The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2022

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label
112th of JuneLyle LovettVerve
2Things Are GreatBand Of HorsesBMG
3Age of ApathyAoife O'DonovanYep Roc
4Violet LightMaya De VitrySelf-Release
5Mermaid SaltJohn CraigieSelf-Release
6Now and the EvermoreColin HayCompass
7Phil Lee and Other Old Time FavoritesPhil LeeSelf-Release
8Lighten UpErin RaeThirty Tigers
9The Light at the End of the LineJanis IanRude Girls
10Where ZatJohn Roy ZatFlyin Bayou
11All Souls HillThe WaterboysCooking Vinyl
12The State That We Are inRachel GarlinSelf-Release
13Shake It Loose TodayLinda SussmanSing Out Proud
14Floating on a DreamAvi KaplanFantasy
15That SpellAndrea von KampenFantasy
16I Can Face the TruthDana CooperSelf-Release
17Watkins Family Hour Vol. IIWatkins Family HourFamily Hour/Thirty Tigers
18CyclesRachel BaimanSignature Sounds
19Love is the Only ThingPeter MulveyRighteous Babe
20Bucket ListJohn McCutcheonAppalseed
21Quietly Blowing ItHiss Golden MessengerMerge
22Be Here InsteadParker MillsapOklahoma/Thirty Tigers
23Breaking the ThermometerLeyla McCallaAnti
24MoonfloraRiver WhylessSoundly
25CloudsThe Ballroom ThievesNettwerk
26There's No Going BackBrandon ReevesSelf-Release
27No. BloodReid ParsonsUnsigned Seats
28Head Above WaterHeather SaronaSelf-Release
29I'm Your HuckleberryTommy GoucherSelf-Release
30Still LifeCarson McHoneMerge
31Day by DayTimothy B. SchmitSelf-Release
32SleeperAnna AshSelf-Release
33Heart over HeadCassie Jean and the FirefliesSelf-Release
34Southern CurrencyJefferson Ross Self-Release
35The Canvas Before UsJoy ZimmermanSelf-Release
36A Very Lonely SolsticeFleet FoxesAnti
37That Was You and MeFortunate OnesSonic
38A Place Beyond BeliefSLPSTRM941048 Records DK
39Good Luck, Take CareTerry KleinSelf-Release
40Whispers from the WoodsGordon Thomas WardTrespass Music
41There is So Much HereGlen PhillipsCompass
42Gravity, Wings, and Heavy ThingsChuck BrodskySelf-Release
43These WallsLinda SussmanSing Out Proud
44WaysidesBedouineSelf-Release
45Rolling Golden HolyBonny Light Horseman37d03d
46Jake & FriendsJake ShimabukuroMusic Theories
47You, Yeah, YouTre BurtOh Boy
48JabberwockiesWes CollinsSelf-Release
49Snake CreekPixie and The Partygrass BoysSelf-Release
50Can't Hold the LightQuote the RavenSelf-Release
51The Darkest BrillianceCoastwest UnrestReclaim
52GeistShannon LaySub Pop
53Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True ConfessionsThe Dream SyndicateFire
54New GirlJamie DrakeAnti-Fragile
55A Dark Murmuration of WordsEmily BarkerThirty Tigers
56The GardenBasia BulatSecret City
57Year of the SpiderShannon & The ClamsEasy Eye Sound
58New Waves (Live Recordings ’19-’21)Leif VollebekkSecret City
59The Ocean WideSussexLucky Bear
60The Past is Still AliveHurray for the Riff RaffNonesuch
61Leap!John McCutcheonAppalsongs
62Truth isVanessa LivelySelf-Release
63Don't Be DiscouragedPeter LehndorffSelf-Release
64Stevie CornellStevie CornellSonoma-Sonic
65Woodlands HideoutSLPSTRMMore Cowbell
66Ghost HotelKaren Morand & The Bosco BoysTrespass Music
67NamesakeThem Coulee BoysSome Fun
68Much Further out Than Inevitable: a Fiddle and Banjo Tribute to Some Music of John HartfordJohn ShowmanSelf-Release
69Carving CanyonsLissieLionbo
70Revolutionary Love Ani DiFrancoRighteous Babe
71Le OlemAlex KrawczykMTS
72ShufflemaniaRobyn HitchcockTiny Ghost
73A Beautiful WorldCalista GarciaSelf-Release
74St. Paul's BoulevardMichael McDermottPauper Sky
75Moving on SkiffleVan MorrisonVirgin Music
76Rewrite the EndingIna May WoolSelf-Release
77DustThe Dead TonguesPsychic Hotline
78Shall We HopeTony TrischkaShefa
79A Winter WonderfulWe Banjo 3Self-Release
80Insomnia Waking DreamBettySooSelf-Release
81HonestOrdinary ElephantSelf-Release
82OverthinkingDauzat St. MarieSelf-Release
83ShoreFleet FoxesAnti
84Don't Go Back to SleepChris Chandler & Paul BenoitSelf-Release
85Come CloseBaby No NameSelf-Release
86Asterisk the UniverseJohn CraigieThirty Tigers
87PseudonymousWhiteWater RambleSelf-Release
88Whoa!Strung Like a HorseTransoceanic
89How Many TimesEsther RoseFather/Daughter
90It's a Beautiful Day and I Love YouJillette JohnsonMoss Rose
91We Imagined an EndingMatt The ElectricianSelf-Release
92Brother SisterWatkins Family HourFamily Hour
93Wherever You Aren'tElizabeth MoenSelf-Release
94Coconut Bunny CakeNadia AckermanSelf-Release
95Cabin Fever: Songs from the QuarantineJohn McCutcheonAppalsongs
96The Light We BringTrout Steak RevivalTsrecords
97Lucky EnoughReed FoehlGreen Mountain
98Empathy and ComedyJay BrownSelf-Release
99Terms of SurrenderHiss Golden MessengerMerge
100Ghost FolkAllysen CallerySelf-Release
101We'll Dance AgainFolkapotamusPhat Cat
102Scatter the LightEileen IversMusical Bridge
103I'll Be Back SoonTiffany WilliamsSelf-Release
104WintertideBrittany JeanSelf-Release
105What Keeps the Heart AfloatGarrett WielandSelf-Release
 

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