The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2021

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label
1A Few Stars ApartLukas Nelson & Promise of the RealFantasy
2SeekerBrigitte DeMeyerSelf-Release
3Calla LilyThe Brother BrothersCompass
4They're Calling Me HomeRhiannon GiddensNonesuch
5Have Purpose Live LongJosie BelloSelf-Release
6The River FlowsJohn Hurlbut & Jorma KaukonenCulture Factory
7Just Beyond the ShinePeach & QuietSelf-Release
8Outside ChildAllison RussellFantasy
9In These Silent DaysBrandi CarlileLow Country Sound
10Woman in ColorRaye ZaragozaArt Menius
11Come AroundRob LutesLucky Bear
12Vivian Leva & Riley CalcagnoVivian Leva & Riley CalcagnoFree Dirt
13Calico JimPony BradshawBlack Mountain
14Hearts TownThe War and TreatyRounder
15WatchhouseWatchhouseThirty Tigers
16Song to a RefugeeDiana JonesSelf-Release
17Ghost TattooKristen Grainger & True NorthSelf-Release
18A Field Guide to LonelinessJamestown RevivalThirty Tigers
19Over That Road I'm BoundJoachim CooderNonesuch
20The Remains of SundayAlec Lytle & Them RoundersFour Acre
21Desert GhostsJaspar LepakSelf-Release
22All This Time RunningCraig CardiffTrue North
23Flyover CountryChicago FarmerSelf-Release
24Last of the Better Days AheadCharlie ParrSmithsonian Folkways
25Another SkyKelly's LotSelf-Release
26Shame and SeditionLula WilesSmithsonian Folkways
27AnnamaniaAnna Elizabeth LaubeAhh...Pockets!
28The River Flows, Vol. 2John Hurlbut & Jorma KaukonenFur Peace Ranch
29Joyful Banner BlazingMaria DunnDistant Whisper
30Funeral for My PastLiz LongleyTone Tree
31All About the TimingRoland RobertsHappy Life
32PoetsLiz SimmonsSelf-Release
33Love & RageCarsie BlantonSo Ferocious
34No SummerCinder WellFree Dirt
35There Used to Be Horses HereAmy SpeaceWindbone
36CoversMo Kenneyturtlemusik
37The Midnight BroadcastPeter CaseBandaloop
38We'll Never Know Unless We TryDarling WestJansen
39Between Here and ThereSarah MorrisAW
40Maybe Key Lime PieThorNton CreekSelf-Release
41Nowhere Sounds LovelyCristina VaneRed Parlor
42BravadoRose CousinsOutside Music
43Queen of the in BetweenK.C. JonesSelf-Release
44Do, Baby.Eric SelbySelf-Release
45The Martin Gilmore TrioThe Martin Gilmore TrioSelf-Release
46Hands and KneesTwo Bird StoneWondermore
47Hubble Space ParadeGiriffin SwankInfirst
48Only HumanLuke LeBlanc145 Entertainment LLC
49I'm Still HereTravis LinvilleBlack Mesa
50This StormTara MacLean & Catherine MacLellanSelf-Release
51Where the Heart Wants to GoBuffalo Gals BandSelf-Release
52The RidgeJulian TaylorHowling Turtle
53See the World DeluxeBrett DennenMick
54Last BirdsLast BirdsSelf-Release
55Live at the Hotel CafeKris AngelisSelf-Release
56Is It You, is It MeThe Dustbowl RevivalThirty Tigers
57Ledgers and StonesThomas HineTHM
58Without PeopleDonovan WoodsMeant Well
59Xo, 1945Ryland MoranzTonic
60Mike O'BrienMike O'BrienChouchou
61Chasing EchoesPhil HenryBoard By Board
62Kitchen DaysBraden GatesBorealis
63Voyageur in SongDavid LeaskSelf-Release
64True to LifeGracious MeSelf-Release
65AutonomyStephanie LambringTone Tree
66The BalladeerLori McKennaThirty Tigers
67Ashes in the MorningKen DunnTrespass Music
68Blue on BlueSylvie SimmonsCompass
69GoneTim GrimmSelf-Release
70Let Love Be Your GuideDan + Claudia ZanesSmithsonian Folkways
71Local ValleyJose GonzalezMute
72The Skies We Look toKris AngelisSelf-Release
73Calm in the Eye of the StormKen WhiteleyBorealis
74AwakeMala OreenSelf-Release
75An Honest EffortMatt PatershukBlack Hen
76BecalmyoungloversBowerbirdsPsychic Hotline
77When We WanderJesse TerrySelf-Release
78ElisabethZach BryanWarner
79I Can Still Hear YouSuzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright RocheStorySound
80Look LongIndigo GirlsRounder
81No Time for Love SongsThe MastersonsCompass
82The More I GivePaula StandingSelf-Release
83Ghost TownSuzi RagsdaleSelf-Release
84Last SummerJohn BatdorfSelf-Release
85Light & DarkChris RonaldBorealis
86Blue Heron SuiteSarah JaroszRounder
87Golden LoamLaurel PremoSelf-Release
88Red, White & I Love You TooThe MastersonsRed House
892020Eliza GilkysonRed House
90Sober AgainJackson GrimmVault
91At the Edge of the WorldMike McKenna Jr.Self-Release
92Wolf JettWolf JettSelf-Release
93BirdtalkerBirdtalkerAntiFragile
94SlowerJules ShearFunzalo
95Two SaviorsBuck MeekKeeled Scales
96Scatter & GatherShay Martin LovetteSelf-Release
97Why Wait!Kate TaylorRed House
98Ballad of a Bad GirlKate McDonnellSelf-Release
99One SkyPhilip Scott PoliTrespass Music
100Quiet TalkersKen YatesTone Tree
101The Ghost and the WallJoshua RadinNettwerk
102Long HaulJohn Wort HannamBlack Hen
103Chinook WaltzOver the MoonBorealis
104Happy AgainBill and the BellesDitty Boom
105TimberBryan RahijaThirty Tigers
106All MineSarah MorrisAW
107Strange FlightThe WantedSelf-Release
108Soaking WetRiver KittensCreate
109Motivational SpeakingOld Sea BrigadeNettwerk
110Afraid of LoveBeta RadioNettwerk
111Impossible WorldFront CountryAntiFragile
112Under the Pepper TreeSara WatkinsNew West
113After the Great StormAne BrunBalloon Ranger
114The RomanticTaylor AshtonSignature Sounds
115Technicolour BlueArrica Rose & the ...'sSelf-Release
116Through the SmokeLaney Lou and the Bird DogsSelf-Release
117UppityLaura LoveOctoroon Biography
118SomewhereMcKain LakeySelf-Release
119Pass It on DownLinda SussmanSelf-Release
120Everything at the Same TimeCaroline Marie BrooksOutside Music
121CharacterRachael SageMPress
122Into the GroundBeth WhitneyTone Tree
123Some See the FlowersSuzie BrownMule Kick
124Blue WorldAnna TivelFluff & Gravy
125Paws of a BearSofia TalvikMakaki
126Spell Songs II: Let the Light inThe Lost Words: Spell SongsQuercus/Thirty Tigers
127VignettesWesley SchultzDualtone
128Desires ShapeStoll VaughanCommonwealth Artist
129Love and Leave You100 Mile HouseFallen Tree
130Open HouseThe FretlessBirthday Cake
131BarnNeil YoungThe Other Shoe
132HomegrownNeil YoungSilver Bow
133This Too Shall PassChris WilhelmSelf-Release
134Shadow WorkRorie KellySelf-Release
135The Desert Trilogy, Vol. 1: the Burning HeartDean OwensSelf-Release
136PhoenixJigJamSelf-Release
137Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete SeegerKronos QuartetSmithsonian Folkways
138Off off onThis Is the KitRough Trade
139Screaming into the VoidEllaHarpSilver Harp
140Motivational SpeakeasyJordan TicePadiddle
141ArrivalsDeclan O'RourkeMaiesta Musix
142SettlerMalcolm MacWattSingular
143Frontiers WomanAngela AutumnCacti Omen
144Kisbee RingAbby PosnerSelf-Release
 

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