The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Light | I'm With Her |
| 2 | Dreams | Jade Bird |
| 3 | Gunslinger | Natalie Bergman |
| 4 | River Gonna Talk | David G Smith |
| 5 | Weight You Carry | David G Smith |
| 6 | Let's Take Our Time and Do It Right | David G Smith |
| 7 | Ending with Heart Heart Heart | Winterlark |
| 8 | Sing to Me About Tomorrow | Winterlark |
| 9 | I Wanna Go out | David G Smith |
| 10 | East Runs out of West | Winterlark |
| 11 | Witness Trees | David G Smith |
| 12 | Women Are Not Equal | David G Smith |
| 13 | Remember Dorothy | Linda Sussman |
| 14 | Run from the Lightning | Linda Sussman |
| 15 | Josephine | Dave Murphy |
| 16 | This Yellow Makes Me Blue | Winterlark |
| 17 | October Skies (feat. James Maddock) | Dave Murphy |
| 18 | Brown's Ferry Blues (feat. Billy Strings) | Tony Trischka |
| 19 | If I Could Fly | Dave Murphy |
| 20 | Strawberry Red (feat. James Maddock) | Dave Murphy |
| 21 | One More Time (feat. Mark Erelli) | Dave Murphy |
| 22 | Gone | David G Smith |
| 23 | After the Hurricane | Dave Murphy |
| 24 | Take a Ride with Me | Dave Murphy |
| 25 | To Be Human | David G Smith |
| 26 | Rumours | John Donovan |
| 27 | Townhalls & Taverns | John Donovan |
| 28 | 2nd Fiddle | John Donovan |
| 29 | Yard Sale | Ben Harper |
| 30 | Time | Gordie Tentrees |
| 31 | Keep Movin' | Kat Edmonson |
| 32 | Flow | Eric Selby |
| 33 | While I'm Down (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings) | John Craigie |
| 34 | Masterpiece | Ben Harper |
| 35 | Love After Love | Ben Harper |
| 36 | Wide Open Light | Ben Harper |
| 37 | Just the Same | Eric Selby |
| 38 | Good to Know You | Curtis Stigers |
| 39 | Red | Dave Murphy |
| 40 | Drive or Push | Gordie Tentrees |
| 41 | None of Em Dead | David G Smith |
| 42 | Give Us Free | David G Smith |
| 43 | Far Cry | T Sisters |
| 44 | Until You Were Gone | Curtis Stigers |
| 45 | Wine Stains | Eric Selby |
| 46 | In the Beginning | The Autumn Defense |
| 47 | Issues | Eric Selby |
| 48 | I Have Everything | Curtis Stigers |
| 49 | Old Fashioned | Curtis Stigers |
| 50 | Tinkering | Gordie Tentrees |
| 51 | More of These Blues | Gurf Morlix |
| 52 | Hot Corn, Cold Corn (Master Takes) | Jerry Garcia & David Grisman |
| 53 | Ashes | Gurf Morlix |
| 54 | Find My Way to You | I'm With Her |
| 55 | No MSG, Please | The Acousticats |
| 56 | Golden Thread | Curtis Stigers |
| 57 | Heroes | Doug Cox & Linda McRae |
| 58 | Gemini | Haley Heynderickx |
| 59 | Burn It Down | Curtis Stigers |
| 60 | Sometime Jailhouse Blues | Marc Ribot |
| 61 | Springfield Mountain Coalminer | The Acousticats |
| 62 | Win or Lose | Linda Sussman |
| 63 | Long Gone | Laurie Lewis |
| 64 | Just a Little Ways Down the Road | Laurie Lewis |
| 65 | Work in Progress | Brad Strang |
| 66 | The Ghost of Alice (feat. Darol Anger) | Alice DiMicele |
| 67 | Chuggin' Down the Tracks | Revere Rivers |
| 68 | Big News | Winterlark |
| 69 | Planet of Pain II | Dave Murphy |
| 70 | Don't Look at Me That Way | Curtis Stigers |
| 71 | Save Your Tears | Jade Bird |
| 72 | Bygone Days | Gordie Tentrees |
| 73 | Love Lives | The Autumn Defense |
| 74 | Kapow Kaboom | Gurf Morlix |
| 75 | Year After Year | I'm With Her |
| 76 | 75-71 | Nat Myers |
| 77 | Because of You | Eric Selby |
| 78 | I Wish I Could Tell You | Dave Murphy |
| 79 | It Doesn't Have to Be Now | Curtis Stigers |
| 80 | The Song | Curtis Stigers |
| 81 | Lighten Up (It's Christmas) | Curtis Stigers |
| 82 | Under the Rug | The Wildwoods |
| 83 | Using You | Jack Van Cleaf |
| 84 | SURE TOOK a LONG TIME | Slainte Baby |
| 85 | Throes of Love | John Donovan |
| 86 | Hurricane | Jeff Talmadge |
| 87 | Love is Greater | Revere Rivers |
| 88 | This is Real | Gurf Morlix |
| 89 | Don't Let It Rain | Linda Sussman |
| 90 | Sister | Winterlark |
| 91 | Life is the Question | Gurf Morlix |
| 92 | Bonafide (feat. Andy Casad) | Alice DiMicele |
| 93 | All That Makes Me Happy is the Blues | Gary Nicholson |
| 94 | Sweet Misery | Tre Burt |
| 95 | All of My Cryin' | Shannon & The Clams |
| 96 | Bury Me Beneath the Willow (feat. Vince Gill) | Tony Trischka |
| 97 | Bears | Lyle Lovett |
| 98 | Money on 7 | Amy Helm |
| 99 | Wolves | Kris Delmhorst |
| 100 | Goodbye | Curtis Stigers |
| 101 | Power in a Pencil | Gurf Morlix |
| 102 | This Side of Empty | Gurf Morlix |
| 103 | Mama Juju | Gurf Morlix |
| 104 | Dear Stranger | The Wildwoods |
| 105 | Rabbit Hill | The Wildwoods |
| 106 | 1st Sweet Kiss | Revere Rivers |
| 107 | Tonight with the Dogs I'm Sleeping | Bonnie "Prince" Billy |
| 108 | This Bluesy Thing We Do | Linda Sussman |
| 109 | Olympia, WA | Molly Tuttle |
| 110 | Worry B Gone | Gary Nicholson |
| 111 | Woody's Dream | Gary Nicholson |
| 112 | Follow the Money | Gary Nicholson |
| 113 | Cottage by the Sea | Joel Timmons |
| 114 | Magic Gone | Gurf Morlix |
| 115 | Hideaway | The Wildwoods |
| 116 | I Will Follow You to Willow | The Wildwoods |
| 117 | Meadowlark | The Wildwoods |
| 118 | Different Rocks, Different Hills | I'm With Her |
| 119 | Refugee | Yev |
| 120 | Witness | Yev |
| 121 | Motherless Child | Yev |
| 122 | Situation Satisfy Me | Slainte Baby |
| 123 | Lofty Politics | Revere Rivers |
| 124 | Stone Throat | Glen Phillips |
| 125 | Little Speck of Dust | Jeff Talmadge |
| 126 | How You Doin' | Cristina Vane |
| 127 | This Must Be the Place | Iron & Wine |
| 128 | Diamonds & Rust | Joan Baez |
| 129 | I'm Going to Get You Stoned | Colin Hay |
| 130 | Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around | Joan Baez |
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