The Roots Music Report's
Top Acoustic Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie | Sue Foley |
| 2 | Junkyard Dog | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 3 | Better Than Ever (feat. Wendy Moten) | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 4 | Take My Hand | Forrest McDonald |
| 5 | Ma Belle Cherie | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 6 | Smokestack Lightning | Bobby Rush |
| 7 | Wayaheadaya | Matt Andersen |
| 8 | Down in Mississippi | Bobby Rush |
| 9 | Let Me in Your House | Bobby Rush |
| 10 | Hard Times | Bobby Rush |
| 11 | Thicker Than Mud | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 12 | Room on the Porch (feat. Ruby Amanfu) | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 13 | Goin' Down Slow (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 14 | First Train out | Robbert Duijf |
| 15 | Magnolia | Matt Andersen |
| 16 | I'm Sorry (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 17 | Strange Things Happening Every Day (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 18 | Stand Together, Band Together | Miss Emily |
| 19 | Raised on Radio | Alan Arena |
| 20 | Slim Pickin' (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 21 | Lonesome Home Blues | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 22 | Statesboro Blues (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 23 | Devil in the Room | Tinsley Ellis |
| 24 | We Got Chemistry | Sean Poluk |
| 25 | Big Black Cat | Alan Arena |
| 26 | There's No More Time | Sean Poluk |
| 27 | Rough Time Blues | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 28 | My Bad Attitude (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 29 | How Can I Still Love You | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 30 | Junkyard Dog | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 31 | She Don't Know | Robbert Duijf |
| 32 | All Night Long | Robbert Duijf |
| 33 | Got to Get to Walkin' (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 34 | Make Up Your Mind | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 35 | King of the Castle | Eric Bibb |
| 36 | Sad Songs (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 37 | Trouble in Mind | Forrest McDonald |
| 38 | Misery and Blues | Forrest McDonald |
| 39 | On Your Life's Road | Forrest McDonald |
| 40 | You Can Love Yourself (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 41 | Stranger in My Home | Martin Harley |
| 42 | I Need You | Forrest McDonald |
| 43 | Black Water Blues | David Pippin & Eva Rose |
| 44 | Hard Heart Honey Bee | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 45 | Talking in Your Sleep | Robbert Duijf |
| 46 | Nothing in Rambling | Sue Foley |
| 47 | Hoochie Mama | Tinsley Ellis |
| 48 | Walk Steady on | Eric Bibb |
| 49 | You're Here to Stay | Matt Andersen |
| 50 | Angel | Robbert Duijf |
| 51 | Walking by Myself (Live) | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 52 | Crawdad Hole | Jim Brewer |
| 53 | Nothing but Crying | Robbert Duijf |
| 54 | Those Days | Robbert Duijf |
| 55 | Mighty Long Time | The Mary Stokes Band |
| 56 | In My Girlish Days | Sue Foley |
| 57 | I Had a Dream | Forrest McDonald |
| 58 | Long Gone from Kentucky | Catfish Keith |
| 59 | Losers | Robbert Duijf |
| 60 | Walking Through These Blues | Steve Postell |
| 61 | Spirit in the Night | Forrest McDonald |
| 62 | My Darling My Dear | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 63 | Walking the Back Streets (feat. Ronnie Earl) | Rory Block |
| 64 | Blues’ll Give You Back Your Soul | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 65 | Is This It | Steve Postell |
| 66 | Tired of Being Good | Robbert Duijf |
| 67 | Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me (feat. Jim Countryman) | Erin Harpe |
| 68 | Somebody Loan Me a Dime | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 69 | Make a Change | Eric Bibb |
| 70 | A Girl Like You | Forrest McDonald |
| 71 | Always Be Your Son | Matt Andersen |
| 72 | Ticket for the Love Train | Robbert Duijf |
| 73 | Buried Stone | Steve Postell |
| 74 | You Stayed | Sean Poluk |
| 75 | Tell Me Mama | Jim Brewer |
| 76 | Keep Your Worries on the Dance Floor | Jontavious Willis |
| 77 | Take the Stage | Eric Bibb |
| 78 | Nobody Knows You when You’re Down and out | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 79 | Mother Earth (feat. Jerry Portnoy) | Alan Arena |
| 80 | Make Love Not War | Forrest McDonald |
| 81 | The Hammer & the Rose | Matt Andersen |
| 82 | In the Presence of a King | Steve Postell |
| 83 | Wait Until You Get Here | Steve Postell |
| 84 | Corinna Corinna | Jim Brewer |
| 85 | Don't You Lie to Me | Jim Brewer |
| 86 | Stealin' Home | Eric Bibb |
| 87 | Maybelle's Guitar | Sue Foley |
| 88 | Casey Jones (feat. Jim Countryman) | Erin Harpe |
| 89 | What Kind of Woman is This (feat. Jimmy Vivino) | Rory Block |
| 90 | Nickel Brass and Rhyme | Sean Poluk |
| 91 | Speed of Life | Alan Arena |
| 92 | This River (Chains & Free) | Eric Bibb |
| 93 | Deceived | Alan Arena |
| 94 | Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) [feat. Jim Countryman] | Erin Harpe |
| 95 | Devil in the Bottle | Alan Arena |
| 96 | The Cobbler (Good for My Sole) | Matt Andersen |
| 97 | Bad Weather | Steve Postell |
| 98 | Great Friends Good Times | Sean Poluk |
| 99 | Something More | Sean Poluk |
| 100 | Show Me the Way | Sean Poluk |
| 101 | Must I Go or Stay | Jim Brewer |
| 102 | Nobody's Dirty Business (feat. Jim Countryman) | Erin Harpe |
| 103 | I Need a Man | David Pippin & Eva Rose |
| 104 | I Didn't Do It | David Pippin & Eva Rose |
| 105 | Countin' Quarters | Matt Andersen |
| 106 | That's How I Want Our Love | Forrest McDonald |
| 107 | Come Back Little Sheba | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 108 | Go Jump the Willie | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 109 | Silver Spoon | Robbert Duijf |
| 110 | The General | Robbert Duijf |
| 111 | 100 Years Old | Steve Postell |
| 112 | How Far We've Come | Steve Postell |
| 113 | The Next Time | Forrest McDonald |
| 114 | Wish I May | Forrest McDonald |
| 115 | Big Bill | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 116 | All Beat Up and Run Down | David Pippin & Eva Rose |
| 117 | My Creole Belle | Catfish Keith |
| 118 | Grown Ass Man | Tinsley Ellis |
| 119 | All About the Bones | Chris Smither |
| 120 | That's Alright | Jim Brewer |
| 121 | Jim's Highway 61 | Jim Brewer |
| 122 | See See Rider | Jim Brewer |
| 123 | Walk with Me | Reed Turchi |
| 124 | 51 Highway | Reed Turchi |
| 125 | She Keeps Me Movin’ | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 126 | Don't Leave Me Baby | Reed Turchi |
| 127 | It Hurts Me Too | Jim Brewer |
| 128 | What You Gonna Do | Jim Brewer |
| 129 | Tell Me (feat. Jimmy "Duck" Holmes) | Ryan Lee Crosby |
| 130 | Nobody Loves You | Jon Hines |
| 131 | Blues when I Wake Up | Mark "Nessie" Nesmith |
| 132 | Donnie Downer | Randy McAllister and the Scrappiest band in the Motherland |
| 133 | Hold to His Hand | Rory Block |
| 134 | Long Gone Blues | The Mary Stokes Band |
| 135 | Slow Down (feat. Jimmy "Duck" Holmes) [Part 2] | Ryan Lee Crosby |
| 136 | Train I Ride | Kat Danser |
| 137 | Best I Can | Eric Bibb |
| 138 | My Journey to the Sky | Sue Foley |
| 139 | Last Kind Words Blues | Sue Foley |
| 140 | Moon over Memphis | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 141 | Now I Believe You | Mad Dog Blues |
| 142 | Neshoba County | Eric Bibb |
| 143 | Lemonade | Martin Harley |
| 144 | You Go I Go | Sean Poluk |
| 145 | Backdoor Man | Reed Turchi |
| 146 | Get Back Train | Reed Turchi |
| 147 | Reprise | Reed Turchi |
| 148 | Lay My Burden Down | Reed Turchi |
| 149 | I Can't Stop the Love | Forrest McDonald |
| 150 | Blue Morning Sun | Forrest McDonald |
| 151 | Hard Times | Ryan Lee Crosby |
| 152 | Everybodys Got a Right | Eric Bibb |
| 153 | Classified Ads | Sean Poluk |
| 154 | Roll on Buddy | Eric Bibb |
| 155 | Careless Love | Catfish Keith |
| 156 | Nobody Knows You when You're Down | Scott Low |
| 157 | Lonesome Homesick Blues | Sue Foley |
| 158 | Tallahassee Blues | Tinsley Ellis |
| 159 | Mother's Last Words to Her Son | Catfish Keith |
| 160 | My Only Little Darlin' One | Catfish Keith |
| 161 | The Price You Pay | Mad Dog Blues |
| 162 | Nobody's Fault but Mine | Catfish Keith |
| 163 | Rolling Log Blues | Catfish Keith |
| 164 | Struttin' Round Town | Scott Low |
| 165 | When the Lights Go out | Steve Postell |
| 166 | Wicked Wind | Steve Postell |
| 167 | Until I Do | Steve Postell |
| 168 | Hypnotized | Alan Arena |
| 169 | Believe in Yourself (Radio Edit) | Alan Arena |
| 170 | Seven | Sean Poluk |
| 171 | When You've Got a Good Friend | Reed Turchi |
| 172 | Blue Mood | Forrest McDonald |
| 173 | Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad | Eric Bibb |
| 174 | My Freedom | Miss Emily |
| 175 | Black Dog | Steve Howell & Fats Kaplin |
| 176 | Fuss & Fight | Catfish Keith |
| 177 | Doctors in Hard Hats | Harrison Kennedy |
| 178 | House of the Risin' Sun | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 179 | If There's Any Rule | Eric Bibb |
| 180 | Jessamine | Gurf Morlix |
| 181 | Who Pumped the Wind in My Doughnut | Catfish Keith |
| 182 | Go I Will Send Thee | Catfish Keith |
| 183 | Diddy Wah Diddy | Catfish Keith |
| 184 | There Will Be a Happy Meeting | Catfish Keith |
| 185 | Major Scale Blues | Scott Low |
| 186 | Going Down That River | Scott Low |
| 187 | Dreamin' Memphis Blues | Scott Low |
| 188 | Stagolee (feat. Jim Countryman) | Erin Harpe |
| 189 | Just Like Mama Said | Mad Dog Blues |
| 190 | Candy Man (feat. Jim Countryman) | Erin Harpe |
| 191 | Dear Mavis | Eric Bibb |
| 192 | Don't Go No Further | Tinsley Ellis |
| 193 | Alcovy Breakdown | Tinsley Ellis |
| 194 | Give My Poor Heart Ease | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 195 | Cora Lee | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 196 | The Real World | Eric Bibb |
| 197 | Chop Your Own Wood | Martin Harley |
| 198 | River Life | David Pippin & Eva Rose |
| 199 | Judgement Day | Eric Bibb |
| 200 | Sleep Baby Sleep | Catfish Keith |
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