The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Bluegrass Song Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looks Like the End of the Road | Alison Krauss & Union Station |
| 2 | Boom | Sierra Hull |
| 3 | If You Don't Climb the Mountain | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 4 | Richmond on the James | Alison Krauss & Union Station |
| 5 | Ride on by | Becky Buller |
| 6 | I'll Just Drive | Ashleigh Graham |
| 7 | Into the Wild | Molly Tuttle |
| 8 | Lonely As It Gets | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 9 | Wanted in Kentucky | Marty Falle |
| 10 | Makin' It Work | Tony Kamel |
| 11 | Come out of My Blues (feat. Tim O'Brien) | Sierra Hull |
| 12 | Pretty Flowers | Eddie Sanders |
| 13 | Black Smoke Annie | Tidalwave Road Bluegrass Band |
| 14 | That's Gonna Leave a Mark | Molly Tuttle |
| 15 | Granite Mills | Alison Krauss & Union Station |
| 16 | Golden Grass | The Brothers Comatose |
| 17 | It Always Rains when I'm Lonesome | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 18 | Big Wheel | Leftover Salmon |
| 19 | Tennessee | The Creekers |
| 20 | A Dozen Reasons | Ashleigh Graham |
| 21 | Muddy Waters | Becky Buller |
| 22 | Heaven is Your Hometown | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 23 | Truth Be Told | Sierra Hull |
| 24 | Hyden, KY | The Creekers |
| 25 | Easy Come, Easy Go | The Burnett Sisters Band |
| 26 | Sink or Swim | Eddie Sanders |
| 27 | Daughter of the Stars | Red Camel Collective |
| 28 | Whiskey Drinking Man (Live) | Dan Tyminski |
| 29 | Black Wedding Dress | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 30 | Catch Me if You Can | DownRiver Collective |
| 31 | Dark Rolling Deep | Backline |
| 32 | Seeing the Best of You | Laura Orshaw |
| 33 | Outrun | The Steeldrivers |
| 34 | I Can’t Find You at All | AJ Lee & Blue Summit |
| 35 | E Tune (feat. Béla Fleck) | Sierra Hull |
| 36 | Skin and Bone | Tidalwave Road Bluegrass Band |
| 37 | Ghost Bride of the Cumberland Falls | Marty Falle |
| 38 | What's the River Running from | Eddie Sanders |
| 39 | Last Time I Saw Him (feat. Suzanne Cox & Sharon White) | Red Camel Collective |
| 40 | Coalmine | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 41 | Let's Party About It | Leftover Salmon |
| 42 | Up Against the Big Hill Line | Marty Falle |
| 43 | Hobo | Marty Falle |
| 44 | The Rabbit Hole | Rick Faris |
| 45 | Everything Burns | Molly Tuttle |
| 46 | Race to Run | Nefesh Mountain |
| 47 | Bluegrass Radio | Alison Brown & Steve Martin |
| 48 | Lonesome is Your Name | Rick Faris |
| 49 | Toe the Line (feat. Tim O'Brien) | Woody Platt |
| 50 | With a Vamp in the Middle | Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland |
| 51 | Winnebago | Sister Sadie |
| 52 | Love Already Gone | Eddie Sanders |
| 53 | Hammer Home | Eddie Sanders |
| 54 | Southbound | Jim Hurst |
| 55 | Damn Good Ride | Tony Kamel |
| 56 | You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive | Marty Falle |
| 57 | Love Raised the Roof | Marty Falle |
| 58 | I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why) | Unspoken Tradition |
| 59 | Soldiers of Heaven | Ashleigh Graham |
| 60 | Redbird | Sierra Hull |
| 61 | Regrets in the Rearview (feat. Mark Schatz, Rob McCoury & Stuart Duncan) | Nefesh Mountain |
| 62 | North Side Gal | Alison Krauss & Union Station |
| 63 | Life Goes on | Eddie Sanders |
| 64 | All Will Be Well | Sister Sadie |
| 65 | 5 Days Out, 2 Days Back (feat. Tim O'Brien) | Alison Brown & Steve Martin |
| 66 | A Million Memories (A Song for Byron) (feat. Vince Gill) | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 67 | Better when We're Livin' | Wood Box Heroes |
| 68 | My Favorite Picture of You | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 69 | Breaker Boys | Marty Falle |
| 70 | Restless Heart | DownRiver Collective |
| 71 | Old Crow | Marty Falle |
| 72 | Farewell, Angelina | The Seldom Scene |
| 73 | Lay You Down | The Creekers |
| 74 | Lining Track | Women of Kelley |
| 75 | Millworker | Becky Buller |
| 76 | Fool's Gold | The Burnett Sisters Band |
| 77 | What Love Looks Like Today | Jerry Salley |
| 78 | Hillbilly Irish | Marty Falle |
| 79 | Low Down & Lonesome | Tidalwave Road Bluegrass Band |
| 80 | You Didn't Call My Name | Molly Tuttle |
| 81 | Hill Country Highway | East Nash Grass |
| 82 | Last Road Going Home | Amanda Cook |
| 83 | Coal Dust Kisses | The Grascals |
| 84 | A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (Singin' the Blues) | The Seldom Scene |
| 85 | Snow | Alison Krauss & Union Station |
| 86 | Come on Back | DownRiver Collective |
| 87 | Front Porch of Paradise | Kristy Cox |
| 88 | Dare to Dream | Red Camel Collective |
| 89 | Fences | Adam McIntosh |
| 90 | Mountain Girl | Matt Wallace |
| 91 | The Snow Sang Hallelujah | Marty Falle |
| 92 | Traveling Trouble Blues | The Steeldrivers |
| 93 | Weary Traveler | Leftover Salmon |
| 94 | On the Right Track | Rick Faris |
| 95 | Mountian Top | Leftover Salmon |
| 96 | Just a Holler over | Sister Sadie |
| 97 | We're All Gonna Live | Tony Kamel |
| 98 | Deal Me in | Big Richard |
| 99 | Wall Around Your Heart (feat. Jim Lauderdale) | Becky Buller |
| 100 | Redneck Roadrunner | Marty Falle |
| 101 | Red Bandana (feat. the Slocan Ramblers) | Laura Orshaw |
| 102 | The Bug | Ashby Frank |
| 103 | In Such a Short Time | East Nash Grass |
| 104 | Bend in the Road | East Nash Grass |
| 105 | Me and Mr. Howard | Daryl Mosley |
| 106 | Good Dog | Leftover Salmon |
| 107 | Mourning Dove | Pitney Meyer |
| 108 | Spitfire | Sierra Hull |
| 109 | Reach (feat. Alison Brown, Sierra Hull, Missy Raines & Molly Tuttle) | Becky Buller |
| 110 | River Rat | The Creekers |
| 111 | Sincerity | Red Camel Collective |
| 112 | Bend, Don't Break | Rick Faris |
| 113 | My Runaway | Kenny & Amanda Smith |
| 114 | He Called Me Baby | AJ Lee & Blue Summit |
| 115 | Outrun the Rain | Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland |
| 116 | Memphis Anymore | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 117 | Sellathon Radio Show | Marty Falle |
| 118 | Crazy Daisy Lou | Marty Falle |
| 119 | Freddie's Runaway Balloon | Marty Falle |
| 120 | Mountain Bill | Seth Mulder & Midnight Run |
| 121 | River Takes Me | Leftover Salmon |
| 122 | Let's Go (feat. Aoife O'Donovan) | Sierra Hull |
| 123 | What I've Got Right Here | Valerie Smith |
| 124 | One Tin Soldier (feat. Sam Bush) | Bibelhauser Brothers |
| 125 | Wagon Wheel | Rhonda Vincent |
| 126 | Night | The Faux Paws |
| 127 | Twisted Pine (feat. Del McCoury) | Leftover Salmon |
| 128 | Blue Night | Ashby Frank |
| 129 | Just Let Me Know | The Grascals |
| 130 | Homesick Blue | The Creekers |
| 131 | Love Reunited | Dalton Harper |
| 132 | Coming Home to You | Dalton Harper |
| 133 | Camel Train (feat. Ricky Skaggs, Sharon White & Cheryl White) | Becky Buller |
| 134 | The Wrong Girl | Kristy Cox |
| 135 | Queen of Hearts | The Lonesome River Band |
| 136 | Colleen Malone (feat. Rickey Wasson) | Daniel Grindstaff |
| 137 | April Showers | Dalton Harper |
| 138 | Southern Nights (feat. Carl Jackson) | Williamson Branch |
| 139 | Bluegrass Banshee | Marty Falle |
| 140 | Dancing 'Round the Fire | Fiddling Leona |
| 141 | The Life of Jesus | Ashleigh Graham |
| 142 | Devil in Me | DownRiver Collective |
| 143 | Bear Creek Clay | Pitney Meyer |
| 144 | Town Line | Big Richard |
| 145 | Country Boy Blues | Zach Top |
| 146 | We Go Together Like a Guitar and a Fiddle | Casey Penn |
| 147 | Eye of the Hurricane | Daniel Crabtree |
| 148 | Margaritaville | Rhonda Vincent |
| 149 | Red Mountain Wine (feat. Kristin Scott Benson & Wayne Benson) | Benson |
| 150 | Storms on the Ocean | Daniel Crabtree |
| 151 | Line the Avenues | Henhouse Prowlers |
| 152 | Hills of San Francisco | The Brothers Comatose |
| 153 | Halfway Home | Songs From The Road Band |
| 154 | Between the Two of Us | Jaelee Roberts |
| 155 | Choo Choo Coming | Wyatt Ellis |
| 156 | Let It Burn | Kristy Cox |
| 157 | The Missing Stair | Big Richard |
| 158 | Muddy Water | Sierra Hull |
| 159 | Oasis | Molly Tuttle |
| 160 | I've Been All Around This World (feat. Robbie Fulks, Josh Williams & Ashby Frank) | Special Consensus |
| 161 | Big Wheels | Authentic Unlimited |
| 162 | Alice in the Bluegrass | Molly Tuttle |
| 163 | Listen to the Lonesome Wind (feat. Missy Raines & Allegheny) | Missy Raines & Allegheny |
| 164 | I'll Blame It on the Rain | Hammertowne |
| 165 | Brave Mountaineers | Special Consensus |
| 166 | Looking to You (feat. Missy Raines & Allegheny) | Missy Raines & Allegheny |
| 167 | Tumbleweed | Marty Falle |
| 168 | Ruby Ann | Authentic Unlimited |
| 169 | Alone | Becky Buller |
| 170 | Ghost of a Love (feat. Missy Raines & Allegheny, Dudley Connell & Michael Cleveland) | Missy Raines & Allegheny |
| 171 | Our Last Goodbye / Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 172 | Blackbird (feat. Dale Ann Bradley, Alison Brown, Rob Ickes & Amanda Smith) | Special Consensus |
| 173 | Bless Your Little Heart | Ashleigh Graham |
| 174 | I'm Going Sailing | Hammertowne |
| 175 | Carolina in the Pines | Special Consensus |
| 176 | Second to None | Authentic Unlimited |
| 177 | I'm on My Way | Marty Falle |
| 178 | The Striker | Marty Falle |
| 179 | Reflection | The Grascals |
| 180 | Chimney Letters | Marty Falle |
| 181 | Johnny B. Goode | Seth Mulder & Midnight Run |
| 182 | This Ole Lonesome Town | Eddie Sanders |
| 183 | Say Won't You Be Mine (Live) | Dan Tyminski |
| 184 | Superman Jimmie (Radio Edit) | Marty Falle |
| 185 | Georgia Pineywoods | The Grascals |
| 186 | Trail of Tears | Pitney Meyer |
| 187 | Halfway Down | Red Camel Collective |
| 188 | Me and My Mandolin | Ashleigh Graham |
| 189 | The Sound of Lonely | Rick Faris |
| 190 | Miss West Virginia | Marty Falle |
| 191 | Peaceful River | Marty Falle |
| 192 | Dance Like the Devils Chasin Ya | Marty Falle |
| 193 | The Beatitudes of Bubba Ray | Marty Falle |
| 194 | Eminent Blood | Marty Falle |
| 195 | Kitchen Jamboree | Marty Falle |
| 196 | Where Sorrow Has No Song | Marty Falle |
| 197 | I Broke Bread with the Devil | Marty Falle |
| 198 | The Wrong Way | Alison Krauss & Union Station |
| 199 | Lord, That's a Long Way | Sierra Hull |
| 200 | Banjo Picker (In a Bluegrass Band) | Pitney Meyer |
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