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	Cry Baby	Sunny War	Contemporary Folk
20	October Skies (feat. James Maddock)	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
21	Special Delivery Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
22	This Yellow Makes Me Blue	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
23	Witness Trees	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
24	Atlanta Blues	Stephen Bennett	Contemporary Folk
25	Women Are Not Equal	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
26	Jack O' Diamonds (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
27	Remember Dorothy	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
28	Run from the Lightning	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
29	Even when I'm High	John Stowers	Folk Rock
30	Buddy Roe	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
31	Open	John Stowers	Folk Rock
32	Brown's Ferry Blues (feat. Billy Strings)	Tony Trischka	Alternative Folk
33	If I Could Fly	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
34	Lovely Rainy Day	John Stowers	Folk Rock
35	Over the Wall	John Stowers	Folk Rock
36	Country Boy from Plains	Hot Tamale	Contemporary Folk
37	Strawberry Red (feat. James Maddock)	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
38	Hambone Stomp (feat. Bobby Rush)	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
39	Long Way Home	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
40	Rocket out of Here	John Stowers	Folk Rock
41	Step into Your Power	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
42	Saving Grace	Briscoe	Contemporary Folk
43	One More Time (feat. Mark Erelli)	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
44	Gone	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
45	Into the Light	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
46	After the Hurricane	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
47	Low Lonesome	Duke Levine	Folk
48	Mr. John	Duke Levine	Folk
49	Sticks & Stones	Nathan McEuen	Contemporary Folk
50	Rescue Me	Sons Of The East	Folk Rock
51	Just Doesn't Work Anymore	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
52	Harbortowne	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
53	Lottery	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
54	Don't Pass Go	John Stowers	Folk Rock
55	To Be Human	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
56	Take a Ride with Me	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
57	Front Porchin'	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
58	Up to No Good	Nathan McEuen	Contemporary Folk
59	My One and Only	Nathan McEuen	Contemporary Folk
60	Yonder Come the Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
61	Sound Existence	Steve Forbert	Contemporary Folk
62	Hold on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
63	Rumours	John Donovan	Alternative Folk
64	The Last Goodbye	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
65	Keep on Movin' It on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
66	Let It Roar	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
67	Yard Sale	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
68	Lemon's Jump	Stefan Grossman	Contemporary Folk
69	Fix My Fate	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
70	Pour the Wine	Sons Of The East	Folk Rock
71	Returning to Myself	Brandi Carlile	Contemporary Folk
72	Coppertone and Maggie Mae	The Two Peas	Contemporary Folk
73	You and Me on the Rock	The Two Peas	Contemporary Folk
74	A Love Like Yours and Mine	The Two Peas	Contemporary Folk
75	Change It Up Baby	John Stowers	Folk Rock
76	Freedom Trilogy (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
77	Tragic Tom	John Stowers	Folk Rock
78	Too Afraid to Fall in Love	Max Gomez	Traditional Folk
79	When the Children Cry	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
80	Townhalls & Taverns	John Donovan	Alternative Folk
81	The Invitation	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
82	Kiss the Girl	John Stowers	Folk Rock
83	Gave My Guitar Away (Acoustic Version)	Karney	Folk Rock
84	Suitcase Blues	Shelby Means	Contemporary Folk
85	Love Who You Are	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
86	Good Friends	Max Gomez	Traditional Folk
87	Masterpiece	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
88	Love After Love	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
89	Wide Open Light	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
90	Baby You're a Rich Man	John Stowers	Folk Rock
91	Rainbow in the Dark	Karney	Folk Rock
92	Across the Planet (Remix)	Karney	Folk Rock
93	Behind Your Eyes	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
94	Peace is More	Karney	Folk Rock
95	Sinners and Saints	Karney	Folk Rock
96	Soul Family	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
97	Flow	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
98	One True Song (Acoustic Version)	Karney	Folk Rock
99	Free	Keith Greeninger	Folk Rock
100	The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	Gordon Lightfoot	Contemporary Folk
101	Freedom Summer (Acoustic Version)	Karney	Folk Rock
102	Just the Same	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
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	Red	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
111	Suspended	Karney	Folk Rock
112	Out of Body 2025	Karney	Folk Rock
113	Eos	Karney	Folk Rock
114	I Had Something	Lucy Kaplansky	Folk
115	Sundown	Gordon Lightfoot	Folk
116	Mr. Tambourine Man	Bob Dylan	Folk
117	Made to Wander	The Crowe Boys	Contemporary Folk
118	Dark Ages	Eliza Gilkyson	Contemporary Folk
119	It's Money That Matters	Randy Newman	Folk
120	Wine Stains	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
121	Haywood House	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
122	Gonna Sing	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
123	Bowler Man	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
124	The Walk	Steve and Kristi Nebel	Contemporary Folk
125	The Baker	Steve and Kristi Nebel	Contemporary Folk
126	Smoke Eater	Steve and Kristi Nebel	Contemporary Folk
127	The American in Me	Steve Forbert	Contemporary Folk
128	Issues	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
129	Shady Grove	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
130	Time	Gordie Tentrees	Alternative Folk
131	Win or Lose	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
132	Atlantic City	Bruce Springsteen	Folk Rock
133	Already Gone	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
134	Cold War	Olive Klug	Contemporary Folk
135	Bop Bop New Orleans	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
136	Glacier	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
137	WTF	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
138	Leader of the Band	Dan Fogelberg	Folk Rock
139	Rose's Shack	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
140	Joyland	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
141	Big News	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
142	Lucky for Me	John Stowers	Folk Rock
143	Keep Movin'	Kat Edmonson	Alternative Folk
144	Born Too Late	Steve Forbert	Folk
145	Country Road	James Taylor	Contemporary Folk
146	Million Reasons	Shelby Means	Contemporary Folk
147	Closer to the Ground	Joy Of Cooking	Folk Rock
148	Weak Days	John Stowers	Folk Rock
149	Weather and Water	The Greencards	Folk
150	Planet of Pain II	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
151	Don't Let It Rain	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
152	Green Light	Darlingside	Folk Rock
153	Storyville Shooting Star	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
154	Guilty As Sin	Kasey Chambers	Folk
155	20 Years	Jude Johnstone	Contemporary Folk
156	Sister	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
157	I Wish I Could Tell You	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
158	It All Comes Down to Love	Tom Rush	Contemporary Folk
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	Million Dollar Levee	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
164	Big Boys in Bad Shape	Trout Fishing in America	Alternative Folk
165	Aerial Boundaries	Michael Hedges	Folk
166	Unfinished Business	Megan Burtt	Folk Rock
167	Louise	Leo Kottke	Folk
168	And They Called Her California	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
169	All the Ways	The Secret Sisters	Contemporary Folk
170	Shame on You	Indigo Girls	Contemporary Folk
171	Lonesome Blues, I'm Coming Home	Max Wareham	Contemporary Folk
172	Sticky and Sweet	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
173	What You've Shown Me	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
174	Sailing to Philadelphia	Mark Knopfler	Folk
175	Sam Stone	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
176	Let Her Go	Passenger	Folk Rock
177	So Nice	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
178	While I'm Down (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings)	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
179	This Bluesy Thing We Do	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
180	Find My Way to You	I'm With Her	Alternative Folk
181	Jackaroo	Jerry Garcia & David Grisman	Folk Rock
182	Just a Bum	Greg Brown	Folk
183	44 & 66	Greg Brown	Folk
184	Bitter Ender	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Alternative Folk
185	Rocks and Trees	Eli West	Contemporary Folk
186	Are We in Trouble Now	Mark Knopfler	Folk
187	King Arthur's Dream	The Hellecasters	Folk Rock
188	Golden Heart	Mark Knopfler	Folk
189	The Sound of Guitars	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
190	Love That 'S Real	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
191	Resilience	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
192	Coffee Shop Open Mic	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
193	If You Could Read My Mind	Gordon Lightfoot	Contemporary Folk
194	Pick Peace	Guthrie Trapp	Folk
195	Mudslide	Guthrie Trapp	Folk
196	I Am Empty	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
197	Fat Lip	John Scofield	Folk
198	Killing Time	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
199	Kismet	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
200	Thinking of Her	Aarythmers	Folk Rock

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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