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
4Dark Enough to See the StarsMary GauthierSelf-Release
5Violet LightMaya De VitrySelf-Release
6Mermaid SaltJohn CraigieSelf-Release
7Now and the EvermoreColin HayCompass
8Phil Lee and Other Old Time FavoritesPhil LeeSelf-Release
9Lighten UpErin RaeThirty Tigers
10The Light at the End of the LineJanis IanRude Girls
11Where ZatJohn Roy ZatFlyin Bayou
12All Souls HillThe WaterboysCooking Vinyl
13The State That We Are inRachel GarlinSelf-Release
14Shake It Loose TodayLinda SussmanSing Out Proud
15Floating on a DreamAvi KaplanFantasy
16That SpellAndrea von KampenFantasy
17I Can Face the TruthDana CooperSelf-Release
18Watkins Family Hour Vol. IIWatkins Family HourFamily Hour/Thirty Tigers
19CyclesRachel BaimanSignature Sounds
20Love is the Only ThingPeter MulveyRighteous Babe
21Bucket ListJohn McCutcheonAppalseed
22Quietly Blowing ItHiss Golden MessengerMerge
23Be Here InsteadParker MillsapOklahoma/Thirty Tigers
24Breaking the ThermometerLeyla McCallaAnti
25MoonfloraRiver WhylessSoundly
26CloudsThe Ballroom ThievesNettwerk
27There's No Going BackBrandon ReevesSelf-Release
28No. BloodReid ParsonsUnsigned Seats
29Head Above WaterHeather SaronaSelf-Release
30I'm Your HuckleberryTommy GoucherSelf-Release
31Still LifeCarson McHoneMerge
32Day by DayTimothy B. SchmitSelf-Release
33SleeperAnna AshSelf-Release
34Heart over HeadCassie Jean and the FirefliesSelf-Release
35Southern CurrencyJefferson Ross Self-Release
36The Canvas Before UsJoy ZimmermanSelf-Release
37A Very Lonely SolsticeFleet FoxesAnti
38That Was You and MeFortunate OnesSonic
39A Place Beyond BeliefSLPSTRM941048 Records DK
40Good Luck, Take CareTerry KleinSelf-Release
41Whispers from the WoodsGordon Thomas WardTrespass Music
42There is So Much HereGlen PhillipsCompass
43Gravity, Wings, and Heavy ThingsChuck BrodskySelf-Release
44These WallsLinda SussmanSing Out Proud
45WaysidesBedouineSelf-Release
46Rolling Golden HolyBonny Light Horseman37d03d
47Jake & FriendsJake ShimabukuroMusic Theories
48You, Yeah, YouTre BurtOh Boy
49JabberwockiesWes CollinsSelf-Release
50Snake CreekPixie and The Partygrass BoysSelf-Release
51Can't Hold the LightQuote the RavenSelf-Release
52The Darkest BrillianceCoastwest UnrestReclaim
53GeistShannon LaySub Pop
54Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True ConfessionsThe Dream SyndicateFire
55New GirlJamie DrakeAnti-Fragile
56A Dark Murmuration of WordsEmily BarkerThirty Tigers
57The GardenBasia BulatSecret City
58Year of the SpiderShannon & The ClamsEasy Eye Sound
59New Waves (Live Recordings ’19-’21)Leif VollebekkSecret City
60The Ocean WideSussexLucky Bear
61The Past is Still AliveHurray for the Riff RaffNonesuch
62Leap!John McCutcheonAppalsongs
63Truth isVanessa LivelySelf-Release
64Don't Be DiscouragedPeter LehndorffSelf-Release
65Stevie CornellStevie CornellSonoma-Sonic
66Woodlands HideoutSLPSTRMMore Cowbell
67Ghost HotelKaren Morand & The Bosco BoysTrespass Music
68NamesakeThem Coulee BoysSome Fun
69Arsonist DaughterAspen JacobsenSelf-Release
70Man with the MuseBryce Ernest TaylorSelf-Release
71Much Further out Than Inevitable: a Fiddle and Banjo Tribute to Some Music of John HartfordJohn ShowmanSelf-Release
72Carving CanyonsLissieLionbo
73Revolutionary Love Ani DiFrancoRighteous Babe
74Le OlemAlex KrawczykMTS
75ShufflemaniaRobyn HitchcockTiny Ghost
76A Beautiful WorldCalista GarciaSelf-Release
77St. Paul's BoulevardMichael McDermottPauper Sky
78Moving on SkiffleVan MorrisonVirgin Music
79Rewrite the EndingIna May WoolSelf-Release
80DustThe Dead TonguesPsychic Hotline
81Shall We HopeTony TrischkaShefa
82A Winter WonderfulWe Banjo 3Self-Release
83Insomnia Waking DreamBettySooSelf-Release
84HonestOrdinary ElephantSelf-Release
85OverthinkingDauzat St. MarieSelf-Release
86ShoreFleet FoxesAnti
87Don't Go Back to SleepChris Chandler & Paul BenoitSelf-Release
88Come CloseBaby No NameSelf-Release
89Asterisk the UniverseJohn CraigieThirty Tigers
90PseudonymousWhiteWater RambleSelf-Release
91Whoa!Strung Like a HorseTransoceanic
92How Many TimesEsther RoseFather/Daughter
93It's a Beautiful Day and I Love YouJillette JohnsonMoss Rose
94We Imagined an EndingMatt The ElectricianSelf-Release
95Brother SisterWatkins Family HourFamily Hour
96Wherever You Aren'tElizabeth MoenSelf-Release
97Coconut Bunny CakeNadia AckermanSelf-Release
98Cabin Fever: Songs from the QuarantineJohn McCutcheonAppalsongs
99The Light We BringTrout Steak RevivalTsrecords
100Lucky EnoughReed FoehlGreen Mountain
101Empathy and ComedyJay BrownSelf-Release
102Terms of SurrenderHiss Golden MessengerMerge
103Ghost FolkAllysen CallerySelf-Release
104We'll Dance AgainFolkapotamusPhat Cat
105Scatter the LightEileen IversMusical Bridge
106I'll Be Back SoonTiffany WilliamsSelf-Release
107WintertideBrittany JeanSelf-Release
108What Keeps the Heart AfloatGarrett WielandSelf-Release
 

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