The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Dec 27, 2025
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 6 | Witness Trees | David G Smith | Hey Dave | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 2 | 1 | Shelby Means | Shelby Means | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 3 | 2 | Returning to Myself | Brandi Carlile | Interscope | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | Heat of July | Briscoe | ATO | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 5 | 4 | I'm Too Old for Games: a Live Tribute to Odetta | Misty Blues | Guitar One | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Crown of Roses | Patty Griffin | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 7 | 5 | One True Song | Karney | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| - | 8 | 8 | Heart So Rare | Dave Murphy | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| - | 9 | 9 | Northern Moon | John Donovan | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| - | 10 | 10 | Heart Go Wild | Caroline Spence | Tone Tree | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 11 | 11 | Wide Open Light | Ben Harper | Chrysalis | Alternative Folk |
| - | 12 | 12 | Delta Traces | Billy Jeter | House on Fire | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 13 | 13 | Wait for the Night | Eric Schmitt | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 14 | 14 | Sing to Me About Tomorrow | Winterlark | Squink | Alternative Folk |
| - | 15 | 15 | A Taste of Ashes | Gurf Morlix | Rootball | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 16 | 17 | Paper Flowers | Tim O'Brien | Howdy Skies | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 17 | 18 | Into the Light | Aliza Hava | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 18 | 19 | Hysteria | Billy Jeter | Shine Eye | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 19 | 20 | All Hat | Joshua Hedley | New West | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 20 | 21 | So Many Wows | Lucie Blue Tremblay | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 21 | 22 | Cardiac | Aarythmers | Aarythmers | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 22 | 23 | Flesh and Bone | Cynthia Marchant | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 23 | 24 | Beautiful Thing | Peach & Quiet | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 24 | 25 | Wilderness Within You | Parker Millsap | Okrahoma | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 25 | 26 | Sticks and Stones | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | 6 Ace | Roots Rock |
| ▲ | 26 | 27 | Open | John Stowers | Howling Alex | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 27 | 28 | Everything is Alive | Darlingside | More Doug | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 28 | 29 | The Silence of the Stars | Linda Marks | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 29 | 31 | You Climb the Mountain | The Onlies | Self-Release | Folk |
| ▲ | 30 | 32 | Homeaid | Chicago Farmer | Lofi | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 31 | 33 | You Never Can Tell | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 32 | 34 | A Sunday Drive | Ed Sweeney | Self-Release | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 33 | 35 | Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove | Caitlin Canty | Tone Tree | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 34 | 16 | Unentitled | John Gorka | Red House | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 35 | 36 | Sons | Sons Of The East | Metropolitan Groove Merchants | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 36 | 37 | 1988 | Lori McKenna | Thirty Tigers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 37 | 38 | The Thanksgiving Album | Vi Wickam | Self-Release | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 38 | 39 | Moon over Larrabee | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 39 | 40 | Occulations | Jim Lampos | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 40 | 41 | I Only See the Moon | The Milk Carton Kids | Far Cry | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 41 | 42 | Maybe New Mexico | Helene Cronin | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 42 | 43 | Reverie | Amble | Warner | Contemporary Folk |
| *NEW* | 43 | - | Heal the Heart | The Deer's Cry | Self-Release | Alternative Folk |
| - | 44 | 44 | In the Moment | Raveis Kole | Bop | Folk Rock |
| - | 45 | 45 | Win or Lose | Linda Sussman | Sing Out Proud | Alternative Folk |
| - | 46 | 46 | Flying with Angels | Suzanne Vega | Cooking Vinyl | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 47 | 47 | The Universe is Hungry | Damn Tall Buildings | Damn Tall Buildings | Traditional Folk |
| - | 48 | 48 | HIGH, LONESOME and then SOME. | Todd Snider | Aimless | Folk Rock |
| - | 49 | 49 | Wild and Clear and Blue | I'm With Her | Rounder | Alternative Folk |
| - | 50 | 50 | Who Wants to Talk About Love? | Jade Bird | Glassnote | Alternative Folk |
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