The Roots Music Report's
Top Acoustic Blues Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slim Pickin' | Mississippi MacDonald | APM |
| 2 | Room on the Porch | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' | Concord |
| 3 | One Guitar Woman | Sue Foley | Stony Plain |
| 4 | Songs from My Soul | Forrest McDonald | World Talent |
| 5 | In the Real World | Eric Bibb | True North |
| 6 | Heavy on the Blues | Rory Block | MC Records |
| 7 | Oh So Good | Blind Lemon Pledge | OFEH |
| 8 | Silver Spoon | Robbert Duijf | Naked |
| 9 | Naked Truth | Tinsley Ellis | Alligator |
| 10 | Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me: a Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt (feat. Jim Countryman) | Erin Harpe | Vizztone |
| 11 | A Sinner's Prayer | Mark "Nessie" Nesmith | Self-Release |
| 12 | Rawer Than Raw | Bobby Rush | Deep Rush |
| 13 | Deceived | Alan Arena | Self-Release |
| 14 | KIMUZIKI Live in Des Moines | Hudspeth & Taylor | Hudtone |
| 15 | All the Way | Mad Dog Blues | Self-Release |
| 16 | Shake Me Up | Catfish Keith | Self-Release |
| 17 | Gamut | Sean Poluk | Self-Release |
| 18 | Take It Easy Greasy | Jim Brewer | Earwig |
| 19 | The Hammer & the Rose | Matt Andersen | Sonic |
| 20 | Walking Through These Blues | Steve Postell | Quarto Valley |
| 21 | Live from Perfect Note Atlanta | David Pippin & Eva Rose | Self-Release |
| 22 | Wagon of Tales | John 'Greyhound' Maxwell | Self-Release |
| 23 | West Georgia Blues | Jontavious Willis | Strolling Bones |
| 24 | Homesick Blues | Cedar County Cobras | Self-Release |
| 25 | Feeling Good is Good Enough | Nick Wade | Wade Waters Prod. |
| 26 | Hometown Blues | The Mary Stokes Band | Self-Release |
| 27 | World on Fire | Reed Turchi | Xenon |
| 28 | At the Blue Front | Ryan Lee Crosby | Crossnote |
| 29 | The Appalachian Blues | Scott Low | Self-Release |
| 30 | Know You from Old | Steve Howell & Fats Kaplin | Out Of The Past Music |
| 31 | Gallery of Echoes | Steve Howell | Out Of The Past |
| 32 | Morning Sun | Martin Harley | Self-Release |
| 33 | Somewhere Not Here | D. Scott Riggs | Pure Panhandle |
| 34 | Struttin' Round Town | Scott Low | Self-Release |
| 35 | Live on Air (feat. Chef) | Micke & Lefty | Hokahey! |
| 36 | Sing the American Songbag, Vol.1 | Doc Bowling and His Blues Professors | Self-Release |
| 37 | Going to Be Together (Live) | Mad Dog Blues | Self-Release |
| 38 | Lines | Randy McAllister and the Scrappiest band in the Motherland | Reaction |
| 39 | Outskirts of Town | Big Frank & Mike Smith | JoJo Honey |
| 40 | Delta Blues Revival | Vineet | Self-Release |
| 41 | The Legend of Sugarbelly | Guy Davis | M.C. Records |
| 42 | Howlin' Waters | Terry Robb | New Folk |
| 43 | Live at the Hidden Gem | Chris Yakopcic | Yako |
| 44 | Grateful Blues | Scott Low | Self-Release |
| 45 | Live at the Scala Theatre | Eric Bibb | Stony Plain |
| 46 | C'est La Vie | Sean Poluk | Self-Release |
| 47 | Positively 4th Street | Rory Block | Stony Plain |
| 48 | All About the Bones | Chris Smither | Signature Sounds |
| 49 | A Pale Blue Dot | Jon Hines | Self-Release |
| 50 | Acoustic Gristle Soup | Greg Koch | Rhymes with Chalk |
| 51 | Black Water Blues | David Pippin & Eva Rose | Self-Release |
| 52 | Bang at the Door | Donna Herula | Self-Release |
| 53 | Less is More | Bill Filipiak | Pine Grove |
| 54 | A Southern Gothic | Adia Victoria | Atlantic |
| 55 | More from the Levee | Chris Smither | Signature Sounds |
| 56 | Winter Hill Blues | Ryan Lee Crosby | Self-Release |
| 57 | Gettin' Together | Michael Jerome Browne | Stony Plain |
| 58 | The Insurrection Blues | Corey Harris | MC |
| 59 | Folie a Deux | Hudspeth & Taylor | Hudtone |
| 60 | Confessin' My Dues | Terry Robb | NiaSounds |
| 61 | Dear America | Eric Bibb | Provogue |
| 62 | Innocent Allies | Cary Morin | Self-Release |
| 63 | Peace in Trouble | Sunday Wilde | Self-Release |
| 64 | Blues at Midnight | Catfish Keith | Fishtail |
| 65 | Why Should I Be Blue? | Broke Fuse | Self-Release |
| 66 | Land of the Sky | Catfish Keith | Fish Tail |
| 67 | Ridin' | Eric Bibb | Stony Plain |
| 68 | Digging in John's Backyard | Grant Dermody And Frank Fotusky | Self-Release |
| 69 | Things Happen That Way | Dr. John | Rounder |
| 70 | Behind the Sun | Grant Dermody | Self-Release |
| 71 | Buffalo Nichols | Buffalo Nichols | Fat Possum |
| 72 | Higher Vibrations | Mark Telesca | Self-Release |
| 73 | Desert Trip | Steve Hill | No Label |
| 74 | Blacktop Run | Sonny Landreth | Provogue |
| 75 | Prove It on Me | Rory Block | Stony Plain |
| 76 | Solar Powered Too | Rick Fines | Self-Release |
| 77 | Amour | Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson | Stony Plain |
| 78 | Where and when | Kelly's Lot | Self-Release |
| 79 | Between Midnight and Louise | Chris Gill | Endless Blues |
| 80 | Silver Cup | David Gogo | Cordova Bay |
| 81 | Devil May Care | Dave Arcari | Buzz |
| 82 | Wild Ox Moan | Catfish Keith | Fish Tail |
| 83 | Be Ready when I Call You | Guy Davis | M.C. |
| 84 | Live & Alone | Mad Dog Blues | Self-Release |
| 85 | Tryin' to Get Home | Andy Cohen | Earwig Music |
| 86 | Fallen Angel | Leeann Atherton | Self-Release |
| 87 | Medicine I Need | Bill Filipiak | Vidlicity |
| 88 | I Hope I Know | Seth Walker | Royal Potato Family |
| 89 | Grandfather Courage (Acoustic) | Fantastic Negrito | Storefront |
| 90 | Ramblified | Fiona Boyes | Self-Release |
| 91 | Solo | Jack de Keyzer | Blue Star |
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