Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2025

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2025

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	Back at the Start	Patty Griffin	Folk
2	Ancient Light	I'm With Her	Alternative Folk
3	Dreams	Jade Bird	Alternative Folk
4	Gunslinger	Natalie Bergman	Alternative Folk
5	River Gonna Talk	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
6	Weight You Carry	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
7	Let's Take Our Time and Do It Right	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
8	Weepin' Willow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
9	Jim Crow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
10	Ending with Heart Heart Heart	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
11	Sing to Me About Tomorrow	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
12	I Wanna Go out	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
13	East Runs out of West	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
14	Homeless Blues (Live)	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
15	The Only Way out is Through	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
16	Alabama Bound (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
17	900 Miles (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
18	Witness Trees	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
19	Atlanta Blues	Stephen Bennett	Contemporary Folk
20	Women Are Not Equal	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
21	Special Delivery Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
22	Remember Dorothy	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
23	Run from the Lightning	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
24	Jack O' Diamonds (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
25	Josephine	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
26	This Yellow Makes Me Blue	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
27	Even when I'm High	John Stowers	Folk Rock
28	Buddy Roe	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
29	Open	John Stowers	Folk Rock
30	Lovely Rainy Day	John Stowers	Folk Rock
31	Over the Wall	John Stowers	Folk Rock
32	Country Boy from Plains	Hot Tamale	Contemporary Folk
33	October Skies (feat. James Maddock)	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
34	Brown's Ferry Blues (feat. Billy Strings)	Tony Trischka	Alternative Folk
35	Saving Grace	Briscoe	Contemporary Folk
36	Long Way Home	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
37	Rocket out of Here	John Stowers	Folk Rock
38	If I Could Fly	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
39	Strawberry Red (feat. James Maddock)	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
40	One More Time (feat. Mark Erelli)	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
41	Step into Your Power	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
42	Into the Light	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
43	Gone	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
44	Rescue Me	Sons Of The East	Folk Rock
45	After the Hurricane	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
46	Low Lonesome	Duke Levine	Folk
47	Mr. John	Duke Levine	Folk
48	Sticks & Stones	Nathan McEuen	Contemporary Folk
49	Up to No Good	Nathan McEuen	Contemporary Folk
50	Just Doesn't Work Anymore	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
51	Harbortowne	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
52	Lottery	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
53	Take a Ride with Me	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
54	To Be Human	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
55	Don't Pass Go	John Stowers	Folk Rock
56	Rumours	John Donovan	Alternative Folk
57	My One and Only	Nathan McEuen	Contemporary Folk
58	Sound Existence	Steve Forbert	Contemporary Folk
59	Coppertone and Maggie Mae	The Two Peas	Contemporary Folk
60	You and Me on the Rock	The Two Peas	Contemporary Folk
61	A Love Like Yours and Mine	The Two Peas	Contemporary Folk
62	Returning to Myself	Brandi Carlile	Contemporary Folk
63	Pour the Wine	Sons Of The East	Folk Rock
64	Too Afraid to Fall in Love	Max Gomez	Traditional Folk
65	The Last Goodbye	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
66	Change It Up Baby	John Stowers	Folk Rock
67	Tragic Tom	John Stowers	Folk Rock
68	Townhalls & Taverns	John Donovan	Alternative Folk
69	Gave My Guitar Away	Karney	Folk Rock
70	Suitcase Blues	Shelby Means	Contemporary Folk
71	Let It Roar	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
72	Already Gone	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
73	Fix My Fate	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
74	One True Song	Karney	Folk Rock
75	Freedom Summer	Karney	Folk Rock
76	2nd Fiddle	John Donovan	Alternative Folk
77	Good Friends	Max Gomez	Traditional Folk
78	Free	Keith Greeninger	Folk Rock
79	Yard Sale	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
80	Sinners and Saints	Karney	Folk Rock
81	Rainbow in the Dark	Karney	Folk Rock
82	Peace is More	Karney	Folk Rock
83	Suspended	Karney	Folk Rock
84	Out of Body 2025	Karney	Folk Rock
85	Eos	Karney	Folk Rock
86	Lemon's Jump	Stefan Grossman	Contemporary Folk
87	When the Children Cry	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
88	Freedom Trilogy (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
89	Made to Wander	The Crowe Boys	Contemporary Folk
90	The Invitation	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
91	Behind Your Eyes	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
92	Soul Family	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
93	Love Who You Are	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
94	Whole Lotta Livin' (feat. Vince Gill)	The Imaginaries	Folk Rock
95	I Had Something	Lucy Kaplansky	Folk
96	It All Comes Down to Love	Tom Rush	Contemporary Folk
97	It's Money That Matters	Randy Newman	Folk
98	Born Too Late	Steve Forbert	Folk
99	Hold Me	The Strumbellas	Contemporary Folk
100	Keep Movin'	Kat Edmonson	Alternative Folk
101	Closer to Fine	Indigo Girls	Contemporary Folk
102	Cold War	Olive Klug	Contemporary Folk
103	Million Reasons	Shelby Means	Contemporary Folk
104	Closer to the Ground	Joy Of Cooking	Folk Rock
105	Kiss the Girl	John Stowers	Folk Rock
106	Dark Ages	Eliza Gilkyson	Contemporary Folk
107	The Walk	Steve and Kristi Nebel	Contemporary Folk
108	The Baker	Steve and Kristi Nebel	Contemporary Folk
109	Smoke Eater	Steve and Kristi Nebel	Contemporary Folk
110	All the Ways	The Secret Sisters	Contemporary Folk
111	Lonesome Blues, I'm Coming Home	Max Wareham	Contemporary Folk
112	Flow	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
113	While I'm Down (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings)	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
114	Masterpiece	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
115	Love After Love	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
116	Wide Open Light	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
117	Just the Same	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
118	Unfinished Business	Megan Burtt	Folk Rock
119	And They Called Her California	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
120	Went to a Party	Nick Lowe	Folk Rock
121	He Hears Singing	Chris Rosser	Contemporary Folk
122	Rocks and Trees	Eli West	Contemporary Folk
123	Good to Know You	Curtis Stigers	Alternative Folk
124	Red	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
125	Guilty As Sin	Kasey Chambers	Folk
126	Weather and Water	The Greencards	Folk
127	None of Em Dead	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
128	Give Us Free	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
129	Lucky for Me	John Stowers	Folk Rock
130	Far Cry	T Sisters	Alternative Folk
131	Hello in There	John Prine	Folk
132	Weak Days	John Stowers	Folk Rock
133	Until You Were Gone	Curtis Stigers	Alternative Folk
134	Somewhere South	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
135	The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	Gordon Lightfoot	Contemporary Folk
136	Fire and Rain	James Taylor	Contemporary Folk
137	Shame on You	Indigo Girls	Contemporary Folk
138	Drive or Push	Gordie Tentrees	Alternative Folk
139	Ahead of the Game	Mark Knopfler	Contemporary Folk
140	Just a Bum	Greg Brown	Folk
141	Cry Baby (feat. Valerie June) [feat. Valerie June]	Sunny War	Contemporary Folk
142	Peace Train	Cat Stevens	Folk Rock
143	Mr. Tambourine Man	Bob Dylan	Folk
144	Wine Stains	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
145	Louise	Leo Kottke	Folk
146	Amelia	Lucy Kaplansky	Folk
147	Memphis in the Meantime	John Hiatt	Folk
148	In the Beginning	The Autumn Defense	Alternative Folk
149	44 & 66	Greg Brown	Folk
150	Getting High in Hotel Rooms	Cristina Vane	Contemporary Folk
151	Issues	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
152	Br Blues	Eric Schmitt	Contemporary Folk
153	I Have Everything	Curtis Stigers	Alternative Folk
154	Old Fashioned	Curtis Stigers	Alternative Folk
155	Silo Song (Instrumental)	Laura Veirs	Folk
156	Hotter Than Hell	Caitlin Canty	Contemporary Folk
157	Sad Song	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
158	Jackaroo	Jerry Garcia & David Grisman	Folk Rock
159	More of These Blues	Gurf Morlix	Alternative Folk
160	Open	Bruce Cockburn	Folk Rock
161	(I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That	James Taylor	Contemporary Folk
162	Haywood House	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
163	Gonna Sing	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
164	Bowler Man	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
165	Bar Blues	Max Wareham	Contemporary Folk
166	Pamela Brown	Leo Kottke	Folk
167	Too Long in the Wasteland	James McMurtry	Folk Rock
168	WHILE WE STILL HAVE a CHANCE	Todd Snider	Folk Rock
169	Burnin Vein	Michael Martin Murphey	Traditional Folk
170	Hot Corn, Cold Corn (Master Takes)	Jerry Garcia & David Grisman	Alternative Folk
171	Walking in the Valley of the Shadow	Will Kimbrough	Folk Rock
172	Night Rider's Lament	Nanci Griffith	Contemporary Folk
173	The American in Me	Steve Forbert	Contemporary Folk
174	Blue Wing	Tom Russell	Folk
175	All on Red	Fox and Bones	Folk Rock
176	Ashes	Gurf Morlix	Alternative Folk
177	Too Lazy	Joe Holt	Contemporary Folk
178	Find My Way to You	I'm With Her	Alternative Folk
179	Atchison	Tim O'Brien	Contemporary Folk
180	Shady Grove	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
181	Alabama	Neil Young	Folk Rock
182	Blues for Terry Southern	The Waterboys	Folk Rock
183	Golden Thread	Curtis Stigers	Alternative Folk
184	Heroes	Doug Cox & Linda McRae	Alternative Folk
185	Fast Freight Train	Ken Whiteley	Traditional Folk
186	Thinkin'	Steve Forbert	Folk
187	Alton Air	Darrell Scott	Contemporary Folk
188	Peshtigo	Chicago Farmer	Folk Rock
189	Witch	Suzanne Vega	Contemporary Folk
190	If It Wasn't Broken	Sunny War	Contemporary Folk
191	Orion's Belt	The Avett Brothers	Folk Rock
192	World Turning	Leo Kottke	Folk
193	Atlantic City	Bruce Springsteen	Folk Rock
194	Gemini	Haley Heynderickx	Alternative Folk
195	Burn It Down	Curtis Stigers	Alternative Folk
196	Sometime Jailhouse Blues	Marc Ribot	Alternative Folk
197	Win or Lose	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
198	Long Gone	Laurie Lewis	Alternative Folk
199	Just a Little Ways Down the Road	Laurie Lewis	Alternative Folk
200	Out of Time (feat. LeAnn Rimes)	Trampled by Turtles	Contemporary Folk

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2025

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2025