The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
1 | Witness Trees by: David G Smith ![]() ![]() | Label: Hey Dave Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
2 | Heart So Rare by: Dave Murphy ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() | |
3 | Wild and Clear and Blue by: I'm With Her ![]() ![]() | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
4 | Sing to Me About Tomorrow by: Winterlark ![]() ![]() | Label: Squink Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
5 | Wide Open Light by: Ben Harper ![]() ![]() | Label: Chrysalis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
6 | Who Wants to Talk About Love? by: Jade Bird ![]() ![]() | Label: Glassnote Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
7 | Starting to Sync in by: Eric Selby ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
8 | Arsonist Daughter by: Aspen Jacobsen ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
9 | Songs from My Kitchen, Vol. 1 by: Curtis Stigers ![]() ![]() | Label: Pandemic Poodle Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
10 | The Silence of the Stars by: Linda Marks ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
11 | A Taste of Ashes by: Gurf Morlix ![]() ![]() | Label: Rootball Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
12 | Occulations by: Jim Lampos ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() | |
13 | Northern Moon by: John Donovan ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
14 | Win or Lose by: Linda Sussman ![]() | Label: Sing Out Proud Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
15 | Heal the Heart by: The Deer's Cry ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
16 | Man with the Muse by: Bryce Ernest Taylor ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
17 | Dang Fool by: Eric Selby ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
18 | Double Takes by: Gordie Tentrees ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
19 | Two Birds to Kill a Stone by: Son Stone ![]() | Label: Kaimana Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() | |
20 | Dear Meadowlark by: The Wildwoods ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
21 | Earl Jam by: Tony Trischka ![]() ![]() | Label: Down The Road Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
22 | Walking on the Wire by: Gordon Thomas Ward ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
23 | Ghosts in the Garden by: Kris Delmhorst ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
24 | My Home is Not in This World by: Natalie Bergman ![]() ![]() | Label: Third Man Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
25 | Common Sense by: Gary Nicholson ![]() ![]() | Label: Qualified Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
26 | The Purple Bird by: Bonnie "Prince" Billy ![]() ![]() | Label: No Quarter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() | |
27 | Basia's Palace by: Basia Bulat ![]() ![]() | Label: Secret City Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
28 | Seed of a Seed by: Haley Heynderickx ![]() ![]() | Label: Mama Bird Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
29 | EP One by: Slainte Baby ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() | |
30 | JVC by: Jack Van Cleaf ![]() ![]() | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
31 | I Was Born of Water by: Revere Rivers ![]() ![]() | Label: Regional Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
32 | Gumshoe by: Samantha Crain ![]() ![]() | Label: Real Kind Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
33 | Seek the Love You're Yearning by: Brian Gore Guitar Poet ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
34 | Within by: Michelle Qureshi ![]() ![]() | Label: myndstream Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
35 | EP Two by: Slainte Baby | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() | |
36 | Cruel Joke by: Ken Pomeroy ![]() ![]() | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
37 | Psychedelic Surf Country by: Joel Timmons ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
38 | The in Between by: Kevin Gordon ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
39 | The Coward Brothers by: The Coward Brothers ![]() ![]() | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
40 | Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free by: Bonny Light Horseman ![]() ![]() | Label: Jagjaguwar Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
41 | Dime Store Mannequin by: Son Stone ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() | |
42 | Pagan Church by: John Craigie ![]() ![]() | Label: Leslie/Songlines Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
43 | Revelation by: Leif Vollebekk ![]() ![]() | Label: Secret City Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
44 | A Recipe for Hope by: Linda Marks ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
45 | Map of a Blue City by: Marc Ribot ![]() ![]() | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
46 | Yev by: Yev ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
47 | Me Daza by: Reid Jamieson ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
48 | Voices by: Jack Barksdale ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
49 | Let It Hiss by: The Barr Brothers ![]() ![]() | Label: Secret City Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
50 | Bare Bones, Vol. 1: the Duo Recordings (Master Takes) by: Jerry Garcia & David Grisman ![]() | Label: Acoustic Disc Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
51 | No Fun in the Chrysalis by: Them Coulee Boys ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
52 | Reverse the Flow by: Alice DiMicele ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
53 | This Ol' Way by: Benjamin Dakota Rogers ![]() ![]() | Label: Good People Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
54 | Where You Used to Be by: Alison Tucker ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() | |
55 | A Very Lonely Solstice by: Fleet Foxes ![]() ![]() | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
56 | ![]() | Playing Solitaire by: Phil Cooper ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() |
57 | Safe to Run by: Esther Rose ![]() ![]() | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
58 | American Railroad by: Silkroad Ensemble & Rhiannon Giddens ![]() ![]() | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
59 | Wildflower by: Malin Pettersen ![]() ![]() | Label: Die With Your Boots On Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
60 | Restless Hearts by: John Jenkins ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
61 | The Past is Still Alive by: Hurray for the Riff Raff ![]() ![]() | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
62 | TREES by: Laurie Lewis ![]() ![]() | Label: Spruce And Maple Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() | |
63 | Big Girl Pants by: T Sisters ![]() ![]() | Label: Burning House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
64 | Old Trails by: Forrest VanTuyl ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
65 | Beyond the Great Pause by: Doug Cox & Linda McRae ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: | |
66 | Simple Motion by: Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz ![]() ![]() | Label: Red Beet Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() | |
67 | Here and Nowhere by: The Autumn Defense ![]() ![]() | Label: Yep Roc Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
68 | Tripping off to Mars by: Brad Strang ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() | |
69 | Sparrow by: Jeff Talmadge ![]() ![]() | Label: Berkalin Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() | |
70 | Map the Dark by: Quote the Raven ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
71 | Yellow Peril by: Nat Myers ![]() ![]() | Label: Easy Eye Sound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
72 | Bristlecone by: Gurf Morlix ![]() ![]() | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
73 | Geist by: Shannon Lay ![]() ![]() | Label: Sub Pop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
74 | Silver City by: Amy Helm ![]() ![]() | Label: Sun Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
75 | Paint Horse by: Benjamin Dakota Rogers ![]() ![]() | Label: Good People Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
76 | There is So Much Here by: Glen Phillips ![]() ![]() | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
77 | Things Are Great by: Band Of Horses ![]() ![]() | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
78 | Halfsies by: Lizzie No ![]() ![]() | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() | |
79 | It's a Beautiful Day and I Love You by: Jillette Johnson ![]() ![]() | Label: Moss Rose Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
80 | Asterisk the Universe by: John Craigie ![]() ![]() | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
81 | Moving on Skiffle by: Van Morrison ![]() ![]() | Label: Virgin Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
82 | Accentuate the Positive by: Van Morrison ![]() ![]() | Label: Exile Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
83 | Terms of Surrender by: Hiss Golden Messenger ![]() ![]() | Label: Merge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
84 | 12th of June by: Lyle Lovett ![]() ![]() | Label: Verve Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
85 | Let the Longing Run Wild & Free by: Robert Sarazin Blake ![]() | Label: Sameroom Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: ![]() ![]() |
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