 42RPM |
| 16 | And Laurie Lewis | Laurie Lewis | Spruce And Maple |
| 17 | The Light We Bring | Trout Steak Revival | Tsrecords |
| 18 | A Shiver in the Sky | The John Byrne Band | Ri-Ra |
| 19 | Circles | Jeremy Garrett | Organic |
| 20 | Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine | John McCutcheon | Appalsongs |
| 21 | Honest | Ordinary Elephant | Self-Release |
| 22 | Mortal Flames | John Dennis | Self-Release |
| 23 | Speed, Sound, Lonely KV | Kurt Vile | Matador |
| 24 | This Little Town | The W Lovers | Self-Release |
| 25 | More Than I Should | Duff Ferguson | Self-Release |
| 26 | Old Future | Norma MacDonald | Noyes |
| 27 | Bird in a Cage | Patty Larkin | Road Narrows |
| 28 | Shore | Fleet Foxes | Anti |
| 29 | Sage | Michelle Qureshi | Self-Release |
| 30 | Greening the Dark | Debra Cowan | Muzzy House Music |
| 31 | Wonderland | Martha Renaud | Self-Release |
| 32 | Die Happy | Them Coulee Boys | LoHi |
| 33 | Browse Line | Kris and Dee | Self-Release |
| 34 | Bad Wife | Grant Peeples | Self-Release |
| 35 | Now and the Evermore | Colin Hay | Compass |
| 36 | Happy Hour on the Floor | Parsonsfield | Signature Sounds |
| 37 | Shadow of the Cyclone | Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt | Trespass Music |
| 38 | Unlovely | The Ballroom Thieves | Nettwerk |
| 39 | Pseudonymous | WhiteWater Ramble | Self-Release |
| 40 | Eno Axis | H.C. McEntire | Merge |
| 41 | Another Burn on the Astroturf | Bart Budwig | Fluff & Gravy |
| 42 | Little Bones | Irish Mythen | Self-Release |
| 43 | The Greatest Part | Becca Mancari | Captured Tracks |
| 44 | Empathy and Comedy | Jay Brown | Self-Release |
| 45 | Transmigration Blues | The Dead Tongues | Psychic Hotline |
| 46 | In and Through the Body | Trevor Hall | 3 Rivers |
| 47 | Hooptie | Derek Bodkin | Self-Release |
| 48 | Unfollow the Rules | Rufus Wainwright | BMG |
| 49 | I'd Rather Lead a Band | Loudon Wainwright III | Search Party |
| 50 | En Masse | Mike Edel | Pennant |
| 51 | Old Ghosts and Lost Causes | Helene Cronin | Self-Release |
| 52 | Shades of Blue | Lynne Taylor | Self-Release |
| 53 | Here & Now | Distant Cousins | Jullian |
| 54 | A Place Beyond Belief | SLPSTRM | 941048 Records DK |
| 55 | Whoa! | Strung Like a Horse | Transoceanic |
| 56 | Luminous Darkness | Parker Gray | Gallway Bay |
| 57 | Wrestling with the Mystery | Nick Nace | Self-Release |
| 58 | John 20:20 | Reid Jamieson | Self-Release |
| 59 | Terms of Surrender | Hiss Golden Messenger | Merge |
| 60 | Scatter the Light | Eileen Ivers | Musical Bridge |
| 61 | Lucky Enough | Reed Foehl | Green Mountain |
| 62 | Now I'm Free | Bill Scorzari | Self-Release |
| 63 | Last Surviving Son | David Gelman | Self-Release |
| 64 | Any Kind of Weather | The River Arkansas | Mike Clark |
| 65 | Low Flyin' Planes | Adam Klein | Broken Hill Songs |
| 66 | Best of Many Days | Michael Veitch | Self-Release |
| 67 | I'll Be Back Soon | Tiffany Williams | Self-Release |
| 68 | I Can Face the Truth | Dana Cooper | Self-Release |
| 69 | Between the Tracks | Steve Eulberg | Owl Mountain |
| 70 | Roll on | Ernie Hendrickson | Lo Hi |
| 71 | Winter is for Lovers | Ben Harper | Anti |
| 72 | Leave No Bridge Unburned | Whitehorse | Six Shooter |
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