The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2021

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label
1Be Here InsteadParker MillsapOklahoma/Thirty Tigers
2Friend of the SkyCejGnosong
3Asterisk the UniverseJohn CraigieThirty Tigers
4These WallsLinda SussmanSing Out Proud
5Revolutionary Love Ani DiFrancoRighteous Babe
6Brother SisterWatkins Family HourFamily Hour
7That SpellAndrea von KampenFantasy
8CyclesRachel BaimanSignature Sounds
9A Dark Murmuration of WordsEmily BarkerThirty Tigers
10Whoa!Strung Like a HorseTransoceanic
11Girl I Used to BeGarrison StarrSoundly Music
12Quietly Blowing ItHiss Golden MessengerMerge
13Bucket ListJohn McCutcheonAppalseed
14ShoreFleet FoxesAnti
15How Many TimesEsther RoseFather/Daughter
16No CactusJackdawCutthroat
17MatamorosJames KahnWords and Music
18There for YouSteve FreeFraternity
19WonderlandMartha RenaudSelf-Release
20A Place Beyond BeliefSLPSTRM941048 Records DK
21Shall We HopeTony TrischkaShefa
22You, Yeah, YouTre BurtOh Boy
23MondegreensRachel GarlinSelf-Release
24The State That We Are inRachel GarlinSelf-Release
25Hoosier NationalOtis GibbsSelf-Release
26It's a Beautiful Day and I Love YouJillette JohnsonMoss Rose
27On the Wings of the WindAlec Fraser JrCircus Bass
28Highway TroubadourJesse Colin YoungBMG
29Cabin Fever: Songs from the QuarantineJohn McCutcheonAppalsongs
30GeistShannon LaySub Pop
31Carolina ChildRic RobertsonFree Dirt
32How to Break a FallMaya De VitryMad Maker Studio
33NamesakeThem Coulee BoysSome Fun
34No. BloodReid ParsonsUnsigned Seats
35Shadow of the CycloneAaron Nathans & Michael G. RonstadtTrespass Music
36ChangemakersCrys MatthewsSelf-Release
37We Imagined an EndingMatt The ElectricianSelf-Release
38Things Are GreatBand Of HorsesBMG
39Ghost FolkAllysen CallerySelf-Release
40The Canvas Before UsJoy ZimmermanSelf-Release
41The Ocean WideSussexLucky Bear
42Age of ApathyAoife O'DonovanYep Roc
43WithinMichelle Qureshimyndstream
44Jake & FriendsJake ShimabukuroMusic Theories
45What Keeps the Heart AfloatGarrett WielandSelf-Release
46WaysidesBedouineSelf-Release
47SpringshineDebbie CushmanSelf-Release
48The Light We BringTrout Steak RevivalTsrecords
49Now and the EvermoreColin HayCompass
50HooptieDerek BodkinSelf-Release
51Speed, Sound, Lonely KVKurt VileMatador
52Epic JourneyLucas ImbiribaSelf-Release
53Without SusieJames Lee StanleyBeachwood
54Year of the SpiderShannon & The ClamsEasy Eye Sound
55Mortal FlamesJohn DennisSelf-Release
56I'll Be Back SoonTiffany WilliamsSelf-Release
57En MasseMike EdelPennant
58Old FutureNorma MacDonaldNoyes
59Unfollow the Rules (The Paramour Session) [Live]Rufus WainwrightBMG
60Songs of Our Native DaughtersOur Native DaughtersSmithsonian Folkways
61PseudonymousWhiteWater RambleSelf-Release
62SageMichelle QureshiSelf-Release
63Can't Hold the LightQuote the RavenSelf-Release
64We Go On: Si Kahn's Songs of Hope in Hard TimesKatie OatesSelf-Release
65Terms of SurrenderHiss Golden MessengerMerge
66I'd Rather Lead a BandLoudon Wainwright IIISearch Party
67Rewrite the EndingIna May WoolSelf-Release
68Lucky EnoughReed FoehlGreen Mountain
69Lighten UpErin RaeThirty Tigers
70CirclesJeremy GarrettOrganic
71HonestOrdinary ElephantSelf-Release
72The Greatest PartBecca MancariCaptured Tracks
73Scatter the LightEileen IversMusical Bridge
74Empathy and ComedyJay BrownSelf-Release
75And Laurie LewisLaurie LewisSpruce And Maple
76Ghost HotelKaren Morand & The Bosco BoysTrespass Music
77The Light at the End of the LineJanis IanRude Girls
78Low Flyin' PlanesAdam KleinBroken Hill Songs
79Any Kind of WeatherThe River ArkansasMike Clark
80Chasing the SunBobtownSelf-Release
 

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