Top Folk Album Chart for the Year of 2025

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

	Album Title	Band/Artist Name	Label	Sub Genre
1	Witness Trees	David G Smith	Hey Dave	Alternative Folk
2	I'm Too Old for Games: a Live Tribute to Odetta	Misty Blues	Guitar One	Traditional Folk
3	Heart So Rare	Dave Murphy	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
4	Wild and Clear and Blue	I'm With Her	Rounder	Alternative Folk
5	Into the Light	Aliza Hava	Self-Release	Folk Rock
6	Delta Traces	Billy Jeter	House on Fire	Contemporary Folk
7	Sing to Me About Tomorrow	Winterlark	Squink	Alternative Folk
8	Shelby Means	Shelby Means	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
9	Wilderness Within You	Parker Millsap	Okrahoma	Contemporary Folk
10	Crown of Roses	Patty Griffin	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
11	Wide Open Light	Ben Harper	Chrysalis	Alternative Folk
12	Hysteria	Billy Jeter	Shine Eye	Contemporary Folk
13	Armageddon in a Summer Dress	Sunny War	New West	Contemporary Folk
14	One True Song	Karney	Self-Release	Folk Rock
15	Creatures in the Garden	Karney	Self-Release	Folk Rock
16	So Many Wows	Lucie Blue Tremblay	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
17	Who Wants to Talk About Love?	Jade Bird	Glassnote	Alternative Folk
18	Flesh and Bone	Cynthia Marchant	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
19	Everything is Alive	Darlingside	More Doug	Folk Rock
20	Long Way Home	Ray LaMontagne	Liula	Folk Rock
21	Daggomit!	Max Wareham	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
22	Starting to Sync in	Eric Selby	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
23	Songs from My Kitchen, Vol. 1	Curtis Stigers	Pandemic Poodle	Alternative Folk
24	The Silence of the Stars	Linda Marks	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
25	A Taste of Ashes	Gurf Morlix	Rootball	Alternative Folk
26	My One and Only	Nathan McEuen	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
27	Northern Moon	John Donovan	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
28	Occulations	Jim Lampos	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
29	1988	Lori McKenna	Thirty Tigers	Contemporary Folk
30	Win or Lose	Linda Sussman	Sing Out Proud	Alternative Folk
31	I Only See the Moon	The Milk Carton Kids	Far Cry	Contemporary Folk
32	Heal the Heart	The Deer's Cry	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
33	Harbortowne	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Berkalin Records	Contemporary Folk
34	High, Lonesome and then Some.	Todd Snider	Aimless	Folk Rock
35	Field of Stars	John McCutcheon	Appalseed	Contemporary Folk
36	Sons	Sons Of The East	Metropolitan Groove Merchants	Folk Rock
37	Man with the Muse	Bryce Ernest Taylor	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
38	Middle	Jesse Welles	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
39	Willie Watson	Willie Watson	Thirty Tigers	Traditional Folk
40	Heat of July	Briscoe	ATO	Contemporary Folk
41	Dang Fool	Eric Selby	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
42	Made to Wander	The Crowe Boys	EMI	Contemporary Folk
43	Double Takes	Gordie Tentrees	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
44	A Sunday Drive	Ed Sweeney	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
45	XOXO	The Two Peas	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
46	Earl Jam	Tony Trischka	Down The Road	Alternative Folk
47	Love Unfettered	Marie-Rose	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
48	Two Birds to Kill a Stone	Son Stone	Kaimana	Alternative Folk
49	Dear Meadowlark	The Wildwoods	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
50	Hear My Call	Cristina Vane	Blue Tip	Contemporary Folk
51	Life, Death and Dennis Hopper	The Waterboys	Sun	Folk Rock
52	Indoor Safari	Nick Lowe	Yep Roc	Folk Rock
53	Paper Flowers	Tim O'Brien	Howdy Skies	Contemporary Folk
54	Lost Dog	Olive Klug	Signature Sounds	Contemporary Folk
55	Reclamation	Crys Matthews	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
56	Returning to Myself	Brandi Carlile	Interscope	Contemporary Folk
57	The Purple Bird	Bonnie "Prince" Billy	No Quarter	Alternative Folk
58	Maybe New Mexico	Helene Cronin	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
59	Walking on the Wire	Gordon Thomas Ward	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
60	Dark Ages	Eliza Gilkyson	Realiza	Contemporary Folk
61	Vignettes	Steve and Kristi Nebel	Ice Bird	Contemporary Folk
62	Ghosts in the Garden	Kris Delmhorst	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
63	My Home is Not in This World	Natalie Bergman	Third Man	Alternative Folk
64	Common Sense	Gary Nicholson	Qualified	Alternative Folk
65	Wait for the Night	Eric Schmitt	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
66	A Teacher, a Preacher, and a Bad Farmer	Ernie Palmer	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
67	Doing Things Right	Jim Kweskin	Jalopy	Traditional Folk
68	Seed of a Seed	Haley Heynderickx	Mama Bird	Alternative Folk
69	Basia's Palace	Basia Bulat	Secret City	Alternative Folk
70	Personal History	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Lambent Light	Alternative Folk
71	Daylight Savings Time	Steve Forbert	Blue Rose	Contemporary Folk
72	Transmissions	Amos Lee	Thirty Tigers	Folk Rock
73	EP One	Slainte Baby	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
74	Fever	The Imaginaries	Self-Release	Folk Rock
75	Larry Robbins: the Singles	Larry Robbins	Mazelations	Contemporary Folk
76	It Matters	C. Daniel Boling	Perfectly Stable	Contemporary Folk
77	JVC	Jack Van Cleaf	Dualtone	Alternative Folk
78	I Was Born of Water	Revere Rivers	Regional	Alternative Folk
79	Redwood Frame	Stephen Moore Project	Self-Release	Folk
80	Anything at All	Denison Witmer	Asthmatic Kitty	Contemporary Folk
81	Some Kind of Truth	Kora Feder	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
82	Memory Mountain	Max Gomez	New West	Traditional Folk
83	Plus One	The War and Treaty	Mercury Nashville	Contemporary Folk
84	Gumshoe	Samantha Crain	Real Kind	Alternative Folk
85	Looking for the Thread	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Lambent Light	Contemporary Folk
86	Mind, Man, Medicine	The Secret Sisters	New West	Contemporary Folk
87	Reverie	Amble	Warner	Contemporary Folk
88	Seek the Love You're Yearning	Brian Gore Guitar Poet	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
89	EP Two	Slainte Baby	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
90	Within	Michelle Qureshi	myndstream	Alternative Folk
91	After Tale	Eva Rose King	Rose King	Contemporary Folk
92	As the Chaos Unfolds	Rhona Macfarlane	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
93	My Way	Yola	S-Curve	Folk Rock
94	Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove	Caitlin Canty	Tone Tree	Contemporary Folk
95	Exploding Star	Heather Maloney	Signature Sounds	Contemporary Folk
96	Weary Ramblers	Weary Ramblers	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
97	Spirit Ridge	Dean Owens	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
98	Cruel Joke	Ken Pomeroy	Rounder	Alternative Folk
99	Witness	Megan Burtt	Cure For Love	Folk Rock
100	Psychedelic Surf Country	Joel Timmons	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
101	Butcher Holler	Eilen Jewell	Signature Sounds	Contemporary Folk
102	Greener Fields & Fairer Seas	John Calvin	Self-Release	Folk Rock
103	The in Between	Kevin Gordon	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
104	Flying with Angels	Suzanne Vega	Cooking Vinyl	Contemporary Folk
105	Smithereens	Dan Reeder	Oh Boy	Contemporary Folk
106	If the Sky Fell	Michael Henchman	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
107	Letters	The National Forest	Tiny House	Contemporary Folk
108	Break of the Tide	The Lil Smokies	Americana Vibes	Contemporary Folk
109	Winter Grace	Shane Pendergast	Corran Ban	Contemporary Folk
110	Pagan Church	John Craigie	Leslie/Songlines	Alternative Folk
111	The Coward Brothers	The Coward Brothers	New West	Alternative Folk
112	Salt River	Sam Amidon	River Lea	Contemporary Folk
113	What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow	Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson	Nonesuch	Contemporary Folk
114	American Recordings	Truman Sinclair	R&R	Contemporary Folk
115	Echolalia	Echolalia	Full Time Hobby	Contemporary Folk
116	Gardens Old, Flowers New	Tom Rush	Appleseed	Contemporary Folk
117	Heart Go Wild	Caroline Spence	Tone Tree	Contemporary Folk
118	Born into a Blizzard	Jefferson Berry & the UAC	Urban Acoustic	Contemporary Folk
119	Songs Worth Saving	Suzie Brown	Mule Kick	Contemporary Folk
120	Love, Dan	C. Daniel Boling	Perfectly Stable	Contemporary Folk
121	The Wind Will Change Again	The Twangtown Paramours	Inside Edge	Contemporary Folk
122	Wartime Cartoons	My Brother's Keeper	Robust	Traditional Folk
123	Map of a Blue City	Marc Ribot	New West	Alternative Folk
124	Cracks	The Lowtimers	Alabama Sound Company	Contemporary Folk
125	Dime Store Mannequin	Son Stone	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
126	Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free	Bonny Light Horseman	Jagjaguwar	Alternative Folk
127	You Climb the Mountain	The Onlies	Self-Release	Folk
128	All Hat	Joshua Hedley	New West	Contemporary Folk
129	Animal Poem	Anna Tivel	Fluff & Gravy	Contemporary Folk
130	Revelation	Leif Vollebekk	Secret City	Alternative Folk
131	Suzy Sings Seibel	Suzy Thompson	Self-Release	Folk
132	Let It Hiss	The Barr Brothers	Secret City	Alternative Folk
133	A Recipe for Hope	Linda Marks	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
134	Unentitled	John Gorka	Red House	Contemporary Folk
135	Yev	Yev	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
136	American Boys	Don McLean	Self-Release	Folk Rock
137	Me Daza	Reid Jamieson	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
138	No Fun in the Chrysalis	Them Coulee Boys	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
139	Voices	Jack Barksdale	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
140	Song for Juli (50th Anniversary Edition)	Jesse Colin Young	Pigfoot	Alternative Folk
141	The Thanksgiving Album	Vi Wickam	Self-Release	Folk Rock
142	Run to the Center	Cornelia Murr	22TWENTY	Contemporary Folk
143	Bones of Trees	Tim Grimm	Vault	Alternative Folk
144	What It Takes	May Erlewine	Ten Good Songs	Contemporary Folk
145	Lonesome Road	Joel Mabus	Fossil	Contemporary Folk
146	Trailblazer	Lola Kirke	One Riot	Contemporary Folk
147	Another Glory	Another Glory	Jealous Butcher	Contemporary Folk
148	Reverse the Flow	Alice DiMicele	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
149	Bare Bones, Vol. 1: the Duo Recordings (Master Takes)	Jerry Garcia & David Grisman	Acoustic Disc	Alternative Folk
150	Diamond City	Will Johnson	Keeled Scales	Folk Rock
151	Lift Up This Old World	Hilary Hawke	Adhyâropa	Contemporary Folk
152	Borrowed	Grey DeLisle	Regional	Folk Rock
153	This Ol' Way	Benjamin Dakota Rogers	Good People	Alternative Folk
154	Where You Used to Be	Alison Tucker	Self-Release	Alternative Folk
155	Freeman's T.V Repair Shop	Darrin Bradbury	Like You Mean It	Contemporary Folk
156	Mother Nature's Show	The High Hawks	Lohi	Folk Rock
157	Always Here	Trampled by Turtles	Banjodad	Contemporary Folk
158	Dance of the Yellow Leaf	Peter Salett	Dusty Shoes	Folk Rock
159	Volume 4	Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert	Dead Reckoning	Contemporary Folk
160	Homegrown	Cole Quest and The City Pickers	Jalopy	Contemporary Folk
161	Woman Creature (Portrait of a Woman, Pt. 2)	Mean Mary	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
162	Time out #3	The Accidentals	Self-Release	Contemporary Folk
163	Have at It!	DUG	Claddagh	Folk Rock
164	Firetrail	Erin Durant	Ruination	Contemporary Folk
165	Nature of Necessity	Adam Wright	Carnival	Contemporary Folk
166	Woods	Darling West	Jansen	Contemporary Folk
167	Safe to Run	Esther Rose	New West	Alternative Folk
168	The Past is Still Alive	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Nonesuch	Alternative Folk
169	Beware Wolves Volume 9	Beware Wolves	Aqualamb	Contemporary Folk
170	Smokestack Town	Ole 60	Three Twenty Four	Folk Rock
171	It's Already Better Than It's Ever Going to Be	Bryant Roses	Self-Release	Traditional Folk
172	Big Girl Pants	T Sisters	Burning House	Alternative Folk
173	Long Time Honey	Fox and Bones	Black Oak Artists	Folk Rock

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

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