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

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Witness Trees
by: David G Smith

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Label: Hey Dave
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Sing to Me About Tomorrow
by: Winterlark

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Label: Squink
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Heart So Rare
by: Dave Murphy

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Label: Self-Release
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Earl Jam
by: Tony Trischka

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Label: Down The Road
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Common Sense
by: Gary Nicholson

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Label: Qualified
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Wide Open Light
by: Ben Harper

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Label: Chrysalis
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Win or Lose
by: Linda Sussman

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Label: Sing Out Proud
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Starting to Sync in
by: Eric Selby

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Label: Self-Release
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Seed of a Seed
by: Haley Heynderickx

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Label: Mama Bird
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Arsonist Daughter
by: Aspen Jacobsen

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Occulations
by: Jim Lampos

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Pagan Church
by: John Craigie

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Label: Leslie/Songlines
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A Recipe for Hope
by: Linda Marks

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Label: Self-Release
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Revelation
by: Leif Vollebekk

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Label: Secret City
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Man with the Muse
by: Bryce Ernest Taylor

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Label: Self-Release
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The in Between
by: Kevin Gordon

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Dang Fool
by: Eric Selby

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The Coward Brothers
by: The Coward Brothers

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Label: New West
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Two Birds to Kill a Stone
by: Son Stone

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Label: Kaimana
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Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free
by: Bonny Light Horseman

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Label: Jagjaguwar
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Walking on the Wire
by: Gordon Thomas Ward

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Label: Self-Release
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The Silence of the Stars
by: Linda Marks

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American Railroad
by: Silkroad Ensemble & Rhiannon Giddens

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Label: Nonesuch
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TREES
by: Laurie Lewis

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Label: Spruce And Maple Music
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Big Girl Pants
by: T Sisters

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Label: Burning House
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Within
by: Michelle Qureshi

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Label: myndstream
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Seek the Love You're Yearning
by: Brian Gore Guitar Poet

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Label: Self-Release
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Psychedelic Surf Country
by: Joel Timmons

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Label: Self-Release
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Simple Motion
by: Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz

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Label: Red Beet
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Me Daza
by: Reid Jamieson

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Sparrow
by: Jeff Talmadge

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Label: Berkalin
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The Past is Still Alive
by: Hurray for the Riff Raff

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Label: Nonesuch
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There is So Much Here
by: Glen Phillips

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Label: Compass
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EP One
by: Slainte Baby

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Geist
by: Shannon Lay

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Label: Sub Pop
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Things Are Great
by: Band Of Horses

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Label: BMG
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Halfsies
by: Lizzie No

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Label: Thirty Tigers
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It's a Beautiful Day and I Love You
by: Jillette Johnson

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Label: Moss Rose
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Safe to Run
by: Esther Rose

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Label: New West
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Asterisk the Universe
by: John Craigie

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Label: Thirty Tigers
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A Very Lonely Solstice
by: Fleet Foxes

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Label: Anti
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Moving on Skiffle
by: Van Morrison

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Label: Virgin Music
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Terms of Surrender
by: Hiss Golden Messenger

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Label: Merge
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12th of June
by: Lyle Lovett

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Label: Verve
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Let the Longing Run Wild & Free
by: Robert Sarazin Blake

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Label: Sameroom
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