The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
1 |  | Witness Trees - Follow by: David G Smith Tweet Buy Now:   | Label: Hey Dave Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | Heart So Rare by: Dave Murphy Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
3 |  | Wild and Clear and Blue - Follow by: I'm With Her Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
4 |  | Sing to Me About Tomorrow by: Winterlark Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Squink Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
5 |  | Wide Open Light - Follow by: Ben Harper Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Chrysalis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
6 |  | Who Wants to Talk About Love? - Follow by: Jade Bird Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Glassnote Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | Starting to Sync in - Follow by: Eric Selby Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Arsonist Daughter by: Aspen Jacobsen Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | Songs from My Kitchen, Vol. 1 by: Curtis Stigers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Pandemic Poodle Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
10 |  | The Silence of the Stars - Follow by: Linda Marks Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | A Taste of Ashes - Follow by: Gurf Morlix Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Rootball Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | Occulations by: Jim Lampos Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | Northern Moon by: John Donovan Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Win or Lose - Follow by: Linda Sussman Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Sing Out Proud Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Heal the Heart by: The Deer's Cry Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Man with the Muse by: Bryce Ernest Taylor Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | Dang Fool - Follow by: Eric Selby Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | Double Takes by: Gordie Tentrees Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Two Birds to Kill a Stone by: Son Stone Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Kaimana Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | Dear Meadowlark by: The Wildwoods Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | Earl Jam - Follow by: Tony Trischka Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Down The Road Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
22 |  | Walking on the Wire - Follow by: Gordon Thomas Ward Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Ghosts in the Garden - Follow by: Kris Delmhorst Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | My Home is Not in This World - Follow by: Natalie Bergman Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Third Man Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Common Sense by: Gary Nicholson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Qualified Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | The Purple Bird by: Bonnie "Prince" Billy Tweet Buy Now: | Label: No Quarter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | Basia's Palace - Follow by: Basia Bulat Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Secret City Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | Seed of a Seed - Follow by: Haley Heynderickx Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Mama Bird Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | EP One by: Slainte Baby Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | JVC - Follow by: Jack Van Cleaf Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | I Was Born of Water by: Revere Rivers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Regional Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | Gumshoe - Follow by: Samantha Crain Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Real Kind Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | Seek the Love You're Yearning by: Brian Gore Guitar Poet Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Within - Follow by: Michelle Qureshi Tweet Buy Now: | Label: myndstream Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | EP Two by: Slainte Baby Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | Cruel Joke by: Ken Pomeroy Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | Psychedelic Surf Country by: Joel Timmons Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | The in Between - Follow by: Kevin Gordon Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | The Coward Brothers by: The Coward Brothers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free - Follow by: Bonny Light Horseman Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Jagjaguwar Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Dime Store Mannequin by: Son Stone Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | Pagan Church - Follow by: John Craigie Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Leslie/Songlines Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Revelation - Follow by: Leif Vollebekk Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Secret City Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | A Recipe for Hope - Follow by: Linda Marks Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | Map of a Blue City by: Marc Ribot Tweet Buy Now: | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | Yev by: Yev Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Me Daza - Follow by: Reid Jamieson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Voices - Follow by: Jack Barksdale Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Let It Hiss - Follow by: The Barr Brothers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Secret City Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Bare Bones, Vol. 1: the Duo Recordings (Master Takes) - Follow by: Jerry Garcia & David Grisman Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Acoustic Disc Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | No Fun in the Chrysalis - Follow by: Them Coulee Boys Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | Reverse the Flow - Follow by: Alice DiMicele Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | This Ol' Way - Follow by: Benjamin Dakota Rogers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Good People Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Where You Used to Be by: Alison Tucker Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | A Very Lonely Solstice by: Fleet Foxes Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Playing Solitaire - Follow by: Phil Cooper Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Safe to Run - Follow by: Esther Rose Tweet Buy Now: | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | American Railroad - Follow by: Silkroad Ensemble & Rhiannon Giddens Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | Wildflower - Follow by: Malin Pettersen Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Die With Your Boots On Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | Restless Hearts - Follow by: John Jenkins Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | The Past is Still Alive - Follow by: Hurray for the Riff Raff Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | TREES by: Laurie Lewis Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Spruce And Maple Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Big Girl Pants by: T Sisters Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Burning House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Old Trails by: Forrest VanTuyl Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Beyond the Great Pause by: Doug Cox & Linda McRae Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Simple Motion by: Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Red Beet Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | Here and Nowhere by: The Autumn Defense Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Yep Roc Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | Tripping off to Mars by: Brad Strang Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | Sparrow by: Jeff Talmadge Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Berkalin Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | Map the Dark - Follow by: Quote the Raven Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | Yellow Peril by: Nat Myers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Easy Eye Sound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Bristlecone - Follow by: Gurf Morlix Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | Geist - Follow by: Shannon Lay Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Silver City - Follow by: Amy Helm Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Sun Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | Paint Horse - Follow by: Benjamin Dakota Rogers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Good People Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | There is So Much Here - Follow by: Glen Phillips Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | Things Are Great - Follow by: Band Of Horses Tweet Buy Now: | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | Halfsies - Follow by: Lizzie No Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | It's a Beautiful Day and I Love You - Follow by: Jillette Johnson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Moss Rose Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Asterisk the Universe - Follow by: John Craigie Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Moving on Skiffle - Follow by: Van Morrison Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Virgin Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | Accentuate the Positive - Follow by: Van Morrison Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Exile Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | Terms of Surrender - Follow by: Hiss Golden Messenger Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | 12th of June - Follow by: Lyle Lovett Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Verve Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | Let the Longing Run Wild & Free by: Robert Sarazin Blake Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Sameroom Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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