The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2022
1 |  | 12th of June by: Lyle Lovett Buy Now:   | Label: Verve Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | Make Myself Me Again by: Cristina Vane Buy Now: | Label: Red Parlor Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
3 |  | Things Are Great by: Band Of Horses Buy Now: | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
4 |  | Age of Apathy by: Aoife O'Donovan Buy Now: | Label: Yep Roc Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
5 |  | Dark Enough to See the Stars by: Mary Gauthier Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
6 |  | Violet Light by: Maya De Vitry Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | Mermaid Salt by: John Craigie Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Now and the Evermore by: Colin Hay Buy Now: | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | Phil Lee and Other Old Time Favorites by: Phil Lee Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
10 |  | Lighten Up by: Erin Rae Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | The Light at the End of the Line by: Janis Ian Buy Now: | Label: Rude Girls Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | Where Zat by: John Roy Zat Buy Now: | Label: Flyin Bayou Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | All Souls Hill by: The Waterboys Buy Now: | Label: Cooking Vinyl Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | The State That We Are in by: Rachel Garlin Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Shake It Loose Today by: Linda Sussman Buy Now: | Label: Sing Out Proud Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Floating on a Dream by: Avi Kaplan Buy Now: | Label: Fantasy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | That Spell by: Andrea von Kampen Buy Now: | Label: Fantasy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | I Can Face the Truth by: Dana Cooper Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Watkins Family Hour Vol. II by: Watkins Family Hour Buy Now: | Label: Family Hour/Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | Cycles by: Rachel Baiman Buy Now: | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | Love is the Only Thing by: Peter Mulvey Buy Now: | Label: Righteous Babe Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Bucket List by: John McCutcheon Buy Now: | Label: Appalseed Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Quietly Blowing It by: Hiss Golden Messenger Buy Now: | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | Be Here Instead by: Parker Millsap Buy Now: | Label: Oklahoma/Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Breaking the Thermometer by: Leyla McCalla Buy Now: | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | Moonflora by: River Whyless Buy Now: | Label: Soundly Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | Clouds by: The Ballroom Thieves Buy Now: | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | There's No Going Back by: Brandon Reeves Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | No. Blood by: Reid Parsons Buy Now: | Label: Unsigned Seats Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Head Above Water by: Heather Sarona Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | I'm Your Huckleberry by: Tommy Goucher Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | Still Life by: Carson McHone Buy Now: | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | Day by Day by: Timothy B. Schmit Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Sleeper by: Anna Ash Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Heart over Head by: Cassie Jean and the Fireflies Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | Southern Currency by: Jefferson Ross Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | The Canvas Before Us by: Joy Zimmerman Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | A Very Lonely Solstice by: Fleet Foxes Buy Now: | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | That Was You and Me by: Fortunate Ones Buy Now: | Label: Sonic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | A Place Beyond Belief by: SLPSTRM Buy Now: | Label: 941048 Records DK Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Good Luck, Take Care by: Terry Klein Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | Whispers from the Woods by: Gordon Thomas Ward Buy Now: | Label: Trespass Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | There is So Much Here by: Glen Phillips Buy Now: | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | Gravity, Wings, and Heavy Things by: Chuck Brodsky Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | These Walls by: Linda Sussman Buy Now: | Label: Sing Out Proud Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | Waysides by: Bedouine Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Rolling Golden Holy by: Bonny Light Horseman Buy Now: | Label: 37d03d Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | You, Yeah, You by: Tre Burt Buy Now: | Label: Oh Boy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Jake & Friends by: Jake Shimabukuro Buy Now: | Label: Music Theories Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Jabberwockies by: Wes Collins Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | Snake Creek by: Pixie and The Partygrass Boys Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | Can't Hold the Light by: Quote the Raven Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | The Darkest Brilliance by: Coastwest Unrest Buy Now: | Label: Reclaim Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Geist by: Shannon Lay Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions by: The Dream Syndicate Buy Now: | Label: Fire Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | New Girl by: Jamie Drake Buy Now: | Label: Anti-Fragile Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | A Dark Murmuration of Words by: Emily Barker Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | The Garden by: Basia Bulat Buy Now: | Label: Secret City Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | New Waves (Live Recordings ’19-’21) by: Leif Vollebekk Buy Now: | Label: Secret City Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | The Ocean Wide by: Sussex Buy Now:  | Label: Lucky Bear Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Leap! by: John McCutcheon Buy Now: | Label: Appalsongs Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Truth is by: Vanessa Lively Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Don't Be Discouraged by: Peter Lehndorff Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Year of the Spider by: Shannon & The Clams Buy Now: | Label: Easy Eye Sound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Stevie Cornell by: Stevie Cornell Buy Now: | Label: Sonoma-Sonic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Woodlands Hideout by: SLPSTRM Buy Now: | Label: More Cowbell Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | Ghost Hotel by: Karen Morand & The Bosco Boys Buy Now: | Label: Trespass Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | Namesake by: Them Coulee Boys Buy Now: | Label: Some Fun Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | Arsonist Daughter by: Aspen Jacobsen Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | Man with the Muse by: Bryce Ernest Taylor Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | Much Further out Than Inevitable: a Fiddle and Banjo Tribute to Some Music of John Hartford by: John Showman Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Carving Canyons by: Lissie Buy Now: | Label: Lionbo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | Revolutionary Love by: Ani DiFranco Buy Now: | Label: Righteous Babe Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Le Olem by: Alex Krawczyk Buy Now: | Label: MTS Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | Shufflemania by: Robyn Hitchcock Buy Now: | Label: Tiny Ghost Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | A Beautiful World by: Calista Garcia Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | Moving on Skiffle by: Van Morrison Buy Now: | Label: Virgin Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | Rewrite the Ending by: Ina May Wool Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | St. Paul's Boulevard by: Michael McDermott Buy Now: | Label: Pauper Sky Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Shall We Hope by: Tony Trischka Buy Now: | Label: Shefa Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | A Winter Wonderful by: We Banjo 3 Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | Insomnia Waking Dream by: BettySoo Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | Honest by: Ordinary Elephant Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | Overthinking by: Dauzat St. Marie Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | Shore by: Fleet Foxes Buy Now: | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | Don't Go Back to Sleep by: Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | Come Close by: Baby No Name Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Asterisk the Universe by: John Craigie Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | Pseudonymous by: WhiteWater Ramble Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | Whoa! by: Strung Like a Horse Buy Now: | Label: Transoceanic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | How Many Times by: Esther Rose Buy Now: | Label: Father/Daughter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | It's a Beautiful Day and I Love You by: Jillette Johnson Buy Now: | Label: Moss Rose Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | We Imagined an Ending by: Matt The Electrician Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | Brother Sister by: Watkins Family Hour Buy Now: | Label: Family Hour Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | Wherever You Aren't by: Elizabeth Moen Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | Coconut Bunny Cake by: Nadia Ackerman Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine by: John McCutcheon Buy Now: | Label: Appalsongs Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
98 |  | The Light We Bring by: Trout Steak Revival Buy Now: | Label: Tsrecords Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
99 |  | Lucky Enough by: Reed Foehl Buy Now: | Label: Green Mountain Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
100 |  | Empathy and Comedy by: Jay Brown Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
101 |  | Terms of Surrender by: Hiss Golden Messenger Buy Now: | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
102 |  | Ghost Folk by: Allysen Callery Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
103 |  | We'll Dance Again by: Folkapotamus Buy Now: | Label: Phat Cat Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
104 |  | Scatter the Light by: Eileen Ivers Buy Now: | Label: Musical Bridge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
105 |  | I'll Be Back Soon by: Tiffany Williams Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
106 |  | Wintertide by: Brittany Jean Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
107 |  | What Keeps the Heart Afloat by: Garrett Wieland Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
108 |  | The Long Game by: Johnathan Rice Buy Now: | Label: Mano Walker Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
109 |  | Homemaker by: Jill Barber Buy Now: | Label: Outside Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
110 |  | Bonny Light Horseman by: Bonny Light Horseman Buy Now: | Label: 37d03d Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
111 |  | The Greatest Part by: Becca Mancari Buy Now: | Label: Captured Tracks Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
112 |  | Winter is for Lovers by: Ben Harper Buy Now: | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
113 |  | Songs of Our Native Daughters by: Our Native Daughters Buy Now: | Label: Smithsonian Folkways Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
114 |  | Old Future by: Norma MacDonald Buy Now: | Label: Noyes Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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