The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Light | I'm With Her |
| 2 | Dreams | Jade Bird |
| 3 | River Gonna Talk | David G Smith |
| 4 | Weight You Carry | David G Smith |
| 5 | Gunslinger | Natalie Bergman |
| 6 | Let's Take Our Time and Do It Right | David G Smith |
| 7 | I Wanna Go out | David G Smith |
| 8 | Ending with Heart Heart Heart | Winterlark |
| 9 | Sing to Me About Tomorrow | Winterlark |
| 10 | East Runs out of West | Winterlark |
| 11 | Josephine | Dave Murphy |
| 12 | October Skies (feat. James Maddock) | Dave Murphy |
| 13 | This Yellow Makes Me Blue | Winterlark |
| 14 | Witness Trees | David G Smith |
| 15 | Women Are Not Equal | David G Smith |
| 16 | Remember Dorothy | Linda Sussman |
| 17 | Run from the Lightning | Linda Sussman |
| 18 | Brown's Ferry Blues (feat. Billy Strings) | Tony Trischka |
| 19 | If I Could Fly | Dave Murphy |
| 20 | Strawberry Red (feat. James Maddock) | Dave Murphy |
| 21 | One More Time (feat. Mark Erelli) | Dave Murphy |
| 22 | Gone | David G Smith |
| 23 | After the Hurricane | Dave Murphy |
| 24 | To Be Human | David G Smith |
| 25 | Take a Ride with Me | Dave Murphy |
| 26 | Rumours | John Donovan |
| 27 | Yard Sale | Ben Harper |
| 28 | Townhalls & Taverns | John Donovan |
| 29 | Masterpiece | Ben Harper |
| 30 | Love After Love | Ben Harper |
| 31 | Wide Open Light | Ben Harper |
| 32 | Flow | Eric Selby |
| 33 | Just the Same | Eric Selby |
| 34 | None of Em Dead | David G Smith |
| 35 | Give Us Free | David G Smith |
| 36 | 2nd Fiddle | John Donovan |
| 37 | Red | Dave Murphy |
| 38 | Wine Stains | Eric Selby |
| 39 | Issues | Eric Selby |
| 40 | Time | Gordie Tentrees |
| 41 | Win or Lose | Linda Sussman |
| 42 | Big News | Winterlark |
| 43 | Keep Movin' | Kat Edmonson |
| 44 | Planet of Pain II | Dave Murphy |
| 45 | Don't Let It Rain | Linda Sussman |
| 46 | Sister | Winterlark |
| 47 | I Wish I Could Tell You | Dave Murphy |
| 48 | Because of You | Eric Selby |
| 49 | Big Boys in Bad Shape | Trout Fishing in America |
| 50 | While I'm Down (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings) | John Craigie |
| 51 | This Bluesy Thing We Do | Linda Sussman |
| 52 | Find My Way to You | I'm With Her |
| 53 | Bitter Ender | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| 54 | Arson | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 55 | Arsonist Daughter | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 56 | Damned Dynasty | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 57 | Dear Brother | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 58 | Enough | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 59 | Billie Jean | Alexandr Misko |
| 60 | Occulations of the Ballerina | Jim Lampos |
| 61 | Ceremonies of Baron Samedi | Jim Lampos |
| 62 | Downerville | Jim Lampos |
| 63 | Blood Street | Jim Lampos |
| 64 | Crossing Longfellow Bridge | Jim Lampos |
| 65 | A Knew Year | Eric Selby |
| 66 | Different Hues | Eric Selby |
| 67 | Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | Eric Selby |
| 68 | I Carry You | Eric Selby |
| 69 | Stranger Things Have Happened | Eric Selby |
| 70 | Tomorrow Never Knows | Eric Selby |
| 71 | Unsown | Eric Selby |
| 72 | One More Change | Ben Harper |
| 73 | Growing Growing Gone | Ben Harper |
| 74 | Thank You Pat Brayer | Ben Harper |
| 75 | Giving Ghosts | Ben Harper |
| 76 | Trying Not to Fall in Love with You | Ben Harper |
| 77 | Some Love | David G Smith |
| 78 | Above Us | Michelle Qureshi |
| 79 | 8 Minutes | Ben Harper |
| 80 | The Sermon of St. Francis | The Deer's Cry |
| 81 | Kickin off Our Shoes | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 82 | Escapism | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 83 | Leave It Be | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 84 | Monday Mourning | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 85 | Shouldn't Give a Damn | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 86 | Tale of a Chameleon | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 87 | Temptress | Aspen Jacobsen |
| 88 | Another Way | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 89 | Isle of Skye | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 90 | Man with the Muse | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 91 | Naturally You | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 92 | Water | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 93 | What Happens to the Music | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 94 | Cavern Cathedral | The Deer's Cry |
| 95 | Dogwood Tree | The Deer's Cry |
| 96 | Heal the Heart | The Deer's Cry |
| 97 | I See His Blood Upon the Rose | The Deer's Cry |
| 98 | I Want to Get Through to You | The Deer's Cry |
| 99 | Morning Light | The Deer's Cry |
| 100 | Pieces | The Deer's Cry |
| 101 | Heart and Crown | Ben Harper |
| 102 | Jesus Sees Me (feat. Hannah Holbrook) | The Deer's Cry |
| 103 | Let Common Sense Prevail - Remastered | Linda Sussman |
| 104 | Crooked Troubles | Brian Gore Guitar Poet |
| 105 | Without Love | Brian Gore Guitar Poet |
| 106 | Dreaming in Plastique | Brian Gore Guitar Poet |
| 107 | With Tenderness | Michelle Qureshi |
| 108 | Alice | Bryce Ernest Taylor |
| 109 | I Wanna Fly | Linda Sussman |
| 110 | Lights of Change | Linda Sussman |
| 111 | Mary Le Bon | Jim Lampos |
| 112 | Slow Me Down | Jim Lampos |
| 113 | Under the Spell of the Moon | Jim Lampos |
| 114 | My Heart is Sinking - Cello Mix | Linda Sussman |
| 115 | She | Reid Jamieson |
| 116 | Nothing Works the Way It Should | Son Stone |
| 117 | Breathe Me in | Son Stone |
| 118 | Reeling Me in | Son Stone |
| 119 | Wave Goodbye to the Clown | Son Stone |
| 120 | Mad Hot for Me | Son Stone |
| 121 | You Can Talk Dirty to Me | Son Stone |
| 122 | Good to Know You | Curtis Stigers |
| 123 | Careless Whisper | Alexandr Misko |
| 124 | Stairway to Heaven | Lucas Imbiriba |
| 125 | Café | Joe Flip |
| 126 | Shores of Atlantis | Michelle Qureshi |
| 127 | A Power You'll Never Know - Remastered | Linda Sussman |
| 128 | Drive or Push | Gordie Tentrees |
| 129 | Hot Corn, Cold Corn (Master Takes) | Jerry Garcia & David Grisman |
| 130 | Be the Change | Linda Marks |
| 131 | Lighthouse | Linda Marks |
| 132 | The Garden Buffet | Linda Marks |
| 133 | Wisdom of Lived Years | Linda Marks |
| 134 | The Silence of the Stars | Linda Marks |
| 135 | Sanctuary | Linda Marks |
| 136 | No Time for Dreams | Linda Marks |
| 137 | Brave Baby Brett | Linda Marks |
| 138 | Ghosts | Linda Marks |
| 139 | Shipwrecked | Linda Marks |
| 140 | Learn to Really See a Flower | Linda Marks |
| 141 | Rise and Shine | Slainte Baby |
| 142 | Year After Year | I'm With Her |
| 143 | No MSG, Please | The Acousticats |
| 144 | Far Cry | T Sisters |
| 145 | Station Man | Martin Sexton |
| 146 | All the Songs of Peace | Linda Sussman |
| 147 | Until You Were Gone | Curtis Stigers |
| 148 | Quite the Way You Do | Slainte Baby |
| 149 | Soul Shinin' | Slainte Baby |
| 150 | Gemini | Haley Heynderickx |
| 151 | Springfield Mountain Coalminer | The Acousticats |
| 152 | More of These Blues | Gurf Morlix |
| 153 | Ashes | Gurf Morlix |
| 154 | In the Beginning | The Autumn Defense |
| 155 | Kapow Kaboom | Gurf Morlix |
| 156 | Save Your Tears | Jade Bird |
| 157 | Tinkering | Gordie Tentrees |
| 158 | I Have Everything | Curtis Stigers |
| 159 | Old Fashioned | Curtis Stigers |
| 160 | Sure Took a Long Time | Slainte Baby |
| 161 | Throes of Love | John Donovan |
| 162 | This is Real | Gurf Morlix |
| 163 | It Aint Lost on Me | Slainte Baby |
| 164 | Using You | Jack Van Cleaf |
| 165 | Life is the Question | Gurf Morlix |
| 166 | Golden Thread | Curtis Stigers |
| 167 | Heroes | Doug Cox & Linda McRae |
| 168 | The Ghost of Alice (feat. Darol Anger) | Alice DiMicele |
| 169 | Situation Satisfy Me | Slainte Baby |
| 170 | Under the Rug | The Wildwoods |
| 171 | I Know You Know | Bonny Light Horseman |
| 172 | See You Free | Bonny Light Horseman |
| 173 | Up Close | Them Coulee Boys |
| 174 | Money on 7 | Amy Helm |
| 175 | Tonight with the Dogs I'm Sleeping | Bonnie "Prince" Billy |
| 176 | Different Rocks, Different Hills | I'm With Her |
| 177 | Dream Girl | Esther Rose |
| 178 | Burn It Down | Curtis Stigers |
| 179 | Sometime Jailhouse Blues | Marc Ribot |
| 180 | Just a Little Ways Down the Road | Laurie Lewis |
| 181 | Chet Baker | Esther Rose |
| 182 | Long Gone | Laurie Lewis |
| 183 | Rabbit Hill | The Wildwoods |
| 184 | Bygone Days | Gordie Tentrees |
| 185 | Work in Progress | Brad Strang |
| 186 | Mama Juju | Gurf Morlix |
| 187 | Love Lives | The Autumn Defense |
| 188 | Chuggin' Down the Tracks | Revere Rivers |
| 189 | Don't Look at Me That Way | Curtis Stigers |
| 190 | Old Dutch | Bonny Light Horseman |
| 191 | This Side of Empty | Gurf Morlix |
| 192 | UFO | The National Parks |
| 193 | Just a Man | Joel Timmons |
| 194 | Sweet Niobrara | The Wildwoods |
| 195 | Flannel Cowboy | Ken Pomeroy |
| 196 | Dragonfly | Samantha Crain |
| 197 | Rodeo Clown | Ken Pomeroy |
| 198 | Love is Greater | Revere Rivers |
| 199 | Is My Living in Vain? | Bonnie "Prince" Billy |
| 200 | It Doesn't Have to Be Now | Curtis Stigers |
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