Top Folk Album Chart for the Year of 2025

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2025

	Album Title	Band/Artist Name	Label	Sub Genre
1	Witness Trees	David G Smith	Hey Dave	Alternative Folk
2	I'm Too Old for Games: a Live Tribute to Odetta	Misty Blues	Guitar One	Traditional Folk
3	Heart So Rare	Dave Murphy	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
4	Wild and Clear and Blue	I'm With Her	Rounder	Alternative Folk
5	Delta Traces	Billy Jeter	House on Fire	Contemporary Folk
6	Into the Light	Aliza Hava	Self-Release	Folk Rock
7	Open	John Stowers	Howling Alex	Folk Rock
8	Sing to Me About Tomorrow	Winterlark	Squink	Alternative Folk
9	Shelby Means	Shelby Means	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
10	Crown of Roses	Patty Griffin	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
11	Wide Open Light	Ben Harper	Chrysalis	Alternative Folk
12	Cardiac	Aarythmers	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
13	Hysteria	Billy Jeter	Shine Eye	Contemporary Folk
14	One True Song	Karney	Self-Release	Folk Rock
15	Creatures in the Garden	Karney	Self-Release	Folk Rock
16	So Many Wows	Lucie Blue Tremblay	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
17	Who Wants to Talk About Love?	Jade Bird	Glassnote	Alternative Folk
18	Flesh and Bone	Cynthia Marchant	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
19	Everything is Alive	Darlingside	More Doug	Folk Rock
20	Wilderness Within You	Parker Millsap	Okrahoma	Contemporary Folk
21	Long Way Home	Ray LaMontagne	Liula	Folk Rock
22	Beautiful Thing	Peach & Quiet	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
23	Sticks and Stones	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	6 Ace	Contemporary Folk
24	DAGGOMIT!	Max Wareham	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
25	Starting to Sync in	Eric Selby	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
26	Re-Open	John Stowers	Howling Alex	Folk Rock
27	You Never Can Tell	Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
28	Arsonist Daughter	Aspen Jacobsen	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
29	Songs from My Kitchen, Vol. 1	Curtis Stigers	Pandemic Poodle	Alternative Folk
30	The Silence of the Stars	Linda Marks	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
31	A Taste of Ashes	Gurf Morlix	Rootball	Alternative Folk
32	My One and Only	Nathan McEuen	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
33	1988	Lori McKenna	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
34	Occulations	Jim Lampos	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
35	Northern Moon	John Donovan	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
36	Resilience	Josie Bello	Guitar One	Contemporary Folk
37	Win or Lose	Linda Sussman	Sing Out Proud	Alternative Folk
38	In the Moment	Raveis Kole	Bop	Folk Rock
39	I Only See the Moon	The Milk Carton Kids	Far Cry	Contemporary Folk
40	Heal the Heart	The Deer's Cry	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
41	Harbortowne	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Berkalin Records	Contemporary Folk
42	Man with the Muse	Bryce Ernest Taylor	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
43	Field of Stars	John McCutcheon	Appalseed	Contemporary Folk
44	Sons	Sons Of The East	Metropolitan Groove Merchants	Folk Rock
45	Ever-Changing	The Ruta Beggars	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
46	Middle	Jesse Welles	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
47	Dang Fool	Eric Selby	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
48	Willie Watson	Willie Watson	Thirty Tigers	Traditional Folk
49	Heat of July	Briscoe	ATO	Contemporary Folk
50	Made to Wander	The Crowe Boys	EMI	Contemporary Folk
51	XOXO	The Two Peas	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
52	Love Unfettered	Marie-Rose	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
53	Two Birds to Kill a Stone	Son Stone	Kaimana	Alternative Folk
54	Dear Meadowlark	The Wildwoods	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
55	Armageddon in a Summer Dress	Sunny War	New West	Contemporary Folk
56	Earl Jam	Tony Trischka	Down The Road	Alternative Folk
57	Hear My Call	Cristina Vane	Blue Tip	Contemporary Folk
58	Life, Death and Dennis Hopper	The Waterboys	Sun	Folk Rock
59	Paper Flowers	Tim O'Brien	Howdy Skies	Contemporary Folk
60	Reclamation	Crys Matthews	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
61	Lost Dog	Olive Klug	Signature Sounds	Contemporary Folk
62	Walking on the Wire	Gordon Thomas Ward	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
63	Returning to Myself	Brandi Carlile	Interscope	Contemporary Folk
64	Maybe New Mexico	Helene Cronin	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
65	Ghosts in the Garden	Kris Delmhorst	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
66	Vignettes	Steve and Kristi Nebel	Ice Bird	Contemporary Folk
67	Dark Ages	Eliza Gilkyson	Realiza	Contemporary Folk
68	A Sunday Drive	Ed Sweeney	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
69	Indoor Safari	Nick Lowe	Yep Roc	Folk Rock
70	My Home is Not in This World	Natalie Bergman	Third Man	Alternative Folk
71	Common Sense	Gary Nicholson	Qualified	Alternative Folk
72	Wait for the Night	Eric Schmitt	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
73	A Teacher, a Preacher, and a Bad Farmer	Ernie Palmer	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
74	Doing Things Right	Jim Kweskin	Jalopy	Traditional Folk
75	The Purple Bird	Bonnie "Prince" Billy	No Quarter	Alternative Folk
76	Basia's Palace	Basia Bulat	Secret City	Alternative Folk
77	Seed of a Seed	Haley Heynderickx	Mama Bird	Alternative Folk
78	EP One	Slainte Baby	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
79	It Matters	C. Daniel Boling	Perfectly Stable	Contemporary Folk
80	Daylight Savings Time	Steve Forbert	Blue Rose	Contemporary Folk
81	JVC	Jack Van Cleaf	Dualtone	Alternative Folk
82	I Was Born of Water	Revere Rivers	Regional	Alternative Folk
83	Redwood Frame	Stephen Moore Project	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
84	Memory Mountain	Max Gomez	New West	Traditional Folk
85	Fever	The Imaginaries	Self-Release	Folk Rock
86	Some Kind of Truth	Kora Feder	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
87	Larry Robbins: the Singles	Larry Robbins	Mazelations	Contemporary Folk
88	Gumshoe	Samantha Crain	Real Kind	Alternative Folk
89	Mind, Man, Medicine	The Secret Sisters	New West	Contemporary Folk
90	Plus One	The War and Treaty	Mercury Nashville	Contemporary Folk
91	Reverie	Amble	Warner	Contemporary Folk
92	Seek the Love You're Yearning	Brian Gore Guitar Poet	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
93	Within	Michelle Qureshi	myndstream	Alternative Folk
94	EP Two	Slainte Baby	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
95	Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove	Caitlin Canty	Tone Tree	Contemporary Folk
96	After Tale	Eva Rose King	Rose King	Contemporary Folk
97	Anything at All	Denison Witmer	Asthmatic Kitty	Contemporary Folk
98	Weary Ramblers	Weary Ramblers	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
99	As the Chaos Unfolds	Rhona Macfarlane	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
100	Looking for the Thread	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Lambent Light	Contemporary Folk
101	Exploding Star	Heather Maloney	Signature Sounds	Contemporary Folk
102	Cruel Joke	Ken Pomeroy	Rounder	Alternative Folk
103	HIGH, LONESOME and then SOME.	Todd Snider	Aimless	Folk Rock
104	Butcher Holler	Eilen Jewell	Signature Sounds	Contemporary Folk
105	Spirit Ridge	Dean Owens	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
106	Psychedelic Surf Country	Joel Timmons	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
107	My Way	Yola	S-Curve	Folk Rock
108	Witness	Megan Burtt	Cure For Love	Folk Rock
109	Flying with Angels	Suzanne Vega	Cooking Vinyl	Contemporary Folk
110	Smithereens	Dan Reeder	Oh Boy	Contemporary Folk
111	The in Between	Kevin Gordon	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
112	Greener Fields & Fairer Seas	John Calvin	Self-Release	Folk Rock
113	Tape	Patty Griffin	PGM	Contemporary Folk
114	If the Sky Fell	Michael Henchman	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
115	Letters	The National Forest	Tiny House	Contemporary Folk
116	The Coward Brothers	The Coward Brothers	New West	Alternative Folk
117	Break of the Tide	The Lil Smokies	Americana Vibes	Contemporary Folk
118	What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow	Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson	Nonesuch	Contemporary Folk
119	Echolalia	Echolalia	Full Time Hobby	Contemporary Folk
120	Double Takes	Gordie Tentrees	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
121	Winter Grace	Shane Pendergast	Corran Ban	Contemporary Folk
122	American Recordings	Truman Sinclair	R&R	Contemporary Folk
123	Heart Go Wild	Caroline Spence	Tone Tree	Contemporary Folk
124	Born into a Blizzard	Jefferson Berry & the UAC	Urban Acoustic	Contemporary Folk
125	Salt River	Sam Amidon	River Lea	Contemporary Folk
126	Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free	Bonny Light Horseman	Jagjaguwar	Alternative Folk
127	Dime Store Mannequin	Son Stone	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
128	Wartime Cartoons	My Brother's Keeper	Robust	Traditional Folk
129	Love, Dan	C. Daniel Boling	Perfectly Stable	Contemporary Folk
130	Cracks	The Lowtimers	Alabama Sound Company	Contemporary Folk
131	Pagan Church	John Craigie	Leslie/Songlines	Alternative Folk
132	Transmissions	Amos Lee	Thirty Tigers	Folk Rock
133	All Hat	Joshua Hedley	New West	Contemporary Folk
134	Songs Worth Saving	Suzie Brown	Mule Kick	Contemporary Folk
135	You Climb the Mountain	The Onlies	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
136	Suzy Sings Seibel	Suzy Thompson	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
137	Animal Poem	Anna Tivel	Fluff & Gravy	Contemporary Folk
138	Revelation	Leif Vollebekk	Secret City	Alternative Folk
139	A Recipe for Hope	Linda Marks	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
140	Map of a Blue City	Marc Ribot	New West	Alternative Folk
141	The Wind Will Change Again	The Twangtown Paramours	Inside Edge	Contemporary Folk
142	Yev	Yev	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
143	American Boys	Don McLean	Self-Release	Folk Rock
144	Me Daza	Reid Jamieson	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
145	Unentitled	John Gorka	Red House	Contemporary Folk
146	Voices	Jack Barksdale	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
147	The Thanksgiving Album	Vi Wickam	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
148	Lonesome Road	Joel Mabus	Fossil	Contemporary Folk
149	Let It Hiss	The Barr Brothers	Secret City	Alternative Folk
150	Another Glory	Another Glory	Jealous Butcher	Contemporary Folk
151	Bare Bones, Vol. 1: the Duo Recordings (Master Takes)	Jerry Garcia & David Grisman	Acoustic Disc	Alternative Folk
152	Run to the Center	Cornelia Murr	22TWENTY	Contemporary Folk
153	No Fun in the Chrysalis	Them Coulee Boys	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
154	Trailblazer	Lola Kirke	One Riot	Contemporary Folk
155	Freeman's T.V Repair Shop	Darrin Bradbury	Like You Mean It	Contemporary Folk
156	Reverse the Flow	Alice DiMicele	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
157	This Ol' Way	Benjamin Dakota Rogers	Good People	Alternative Folk
158	Lift Up This Old World	Hilary Hawke	Adhyâropa	Contemporary Folk
159	What It Takes	May Erlewine	Ten Good Songs	Contemporary Folk
160	Mother Nature's Show	The High Hawks	Lohi	Folk Rock
161	Diamond City	Will Johnson	Keeled Scales	Folk Rock
162	Volume 4	Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert	Dead Reckoning	Contemporary Folk
163	Borrowed	Grey DeLisle	Regional	Folk Rock
164	The Avett Brothers	The Avett Brothers	Thirty Tigers	Folk Rock
165	Speed	Keller Williams	Freeky Disc	Contemporary Folk
166	Where You Used to Be	Alison Tucker	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
167	Time out #3	The Accidentals	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
168	Woman Creature (Portrait of a Woman, Pt. 2)	Mean Mary	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
169	A Very Lonely Solstice	Fleet Foxes	Anti	Alternative Folk
170	Nature of Necessity	Adam Wright	Carnival	Contemporary Folk
171	Have at It!	DUG	Claddagh	Folk Rock
172	Homegrown	Cole Quest and The City Pickers	Jalopy	Contemporary Folk
173	Dance of the Yellow Leaf	Peter Salett	Dusty Shoes	Folk Rock
174	Smokestack Town	Ole 60	Three Twenty Four	Folk Rock
175	It's Already Better Than It's Ever Going to Be	Bryant Roses	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
176	Beware Wolves Volume 9	Beware Wolves	Aqualamb	Contemporary Folk
177	Long Time Honey	Fox and Bones	Black Oak Artists	Folk Rock
178	Always Here	Trampled by Turtles	Banjodad	Contemporary Folk
179	Firetrail	Erin Durant	Ruination	Contemporary Folk
180	Woods	Darling West	Jansen	Contemporary Folk
181	Back to the Light	Heather Pierson	Vessel	Contemporary Folk
182	I Love You, Say It Back	Joe Holt	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
183	Part Time Believer	The Strumbellas	Glassnote	Contemporary Folk
184	Worrying Boy	Chris Rosser	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
185	Playing Solitaire	Phil Cooper	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
186	Safe to Run	Esther Rose	New West	Alternative Folk
187	Xo, 1945	Ryland Moranz	Tonic	Contemporary Folk
188	Kentucky Queen	Carla Gover	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
189	American Railroad	Silkroad Ensemble & Rhiannon Giddens	Nonesuch	Alternative Folk
190	Wildflower	Malin Pettersen	Die With Your Boots On	Alternative Folk
191	These Days	Emily Hines	Keeled Scales	Contemporary Folk
192	Gold and Coal	Cassie and Maggie	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
193	Restless Hearts	John Jenkins	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
194	Wanderer	Ruth Moody	Blue Muse	Contemporary Folk
195	Anything Beautiful	Trevor Bahnson	Dimed	Contemporary Folk
196	I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away	Hayden Pedigo	Mexican Summer	Contemporary Folk
197	Alice Howe & Freebo (Live)	Alice Howe	Know Howe Music	Contemporary Folk
198	The Past is Still Alive	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Nonesuch	Alternative Folk
199	TREES	Laurie Lewis	Spruce And Maple Music	Alternative Folk
200	Dreamer's Motel	Joachim Cooder	Temple Of Leaves	Contemporary Folk

To start reporting your play-list to the Roots Music Report Apply Here .

The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Album Chart for the Year of 2025

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2025