TOP FOLK RECORDS OF 2023
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DOM FLEMONS | Traveling Wildfire | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 2 | SUNNY WAR | Anarchist Gospel | New West |
| 3 | IRIS DEMENT | Workin' On A World | Flariella |
| 4 | MARGO PRICE | Strays | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 5 | RHIANNON GIDDENS | You're The One | Nonesuch |
| 6 | MOLLY TUTTLE AND GOLDEN HIGHWAY | City Of Gold | Nonesuch |
| 7 | ALLISON RUSSELL | The Returner | Fantasy/Concord |
| 8 | MIGHTY POPLAR | Mighty Poplar | Free Dirt |
| 9 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Weathervanes | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | ELIZA GILKYSON | Home | Realiza |
| 11 | SAM BUSH | Radio John: Songs Of John Hartford | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 12 | SLAID CLEAVES | Together Through The Dark | Candy House |
| 13 | BILLY STRINGS | Me/And/Dad | Rounder/Concord |
| 14 | NICKEL CREEK | Celebrants | Repair/Thirty Tigers |
| 15 | MORE THAN A WHISPER: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF NANCI GRIFFITH | Various Artists | Rounder/Concord |
| 16 | MARGO CILKER | Valley Of Heart’s Delight | Fluff And Gravy |
| 17 | LUCINDA WILLIAMS | Stories From A Rock And Roll Heart | Highway 20 |
| 18 | SUFJAN STEVENS | Javelin | Asthmatic Kitty |
| 19 | WILCO | Cousin | dBpm |
| 20 | BOB AND SARAH AMOS | Ever Onward | Self-Released |
| 21 | ESTHER ROSE | Safe To Run | New West |
| 22 | RAYE ZARAGOZA | Hold That Spirit | Rebel River |
| 23 | ROBBIE FULKS | Bluegrass Vacation | Compass |
| 24 | ALISON BROWN | On Banjo | Compass |
| 25 | BRUCE COCKBURN | O Sun O Moon | True North |
| 26 | CARRIE NEWCOMER | A Great Wild Mercy | Available Light |
| 27 | PLAINS | I Walked With You A Ways | Anti- |
| 28 | BEN HARPER | Wide Open Light | Chrysalis |
| 29 | MILK CARTON KIDS, THE | I Only See The Moon | Far Cry/Thirty Tigers |
| 30 | KELLY HUNT | Ozark Symphony | Compass |
| 31 | TIM O'BRIEN | Cup Of Sugar | Howdy Skies |
| 32 | DAVID FRANCEY | The Breath Between | Laker |
| 33 | COLTER WALL | Little Songs | La Honda/RCA |
| 34 | ELLIS PAUL | 55 (Fifty-Five) | Rosella |
| 35 | WILLIE NELSON | I Don't Know A Thing About Love (The Songs Of Harlan Howard) | Sony |
| 36 | WILLIAM PRINCE | Stand In The Joy | Six Shooter |
| 37 | KENNEDYS, THE | Headwinds | Self-Released |
| 38 | ADEEM THE ARTIST | White Trash Reverly | Thirty Tigers |
| 39 | TIM GRIMM | The Little In-Between | Self-Released |
| 40 | KARAN CASEY | Nine Apples Of Gold | Crow Valley |
| 41 | CAROLINE COTTER | Gently As I Go | Self-Released |
| 42 | EILEN JEWELL | Get Behind The Wheel | Signature Sounds |
| 43 | LORI MCKENNA | 1988 (Nineteen Eighty Eight) | CN/Thirty Tigers |
| 44 | CAT POWER | Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert | Domino |
| 45 | MEREDITH MOON | Constellations | True North |
| 46 | CAITLIN ROSE | CAZIMI | Missing Piece |
| 47 | GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV | Apaloosa Bones | Dualtone |
| 48 | JAIMEE HARRIS | Boomerang Town | Folk N' Roll/Thirty Tigers |
| 49 | RACHEL BAIMAN | Common Nation Of Sorrow | Signature Sounds |