The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
1 |  | Delta Traces by: Billy Jeter Tweet Buy Now:   | Label: House on Fire Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
2 |  | Shelby Means - Follow by: Shelby Means Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
3 |  | Crown of Roses - Follow by: Patty Griffin Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:    |
4 |  | Hysteria by: Billy Jeter Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Shine Eye Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
5 |  | So Many Wows by: Lucie Blue Tremblay Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
6 |  | Flesh and Bone by: Cynthia Marchant Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | Beautiful Thing - Follow by: Peach & Quiet Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Sticks and Stones - Follow by: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Tweet Buy Now: | Label: 6 Ace Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | DAGGOMIT! by: Max Wareham Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | You Never Can Tell - Follow by: Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | My One and Only by: Nathan McEuen Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | 1988 - Follow by: Lori McKenna Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | Resilience - Follow by: Josie Bello Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | I Only See the Moon - Follow by: The Milk Carton Kids Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Far Cry Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Harbortowne by: Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Berkalin Records Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Field of Stars - Follow by: John McCutcheon Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Appalseed Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | Ever-Changing - Follow by: The Ruta Beggars Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | Middle by: Jesse Welles Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Heat of July - Follow by: Briscoe Tweet Buy Now: | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | Made to Wander by: The Crowe Boys Tweet Buy Now: | Label: EMI Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | XOXO by: The Two Peas Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Love Unfettered by: Marie-Rose Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Armageddon in a Summer Dress - Follow by: Sunny War Tweet Buy Now: | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | Hear My Call by: Cristina Vane Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Blue Tip Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Paper Flowers - Follow by: Tim O'Brien Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Howdy Skies Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | Reclamation - Follow by: Crys Matthews Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | Lost Dog - Follow by: Olive Klug Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | Returning to Myself - Follow by: Brandi Carlile Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Interscope Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | Maybe New Mexico by: Helene Cronin Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Vignettes by: Steve and Kristi Nebel Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Ice Bird Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | Dark Ages - Follow by: Eliza Gilkyson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Realiza Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
32 |  | Wait for the Night by: Eric Schmitt Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | A Teacher, a Preacher, and a Bad Farmer by: Ernie Palmer Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | It Matters by: C. Daniel Boling Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Perfectly Stable Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Daylight Savings Time - Follow by: Steve Forbert Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Blue Rose Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | Redwood Frame by: Stephen Moore Project Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | Larry Robbins: the Singles by: Larry Robbins Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Mazelations Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | Mind, Man, Medicine - Follow by: The Secret Sisters Tweet Buy Now: | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | Plus One - Follow by: The War and Treaty Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Mercury Nashville Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | Reverie by: Amble Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Warner Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove - Follow by: Caitlin Canty Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Tone Tree Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | After Tale by: Eva Rose King Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Rose King Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Anything at All by: Denison Witmer Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Asthmatic Kitty Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | Weary Ramblers by: Weary Ramblers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | As the Chaos Unfolds - Follow by: Rhona Macfarlane Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | Looking for the Thread by: Mary Chapin Carpenter Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Lambent Light Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
47 |  | Exploding Star - Follow by: Heather Maloney Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Butcher Holler - Follow by: Eilen Jewell Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Spirit Ridge - Follow by: Dean Owens Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Flying with Angels - Follow by: Suzanne Vega Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Cooking Vinyl Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | Smithereens by: Dan Reeder Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Oh Boy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | Tape - Follow by: Patty Griffin Tweet Buy Now: | Label: PGM Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | If the Sky Fell by: Michael Henchman Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Letters by: The National Forest Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Tiny House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Break of the Tide - Follow by: The Lil Smokies Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Americana Vibes Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow - Follow by: Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Echolalia by: Echolalia Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Full Time Hobby Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | Winter Grace by: Shane Pendergast Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Corran Ban Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | American Recordings by: Truman Sinclair Tweet Buy Now: | Label: R&R Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | Heart Go Wild - Follow by: Caroline Spence Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Tone Tree Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Born into a Blizzard by: Jefferson Berry & the UAC Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Urban Acoustic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Salt River - Follow by: Sam Amidon Tweet Buy Now: | Label: River Lea Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Love, Dan by: C. Daniel Boling Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Perfectly Stable Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Cracks by: The Lowtimers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Alabama Sound Company Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | All Hat - Follow by: Joshua Hedley Tweet Buy Now: | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Songs Worth Saving - Follow by: Suzie Brown Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Mule Kick Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | You Climb the Mountain - Follow by: The Onlies Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | Animal Poem by: Anna Tivel Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Fluff & Gravy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | The Wind Will Change Again - Follow by: The Twangtown Paramours Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Inside Edge Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | Unentitled - Follow by: John Gorka Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Red House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | The Thanksgiving Album - Follow by: Vi Wickam Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Lonesome Road by: Joel Mabus Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Fossil Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | Another Glory by: Another Glory Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Jealous Butcher Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Run to the Center by: Cornelia Murr Tweet Buy Now: | Label: 22TWENTY Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | Trailblazer - Follow by: Lola Kirke Tweet Buy Now: | Label: One Riot Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | Freeman's T.V Repair Shop - Follow by: Darrin Bradbury Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Like You Mean It Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | Lift Up This Old World by: Hilary Hawke Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Adhyâropa Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | What It Takes by: May Erlewine Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Ten Good Songs Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | Volume 4 - Follow by: Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Dead Reckoning Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Speed by: Keller Williams Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Freeky Disc Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Time out #3 - Follow by: The Accidentals Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | Woman Creature (Portrait of a Woman, Pt. 2) - Follow by: Mean Mary Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | Nature of Necessity - Follow by: Adam Wright Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Carnival Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | Homegrown by: Cole Quest and The City Pickers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Jalopy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | Beware Wolves Volume 9 by: Beware Wolves Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Aqualamb Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | Always Here - Follow by: Trampled by Turtles Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Banjodad Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | Firetrail by: Erin Durant Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Ruination Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Woods by: Darling West Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Jansen Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | Back to the Light - Follow by: Heather Pierson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Vessel Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | I Love You, Say It Back - Follow by: Joe Holt Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | Part Time Believer - Follow by: The Strumbellas Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Glassnote Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | Worrying Boy by: Chris Rosser Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | Xo, 1945 - Follow by: Ryland Moranz Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Tonic Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | Kentucky Queen - Follow by: Carla Gover Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | These Days by: Emily Hines Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Keeled Scales Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | Wanderer - Follow by: Ruth Moody Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Blue Muse Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Anything Beautiful by: Trevor Bahnson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Dimed Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
98 |  | I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away by: Hayden Pedigo Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Mexican Summer Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
99 |  | Alice Howe & Freebo (Live) by: Alice Howe Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Know Howe Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
100 |  | Dreamer's Motel - Follow by: Joachim Cooder Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Temple Of Leaves Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
101 |  | Walkin' After Midnight by: Eva Cassidy Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Blix Street Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
102 |  | The New Modern Hymns - Follow by: Darrell Scott Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Here Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
103 |  | Time Will Finally Come by: Wolf Jett Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Hill House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
104 |  | Gardens Old, Flowers New - Follow by: Tom Rush Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Appleseed Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
105 |  | Trains, Rivers & Trails by: Monica Taylor Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Horton Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
106 |  | Fiction by: Megan Bee Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
107 |  | Moon over Larrabee - Follow by: Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
108 |  | Cry Love by: Paul Burch Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Glider Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
109 |  | Together on a Rock by: The Pairs Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
110 |  | Tired of Trying - Follow by: Joe Holt Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
111 |  | Ghost Town by: Nate Currin Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Archaic Cannon Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
112 |  | Sonora - Follow by: Lisa Morales Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
113 |  | One Deep River by: Mark Knopfler Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Blue Note Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
114 |  | Polaroid Lovers - Follow by: Sarah Jarosz Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
115 |  | Dark Harvest by: Malcolm MacWatt Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Singular Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
116 |  | Blessed by the West by: Sarah Pierce Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Berkalin Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
117 |  | Mood Ring - Follow by: Joan Shelley Tweet Buy Now: | Label: No Quarter Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
118 |  | Devil Rail - Follow by: John Zipperer Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
119 |  | Across the Pond - Follow by: JigJam Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
120 |  | Two Saviors by: Buck Meek Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Keeled Scales Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
121 |  | Heart on a Wire by: Carolyn Shulman Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
122 |  | The Living Kind - Follow by: John Smith Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Commoner Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
123 |  | Desires Shape by: Stoll Vaughan Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Commonwealth Artist Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
124 |  | All I Got and Gone by: Chris Walz Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
125 |  | Parry Lamont - Follow by: Parry Lamont Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
126 |  | Darkening Green - Follow by: Kyle Morgan Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Jalopy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
127 |  | Ghost Tattoo by: Kristen Grainger & True North Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
128 |  | Cup of Sugar - Follow by: Tim O'Brien Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Howdy Skies Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
129 |  | Searching for a Home by: David Hobbes Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
130 |  | Sky by: Diane King Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
131 |  | Anarchist Gospel - Follow by: Sunny War Tweet Buy Now: | Label: New West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
132 |  | Bethlehem - Follow by: Storyhill Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Story Hills Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
133 |  | All About the Timing by: Roland Roberts Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Happy Life Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
134 |  | Pharmakon by: Humbird Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Green Thumb Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
135 |  | Charlie Stevens by: Charlie Stevens Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Charlie Stevens Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
136 |  | All the Eye Can See - Follow by: Joe Henry Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Worksong Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
137 |  | Last of the Better Days Ahead - Follow by: Charlie Parr Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Smithsonian Folkways Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
138 |  | In These Silent Days - Follow by: Brandi Carlile Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Low Country Sound Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
139 |  | Even Better on the Bad Days by: Scott Sean White Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
140 |  | Local Valley - Follow by: Jose Gonzalez Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Mute Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
141 |  | Over That Road I'm Bound - Follow by: Joachim Cooder Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
142 |  | Outside Child - Follow by: Allison Russell Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Fantasy Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
143 |  | Highway Islands by: Strangebyrds Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Gulch Groove Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
144 |  | All That's Real - Follow by: Gathering Sparks Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Borealis Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
145 |  | Stay the Course by: Same Latitude As Rome Tweet Buy Now:  | Label: Peter C. Boyer Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
146 |  | There is No Other (with Francesco Turrisi) - Follow by: Rhiannon Giddens Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
147 |  | Collection 2008-2018 by: Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Berkalin Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
148 |  | Songs from the River Wind - Follow by: Eliza Gilkyson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Howlin' Dog Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
149 |  | 1960 - Follow by: Martyn Joseph Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Pipe Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
150 |  | Barn - Follow by: Neil Young Tweet Buy Now: | Label: The Other Shoe Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
151 |  | Cerulean - Follow by: Ken Yates Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Soundly Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
152 |  | The Coming of the Years - Follow by: Joe Jencks Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Turtle Bear Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
153 |  | The Little In-Between by: Tim Grimm Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Vault Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
154 |  | Only This Far - Follow by: The Rough & Tumble Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
155 |  | Home - Follow by: Eliza Gilkyson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
156 |  | Playing Pretend by: Della Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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