The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
1 |  | Witness Trees by: David G Smith Buy Now:   | Label: Hey Dave Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | Heart So Rare by: Dave Murphy Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
3 |  | Wild and Clear and Blue by: I'm With Her Buy Now: | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
4 |  | Sing to Me About Tomorrow by: Winterlark Buy Now: | Label: Squink Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
5 |  | Wide Open Light by: Ben Harper Buy Now: | Label: Chrysalis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
6 |  | Who Wants to Talk About Love? by: Jade Bird Buy Now: | Label: Glassnote Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | Songs from My Kitchen, Vol. 1 by: Curtis Stigers Buy Now: | Label: Pandemic Poodle Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
8 |  | Starting to Sync in by: Eric Selby Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | A Taste of Ashes by: Gurf Morlix Buy Now: | Label: Rootball Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | The Silence of the Stars by: Linda Marks Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | Occulations by: Jim Lampos Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | Win or Lose by: Linda Sussman Buy Now: | Label: Sing Out Proud Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | Dang Fool by: Eric Selby Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Dear Meadowlark by: The Wildwoods Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Northern Moon by: John Donovan Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Two Birds to Kill a Stone by: Son Stone Buy Now: | Label: Kaimana Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | Earl Jam by: Tony Trischka Buy Now: | Label: Down The Road Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
18 |  | Ghosts in the Garden by: Kris Delmhorst Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Walking on the Wire by: Gordon Thomas Ward Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | My Home is Not in This World by: Natalie Bergman Buy Now: | Label: Third Man Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | Common Sense by: Gary Nicholson Buy Now: | Label: Qualified Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Basia's Palace by: Basia Bulat Buy Now: | Label: Secret City Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Seed of a Seed by: Haley Heynderickx Buy Now: | Label: Mama Bird Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | The Purple Bird by: Bonnie "Prince" Billy Buy Now: | Label: No Quarter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Some Kind of Truth by: Kora Feder Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | JVC by: Jack Van Cleaf Buy Now: | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | I Was Born of Water by: Revere Rivers Buy Now: | Label: Regional Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | EP One by: Slainte Baby Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | Psychedelic Surf Country by: Joel Timmons Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Seek the Love You're Yearning by: Brian Gore Guitar Poet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | Within by: Michelle Qureshi Buy Now: | Label: myndstream Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | The in Between by: Kevin Gordon Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | The Coward Brothers by: The Coward Brothers Buy Now: | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Gumshoe by: Samantha Crain Buy Now: | Label: Real Kind Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Double Takes by: Gordie Tentrees Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | Dime Store Mannequin by: Son Stone Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free by: Bonny Light Horseman Buy Now: | Label: Jagjaguwar Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | Pagan Church by: John Craigie Buy Now: | Label: Leslie/Songlines Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | A Recipe for Hope by: Linda Marks Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | Revelation by: Leif Vollebekk Buy Now: | Label: Secret City Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Yev by: Yev Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | EP Two by: Slainte Baby Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Cruel Joke by: Ken Pomeroy Buy Now: | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | Map of a Blue City by: Marc Ribot Buy Now: | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | No Fun in the Chrysalis by: Them Coulee Boys Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | Me Daza by: Reid Jamieson Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Playing Solitaire by: Phil Cooper Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Bare Bones, Vol. 1: the Duo Recordings (Master Takes) by: Jerry Garcia & David Grisman Buy Now: | Label: Acoustic Disc Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | A Very Lonely Solstice by: Fleet Foxes Buy Now: | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | American Railroad by: Silkroad Ensemble & Rhiannon Giddens Buy Now: | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | The Past is Still Alive by: Hurray for the Riff Raff Buy Now: | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | TREES by: Laurie Lewis Buy Now: | Label: Spruce And Maple Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | Where You Used to Be by: Alison Tucker Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Big Girl Pants by: T Sisters Buy Now: | Label: Burning House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Voices by: Jack Barksdale Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Safe to Run by: Esther Rose Buy Now: | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Beyond the Great Pause by: Doug Cox & Linda McRae Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | This Ol' Way by: Benjamin Dakota Rogers Buy Now: | Label: Good People Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | Simple Motion by: Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz Buy Now: | Label: Red Beet Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | The Sun Stood Still by: Oberon Rose Buy Now: | Label: Thou Art Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Tripping off to Mars by: Brad Strang Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Map the Dark by: Quote the Raven Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Sparrow by: Jeff Talmadge Buy Now: | Label: Berkalin Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Yellow Peril by: Nat Myers Buy Now: | Label: Easy Eye Sound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Geist by: Shannon Lay Buy Now: | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Silver City by: Amy Helm Buy Now: | Label: Sun Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | Paint Horse by: Benjamin Dakota Rogers Buy Now: | Label: Good People Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | Old Trails by: Forrest VanTuyl Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | There is So Much Here by: Glen Phillips Buy Now: | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | Things Are Great by: Band Of Horses Buy Now: | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | Halfsies by: Lizzie No Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | It's a Beautiful Day and I Love You by: Jillette Johnson Buy Now: | Label: Moss Rose Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | Asterisk the Universe by: John Craigie Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Moving on Skiffle by: Van Morrison Buy Now: | Label: Virgin Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | Accentuate the Positive by: Van Morrison Buy Now: | Label: Exile Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | All Souls Hill by: The Waterboys Buy Now: | Label: Cooking Vinyl Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | Terms of Surrender by: Hiss Golden Messenger Buy Now: | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | 12th of June by: Lyle Lovett Buy Now: | Label: Verve Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | Let the Longing Run Wild & Free by: Robert Sarazin Blake Buy Now: | Label: Sameroom Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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