The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back at the Start | Patty Griffin |
| 2 | Atlanta Blues | Stephen Bennett |
| 3 | Buddy Roe | Billy Jeter |
| 4 | Country Boy from Plains | Hot Tamale |
| 5 | Hambone Stomp (feat. Bobby Rush) | Billy Jeter |
| 6 | Saving Grace | Briscoe |
| 7 | Sticks & Stones | Nathan McEuen |
| 8 | Just Doesn't Work Anymore | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
| 9 | Harbortowne | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
| 10 | Lottery | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
| 11 | Up to No Good | Nathan McEuen |
| 12 | My One and Only | Nathan McEuen |
| 13 | Sound Existence | Steve Forbert |
| 14 | Lemon's Jump | Stefan Grossman |
| 15 | Returning to Myself | Brandi Carlile |
| 16 | Coppertone and Maggie Mae | The Two Peas |
| 17 | You and Me on the Rock | The Two Peas |
| 18 | A Love Like Yours and Mine | The Two Peas |
| 19 | Cry Baby (feat. Valerie June) [feat. Valerie June] | Sunny War |
| 20 | Suitcase Blues | Shelby Means |
| 21 | The American in Me | Steve Forbert |
| 22 | The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | Gordon Lightfoot |
| 23 | Fire and Rain | James Taylor |
| 24 | Closer to Fine | Indigo Girls |
| 25 | Hello in There | John Prine |
| 26 | Made to Wander | The Crowe Boys |
| 27 | Dark Ages | Eliza Gilkyson |
| 28 | It All Comes Down to Love | Tom Rush |
| 29 | Haywood House | Billy Jeter |
| 30 | Gonna Sing | Billy Jeter |
| 31 | Bowler Man | Billy Jeter |
| 32 | The Walk | Steve and Kristi Nebel |
| 33 | The Baker | Steve and Kristi Nebel |
| 34 | Smoke Eater | Steve and Kristi Nebel |
| 35 | Hold Me | The Strumbellas |
| 36 | Shady Grove | Billy Jeter |
| 37 | 20 Years | Jude Johnstone |
| 38 | Cold War | Olive Klug |
| 39 | Rose's Shack | Billy Jeter |
| 40 | Joyland | Billy Jeter |
| 41 | Country Road | James Taylor |
| 42 | Million Reasons | Shelby Means |
| 43 | Storyville Shooting Star | Billy Jeter |
| 44 | Rising | Josie Bello |
| 45 | San Luis | Gregory Alan Isakov |
| 46 | Million Dollar Levee | Billy Jeter |
| 47 | All the Ways | The Secret Sisters |
| 48 | Shame on You | Indigo Girls |
| 49 | Lonesome Blues, I'm Coming Home | Max Wareham |
| 50 | What You've Shown Me | Parker Millsap |
| 51 | Sam Stone | John Prine |
| 52 | Rocks and Trees | Eli West |
| 53 | Things We Contemplate | Larry Robbins |
| 54 | Procrastination (I'll Do It Later) | Larry Robbins |
| 55 | Everlasting | Larry Robbins |
| 56 | Hands on | Larry Robbins |
| 57 | Coffee Shop Open Mic | Josie Bello |
| 58 | The Sound of Guitars | Josie Bello |
| 59 | Love That 's Real | Josie Bello |
| 60 | Resilience | Josie Bello |
| 61 | Albuquerque | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 62 | Home | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 63 | Perfectly Absurd | Larry Robbins |
| 64 | Running on Time | Parker Millsap |
| 65 | Art of Motion | Andy McKee |
| 66 | I Am Empty | Josie Bello |
| 67 | Too Many Changes | Josie Bello |
| 68 | Calling Card | Josie Bello |
| 69 | Please Come to Boston | Dave Loggins |
| 70 | Killing Time | Josie Bello |
| 71 | To the Light | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 72 | Louisiana 1927 (feat. Albert Lee) | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 73 | You Never Can Tell (feat. Albert Lee) | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 74 | Front Porchin' | Parker Millsap |
| 75 | Hold Me Close | The Ruta Beggars |
| 76 | I'll Never Forget | The Ruta Beggars |
| 77 | The Blues is My Business | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 78 | All of the Time in the World to Kill | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 79 | That is for Sure | Peach & Quiet |
| 80 | The Old Woman in Me | Lori McKenna |
| 81 | Oklahoma or Arkansas | Peach & Quiet |
| 82 | This Time | Peach & Quiet |
| 83 | Horse and Saddle | Peach & Quiet |
| 84 | Pockets Empty | Peach & Quiet |
| 85 | You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 86 | When You're Gone | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 87 | Dancing with My Shadow | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 88 | When You're Gone | Peach & Quiet |
| 89 | If We Would Let It | Parker Millsap |
| 90 | Song from a Tree | Peach & Quiet |
| 91 | So Far Apart | Parker Millsap |
| 92 | The Town in Your Heart | Lori McKenna |
| 93 | Calgary Skyline | Peach & Quiet |
| 94 | Twenty-Five Years | Josie Bello |
| 95 | Save Me Tonight | Peach & Quiet |
| 96 | Beautiful Thing | Peach & Quiet |
| 97 | I Only See the Moon | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 98 | Baton Rouge | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 99 | Happy Children | Lori McKenna |
| 100 | Letting People Down | Lori McKenna |
| 101 | Half a World Away | Parker Millsap |
| 102 | Wilderness Within You (feat. Gillian Welch) | Parker Millsap |
| 103 | Growing Up | Lori McKenna |
| 104 | Running on Sweet Smile | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 105 | Keeping the Love Alive | Parker Millsap |
| 106 | Behind the Sun | Peach & Quiet |
| 107 | Days Are Honey | Lori McKenna |
| 108 | Just Before the Dawn | Peach & Quiet |
| 109 | By and by | Parker Millsap |
| 110 | Killing Me (feat. Hillary Lindsey) | Lori McKenna |
| 111 | Greetings and Thanks (Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address) | Parker Millsap |
| 112 | One True Love | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 113 | Papa's Got Ahold of the Wine | The Ruta Beggars |
| 114 | Red Carpet | The Ruta Beggars |
| 115 | Pass You by | The Ruta Beggars |
| 116 | The Way That You Loved Me | The Ruta Beggars |
| 117 | The Tunnel | Lori McKenna |
| 118 | Shady Grove (feat. Albert Lee) | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 119 | Belly of the Whale (feat. Albert Lee) | Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band |
| 120 | Magic | Parker Millsap |
| 121 | Star Shine | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 122 | Fever | Billy Jeter |
| 123 | Sister Sally | Billy Jeter |
| 124 | Oh Elaine | Billy Jeter |
| 125 | Labor Day Blues | Billy Jeter |
| 126 | 1988 | Lori McKenna |
| 127 | Wonder Drug | Lori McKenna |
| 128 | North Country Ride | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 129 | I'll Be Around | Parker Millsap |
| 130 | Comanche Moon | Billy Jeter |
| 131 | I Did It (Hey Doubters) | Larry Robbins |
| 132 | First Pour | Marie-Rose |
| 133 | In Your Garden | Marie-Rose |
| 134 | Fade into Blue | Marie-Rose |
| 135 | Love Unfettered | Marie-Rose |
| 136 | Give Back | Marie-Rose |
| 137 | Know by Now | Marie-Rose |
| 138 | Ballad of Goosie Willie (feat. Detroit Johnny) | Billy Jeter |
| 139 | (I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That | James Taylor |
| 140 | Look out for My Love | Neil Young |
| 141 | In My Reign | Romen Buffalo and The Loyal Order |
| 142 | Getting High in Hotel Rooms | Cristina Vane |
| 143 | Night Rider's Lament | Nanci Griffith |
| 144 | The Possum | Ray Wyatt |
| 145 | He Hears Singing | Chris Rosser |
| 146 | Ahead of the Game | Mark Knopfler |
| 147 | Sweet Hazel Green | Weary Ramblers |
| 148 | Pretty Lights of Denver | Weary Ramblers |
| 149 | Medicine Creek | Weary Ramblers |
| 150 | If It Wasn't Broken | Sunny War |
| 151 | Big Jet Plane | Angus & Julia Stone |
| 152 | Horses | Jesse Welles |
| 153 | Brand New World | Cowboy Junkies |
| 154 | Hotter Than Hell | Caitlin Canty |
| 155 | Br Blues | Eric Schmitt |
| 156 | Cutting Board Blues | Cowboy Junkies |
| 157 | A Heart That Never Closes | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| 158 | Bar Blues | Max Wareham |
| 159 | Storm Brewing | Cristina Vane |
| 160 | Atchison | Tim O'Brien |
| 161 | Bootstraps | The Crowe Boys |
| 162 | Alley | Suzanne Vega |
| 163 | Lost Dog | Olive Klug |
| 164 | Hell & High Water | John McCutcheon |
| 165 | Speakers' Corner | Suzanne Vega |
| 166 | Too Lazy | Joe Holt |
| 167 | Bents Creek Road | Ernie Palmer |
| 168 | People | Helene Cronin |
| 169 | The Living Kind | John Smith |
| 170 | Alton Air | Darrell Scott |
| 171 | Entertained | Stoll Vaughan |
| 172 | Dark Night of the Soul | Eliza Gilkyson |
| 173 | Forever Shall Be | Patty Griffin |
| 174 | Witch | Suzanne Vega |
| 175 | Like Jesus Would | Crys Matthews |
| 176 | Impossible Dreams | Eliza Gilkyson |
| 177 | Lay Me Down | Ryland Moranz |
| 178 | Waking Up the Dead | Crys Matthews |
| 179 | Sing Hallelujah | Mandy Rowden |
| 180 | Out of Time (feat. LeAnn Rimes) | Trampled by Turtles |
| 181 | Angelfish | Heather Maloney |
| 182 | Hear My Call (feat. Molly Tuttle) | Cristina Vane |
| 183 | One Day We Could | Patty Griffin |
| 184 | Higher (feat. David Rawlings) | Sunny War |
| 185 | What to Make of Me | Olive Klug |
| 186 | Perennial Bloom (Back to You) | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 187 | Wheel | Jesse Welles |
| 188 | 5 String Wake-Up Call | Shelby Means |
| 189 | Go in Peace | Sam Baker |
| 190 | No Reason | Sunny War |
| 191 | Minor Key | Monica Taylor |
| 192 | Beautiful World | Ryland Moranz |
| 193 | My Mountain | Cristina Vane |
| 194 | Of Land and Sea | Amble |
| 195 | Fear is the Mind Killer | Jesse Welles |
| 196 | Maybe New Mexico | Helene Cronin |
| 197 | Maker's Mark | Helene Cronin |
| 198 | Round Thing | Luca Stricagnoli |
| 199 | Outside Looking in | Rhona Macfarlane |
| 200 | Rocket Man | Jesse Welles |
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