The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Bluegrass Album Chart
for the Year of 2021
Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Distance and Time | Becky Buller | Dark Shadow |
2 | Fall Like Rain | Justin Moses | Mountain Fever |
3 | Things She Couldn't Get over | Dale Ann Bradley | Pinecastle |
4 | Renewal | Billy Strings | Rounder |
5 | Brand New Good Old Days | Leftover Salmon | Compass |
6 | Sundrops on the Water - Reflections | The Sharp Flatpickers | Mountain Fever |
7 | Roundtable | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver | Billy Blue |
8 | Chicago Barn Dance | Special Consensus | Compass |
9 | Up All Night | The Grascals | Mountain Home |
10 | Swing for the Fences (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass | Pinecastle |
11 | Where the Trees Know My Name | Larry Cordle | Self-Release |
12 | With You | Kenny & Amanda Smith | Farm Bot |
13 | + 1 | Mike Barnett | Compass |
14 | Freedom, Love, and the Open Road | Lindley Creek | Pinecastle |
15 | Ordinary Soul | Stephen Mougin | Dark Shadow |
16 | Banjo Player's Blues | High Fidelity | Rebel |
17 | Tina Adair | Tina Adair | Engelhardt Music |
18 | Bad for You | The Steeldrivers | Rounder |
19 | This Life We're Livin' | Darin & Brooke Aldridge | Billy Blue |
20 | Bluegrass Troubadour | Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass | Pinecastle |
21 | Still Here (With Tim Stafford) | Steve Gulley | Mountain Home |
22 | The Secret of Life | Daryl Mosley | Pinecastle |
23 | Blues Around My Cabin | Flashback | Pinecastle |
24 | Make Each Second Last | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers | Moutain Home |
25 | Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2 (Cowboy Arms Sessions) | Sturgill Simpson | High Top Mountain |
26 | Bill Monroe’s Ol’ Mandolin | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road | Pinecastle |
27 | Bridges and Backroads | Jerry Salley | Very Jerry |
28 | Early in the Morning | Byron Berline | Double Stop Music |
29 | A Miner's Life | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band | Calv'ry |
30 | Family Reunion | Della Mae | Soundly |
31 | The Next Mountain | Rick Faris | Dark Shadows |
32 | Music is What I See | Rhonda Vincent | Upper Management |
33 | Tall Fiddler | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper | Compass |
34 | How I Hear It | Jeremy Stephens | Rebel |
35 | Narrowing the Gap | Amanda Cook | Mountain Fever |
36 | No Headlights | Kristy Cox | Mountain Fever |
37 | I'll Come Back | AJ Lee & Blue Summit | Old White Horse |
38 | Authentic | Band Of Ruhks | Rebel |
39 | Straighten the Curves | The Grascals | Crossroads |
40 | Fast Track | Fast Track | Engelhardt Music Group |
41 | Undeniable | Nothin' Fancy | Mountain Fever |
42 | Inner Journey | Darin & Brooke Aldridge | Rounder |
43 | Waiting out the Storm | Billy Droze | Self-Release |
44 | To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 1 | Thomm Jutz | Mountain Home |
45 | 25 Trips | Sierra Hull | Rounder |
46 | Blue Haze (feat. Scott Vestal, Missy Raines & Shawn Lane) | Robert Hale & the 8th Wonder Band | Pinecastle |
47 | Renaissance | Billy Droze | Rural Rhythm |
48 | Breaking in Lonesome | Rick Faris | Dark Shadow |
49 | Wings of a Jetliner | Nate Lee | Adverb |
50 | My Remedy | Missy Armstrong | Melton & Miller |
51 | Elements | Fireside Collective | Mountain Home |
52 | Oh Darlin' | Bradley & Adair | Pinecastle |
53 | Renaissance | Valerie Smith | Bell Buckle |
54 | The Lonesome Season | Andrew Crawford | Bonfire |
55 | Small Town Dreamer | Daryl Mosley | Pinecastle |
56 | The Goodwin Bros. | The Goodwin Brothers | The 615 Hideaway |
57 | Leave the Porch Light on | Kim Robins | Pinecastle |
58 | 4.0 | The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet | Pinecastle |
59 | Inside the Lines | Nick Chandler & Delivered | The 615 Hideaway |
60 | People, Places, and Songs | Greg Blake | Turnberry |
61 | Twenty | Deeper Shade Of Blue | Pinecastle |
62 | Arrows | Bowregard | Bowregard |
63 | I Hope You Have a Good Life | The Gina Furtado Project | Mountain Home Music Company |
64 | Imaginary Lines | Unspoken Tradition | Mountain Home |
65 | Salem Town | Backline | Mountain Fever |
66 | Chronicle: Friends and Music | Gena Britt | Pinecastle |
67 | Where the Dogs Don't Bite | Old Salt Union | Compass |
68 | Baby You're Gone | Tacie and the Sunshine Band | Self-Release |
69 | Grass Stains | Carson Peters & Iron Mountain | FCP Productions |
70 | Jake Eddy | Jake Eddy | Self-Release |
71 | To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 2 | Thomm Jutz | Mountain Home |
72 | Bluegrass at the Crossroads | Bluegrass at the Crossroads | Mountain Home Music |
73 | Ronnie Bowman | Ronnie Bowman | Engelhardt Music Group |
74 | The Dark Side of Lonesome | Edgar Loudermilk Band | Rural Rhythm |
75 | Circle Up | Deanie Richardson | EMG |
76 | Songs for the Sparrows | Nefesh Mountain | Eden Sky |
77 | Waiting on a Ride | Songs From The Road Band | LDT |
78 | Lovin' and Leavin' (A Bluegrass Tribute to Mickey Clark) | Aaron Bibelhauser | Self-Release |
79 | Pieces | Jason Barie | Billy Blue |
80 | Pay Your Dues | Songs From The Road Band | Charles Humphrey III |
81 | Headed South | Crandall Creek | Bell Buckle |
82 | Memories of Home | The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet | Pinecastle |
83 | The Storyteller in Me | Daniel Crabtree | Codel |
84 | Headlight | Della Mae | Rounder |
85 | Destination Horizon | The Plate Scrapers | Self-Release |
86 | With the Bass in Mind | Jeff Picker | Self-Release |
87 | In Dreams I Go Back | Seth Mulder & Midnight Run | Mountain Fever |
88 | The Bull Mountain Moonshiners' Way | Jesse McReynolds | Self-Release |
89 | Classy. Sassy. Bluegrassy. | Williamson Branch | Pinecastle |
90 | Live in Prague, Czech Republic | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver | Billy Blue |
91 | Dixieland for Me | Mikayla Burrows | Self-Release |
92 | Love Somebody | The Goodfellers | Bell Buckle |
93 | Hold on to Your Heart | Shannon Slaughter | Self-Release |
94 | The Choosing Road | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers | Mountain Home |
95 | Hindsight is 2020 | Colebrook Road | Mountain Fever |
96 | Story of a Beautiful Life | Nick Dumas | Self-Release |
97 | Modern Old Time Sounds for the Bluegrass and Folksong Jamboree | The Lonesome Ace Stringband | Self-Release |
98 | Swingbilly Swagger | Five Mile Mountain Road | Patuxent |
99 | East Nash Grass | East Nash Grass | Lamb Lyfe |
100 | The American Fiddler | Andy Leftwich | Mountain Home Music |
101 | Roses | Jackson Hollow | Mountain Fever |
102 | Changes | The Seldom Scene | Rounder |
103 | Pictures | Hammertowne | Mountain Fever |
104 | Outside Looking in | The Lonesome River Band | Mountain Home |
105 | Quiet Country Town | Wildfire | Pinecastle |
106 | Laysongs | Chris Thile | Nonesuch |
107 | Timeless | Magnolia Drive | Mountain Fever |
108 | McKay & Leigh | McKay & Leigh | Voxhall |
109 | Rising Tide | Pert Near Sandstone | Self-Release |
110 | B-Flat Earth | Swamptooth | Self-Release |
111 | Goin' Home Comin' on | Carley Arrowood | Mountain Home |
112 | What Does Time Care? | Armchair Boogie | GlueBrass |
113 | City on a Hill | Mile Twelve | Delores the Taurus |
114 | A Tale to Tell | Rick Lang | Dark Shadow |
115 | Hair & Hide | George Jackson | Self-Release |
116 | Mountaintop | Don Schlitz | Engelhardt Music Group |
117 | Brothersville | Doug Flowers | Self-Release |
118 | Abilene | Jackson Melnick | Self-Release |
119 | California Autumn | Tony Rice | Rebel |
120 | Where There's a Will | Gerald Smith | Melody Roundup |
121 | All for Money | Greensky Bluegrass | Big Blue Zoo |
122 | Crooked Tree | Molly Tuttle | Nonesuch |
123 | Something You Didn't Count on | Jaelee Roberts | Mountain Home |
124 | Accomplice Two | Tommy Emmanuel | CGP Sounds |
125 | If You Can't Stand the Heat | Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen | Compass |
126 | Walkin' the Blues | Lori King & Junction 63 | Turnberry |
127 | Long Way from Home | The Burnett Sisters Band | Bee Hive |
128 | Starry Southern Nights | Rock Hearts | Self-Release |
129 | Get Yourself Outside | Yonder Mountain String Band | Frog Pad |
130 | Railroad Town | Jr Williams | Mountain Fever |
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