The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Bluegrass Album Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Gold | Molly Tuttle | Nonesuch |
| 2 | Highlander | Missy Raines & Allegheny | Compass |
| 3 | Memory Lane | Wilson Banjo Co. | Pinecastle |
| 4 | No Fear | Sister Sadie | Mountain Home Music Company |
| 5 | City of Glass | AJ Lee & Blue Summit | Signature Sounds |
| 6 | Dan Tyminski: Live from the Ryman | Dan Tyminski | 8 Track Entertainment |
| 7 | Into the Wild | Molly Tuttle | Nonesuch |
| 8 | The Winning Hand | The Lonesome River Band | Mountain Home |
| 9 | Book of Fools | Mipso | Self-Release |
| 10 | A Life Well Lived | Daryl Mosley | Pinecastle |
| 11 | Heroes & Friends | Daniel Grindstaff | Bonfire |
| 12 | So Much for Forever | Authentic Unlimited | Billy Blue |
| 13 | Jubilee | Becky Buller | Dark Shadow |
| 14 | Lead and Iron | Henhouse Prowlers | Dark Shadow |
| 15 | 20 | The Grascals | Mountain Home |
| 16 | Appalachian Rust | Marty Falle | Self-Release |
| 17 | Happy Valley | Wyatt Ellis | Knee High |
| 18 | Destinations and Fun Places | Rhonda Vincent | Upper Management |
| 19 | Morning Shift | Steep Canyon Rangers | Yep Roc |
| 20 | Talk of the Town | Darin & Brooke Aldridge | Billy Blue |
| 21 | Let It Burn | Kristy Cox | Billy Blue |
| 22 | Born to Fly | Eddie Sanders | True Lonesome |
| 23 | God Fearing Heathen | Dan Tyminski | 8 Track Ent. |
| 24 | Boarding Windows in Paradise | Rebecca Frazier | Amtoco |
| 25 | Colors | Carley Arrowood | Mountain Home |
| 26 | Lonesome Chronicles | Kathy Kallick Band | Live Oak |
| 27 | Kentucky for Me | Dale Ann Bradley | Pinecastle |
| 28 | Yellow Line | Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road | Pinecastle |
| 29 | Live at Greenfield Lake | Steep Canyon Rangers | Yep Roc |
| 30 | Missin' That Drawl | The Grass Daddies | Prairie Grass |
| 31 | Last Chance to Win | East Nash Grass | Mountain Fever |
| 32 | School Project | Cory Walker | Mountain Fever |
| 33 | Uncommon Sky | Rick Faris | Dark Shadow |
| 34 | The Gospel Sessions, Vol. 2 | Authentic Unlimited | Billy Blue |
| 35 | Born Again Bluegrass | Marty Falle | Country Cool |
| 36 | Cicada | Wood Belly | Americana Vibes |
| 37 | Far Away with You | Woody Platt | Compass |
| 38 | Tougher Than Nails | The Steeldrivers | Self-Release |
| 39 | The Stars, if You Look Closely | The Stetson Family | Self-Release |
| 40 | Caroline Owens | Caroline Owens | Skyline |
| 41 | Great Blue North | Special Consensus | Compass |
| 42 | Restless | Adam McIntosh | Billy Blue |
| 43 | Salt Box | Charm City Junction | Self-Release |
| 44 | Get Yourself Outside | Yonder Mountain String Band | Frog Pad |
| 45 | Dalton Harper | Dalton Harper | Skyline |
| 46 | Pages in Your Hand | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers | Mountain Home Music Company |
| 47 | The Songwriter | Jerry Salley | Very Jerry |
| 48 | Wanderer | Darren Nicholson | Mountain Home |
| 49 | Live Vol. 1 | Billy Strings | Reprise |
| 50 | Labor of Lust | Kyle Tuttle | Self-Release |
| 51 | If You Hadn't Noticed | The Goodwin Brothers | Pinecastle |
| 52 | Accomplice Two | Tommy Emmanuel | CGP Sounds |
| 53 | Fear of Falling Stars | Kristen Grainger & True North | Self-Release |
| 54 | Straight from the Heartland | Lori King & Junction 63 | Self-Release |
| 55 | You Can Learn a Lot from a Song | Hammertowne | Mountain Fever |
| 56 | Living in the South | Starlett & Big John | Rebel |
| 57 | The Never-Ending Years | Thomas Cassell | Mountain Fever |
| 58 | Mile 77 | Jody Stecher with Mile Twelve | Don Giovanni |
| 59 | Paper Lanterns | Hank, Pattie & the Current | Self-Release |
| 60 | Here We Go Again | Nothin' Fancy | Mountain Fever |
| 61 | Pick Your Poison | Benson | Mountain Home |
| 62 | 100 Years of Hank | Haymakers | TOPTone |
| 63 | Mighty Poplar | Mighty Poplar | Free Dirt |
| 64 | Bluegrass Holy Land | Marty Falle | Country Cool Music Nashville |
| 65 | Greener Grass | Billy Swinson | Self-Release |
| 66 | Here Within My Heart | Tina Adair | Englehardt Music Group |
| 67 | Unfinished Bridges | Rock Hearts | 615 Hideaway |
| 68 | Let It out | The Barefoot Movement | Box Monkey Studios |
| 69 | 444 | Wood Box Heroes | Self-Release |
| 70 | My Farm, My Bluegrass | Marty Falle | Self-Release |
| 71 | Triple Shot | Shannon Leigh Reynolds | Self-Release |
| 72 | Whispers in the Wind | Lindley Creek | Pinecastle |
| 73 | Excelsior | Alan Munde | Patuxent |
| 74 | EZRA | EZRA | Adhyaropa |
| 75 | The Cabin Sessions | Nefesh Mountain | Self-Release |
| 76 | Old Juniper | The Down Hill Strugglers | Jalopy |
| 77 | All You Can Eat | Bashed Potatoes | Self-Release |
| 78 | Yesterday and Tomorrow | The Country Gentlemen Tribute Band | Patuxent |
| 79 | Gotta Lotta Lonesome | Carson Peters & Iron Mountain | Billy Blue |
| 80 | Hold Back the Dawn | Anthony Howell | Pinecastle |
| 81 | Storms on the Ocean | Daniel Crabtree | Codel |
| 82 | That Old Mountain | Byron Hill | BHP Recordings |
| 83 | Black Banjo | Tray Wellington | Mountain Home |
| 84 | Furious Kindness | Barnstar | Self-Release |
| 85 | Billy the Kid | Billy Droze | RBR |
| 86 | Solitary Diamond | Laura Orshaw | Dark Shadow |
| 87 | Something You Didn't Count on | Jaelee Roberts | Mountain Home |
| 88 | Gambit | Ethan Setiawan | Adhyaropa |
| 89 | Leaving is Believing | Ashby Frank | Mountain Home |
| 90 | The Stringhounds | The Stringhounds | Digital Boy |
| 91 | Waconda Flyer | Haymakers | TOPTone |
| 92 | Back Home | Troy Engle | Pinecastle |
| 93 | Pay Your Dues | Songs From The Road Band | Charles Humphrey III |
| 94 | One Step Away | Casey Penn | Mountain Fever |
| 95 | Instant Lonesome & Twinkle Brigade | Jody Stecher with Mile Twelve | Don Giovanni |
| 96 | Roses | Jackson Hollow | Mountain Fever |
| 97 | Round Feet, Chrome Smile | Ragged Union | Shining Castle |
| 98 | Twisted Sage | Kenny Kosek | Shefa |
| 99 | Great Big Skies | Wood Belly | Americana Vibes |
| 100 | Railroad Town | Jr Williams | Mountain Fever |
| 101 | Darkest Hour | The Gibson Brothers | Bull Run |
| 102 | No Finish Line | Forest Sun | Self-Release |
| 103 | Tryin' to Have a Good Time | Tyler Grant | Americana Vibes |
| 104 | The Blackest Thing on the Menu | Gangstagrass | Rench Audio |
| 105 | Up All Night | The Grascals | Mountain Home |
| 106 | Long Days and Short Stories | Daryl Mosley | Pinecastle |
| 107 | IV | Fast Track | Engelhardt Music Group |
| 108 | Blues Around My Cabin | Flashback | Pinecastle |
| 109 | Up the Hill and Through the Fog | The Slocan Ramblers | Self-Release |
| 110 | Beacons | Nefesh Mountain | Self-Release |
| 111 | Distance and Time | Becky Buller | Dark Shadow |
| 112 | Ain't Love Somethin' | Crandall Creek | Copper Mountain |
| 113 | Just Believe | Route 3 | Pinecastle |
| 114 | Maria with a "J" | Marija Droze | RBR Ent |
| 115 | People, Places, and Songs | Greg Blake | Turnberry |
| 116 | Classy. Sassy. Bluegrassy. | Williamson Branch | Pinecastle |
| 117 | Arrows | Bowregard | Bowregard |
| 118 | Brand New Good Old Days | Leftover Salmon | Compass |
| 119 | Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2 (Cowboy Arms Sessions) | Sturgill Simpson | High Top Mountain |
| 120 | Pictures | Hammertowne | Mountain Fever |
| 121 | East Nash Grass | East Nash Grass | Lamb Lyfe |
| 122 | Zach Top | Zach Top | RBR Ent. |
| 123 | Changes | Amanda Cook | Mountain Fever |
| 124 | Heartache and Trouble | Fast Track | Engelhardt Music |
| 125 | Equality | The Sweet Lillies | Americana Vibes |
| 126 | Apple & Setser | Apple & Setser | Bell Buckle |
| 127 | New Horizons | Mason Via | Mountain Fever |
| 128 | Fast Track | Fast Track | Engelhardt Music Group |
| 129 | Details | Nick Dumas | Skyline |
| 130 | Wanderlust | Rock Hearts | The 615 Hideaway |
| 131 | Lovin' of the Game | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper | Compass |
| 132 | If Not Now, Who? | Joe K. Walsh | Adhyâropa |
| 133 | Toward the Fray | The Infamous Stringdusters | Americana Vibes |
| 134 | Crooked Tree | Molly Tuttle | Nonesuch |
| 135 | Fall Like Rain | Justin Moses | Mountain Fever |
| 136 | Lost Voices | Tim Stafford & Thomm Jutz | Mountain Fever |
| 137 | Waking Up | Graber Gryass | Spaceman Orbits |
| 138 | All for Money | Greensky Bluegrass | Big Blue Zoo |
| 139 | Rise Sun | The Infamous Stringdusters | Tape Time |
| 140 | Rising Tide | Pert Near Sandstone | Self-Release |
| 141 | Renewal | Billy Strings | Rounder |
| 142 | I'll Come Back | AJ Lee & Blue Summit | Old White Horse |
| 143 | River Wild | Jeremy Garrett | Organic |
| 144 | Horses & Horsepower | Dunlap & Mabe | Bell Buckle |
| 145 | Hard Times & Deadlines | Armchair Boogie | Self-Release |
| 146 | A Time for Every Season | Shelton & Williams | Turnberry |
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