The Roots Music Report's
Top Progressive Bluegrass Song Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven Weeks in County | Billy Strings |
| 2 | Gild the Lily | Billy Strings |
| 3 | Here I Go | Yonder Mountain String Band |
| 4 | Fiction | John Cowan |
| 5 | Leadfoot | Billy Strings |
| 6 | The Truth Fits | Yonder Mountain String Band |
| 7 | Nowhere Next | Yonder Mountain String Band |
| 8 | Born Again (feat. Holly Bowling) | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 9 | Georgia Rhythm | John Cowan |
| 10 | Leaning on a Travelin' Song | Billy Strings |
| 11 | Boomerang | John Cowan |
| 12 | My Alice | Billy Strings |
| 13 | Cabin Song | Billy Strings |
| 14 | Stratosphere Blues / I Believe in You | Billy Strings |
| 15 | Home Again | The Brothers Comatose |
| 16 | Gotta Go Now | John Cowan |
| 17 | Gone a Long Time | Billy Strings |
| 18 | I'm Just Not Ready | John Cowan |
| 19 | Tiny Wooden Box | The Dead South |
| 20 | Outlaw | Yonder Mountain String Band |
| 21 | Cruisin' | Yonder Mountain String Band |
| 22 | Daydreamer | The Travelin' McCourys |
| 23 | Lonely Night | The Travelin' McCourys |
| 24 | Static | The Last Revel |
| 25 | Wasting Time | Yonder Mountain String Band |
| 26 | River | Yonder Mountain String Band |
| 27 | Simple Wheel | The Last Revel |
| 28 | Coming Up (feat. Bekka Bramlett) | John Cowan |
| 29 | Malfunction Junction | Billy Strings |
| 30 | Carousel | John Cowan |
| 31 | Down Where the River Ends | John Cowan |
| 32 | Passin' Thru | The Travelin' McCourys |
| 33 | 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover | The Travelin' McCourys |
| 34 | Don't Be Calling Me (At 4AM) | Billy Strings |
| 35 | Runaway Train | The Travelin' McCourys |
| 36 | Blackberry Winter | John Cowan |
| 37 | Why Do I Feel Like Running? | The Travelin' McCourys |
| 38 | Wait Up | The Last Revel |
| 39 | Mossy Stump | Steve Gunn |
| 40 | Park Entrance | Steve Gunn |
| 41 | Sky (Debesis) | Steve Gunn |
| 42 | It Ain't Before | Billy Strings |
| 43 | In the Clear | Billy Strings |
| 44 | MORBUD4ME | Billy Strings |
| 45 | 120 East | The Brothers Comatose |
| 46 | The Good Life | Railroad Earth |
| 47 | I Like Beer | The Travelin' McCourys |
| 48 | Tall Grass | The Last Revel |
| 49 | Pedvale Sunrise | Steve Gunn |
| 50 | Cat | Steve Gunn |
| 51 | Seney Stretch | Billy Strings |
| 52 | Long Journey Home | Billy Strings |
| 53 | Way Downtown | Billy Strings |
| 54 | Lil' Samba | David Grisman |
| 55 | Living over | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 56 | Gentle on My Mind | John Hartford |
| 57 | Escanaba | Billy Strings |
| 58 | Holy Moly | The Last Revel |
| 59 | Until Death | The Last Revel |
| 60 | Be Your Man | Billy Strings |
| 61 | Happy Hollow | Billy Strings |
| 62 | I Laugh when I Think How I Cried over You | Full Cord |
| 63 | Reelin' in the Years | Full Cord |
| 64 | Maces Spring | Full Cord |
| 65 | Pie for Breakfast | The Brothers Comatose |
| 66 | Come See Me | Yonder Mountain String Band |
| 67 | The Moon in Molly's Eyes | Alison Brown |
| 68 | Like It's Going out of Style | Punch Brothers |
| 69 | Didn't Go Wrong | Yonder Mountain String Band |
| 70 | Blue Letters | The Travelin' McCourys |
| 71 | Sunday | Steve Gunn |
| 72 | Little Cabin Home on the Hill | Billy Strings |
| 73 | Away from the Mire | Billy Strings |
| 74 | Kingdom Come | John Cowan |
| 75 | Freedom | The Infamous Stringdusters |
| 76 | Secondhand Smoke | Yonder Mountain String Band |
| 77 | White Wheeled Limousine | The Travelin' McCourys |
| 78 | Solid Gone | The Last Revel |
| 79 | Jealousy (feat. Lauren Anderson) | The Last Revel |
| 80 | The Whole of the Moon | The Travelin' McCourys |
| 81 | The Beginning of the End | Billy Strings |
| 82 | Past My Prime | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 83 | Broken Highways | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 84 | Leave the Midwest | Yonder Mountain String Band |
| 85 | Go on | The Last Revel |
| 86 | Snow / Water | Steve Gunn |
| 87 | Can't Stop Now (feat. Sam Bush) | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 88 | Reverend (feat. Billy Strings) | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 89 | 33443 | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 90 | What You Need (feat. Jennifer Hartswick & Natalie Cressman) | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 91 | Distracted (feat. Holly Bowling) | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 92 | Church Street Blues | Punch Brothers |
| 93 | Insult and an Elbow | Yonder Mountain String Band |
| 94 | Run Boy Run | The Brothers Comatose |
| 95 | Safety | Steve Gunn |
| 96 | John Deere Tractor | Billy Strings |
| 97 | Lend Me a Hand | The String Cheese Incident |
| 98 | Listen to the Radio | Billy Strings |
| 99 | Love Like Me | Billy Strings |
| 100 | Carolina Special | Irene Kelley |
| 101 | Catch and Release | Billy Strings |
| 102 | Julep | Punch Brothers |
| 103 | Entirely Mine (feat. Holly Bowling) | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 104 | Day by Day | Jesse McReynolds |
| 105 | Waiting on Vassar | David Grisman |
| 106 | I Ain't Broke but I'm Badly Bent | David Grisman |
| 107 | Let Her Go | The Travelin' McCourys |
| 108 | Pride of Man | Punch Brothers |
| 109 | Dog | Steve Gunn |
| 110 | Bowling Green | Sam Bush |
| 111 | Colorado | The Infamous Stringdusters |
| 112 | My Oh My | Punch Brothers |
| 113 | Last Thing on My Mind | Punch Brothers |
| 114 | Watch It Fall | Billy Strings |
| 115 | 100 Degrees in the Shade | Breaking Grass |
| 116 | Taking Water | Billy Strings |
| 117 | Circles | The Way Down Wanderers |
| 118 | People Are Strange | The Dead South |
| 119 | It'll Be Alright | The Infamous Stringdusters |
| 120 | Planted on the Ground | The Railsplitters |
| 121 | In Tall Buildings | John Hartford |
| 122 | Run or Die | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 123 | Train 45 | KC Groves |
| 124 | Into the Valley | The Dead South |
| 125 | Secrets | Billy Strings |
| 126 | This is the Time | Leftover Salmon |
| 127 | One More Night | Punch Brothers |
| 128 | House Carpenter / Jerusalem Ridge | Punch Brothers |
| 129 | Greener Pastures | Never Come Down |
| 130 | Solstice (feat. Holly Bowling) | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 131 | Slow Singers on the Hill | Steve Gunn |
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