Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2025

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

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	Back at the Start	Patty Griffin	Contemporary Folk
2	Ancient Light	I'm With Her	Alternative Folk
3	Dreams	Jade Bird	Alternative Folk
4	River Gonna Talk	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
5	Weight You Carry	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
6	Gunslinger	Natalie Bergman	Alternative Folk
7	Let's Take Our Time and Do It Right	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
8	Weepin' Willow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
9	I Wanna Go out	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
10	Jim Crow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
11	Ending with Heart Heart Heart	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
12	Homeless Blues (Live)	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
13	Sing to Me About Tomorrow	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
14	East Runs out of West	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
15	The Only Way out is Through	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
16	Alabama Bound (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
17	Josephine	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
18	900 Miles (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
19	October Skies (feat. James Maddock)	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
20	Special Delivery Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
21	This Yellow Makes Me Blue	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
22	Witness Trees	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
23	Atlanta Blues	Stephen Bennett	Contemporary Folk
24	Women Are Not Equal	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
25	Jack O' Diamonds (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
26	Remember Dorothy	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
27	Run from the Lightning	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
28	Even when I'm High	John Stowers	Folk Rock
29	Buddy Roe	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
30	Open	John Stowers	Folk Rock
31	Brown's Ferry Blues (feat. Billy Strings)	Tony Trischka	Alternative Folk
32	If I Could Fly	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
33	Lovely Rainy Day	John Stowers	Folk Rock
34	Over the Wall	John Stowers	Folk Rock
35	Country Boy from Plains	Hot Tamale	Contemporary Folk
36	Strawberry Red (feat. James Maddock)	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
37	Hambone Stomp (feat. Bobby Rush)	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
38	Long Way Home	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
39	Rocket out of Here	John Stowers	Folk Rock
40	Step into Your Power	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
41	Saving Grace	Briscoe	Contemporary Folk
42	One More Time (feat. Mark Erelli)	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
43	Gone	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
44	Into the Light	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
45	After the Hurricane	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
46	Low Lonesome	Duke Levine	Folk
47	Mr. John	Duke Levine	Folk
48	Sticks & Stones	Nathan McEuen	Contemporary Folk
49	Rescue Me	Sons Of The East	Folk Rock
50	Just Doesn't Work Anymore	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
51	Harbortowne	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
52	Lottery	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
53	To Be Human	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
54	Don't Pass Go	John Stowers	Folk Rock
55	Take a Ride with Me	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
56	Up to No Good	Nathan McEuen	Contemporary Folk
57	My One and Only	Nathan McEuen	Contemporary Folk
58	Yonder Come the Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
59	Sound Existence	Steve Forbert	Contemporary Folk
60	Hold on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
61	Rumours	John Donovan	Alternative Folk
62	The Last Goodbye	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
63	Keep on Movin' It on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
64	Let It Roar	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
65	Yard Sale	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
66	Lemon's Jump	Stefan Grossman	Contemporary Folk
67	Fix My Fate	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
68	Pour the Wine	Sons Of The East	Folk Rock
69	Returning to Myself	Brandi Carlile	Contemporary Folk
70	Coppertone and Maggie Mae	The Two Peas	Contemporary Folk
71	You and Me on the Rock	The Two Peas	Contemporary Folk
72	A Love Like Yours and Mine	The Two Peas	Contemporary Folk
73	Cry Baby (feat. Valerie June) [feat. Valerie June]	Sunny War	Contemporary Folk
74	Change It Up Baby	John Stowers	Folk Rock
75	Freedom Trilogy (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
76	Too Afraid to Fall in Love	Max Gomez	Traditional Folk
77	Tragic Tom	John Stowers	Folk Rock
78	When the Children Cry	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
79	Townhalls & Taverns	John Donovan	Alternative Folk
80	Already Gone	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
81	Kiss the Girl	John Stowers	Folk Rock
82	The Invitation	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
83	Gave My Guitar Away	Karney	Folk Rock
84	Suitcase Blues	Shelby Means	Contemporary Folk
85	Love Who You Are	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
86	Free	Keith Greeninger	Folk Rock
87	Good Friends	Max Gomez	Traditional Folk
88	Masterpiece	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
89	Love After Love	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
90	Wide Open Light	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
91	Rainbow in the Dark	Karney	Folk Rock
92	Peace is More	Karney	Folk Rock
93	Behind Your Eyes	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
94	Sinners and Saints	Karney	Folk Rock
95	Soul Family	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
96	Flow	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
97	Across the Planet (remix)	Karney	Folk Rock
98	One True Song	Karney	Folk Rock
99	The American in Me	Steve Forbert	Contemporary Folk
100	The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	Gordon Lightfoot	Contemporary Folk
101	Just the Same	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
102	Freedom Summer	Karney	Folk Rock
103	None of Em Dead	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
104	Give Us Free	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
105	2nd Fiddle	John Donovan	Alternative Folk
106	Fire and Rain	James Taylor	Contemporary Folk
107	Closer to Fine	Indigo Girls	Contemporary Folk
108	Whole Lotta Livin' (feat. Vince Gill)	The Imaginaries	Folk Rock
109	Peace Train	Cat Stevens	Folk Rock
110	I Had Something	Lucy Kaplansky	Folk
111	Red	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
112	Suspended	Karney	Folk Rock
113	Out of Body 2025	Karney	Folk Rock
114	Eos	Karney	Folk Rock
115	Hello in There	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
116	Mr. Tambourine Man	Bob Dylan	Folk
117	It's Money That Matters	Randy Newman	Folk
118	Made to Wander	The Crowe Boys	Contemporary Folk
119	Dark Ages	Eliza Gilkyson	Contemporary Folk
120	It All Comes Down to Love	Tom Rush	Contemporary Folk
121	Wine Stains	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
122	Haywood House	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
123	Gonna Sing	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
124	Bowler Man	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
125	The Walk	Steve and Kristi Nebel	Contemporary Folk
126	The Baker	Steve and Kristi Nebel	Contemporary Folk
127	Smoke Eater	Steve and Kristi Nebel	Contemporary Folk
128	Born Too Late	Steve Forbert	Folk
129	Hold Me	The Strumbellas	Contemporary Folk
130	Issues	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
131	Shady Grove	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
132	Time	Gordie Tentrees	Alternative Folk
133	Win or Lose	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
134	Atlantic City	Bruce Springsteen	Folk Rock
135	20 Years	Jude Johnstone	Contemporary Folk
136	Cold War	Olive Klug	Contemporary Folk
137	Glacier	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
138	Bop Bop New Orleans	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
139	WTF	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
140	Leader of the Band	Dan Fogelberg	Folk Rock
141	Rose's Shack	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
142	Joyland	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
143	Big News	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
144	Keep Movin'	Kat Edmonson	Alternative Folk
145	Lucky for Me	John Stowers	Folk Rock
146	Country Road	James Taylor	Contemporary Folk
147	Million Reasons	Shelby Means	Contemporary Folk
148	Closer to the Ground	Joy Of Cooking	Folk Rock
149	Weather and Water	The Greencards	Folk
150	Planet of Pain II	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
151	Weak Days	John Stowers	Folk Rock
152	Don't Let It Rain	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
153	Green Light	Darlingside	Folk Rock
154	Storyville Shooting Star	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
155	Guilty As Sin	Kasey Chambers	Folk
156	Sister	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
157	I Wish I Could Tell You	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
158	Can't Understand	Laura Love	Folk Rock
159	Because of You	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
160	Rising	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
161	Heart of Gold	Neil Young	Folk Rock
162	San Luis	Gregory Alan Isakov	Contemporary Folk
163	Memphis in the Meantime	John Hiatt	Folk
164	Million Dollar Levee	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
165	Big Boys in Bad Shape	Trout Fishing in America	Alternative Folk
166	Aerial Boundaries	Michael Hedges	Folk
167	Unfinished Business	Megan Burtt	Folk Rock
168	Went to a Party	Nick Lowe	Folk Rock
169	Louise	Leo Kottke	Folk
170	And They Called Her California	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
171	All the Ways	The Secret Sisters	Contemporary Folk
172	Shame on You	Indigo Girls	Contemporary Folk
173	Lonesome Blues, I'm Coming Home	Max Wareham	Contemporary Folk
174	Sticky and Sweet	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
175	What You've Shown Me	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
176	Sailing to Philadelphia	Mark Knopfler	Folk
177	Sam Stone	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
178	Let Her Go	Passenger	Folk Rock
179	So Nice	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
180	While I'm Down (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings)	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
181	This Bluesy Thing We Do	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
182	Just a Bum	Greg Brown	Folk
183	Jackaroo	Jerry Garcia & David Grisman	Folk Rock
184	44 & 66	Greg Brown	Folk
185	I Can't Complain (Live)	Todd Snider	Folk Rock
186	Rocks and Trees	Eli West	Contemporary Folk
187	Things We Contemplate	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
188	Procrastination (I'll Do It Later)	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
189	Everlasting	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
190	Hands on	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
191	Coffee Shop Open Mic	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
192	The Sound of Guitars	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
193	Love That 's Real	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
194	Resilience	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
195	Billie Jean	Alexandr Misko	Alternative Folk
196	Kismet	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
197	Albuquerque	Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band	Contemporary Folk
198	Senses (Thanks JSB)	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
199	Nebraska	Bruce Springsteen	Folk Rock
200	Home	Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band	Contemporary Folk

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

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