The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2023

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label
1Yellow PerilNat MyersEasy Eye Sound
2Witness TreesDavid G SmithHey Dave
3Wide Open LightBen HarperChrysalis
4Jump for JoyHiss Golden MessengerMerge
5Emotional ContractsDeer TickATO
6Lay Your Darkness DownMark ErelliSoundly
712th of JuneLyle LovettVerve
8Safe to RunEsther RoseNew West
9Dang FoolEric SelbySelf-Release
10There is So Much HereGlen PhillipsCompass
11A Murder of SongsGrant PeeplesSelf-Release
12Moving on SkiffleVan MorrisonVirgin Music
13Shake It Loose TodayLinda SussmanSing Out Proud
14Everyday LegendsLinda MarksSelf-Release
15Now and the EvermoreColin HayCompass
16Whispers from the WoodsGordon Thomas WardTrespass Music
17OutpouringsCraig BickhardtSelf-Release
18How Can I Say This?Annie CappsSelf-Release
19Accentuate the PositiveVan MorrisonExile
20Where ZatJohn Roy ZatFlyin Bayou
21I'm Your HuckleberryTommy GoucherSelf-Release
22There for YouSteve FreeFraternity
23All Souls HillThe WaterboysCooking Vinyl
24BonesMelissa RuthSelf-Release
25Come Back to MePeter OneVerve Forecast
26Mermaid SaltJohn CraigieSelf-Release
27Meantime's UpJon Stickley TrioOrganic
28Big TalkJarrod DickensonHooked
29Rolling Golden HolyBonny Light Horseman37d03d
30What You Feel is RealNina De VitrySelf-Release
31Phil Lee and Other Old Time FavoritesPhil LeeSelf-Release
32Uncertain CountryGreat Lake SwimmersPheromone
33Southern SunJohn DonovanSelf-Release
34Blue-Twangled Folk N RollReckless SaintsShiny Gnu
35Snake CreekPixie and The Partygrass BoysSelf-Release
36A Place Beyond BeliefSLPSTRM941048 Records DK
37WhiplashJobi RiccioYep Roc
38Year of the SpiderShannon & The ClamsEasy Eye Sound
39Age of ApathyAoife O'DonovanYep Roc
40The Rainbow Wheel of DeathDougie PooleWharf Cat
418th WonderThe National ParksSelf-Release
42Seek the Love You're YearningBrian Gore Guitar PoetSelf-Release
43LifelineLaura ZuckerSelf-Release
44ShufflemaniaRobyn HitchcockTiny Ghost
45CloudsThe Ballroom ThievesNettwerk
46From Self, with LoveLowland HumTone Tree
47Blurry VisionShred KellySelf-Release
48The Darkest BrillianceCoastwest UnrestReclaim
49At the RoadhouseThe Paper KitesNettwerk
50Breaking the ThermometerLeyla McCallaAnti
51GoldCarter SampsonHorton
52Quietly Blowing ItHiss Golden MessengerMerge
53WithinMichelle Qureshimyndstream
54HomemakerJill BarberOutside
55Love is the Only ThingPeter MulveyRighteous Babe
56Sem Olhar Ao TempoManuel MaioSons Vadios
57HalfsiesLizzie NoThirty Tigers
58WintertideBrittany JeanSelf-Release
59Something from NothingChris Williams & Kid ReverieGray Sun
60Beyond the Great PauseDoug Cox & Linda McRaeSelf-Release
61Paint HorseBenjamin Dakota RogersGood People
62John 20:20Reid JamiesonSelf-Release
63Is This Now?Rena GuinnSelf-Release
64AgnesKeegan McInroeSelf-Release
65HonestOrdinary ElephantSelf-Release
66Cover ArtThe AccidentalsSelf-Release
67Leap!John McCutcheonAppalsongs
68Wherever You Aren'tElizabeth MoenSelf-Release
69Acoustic CrossroadsBrad StrangSelf-Release
70Colors & CoversBrittany JeanSelf-Release
71Much Further out Than Inevitable: a Fiddle and Banjo Tribute to Some Music of John HartfordJohn ShowmanSelf-Release
72Carving CanyonsLissieLionbo
73Cat Power Sings Dylan: the 1966 Royal Albert Hall ConcertCat PowerDomino
74Dusty HighwayDavid GelmanSelf-Release
75Le OlemAlex KrawczykMTS
76Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True ConfessionsThe Dream SyndicateFire
77Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)Joni MitchellRhino
78Trevor Hall and the Great In-BetweenTrevor Hall3 Rivers
79I Can Face the TruthDana CooperSelf-Release
80Gold on the HorizonOur Man in the FieldIn the Field
81Walk AloneJosh GraySelf-Release
82A Beautiful WorldCalista GarciaSelf-Release
83Two Singing SongsBen GageSelf-Release
84How Many TimesEsther RoseFather/Daughter
85ArtifactsHello June31 Tigers
86A Very Lonely SolsticeFleet FoxesAnti
87About the WinterBarbaroStorySound
88Revolutionary Love Ani DiFrancoRighteous Babe
89Lucky EnoughReed FoehlGreen Mountain
90PseudonymousWhiteWater RambleSelf-Release
91Pagan ChurchJohn CraigieLeslie/Songlines
92Day by DayTimothy B. SchmitSelf-Release
93The Light at the End of the LineJanis IanRude Girls
94The Past is Still AliveHurray for the Riff RaffNonesuch
95Watkins Family Hour Vol. IIWatkins Family HourFamily Hour/Thirty Tigers
96Blow My CoverAjay MathurYakketeeyak
97The Long GameJohnathan RiceMano Walker
98Truth isVanessa LivelySelf-Release
99Don't Be DiscouragedPeter LehndorffSelf-Release
100Brother SisterWatkins Family HourFamily Hour
101Gravity, Wings, and Heavy ThingsChuck BrodskySelf-Release
102That Was You and MeFortunate OnesSonic
103JabberwockiesWes CollinsSelf-Release
104Terms of SurrenderHiss Golden MessengerMerge
105We Imagined an EndingMatt The ElectricianSelf-Release
106Whoa!Strung Like a HorseTransoceanic
107Bucket ListJohn McCutcheonAppalseed
108The State That We Are inRachel GarlinSelf-Release
109Floating on a DreamAvi KaplanFantasy
110Asterisk the UniverseJohn CraigieThirty Tigers
111That SpellAndrea von KampenFantasy
112Jake & FriendsJake ShimabukuroMusic Theories
 

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