Folk Alley Listener Poll Results - Top 20 for 2020
- December 11, 2020
- Linda Fahey
- Best of 2020

After weeks of voting and weighing-in on favorite music of 2020, Folk Alley listeners have spoken! The results are in, and we now present you with the Top 20 Favorite Folk, Roots, and Americana releases of the year, as voted on by the Folk Alley audience!
These and other host/staff Best of 2020 picks have been added to our Fresh Cuts side stream for hours of the best music of 2020! Have a listen - HERE!
1. John Prine, "I Remember Everything" [single]
2. Sarah Jarosz, World On the Ground
3. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Reunions
4. Emma Swift, Blonde on the Tracks
5. Joni Mitchell, Archive Vol. 1 The Early Years (1963-1967)
6. Eliza Gilkyson, 2020
7. Molly Tuttle, ...But I'd Rather Be with You
8. Indigo Girls, Look Long
9. Terra Spencer, Chasing Rabbits
10. Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Dirt and the Stars
11. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, All the Good Times Are Past and Gone
12. Kristen Grainger and True North, Ghost Tattoo
13. Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche, I Can Still Hear You
14. (tie) Lucinda Williams, Good Souls Better Angels
14. (tie) Neil Young, Homegrown
15. Bonny Light Horseman, Bonny Light Horseman
16. Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal, "Crawl Into the Promised Land" [single]
17. Avett Brothers, The Third Gleam
18. Arlo Guthrie and Jim Wilson, "Hard Times Come Again No More" (feat. Vanessa Bryan) [single]
19. Lori McKenna, The Balladeer
20. Yola and the Highwomen, "Hold On" (feat. Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile, and Natalie Hemby) [single]
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