The Roots Music Report's
Top Traditional Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weepin' Willow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 2 | Jim Crow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 3 | Homeless Blues (Live) | Misty Blues |
| 4 | Alabama Bound (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 5 | 900 Miles (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 6 | Special Delivery Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 7 | Jack O' Diamonds (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 8 | Yonder Come the Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 9 | Hold on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 10 | Keep on Movin' It on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 11 | Freedom Trilogy (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 12 | Too Afraid to Fall in Love | Max Gomez |
| 13 | Already Gone | Willie Watson |
| 14 | Good Friends | Max Gomez |
| 15 | It Ain't Me Babe | Bob Dylan |
| 16 | A Childhood Medley | Ed Sweeney |
| 17 | A Little Traveling Music | Ed Sweeney |
| 18 | A Long Time Traveling | Ed Sweeney |
| 19 | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | Ed Sweeney |
| 20 | Distant Shore | Ed Sweeney |
| 21 | Lament for the Death of the Reverend Archie Beaton | Ed Sweeney |
| 22 | Right Foot out | Ed Sweeney |
| 23 | Walking Boss | Ed Sweeney |
| 24 | When I Get Home | Ed Sweeney |
| 25 | Auld Lang Syne | Ed Sweeney |
| 26 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Ed Sweeney |
| 27 | Sad Song | Willie Watson |
| 28 | Burnin Vein | Michael Martin Murphey |
| 29 | Fast Freight Train | Ken Whiteley |
| 30 | Love's Gonna Win in the End | My Brother's Keeper |
| 31 | High Holiday | Kacy & Clayton |
| 32 | Robert Frost | Cassie and Maggie |
| 33 | I Get the Blues when It Rains (feat. Samoa Wilson) | Jim Kweskin |
| 34 | Mona Lisa | Jim Kweskin |
| 35 | Jimmie | My Brother's Keeper |
| 36 | On the Road Again | Willie Watson |
| 37 | My Shepherd Walks Beside Me | My Brother's Keeper |
| 38 | Rule the World | Max Gomez |
| 39 | Tools of the Field / Weapons of War | My Brother's Keeper |
| 40 | Don't Leave Me Lonely | Max Gomez |
| 41 | I’ll Sail My Ship Alone | Jim Kweskin |
| 42 | Miss Hamilton | Ed Sweeney |
| 43 | Come on in My Kitchen | Crooked Still |
| 44 | Learning to Let Go | My Brother's Keeper |
| 45 | Slim and the Devil | Willie Watson |
| 46 | Small Star | Bryant Roses |
| 47 | Wartime Cartoons | My Brother's Keeper |
| 48 | City Painted Gold | The Brothers Comatose |
| 49 | I'll Take You Back | David Bromberg |
| 50 | Memphis Pearl | Lucinda Williams |
| 51 | Ordinary Day | Bryant Roses |
| 52 | James | My Brother's Keeper |
| 53 | Smile! It's the End of the World | My Brother's Keeper |
| 54 | New Mexico | Max Gomez |
| 55 | Half a Pound of Silver | StillHouse Junkies |
| 56 | Baby Redbud | Bryant Roses |
| 57 | I'd Just Let It Go | The Belle Hollows |
| 58 | These Friends of Mine | Tom Russell |
| 59 | Right or Wrong | Jim Kweskin |
| 60 | March Madness (Easter 2024) | My Brother's Keeper |
| 61 | Memory Mountain | Max Gomez |
| 62 | Muddy River | The Resonant Rogues |
| 63 | Pledging My Time | Bob Dylan |
| 64 | Goodbye Jimmy Reed | Bob Dylan |
| 65 | Nazarene Guitar | John Gorka |
| 66 | Firefly | Emerald Rae |
| 67 | Where I'm Going | The Wild Reeds |
| 68 | The Backyard | Bryant Roses |
| 69 | Coffee Pot Blues | Pokey LaFarge |
| 70 | Dead and Gone (Hen Cackle) | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves |
| 71 | Passing Through | Bryant Roses |
| 72 | The Perfect Moment | Bryant Roses |
| 73 | In the Weeds | Bryant Roses |
| 74 | Blue Bayou | Damn Tall Buildings |
| 75 | Thick Smoke | Damn Tall Buildings |
| 76 | I Believe in Being Ready | Rising Appalachia |
| 77 | Play It One More Time | Willie Watson |
| 78 | Arroyo Seco | John Gorka |
| 79 | California (Cast Iron Soul) | Jamestown Revival |
| 80 | Just Like Leaving | Bella White |
| 81 | Leave It Shining | Bryant Roses |
| 82 | The Garden Scene | Bryant Roses |
| 83 | My Beautiful Plans | Bryant Roses |
| 84 | Show Me the Way to Go Home (feat. Racky Thomas) | Jim Kweskin |
| 85 | What’ll I Do (feat. Samoa Wilson) | Jim Kweskin |
| 86 | Ducks Yas Yas (feat. Annie Linders) | Jim Kweskin |
| 87 | Viper Mad (feat. Samoa Wilson) | Jim Kweskin |
| 88 | We’ll Meet Again (feat. Racky Thomas) | Jim Kweskin |
| 89 | God Leads His Dear Children Along | My Brother's Keeper |
| 90 | What Road / What Distance | My Brother's Keeper |
| 91 | The Gold Rush is over and I'm Moving on | Cassie and Maggie |
| 92 | Roses on the Moon | Max Gomez |
| 93 | False Prophet | Bob Dylan |
| 94 | You Act Like My Friend | Hackensaw Boys |
| 95 | Hallelujah | Bryant Roses |
| 96 | Factory Blues | Hackensaw Boys |
| 97 | The Big Hewer | Cassie and Maggie |
| 98 | Great Northern Girl | Max Gomez |
| 99 | What Love is | Max Gomez |
| 100 | Turkish Airlines | Damn Tall Buildings |
| 101 | Burlesque Desert Window | Trampled by Turtles |
| 102 | Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Barbara Dane |
| 103 | Let It Shine | Laura Zucker |
| 104 | Basin Street Blues | Barbara Dane |
| 105 | Changing | The Way Down Wanderers |
| 106 | Jonah | The Belle Hollows |
| 107 | A Different Kind of Rain | The Belle Hollows |
| 108 | Five Doors Down in Leadville | StillHouse Junkies |
| 109 | Just Unwanted | Bella White |
| 110 | Nancy Blevins | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves |
| 111 | You Want Me to Change | Hackensaw Boys |
| 112 | San Remo | The Belle Hollows |
| 113 | New Day Dawning | The Way Down Wanderers |
| 114 | The Body Parts Medley | John Gorka |
| 115 | Gates of Eden | Bob Dylan |
| 116 | What a Nice Life | Damn Tall Buildings |
| 117 | Real Love | Willie Watson |
| 118 | Mole in the Ground | Willie Watson |
| 119 | Life and Death Are Twisted Vines | My Brother's Keeper |
| 120 | Poor Wayfaring Stranger | My Brother's Keeper |
| 121 | Time of the Rambler | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 122 | Travelin' So Hard | John Doe |
| 123 | If Not for You | Jackson Grimm |
| 124 | Late Night Kitchen | Hackensaw Boys |
| 125 | Bless Your Little Heart | Kris Delmhorst |
| 126 | Love Her in the Mornin' | Rising Appalachia |
| 127 | Sweet Companion | The Waymores |
| 128 | Dead Birds | The Way Down Wanderers |
| 129 | Tulsa | Jackson Grimm |
| 130 | Sweet Morning Vision | The Way Down Wanderers |
| 131 | Painter | Damn Tall Buildings |
| 132 | Let's Take Us a Night Ride | Hackensaw Boys |
| 133 | Study War No More | Barbara Dane |
| 134 | Mississippi Girl | Pokey LaFarge |
| 135 | The Way the West Was Won | The Brothers Comatose |
| 136 | Texas Moon | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 137 | One to Fall | Willie Watson |
| 138 | American Proof | Bryant Roses |
| 139 | Contented | Heather Styka |
| 140 | Valerie | The Brothers Comatose |
| 141 | The Way I Love You Now | The Way Down Wanderers |
| 142 | I Do | The Ormewoods |
| 143 | Good Country Girls | Pokey LaFarge |
| 144 | Gallows Pole | Willie Watson |
| 145 | Sweet Old World | Lucinda Williams |
| 146 | Hot Blood | Lucinda Williams |
| 147 | If Only I Could Fly | Emerald Rae |
| 148 | The Marauder | Emerald Rae |
| 149 | Nameless | Emerald Rae |
| 150 | Over in Glory / New Swing | Che Apalache |
| 151 | High on the Mountain | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 152 | I Long to Rest by Gentle Waters by and by | My Brother's Keeper |
| 153 | Sunday Morning 9:53 Am (Page 364 in the Light Blue Hymnal) | My Brother's Keeper |
| 154 | Can't Slow Down | Damn Tall Buildings |
| 155 | Ease Your Mind | Damn Tall Buildings |
| 156 | No Weed in Paris | Damn Tall Buildings |
| 157 | The Simulator | Damn Tall Buildings |
| 158 | The Universe is Hungry | Damn Tall Buildings |
| 159 | Legesse Abdi (feat. HaddinQo) | Damn Tall Buildings |
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