The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Blues | Stephen Bennett |
| 2 | Buddy Roe | Billy Jeter |
| 3 | Country Boy from Plains | Hot Tamale |
| 4 | Saving Grace | Briscoe |
| 5 | Sticks & Stones | Nathan McEuen |
| 6 | Up to No Good | Nathan McEuen |
| 7 | Just Doesn't Work Anymore | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
| 8 | Harbortowne | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
| 9 | Lottery | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
| 10 | My One and Only | Nathan McEuen |
| 11 | Sound Existence | Steve Forbert |
| 12 | Coppertone and Maggie Mae | The Two Peas |
| 13 | You and Me on the Rock | The Two Peas |
| 14 | A Love Like Yours and Mine | The Two Peas |
| 15 | Returning to Myself | Brandi Carlile |
| 16 | Suitcase Blues | Shelby Means |
| 17 | Lemon's Jump | Stefan Grossman |
| 18 | Made to Wander | The Crowe Boys |
| 19 | It All Comes Down to Love | Tom Rush |
| 20 | Hold Me | The Strumbellas |
| 21 | Closer to Fine | Indigo Girls |
| 22 | Cold War | Olive Klug |
| 23 | Million Reasons | Shelby Means |
| 24 | Dark Ages | Eliza Gilkyson |
| 25 | The Walk | Steve and Kristi Nebel |
| 26 | The Baker | Steve and Kristi Nebel |
| 27 | Smoke Eater | Steve and Kristi Nebel |
| 28 | All the Ways | The Secret Sisters |
| 29 | Lonesome Blues, I'm Coming Home | Max Wareham |
| 30 | He Hears Singing | Chris Rosser |
| 31 | Rocks and Trees | Eli West |
| 32 | The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | Gordon Lightfoot |
| 33 | Fire and Rain | James Taylor |
| 34 | Shame on You | Indigo Girls |
| 35 | Ahead of the Game | Mark Knopfler |
| 36 | Cry Baby (feat. Valerie June) [feat. Valerie June] | Sunny War |
| 37 | Getting High in Hotel Rooms | Cristina Vane |
| 38 | Br Blues | Eric Schmitt |
| 39 | Hotter Than Hell | Caitlin Canty |
| 40 | (I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That | James Taylor |
| 41 | Haywood House | Billy Jeter |
| 42 | Gonna Sing | Billy Jeter |
| 43 | Bowler Man | Billy Jeter |
| 44 | Bar Blues | Max Wareham |
| 45 | Night Rider's Lament | Nanci Griffith |
| 46 | The American in Me | Steve Forbert |
| 47 | Too Lazy | Joe Holt |
| 48 | Atchison | Tim O'Brien |
| 49 | Shady Grove | Billy Jeter |
| 50 | Alton Air | Darrell Scott |
| 51 | Witch | Suzanne Vega |
| 52 | If It Wasn't Broken | Sunny War |
| 53 | Out of Time (feat. LeAnn Rimes) | Trampled by Turtles |
| 54 | Bents Creek Road | Ernie Palmer |
| 55 | The Living Kind | John Smith |
| 56 | Rose's Shack | Billy Jeter |
| 57 | Joyland | Billy Jeter |
| 58 | I've Got the Blues (even Though Nothing is Wrong) Fun Version | Dan Reeder |
| 59 | Mean Mama Blues | Joshua Hedley |
| 60 | Dark Night of the Soul | Eliza Gilkyson |
| 61 | The Pill | Eilen Jewell |
| 62 | Sweet Hazel Green | Weary Ramblers |
| 63 | Pretty Lights of Denver | Weary Ramblers |
| 64 | Medicine Creek | Weary Ramblers |
| 65 | Twilight | Alice Howe |
| 66 | Broken (feat. Laura T Lewis) | Wolf Jett |
| 67 | When I Get to Heaven | John Prine |
| 68 | Black Denim Blues | Another Glory |
| 69 | A Light Exists in Spring | John Gorka |
| 70 | Twilight (Live) | Alice Howe |
| 71 | Lost Dog | Olive Klug |
| 72 | Country Road | James Taylor |
| 73 | Horses | Jesse Welles |
| 74 | Storyville Shooting Star | Billy Jeter |
| 75 | Blessing | John McCutcheon |
| 76 | I Remember Everything | John Prine |
| 77 | Impossible Dreams | Eliza Gilkyson |
| 78 | Hell & High Water | John McCutcheon |
| 79 | Like Jesus Would | Crys Matthews |
| 80 | Maybe New Mexico | Helene Cronin |
| 81 | What Could Possibly Go Wrong (feat. Tom Paxton) | C. Daniel Boling |
| 82 | World Keeps on Singing | Eliza Gilkyson |
| 83 | Runaway Train | Sarah Jarosz |
| 84 | Canned Goods | Greg Brown |
| 85 | That's What Makes You Strong | Jesse Winchester |
| 86 | Hey Pretty Moon | The War and Treaty |
| 87 | Perennial Bloom (Back to You) | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 88 | Rising | Josie Bello |
| 89 | San Luis | Gregory Alan Isakov |
| 90 | Down Home Blues (Walkin' After Midnight) | Eva Cassidy |
| 91 | Million Dollar Levee | Billy Jeter |
| 92 | After Tale | Eva Rose King |
| 93 | Wall of Death | Dean Owens |
| 94 | Storm Brewing | Cristina Vane |
| 95 | Maker's Mark | Helene Cronin |
| 96 | People | Helene Cronin |
| 97 | The Truest Thing | Ernie Palmer |
| 98 | Each New Day (Feat. Luke Bulla) | Vi Wickam |
| 99 | Sitting at the Table | Vi Wickam |
| 100 | Drag Me Down | Wolf Jett |
| 101 | Heartaches | Max Wareham |
| 102 | Streets of Boulder (feat. Molly Tuttle & Kyle Tuttle) | Shelby Means |
| 103 | American Dream | Hayes Carll |
| 104 | What You've Shown Me | Parker Millsap |
| 105 | Sam Stone | John Prine |
| 106 | Icarus | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 107 | Leaving for Cobh | Moors & McCumber |
| 108 | You Can Walk Up There | Darryl Purpose |
| 109 | Tarzan | Mean Mary |
| 110 | Fear is the Mind Killer | Jesse Welles |
| 111 | Oklahoma Sunset | Crys Matthews |
| 112 | The Bigger Picture | Crys Matthews |
| 113 | Light You Leave Behind | Heather Maloney |
| 114 | Shake It Babe | Cristina Vane |
| 115 | Bootstraps | The Crowe Boys |
| 116 | Switzerland | Helene Cronin |
| 117 | Visitors | Helene Cronin |
| 118 | Louisiana | Eric Schmitt |
| 119 | We're Not Happy (feat. Tom Paxton) | C. Daniel Boling |
| 120 | Times Like These | Eliza Gilkyson |
| 121 | 5 String Wake-Up Call | Shelby Means |
| 122 | Pastures of Plenty | Cole Quest and The City Pickers |
| 123 | Dangerous | Diane King |
| 124 | I Know a Way | Patty Griffin |
| 125 | All Hat (No Cattle) | Joshua Hedley |
| 126 | Human | Brandi Carlile |
| 127 | Give Us Back Our Water | John Gorka |
| 128 | Go in Peace | Sam Baker |
| 129 | One Way Train | Sunny War |
| 130 | The Blues | Steve Forbert |
| 131 | Kicking Stones | Eva Rose King |
| 132 | I Ain't Got No Home | Brother Sun |
| 133 | Paradise | Anna Tivel |
| 134 | Take the High Road | Sarah Jarosz |
| 135 | Home | Eliza Gilkyson |
| 136 | You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive | Darrell Scott |
| 137 | You Have My Love | Louise Mosrie |
| 138 | Trouble | The Rough & Tumble |
| 139 | Cold December Flies Away | Storyhill |
| 140 | Witchi-Tai-To | Brewer & Shipley |
| 141 | Across the Great Divide | Nanci Griffith |
| 142 | You Must Go Home for Christmas | Darryl Purpose |
| 143 | Canadian Sunset | Reid Jamieson |
| 144 | 20 Years of Shadows | Tim Grimm |
| 145 | Safe Home | Johnsmith |
| 146 | Bringing in the Light | Gathering Sparks |
| 147 | American Noel | Darryl Purpose |
| 148 | Could It Be | Storyhill |
| 149 | Turn, Turn, Turn! | Darryl Purpose |
| 150 | Next Time Around | Darryl Purpose |
| 151 | She Loves My Dog More Than Me | Freebo |
| 152 | Gather the Family | Mustard's Retreat |
| 153 | Zillionaire | Zoe Mulford |
| 154 | Shine on | Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem |
| 155 | Part of Me Remembers | Mustard's Retreat |
| 156 | Talkin' Cavan | Tim O'Brien |
| 157 | Old County Rd | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
| 158 | Ring That Bell | Johnsmith |
| 159 | One Sweet Day | Wolf Jett |
| 160 | Dreaming of King Lear | Tim Grimm |
| 161 | All This Rain | Bowerbirds |
| 162 | Do Re Mi | Nanci Griffith |
| 163 | This Light is Ours | Martyn Joseph |
| 164 | Snow Angels on Blueberry Hill | Eva Rose King |
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