The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Contemporary Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Jan 15, 2022
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Raise the Roof | Robert Plant & Allison Kraus | Rounder |
| - | 2 | 2 | You Get It All | Hayes Carll | Dualtone |
| - | 3 | 3 | A Few Stars Apart | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Fantasy |
| - | 4 | 4 | In These Silent Days | Brandi Carlile | Low Country Sound |
| ▲ | 5 | 7 | He Walked on | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies |
| - | 6 | 6 | Just Beyond the Shine | Peach & Quiet | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 7 | 8 | Calla Lily | The Brother Brothers | Compass |
| ▲ | 8 | 15 | Chinook Waltz | Over the Moon | Borealis |
| - | 9 | 9 | Awake | Mala Oreen | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 10 | 12 | Last of the Better Days Ahead | Charlie Parr | Smithsonian Folkways |
| ▲ | 11 | 49 | Bravado | Rose Cousins | Outside Music |
| ▼ | 12 | 11 | Until Now | Carrie Newcomer | Available Light |
| - | 13 | 13 | Outside Child | Allison Russell | Fantasy |
| - | 14 | 14 | The More I Give | Paula Standing | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 15 | 44 | Poets | Liz Simmons | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 16 | 5 | Seeker | Brigitte DeMeyer | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 17 | 19 | Songs from the River Wind | Eliza Gilkyson | Howlin' Dog |
| ▼ | 18 | 17 | The River Flows, Vol. 2 | John Hurlbut & Jorma Kaukonen | Fur Peace Ranch |
| ▼ | 19 | 18 | Joyful Banner Blazing | Maria Dunn | Distant Whisper |
| - | 20 | 20 | Nowhere Sounds Lovely | Cristina Vane | Red Parlor |
| ▲ | 21 | 26 | Let Love Be Your Guide | Dan + Claudia Zanes | Smithsonian Folkways |
| ▼ | 22 | 10 | Watchhouse | Watchhouse | Thirty Tigers |
| ▲ | 23 | 24 | The Midnight Broadcast | Peter Case | Bandaloop |
| ▲ | 24 | 55 | Shame and Sedition | Lula Wiles | Smithsonian Folkways |
| ▲ | 25 | 28 | Come Around | Rob Lutes | Lucky Bear |
| ▲ | 26 | 27 | All This Time Running | Craig Cardiff | True North |
| ▲ | 27 | 30 | Excelsior! | Johanna Samuels | Mama Bird |
| ▲ | 28 | 31 | Spell Songs II: Let the Light in | The Lost Words: Spell Songs | Quercus/Thirty Tigers |
| *NEW* | 29 | - | Heavy Heart | Girl Blue | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 30 | 32 | What a Show | Kerry Patrick Clark | Studio 234 |
| ▲ | 31 | 73 | Birdtalker | Birdtalker | AntiFragile |
| ▲ | 32 | 34 | Have Purpose Live Long | Josie Bello | Self-Release |
| - | 33 | 33 | Desert Ghosts | Jaspar Lepak | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 34 | 40 | Song to a Refugee | Diana Jones | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 35 | 41 | The Skies We Look to | Kris Angelis | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 36 | 42 | Only Human | Luke LeBlanc | 145 Entertainment LLC |
| ▼ | 37 | 16 | We'll Look for Stars | Lynn Miles | Must Have Music |
| ▼ | 38 | 35 | Covers | Mo Kenney | turtlemusik |
| ▼ | 39 | 36 | Blue Heron Suite | Sarah Jarosz | Rounder |
| ▲ | 40 | 64 | Ghost Tattoo | Kristen Grainger & True North | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 41 | 38 | All About the Timing | Roland Roberts | Happy Life |
| ▼ | 42 | 37 | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Free Dirt |
| - | 43 | 43 | This Storm | Tara MacLean & Catherine MacLellan | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 44 | 50 | Hands and Knees | Two Bird Stone | Wondermore |
| ▲ | 45 | - | Settler | Malcolm MacWatt | Singular |
| ▲ | 46 | 47 | They're Calling Me Home | Rhiannon Giddens | Nonesuch |
| ▼ | 47 | 21 | Calico Jim | Pony Bradshaw | Black Mountain |
| ▲ | 48 | 53 | Kitchen Days | Braden Gates | Borealis |
| ▼ | 49 | 48 | Mike O'Brien | Mike O'Brien | Chouchou |
| ▼ | 50 | 46 | Becalmyounglovers | Bowerbirds | Psychic Hotline |
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