The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2019
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn off the News (Build a Garden) | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Fantasy |
| 2 | Tides of a Teardrop | Mandolin Orange | Yep Roc |
| 3 | All of This Life | The Record Company | Concord |
| 4 | My New Moon | Amos Lee | Dualtone |
| 5 | American Love Song | Ryan Bingham | Axster Bingham |
| 6 | Carolina Confessions | The Marcus King Band | Concord |
| 7 | Western Stars | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia |
| 8 | Tearing at the Seams | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Stax |
| 9 | Down to the River | The Allman Betts Band | BMG |
| 10 | Revolution in Your Heart | Eric Lindell | Alligator |
| 11 | All We Have | Taylor Scott Band | Self-Release |
| 12 | Buddha and the Blues | Anders Osborne | Self-Release |
| 13 | A Glimmer on the Outskirts | Ben Dickey | Dualtone |
| 14 | An American Treasure | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Reprise |
| 15 | The Walk | Bonnie Bishop | Plan BB |
| 16 | Fog & Bling | Shinyribs | Mustard Lid |
| 17 | Kicks | Rickie Lee Jones | Thity Tigers |
| 18 | Sinematic | Robbie Robertson | UMG |
| 19 | At King Electric | Ray Bonneville | Self-Release |
| 20 | Desert Dove | Michaela Anne | Yep Roc |
| 21 | 13 Rivers | Richard Thompson | New West |
| 22 | The Modern Lives, Vol. 1 | Jackie Greene | Blue Rose Music |
| 23 | Some People I Know | The Brother Brothers | Compass |
| 24 | Back Roads and Abandoned Motels | The Jayhawks | Sony |
| 25 | Big Mistake | Mister Goodfaith | Self-Release |
| 26 | Full Circle & then Some | Trigger Hippy | Turkey Grass |
| 27 | Live from the Ryman | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Southeastern |
| 28 | To Rise You Gotta Fall | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Compass |
| 29 | Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil | Rod Picott | Welding Rod |
| 30 | Impossible Blue | Gurf Morlix | Rootball |
| 31 | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Fantasy |
| 32 | The Saint of Lost Causes | Justin Townes Earle | New West |
| 33 | One Drop of Truth | The Wood Brothers | Thirty Tigers |
| 34 | Find a Llight | Blackberry Smoke | 3 Legged |
| 35 | Can't Go Home | Josie Bello | Self-Release |
| 36 | From Another World | Jim Lauderdale | Yep Roc |
| 37 | West Towards South | Jeffrey Halford & the Healers | Floating Records |
| 38 | Songs of the Plains | Colter Wall | Young Mary's |
| 39 | Things Change | American Aquarium | New West |
| 40 | Lay It on Down | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band | Concord |
| 41 | Going to California | Anthony Arya | Self-Release |
| 42 | A Message from the People Revisited | The Band of Heathens | BOH |
| 43 | Restless | David Luning | Blue Rose Music |
| 44 | Dragons | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors | Thirty Tigers |
| 45 | Dust Devil | Kevin Welch | Dead Rekoning |
| 46 | I Wanna Go with You | Wide Mouth Mason | We Are Busy Bodies |
| 47 | Rabbit in the Moon | Sparrow Blue | Self-Release |
| 48 | The Nashville Sound | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Sotheastern |
| 49 | Don't Let the Devil Ride | Paul Thorn | Thirty Tigers |
| 50 | The Prodigal Son | Ry Cooder | Concord |
| 51 | The Great Divide | JD & The Straight Shot | Self-Release |
| 52 | Fires for the Cold | Jonah Tolchin | Yep Roc |
| 53 | Live at Red Rocks | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Concord |
| 54 | Revolution Come...Revolution Go | Gov't Mule | Concord |
| 55 | Blue & Lonesome | The Rolling Stones | Universal |
| 56 | Other People's Stuff | John Mellencamp | Republic |
| 57 | Dr. Feelgood's Traveling Medicine Show | Great American Taxi | Self-Release |
| 58 | Other Girls | Lillie Mae | Third Man |
| 59 | The Southern Ground Sessions | Blackberry Smoke | 3 Legged |
| 60 | Edge of Blue | Jonathan Soucy | Self-Release |
| 61 | Mean Dog, Trampoline | The Suitcase Junket | Signature Sounds |
| 62 | Forget About Georgia | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Concord |
| 63 | Shine on | Steve Poltz | Red House |
| 64 | Belle of the West | Samantha Fish | Ruf |
| 65 | Red Arrow | Christian Lopez Band | Blaster |
| 66 | Dancing with the Beast | Gretchen Peters | Scarlet Letter |
| 67 | They're Coming for Me | Jake La Botz | Hi-Style/Free Dirt |
| 68 | Country Squire | Tyler Childers | Hickman Holler |
| 69 | Mountain Sun | Cabin Dogs | Kwait Brothers |
| 70 | Kingdom in My Mind | The Wood Brothers | Thirty Tigers |
| 71 | Roll with It | The Coffis Brothers | Self-Release |
| 72 | Starseeds | Kerri Powers | Self-Release |
| 73 | The Messenger | Rhett Miller | ATO |
| 74 | True Sadness | The Avett Brothers | Republic |
| 75 | Due North | The Marcus King Band | Concord |
| 76 | Soul Searching | Mountain Heart | Compass Group |
| 77 | Renegade | Dylan LeBlanc | ATO |
| 78 | Springsteen on Broadway | Bruce Springsteen | Sony |
| 79 | Love, Lust & Other Wreckage | John Vento | MTS |
| 80 | Peace Town | Jimmy Lafave | Music Road |
| 81 | Live at Bonnaroo | Warren Haynes | ATO |
| 82 | Servants of the Sun | Chris Robinson Brotherhood | Silver Arrow |
| 83 | Remember What You Knew Before | Katy Guillen & the Girls | VizzTone |
| 84 | Traveling on | The Decemberists | Capitol |
| 85 | Peace of Mind | Danny Lynn Wilson | Swingnation |
| 86 | The Easy Way | Keith Glass Band | Self-Release |
| 87 | Great Divides | Massy Ferguson | Self-Release |
| 88 | The Northern South, Vol. 2 | Whitehorse | Six Shooter |
| 89 | Good Farmer | Chris & Adam Carroll | Down Hole |
| 90 | Pressure | The Commonheart | Julian |
| 91 | Moving East | Jimmy Rankin | True North |
| 92 | The Fun in the Fight | Jocelyn & Chris Arndt | Bridge Road |
| 93 | The Hidden Hills Sessions | Carla Olson & Todd Wolfe | Red Parlor |
| 94 | Hot Chicken Wisdom | Rich Mahan | Snortin' Horse |
| 95 | Little Rooms and Broken Doors | The B. Christopher Band | Self-Release |
| 96 | We See Through It | Jim Donovan | Jim Donovan |
| 97 | Soul Insight | The Marcus King Band | Self-Release |
| 98 | As I Go Ramblin' Around | Nicholas Edward Williams | EarthTone |
| 99 | High Water I | The Magpie Salute | Eagle Rock |
| 100 | Come Back Home | Whatley & Co. | Big Gassed |
| 101 | Over Under Through | The Paul Nelson Band | Riverwide |
| 102 | Absolution | Gann Brewer | Self-Release |
| 103 | Sleeping Dogs | Jeff Plankenhorn | Spike Steel |
| 104 | Pack Up All Regrets | The Nickel Slots | Self-Release |
| 105 | Chasing Lights | Ida Mae | Thirty Tigers |
| 106 | Glorietta | Glorietta | Nine Mile |
| 107 | Human Question | The Yawpers | Bloodshot |
| 108 | Can't Wake Up | Shakey Graves | Dualtone |
| 109 | Blood from a Stone | Eric Krasno | Feel Music |
| 110 | Come Tomorrow | Dave Matthews Band | RCA |
| 111 | The Promise of Strangers | The Fugitives | Borealis |
| 112 | Hush or Howl | Black Pistol Fire | Modern Outsider |
| 113 | Road Goes All Night | Dirtwire | Other |
| 114 | New World Arisin' | Big Head Todd & The Monsters | Big |
| 115 | Prick of the Litter | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men | Hot Shot |
| 116 | Delilah | Anderson East | Elektra Records |
| 117 | Versatile | Van Morrison | Sony |
| 118 | Happy Songs for the Apocalypse | Eric Corne | Forty Below |
| 119 | Black Pistol Fire | Black Pistol Fire | mudhutdigital.com |
| 120 | Barefoot in the Head | Chris Robinson Brotherhood | Silver Arrow |
| 121 | Children of Paradise | Willie Nile | River House |
| 122 | Stay Gold | First Aid Kit | Columbia |
| 123 | El Dorado | Marcus King | Concord |
| 124 | Gates of Gold | Los Lobos | SLG |
| 125 | Postcard Town | The Two Tracks | Self-Release |
| 126 | Tilt and Shine | Kevin Gordon | Crowville Media |
| 127 | Kind of Blues | Adam Holt | Zenith |
| 128 | Whistle Down the Wind | Joan Baez | Concord |
| 129 | Boys & Girls | Alabama Shakes | ATO |
| 130 | The Well Worn Path | Seth Lakeman | Cooking Vinyl |
| 131 | Shades | Doyle Bramhall II | Provogue |
| 132 | Black Beehive | Big Head Todd & The Monsters | Shout! Factory |
| 133 | Black Irish | Shannon McNally | Compass |
| 134 | In Times Like These | Rev. Sekou | Zent |
| 135 | A Kind Revolution | Paul Weller | Warner Bros |
| 136 | Blue Mesa | Luke Winslow-King | Bloodshot |
| 137 | Work | Ron Pope | Brooklyn Basement |
| 138 | The Outsider | Davy Knowles | Self Release |
| 139 | Out Past the Wires | Rod Picott | Welding Rod |
| 140 | Queen of the West | Bob Bradshaw | Fluke |
| 141 | Smooth Hound Smith | Smooth Hound Smith | Self Released |
| 142 | All That Reckoning | Cowboy Junkies | Latent |
| 143 | Purgatory | Tyler Childers | Hickman Holler |
| 144 | Goats Head Soup | The Rolling Stones | Promotone |
| 145 | Drive All Night | Aris Paul Band | Self-Release |
| 146 | The Long Road Home | Cory M. Coons | MTS |
| 147 | Terms of My Surrender | John Hiatt | New West |
| 148 | Long Hot Summer Days | Jim Byrnes | Black Hen Music |
| 149 | A Cure for Loneliness | Peter Wolf | Concord |
| 150 | Crooked Love | Ike Reilly | Rock Ridge |
| 151 | Sound and Color | Alabama Shakes | ATO |
| 152 | Song in My Head | The String Cheese Incident | SCI Fidelity |
| 153 | Peach | Larkin Poe | Tricki-Woo |
| 154 | Now! | The Rolling Stones | ABKCO |
| 155 | Back to the Roots | John Mayall | Universal Motown Records |
| 156 | Years | Sarah Shook & the Disarmers | Bloodshot |
| 157 | Let the Good Times Roll | JD McPherson | Rounder Records |
| 158 | Eric Hisaw | Eric Hisaw Band | Self Release |
| 159 | Any Way You Love We Know How You Feel | Chris Robinson Brotherhood | Silver Arrow Records |
| 160 | Most Messed Up | Old 97's | ATO Records |
| 161 | Perfectamundo | Billy Gibbons And The BFG's | Concord |
| 162 | Wildflowers | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Warner Bros |
| 163 | Ashleigh Flynn & the Riveters | Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters | Home Perm |
| 164 | Rest in Chaos | The Hard Working Americans | Melvin |
| 165 | Blind, Crippled & Crazy | Delbert McClinton & Glen Clark | New West |
| 166 | Country Hustle | Jeb Loy Nichols | City Country City |
| 167 | Are We in Love? | Emily Burgess | Self-Release |
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