The Roots Music Report's
Top Acoustic Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junkyard Dog | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 2 | Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie | Sue Foley |
| 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 | Tell Everybody I Know (Live) | Keb Mo |
| 7 | Wayaheadaya | Matt Andersen |
| 8 | Smokestack Lightning | Bobby Rush |
| 9 | Down in Mississippi | Bobby Rush |
| 10 | Let Me in Your House | Bobby Rush |
| 11 | Hard Times | Bobby Rush |
| 12 | Room on the Porch (feat. Ruby Amanfu) | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 13 | Goin' Down Slow (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 14 | Thicker Than Mud | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 15 | First Train out | Robbert Duijf |
| 16 | Lonesome Home Blues | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 17 | Strange Things Happening Every Day (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 18 | Magnolia | Matt Andersen |
| 19 | I'm Sorry (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 20 | Slim Pickin' (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 21 | How Can I Still Love You | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 22 | Junkyard Dog | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 23 | Devil in the Room | Tinsley Ellis |
| 24 | Statesboro Blues (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 25 | Stand Together, Band Together | Miss Emily |
| 26 | She Just Wants to Dance (Live) | Keb Mo |
| 27 | Hard Heart Honey Bee | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 28 | Raised on Radio | Alan Arena |
| 29 | Nothing in Rambling | Sue Foley |
| 30 | In My Girlish Days | Sue Foley |
| 31 | Hoochie Mama | Tinsley Ellis |
| 32 | Big Black Cat | Alan Arena |
| 33 | We Got Chemistry | Sean Poluk |
| 34 | Black Water Blues | David Pippin & Eva Rose |
| 35 | There's No More Time | Sean Poluk |
| 36 | My Bad Attitude (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 37 | Sad Songs (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 38 | Rough Time Blues | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 39 | Maybelle's Guitar | Sue Foley |
| 40 | Got to Get to Walkin' (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 41 | Misery and Blues | Forrest McDonald |
| 42 | All Night Long | Robbert Duijf |
| 43 | Trouble in Mind | Forrest McDonald |
| 44 | On Your Life's Road | Forrest McDonald |
| 45 | She Don't Know | Robbert Duijf |
| 46 | You Can Love Yourself (Acoustic) | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 47 | Walk Steady on | Eric Bibb |
| 48 | Make Up Your Mind | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 49 | Big Bill | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 50 | I Need You | Forrest McDonald |
| 51 | King of the Castle | Eric Bibb |
| 52 | Come Back Little Sheba | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 53 | Go Jump the Willie | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 54 | Stranger in My Home | Martin Harley |
| 55 | Grown Ass Man | Tinsley Ellis |
| 56 | My Journey to the Sky | Sue Foley |
| 57 | Lonesome Homesick Blues | Sue Foley |
| 58 | Last Kind Words Blues | Sue Foley |
| 59 | Moon over Memphis | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 60 | Now I Believe You | Mad Dog Blues |
| 61 | Tallahassee Blues | Tinsley Ellis |
| 62 | I Had a Dream | Forrest McDonald |
| 63 | I Need a Man | David Pippin & Eva Rose |
| 64 | A Girl Like You | Forrest McDonald |
| 65 | Talking in Your Sleep | Robbert Duijf |
| 66 | House of the Risin' Sun | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 67 | Just Like Mama Said | Mad Dog Blues |
| 68 | I Didn't Do It | David Pippin & Eva Rose |
| 69 | Spirit in the Night | Forrest McDonald |
| 70 | Alcovy Breakdown | Tinsley Ellis |
| 71 | Give My Poor Heart Ease | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 72 | Cora Lee | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 73 | You're Here to Stay | Matt Andersen |
| 74 | All Beat Up and Run Down | David Pippin & Eva Rose |
| 75 | City Boy (Live) | Keb Mo |
| 76 | Horseshoes and Hand Grenades | Tinsley Ellis |
| 77 | Easter Song | Tinsley Ellis |
| 78 | Make Love Not War | Forrest McDonald |
| 79 | Angel | Robbert Duijf |
| 80 | Walking by Myself (Live) | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 81 | Nothing but Crying | Robbert Duijf |
| 82 | Motherless Child Blues | Sue Foley |
| 83 | Crawdad Hole | Jim Brewer |
| 84 | Oh So Good | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 85 | Cowboy Shirt | Mad Dog Blues |
| 86 | Mighty Long Time | The Mary Stokes Band |
| 87 | That's How I Want Our Love | Forrest McDonald |
| 88 | Those Days | Robbert Duijf |
| 89 | Hale Road Revelation | Steve Dawson |
| 90 | Mal Hombre | Sue Foley |
| 91 | The Moaning of the Spruce (feat. Ellen Rice) | Mad Dog Blues |
| 92 | Love Scared the Devil | Mad Dog Blues |
| 93 | All the Way (I Found You) [feat. Bruce Delaplain] | Mad Dog Blues |
| 94 | Blues’ll Give You Back Your Soul | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 95 | Statesboro Blues | Steve Howell |
| 96 | Country Records | Cedar County Cobras |
| 97 | Engineer Blues | Nick Wade |
| 98 | Crucifixion | Nick Wade |
| 99 | Romance in a Minor | Sue Foley |
| 100 | Chicken Man Blues | Rosedale Junction |
| 101 | My Darling My Dear | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 102 | Long Time Gone | Cedar County Cobras |
| 103 | Poor Boy | Cedar County Cobras |
| 104 | The Broken Hearted Man | Nick Wade |
| 105 | Long Gone from Kentucky | Catfish Keith |
| 106 | Walking the Back Streets (feat. Ronnie Earl) | Rory Block |
| 107 | Walking Through These Blues | Steve Postell |
| 108 | Losers | Robbert Duijf |
| 109 | Tired of Being Good | Robbert Duijf |
| 110 | The Next Time | Forrest McDonald |
| 111 | Wish I May | Forrest McDonald |
| 112 | River Life | David Pippin & Eva Rose |
| 113 | Mother Earth (feat. Jerry Portnoy) | Alan Arena |
| 114 | Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me (feat. Jim Countryman) | Erin Harpe |
| 115 | Easy Rider Blues | Steve Howell |
| 116 | Keep Your Worries on the Dance Floor | Jontavious Willis |
| 117 | Is This It | Steve Postell |
| 118 | Deceived | Alan Arena |
| 119 | Somebody Loan Me a Dime | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 120 | Make a Change | Eric Bibb |
| 121 | Tell Me Mama | Jim Brewer |
| 122 | I Can't Stop the Love | Forrest McDonald |
| 123 | Blue Morning Sun | Forrest McDonald |
| 124 | Always Be Your Son | Matt Andersen |
| 125 | Ticket for the Love Train | Robbert Duijf |
| 126 | Buried Stone | Steve Postell |
| 127 | You Stayed | Sean Poluk |
| 128 | Gimmie Lightnin' | Cedar County Cobras |
| 129 | Devil in the Bottle | Alan Arena |
| 130 | Nobody Knows You when You’re Down and out | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 131 | Afraid to Fall | Harrison Kennedy |
| 132 | Blue Mood | Forrest McDonald |
| 133 | Take the Stage | Eric Bibb |
| 134 | Who U Tellin'? | Harrison Kennedy |
| 135 | Blues Solution | Harrison Kennedy |
| 136 | In the Presence of a King | Steve Postell |
| 137 | The Hammer & the Rose | Matt Andersen |
| 138 | Don't You Lie to Me | Jim Brewer |
| 139 | Stealin' Home | Eric Bibb |
| 140 | Silver Spoon | Robbert Duijf |
| 141 | Casey Jones (feat. Jim Countryman) | Erin Harpe |
| 142 | Nickel Brass and Rhyme | Sean Poluk |
| 143 | Wait Until You Get Here | Steve Postell |
| 144 | Corinna Corinna | Jim Brewer |
| 145 | What Kind of Woman is This (feat. Jimmy Vivino) | Rory Block |
| 146 | Slow Down (feat. Jimmy "Duck" Holmes) [Part 2] | Ryan Lee Crosby |
| 147 | Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) [feat. Jim Countryman] | Erin Harpe |
| 148 | The Cobbler (Good for My Sole) | Matt Andersen |
| 149 | Nobody's Dirty Business (feat. Jim Countryman) | Erin Harpe |
| 150 | Show Me the Way | Sean Poluk |
| 151 | Bull Doze Blues (Live) | John 'Greyhound' Maxwell |
| 152 | Speed of Life | Alan Arena |
| 153 | This River (Chains & Free) | Eric Bibb |
| 154 | Great Friends Good Times | Sean Poluk |
| 155 | Cluck Old Hen | Steve Howell |
| 156 | Utah | Cedar County Cobras |
| 157 | Raggin' My Blues Away | Nick Wade |
| 158 | Bad Weather | Steve Postell |
| 159 | Something More | Sean Poluk |
| 160 | Must I Go or Stay | Jim Brewer |
| 161 | Empire State Express | Big Frank & Mike Smith |
| 162 | Comanche Hula Rag (Live) | John 'Greyhound' Maxwell |
| 163 | Tears Came Rollin' Down (Live) | John 'Greyhound' Maxwell |
| 164 | Can U Feel Me Now? | Harrison Kennedy |
| 165 | Keep Your Coat on | Harrison Kennedy |
| 166 | When You Bury My Body | Nick Wade |
| 167 | Shake It for Me | Bobby Rush |
| 168 | Hard Times | Ryan Lee Crosby |
| 169 | Countin' Quarters | Matt Andersen |
| 170 | 100 Years Old | Steve Postell |
| 171 | Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad | Eric Bibb |
| 172 | Tell Me (feat. Jimmy "Duck" Holmes) | Ryan Lee Crosby |
| 173 | The General | Robbert Duijf |
| 174 | How Far We've Come | Steve Postell |
| 175 | Heavy Load | Harrison Kennedy |
| 176 | Don't Go No Further | Tinsley Ellis |
| 177 | Blues when I Wake Up | Mark "Nessie" Nesmith |
| 178 | My Creole Belle | Catfish Keith |
| 179 | That's No Way to Get Along (Live) | John 'Greyhound' Maxwell |
| 180 | Jim's Highway 61 | Jim Brewer |
| 181 | It Hurts Me Too | Jim Brewer |
| 182 | Death Letter Blues | Tinsley Ellis |
| 183 | The Sailor's Grave on the Prairie | Tinsley Ellis |
| 184 | That's Alright | Jim Brewer |
| 185 | 51 Highway | Reed Turchi |
| 186 | Donnie Downer | Randy McAllister and the Scrappiest band in the Motherland |
| 187 | Windowpane | Tinsley Ellis |
| 188 | All About the Bones | Chris Smither |
| 189 | See See Rider | Jim Brewer |
| 190 | Walk with Me | Reed Turchi |
| 191 | She Keeps Me Movin’ | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' |
| 192 | Don't Leave Me Baby | Reed Turchi |
| 193 | What You Gonna Do | Jim Brewer |
| 194 | Nobody Loves You | Jon Hines |
| 195 | Hold to His Hand | Rory Block |
| 196 | Long Gone Blues | The Mary Stokes Band |
| 197 | Train I Ride | Kat Danser |
| 198 | Dime Store Women | Mad Dog Blues |
| 199 | Everybodys Got a Right | Eric Bibb |
| 200 | Best I Can | Eric Bibb |
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