The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
1 |  | Delta Traces by: Billy Jeter   | Label: House on Fire Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:   |
2 |  | Shelby Means by: Shelby Means | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
3 |  | Wilderness Within You by: Parker Millsap | Label: Okrahoma Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
4 |  | Crown of Roses by: Patty Griffin | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:   |
5 |  | Hysteria by: Billy Jeter | Label: Shine Eye Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
6 |  | Armageddon in a Summer Dress by: Sunny War | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | So Many Wows by: Lucie Blue Tremblay | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Flesh and Bone by: Cynthia Marchant | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | Daggomit! by: Max Wareham | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | My One and Only by: Nathan McEuen | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | 1988 by: Lori McKenna | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | I Only See the Moon by: The Milk Carton Kids | Label: Far Cry Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | Harbortowne by: Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus | Label: Berkalin Records Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Field of Stars by: John McCutcheon | Label: Appalseed Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Middle by: Jesse Welles | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Heat of July by: Briscoe | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | Made to Wander by: The Crowe Boys | Label: EMI Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | XOXO by: The Two Peas | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Love Unfettered by: Marie-Rose | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | Hear My Call by: Cristina Vane | Label: Blue Tip Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | Paper Flowers by: Tim O'Brien | Label: Howdy Skies Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Lost Dog by: Olive Klug | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Reclamation by: Crys Matthews | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | Returning to Myself by: Brandi Carlile | Label: Interscope Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Maybe New Mexico by: Helene Cronin | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | Dark Ages by: Eliza Gilkyson | Label: Realiza Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | Vignettes by: Steve and Kristi Nebel | Label: Ice Bird Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | Wait for the Night by: Eric Schmitt | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | A Teacher, a Preacher, and a Bad Farmer by: Ernie Palmer | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Daylight Savings Time by: Steve Forbert | Label: Blue Rose Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | Larry Robbins: the Singles by: Larry Robbins | Label: Mazelations Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | It Matters by: C. Daniel Boling | Label: Perfectly Stable Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | Anything at All by: Denison Witmer | Label: Asthmatic Kitty Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Some Kind of Truth by: Kora Feder | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Plus One by: The War and Treaty | Label: Mercury Nashville Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | Looking for the Thread by: Mary Chapin Carpenter | Label: Lambent Light Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
37 |  | Mind, Man, Medicine by: The Secret Sisters | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | Reverie by: Amble | Label: Warner Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | After Tale by: Eva Rose King | Label: Rose King Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | As the Chaos Unfolds by: Rhona Macfarlane | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove by: Caitlin Canty | Label: Tone Tree Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | Exploding Star by: Heather Maloney | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Weary Ramblers by: Weary Ramblers | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | Spirit Ridge by: Dean Owens | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | Butcher Holler by: Eilen Jewell | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | Flying with Angels by: Suzanne Vega | Label: Cooking Vinyl Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Smithereens by: Dan Reeder | Label: Oh Boy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | If the Sky Fell by: Michael Henchman | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Letters by: The National Forest | Label: Tiny House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Break of the Tide by: The Lil Smokies | Label: Americana Vibes Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | Winter Grace by: Shane Pendergast | Label: Corran Ban Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | Salt River by: Sam Amidon | Label: River Lea Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow by: Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | American Recordings by: Truman Sinclair | Label: R&R Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Echolalia by: Echolalia | Label: Full Time Hobby Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Gardens Old, Flowers New by: Tom Rush | Label: Appleseed Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Heart Go Wild by: Caroline Spence | Label: Tone Tree Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | Born into a Blizzard by: Jefferson Berry & the UAC | Label: Urban Acoustic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | Songs Worth Saving by: Suzie Brown | Label: Mule Kick Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | Love, Dan by: C. Daniel Boling | Label: Perfectly Stable Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | The Wind Will Change Again by: The Twangtown Paramours | Label: Inside Edge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Cracks by: The Lowtimers | Label: Alabama Sound Company Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | All Hat by: Joshua Hedley | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Animal Poem by: Anna Tivel | Label: Fluff & Gravy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Unentitled by: John Gorka | Label: Red House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Run to the Center by: Cornelia Murr | Label: 22TWENTY Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | What It Takes by: May Erlewine | Label: Ten Good Songs Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | Lonesome Road by: Joel Mabus | Label: Fossil Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | Trailblazer by: Lola Kirke | Label: One Riot Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | Another Glory by: Another Glory | Label: Jealous Butcher Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | Lift Up This Old World by: Hilary Hawke | Label: Adhyâropa Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Freeman's T.V Repair Shop by: Darrin Bradbury | Label: Like You Mean It Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | Always Here by: Trampled by Turtles | Label: Banjodad Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Volume 4 by: Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert | Label: Dead Reckoning Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | Homegrown by: Cole Quest and The City Pickers | Label: Jalopy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | Woman Creature (Portrait of a Woman, Pt. 2) by: Mean Mary | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | Time out #3 by: The Accidentals | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | Firetrail by: Erin Durant | Label: Ruination Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | Nature of Necessity by: Adam Wright | Label: Carnival Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Woods by: Darling West | Label: Jansen Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Beware Wolves Volume 9 by: Beware Wolves | Label: Aqualamb Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | Anarchist Gospel by: Sunny War | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | Party Lines by: Romen Buffalo and The Loyal Order | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | I Love You, Say It Back by: Joe Holt | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | All In! by: Ray Wyatt | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | Anything Beautiful by: Trevor Bahnson | Label: Dimed Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away by: Hayden Pedigo | Label: Mexican Summer Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Worrying Boy by: Chris Rosser | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | Kentucky Queen by: Carla Gover | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | Part Time Believer by: The Strumbellas | Label: Glassnote Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | Darkening Green by: Kyle Morgan | Label: Jalopy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | These Days by: Emily Hines | Label: Keeled Scales Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | Alice Howe & Freebo (Live) by: Alice Howe | Label: Know Howe Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | Wanderer by: Ruth Moody | Label: Blue Muse Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | Dreamer's Motel by: Joachim Cooder | Label: Temple Of Leaves Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | Desires Shape by: Stoll Vaughan | Label: Commonwealth Artist Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Walkin' After Midnight by: Eva Cassidy | Label: Blix Street Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
98 |  | The New Modern Hymns by: Darrell Scott | Label: Here Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
99 |  | Time Will Finally Come by: Wolf Jett | Label: Hill House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
100 |  | Together on a Rock by: The Pairs | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
101 |  | Moon over Larrabee by: Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
102 |  | Fiction by: Megan Bee | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
103 |  | Cry Love by: Paul Burch | Label: Glider Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
104 |  | Mood Ring by: Joan Shelley | Label: No Quarter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
105 |  | Tired of Trying by: Joe Holt | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
106 |  | Ghost Town by: Nate Currin | Label: Archaic Cannon Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
107 |  | Dark Harvest by: Malcolm MacWatt | Label: Singular Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
108 |  | Sonora by: Lisa Morales | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
109 |  | Blessed by the West by: Sarah Pierce | Label: Berkalin Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
110 |  | All I Got and Gone by: Chris Walz | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
111 |  | Devil Rail by: John Zipperer | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
112 |  | Heart on a Wire by: Carolyn Shulman | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
113 |  | Across the Pond by: JigJam | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
114 |  | Ghost Tattoo by: Kristen Grainger & True North | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
115 |  | The Living Kind by: John Smith | Label: Commoner Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
116 |  | One Deep River by: Mark Knopfler | Label: Blue Note Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
117 |  | Cup of Sugar by: Tim O'Brien | Label: Howdy Skies Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
118 |  | The Returner by: Allison Russell | Label: Birds of Chicago Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
119 |  | Parry Lamont by: Parry Lamont | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
120 |  | Sky by: Diane King | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
121 |  | In These Silent Days by: Brandi Carlile | Label: Low Country Sound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
122 |  | Backroads by: Johnsmith | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
123 |  | Searching for a Home by: David Hobbes | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
124 |  | Only This Far by: The Rough & Tumble | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
125 |  | Pharmakon by: Humbird | Label: Green Thumb Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
126 |  | Anaïs Mitchell by: Anais Mitchell | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
127 |  | Cover to Cover V1 by: AJ Lee & Blue Summit | Label: Signature Sounds Recordings Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
128 |  | Silver Bell by: Patty Griffin | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
129 |  | Visions by: Alice Howe | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
130 |  | A Few Stars Apart by: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | Label: Fantasy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
131 |  | Bethlehem by: Storyhill | Label: Story Hills Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
132 |  | Letting Go by: Wolf Jett | Label: Wolf Tracks Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
133 |  | Life Wide Open by: Laura Zucker | Label: Trespass Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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