The Roots Music Report's
Top Traditional Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'm Too Old for Games: a Live Tribute to Odetta | Misty Blues | Guitar One |
| 2 | Willie Watson | Willie Watson | Thirty Tigers |
| 3 | A Sunday Drive | Ed Sweeney | Self-Release |
| 4 | Doing Things Right | Jim Kweskin | Jalopy |
| 5 | Memory Mountain | Max Gomez | New West |
| 6 | Wartime Cartoons | My Brother's Keeper | Robust |
| 7 | It's Already Better Than It's Ever Going to Be | Bryant Roses | Self-Release |
| 8 | Gold and Coal | Cassie and Maggie | Self-Release |
| 9 | The Universe is Hungry | Damn Tall Buildings | Damn Tall Buildings |
| 10 | Unseen Hands 12 Songs 12 Strings | Ken Whiteley | Pyramid |
| 11 | Never Too Late | Jim Kweskin | StorySound |
| 12 | Carrying on | Kacy & Clayton | New West |
| 13 | Rough and Rowdy Ways | Bob Dylan | Columbia |
| 14 | Small Towns | StillHouse Junkies | Dark Shadow |
| 15 | The Great Irish Songbook | Dervish | Rounder |
| 16 | A Fireproof House of Sunshine | Hackensaw Boys | Free Dirt |
| 17 | Hurricane Clarice | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves | Free Dirt |
| 18 | Just Like Leaving | Bella White | Self-Release |
| 19 | Leylines | Rising Appalachia | Self-Release |
| 20 | Wide Awake | Joy Kills Sorrow | Signature Sound |
| 21 | Sleeping Dogs | Damn Tall Buildings | Self-Release |
| 22 | Vincent Neil Emerson | Vincent Neil Emerson | La Honda/Thirty Tigers |
| 23 | Long Day in the Milky Way | Kris Delmhorst | Self-Release |
| 24 | Rearrange My Heart | Che Apalache | Free Dirt |
| 25 | Fables in a Foreign Land | John Doe | Fat Possum |
| 26 | Alpenglow | Trampled by Turtles | Banjodad |
To start reporting your play-list to the Roots Music Report Apply Here .