The Roots Music Report's
Top Traditional Bluegrass Song Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trouble I Feel | Joe Hott |
| 2 | Virginia in the Springtime | Fiddling Leona |
| 3 | The Likes of Me | Clay Hess |
| 4 | Face of Appalachia | John Cowan and Andrea Zonn: The Herculeons |
| 5 | Black and Decker Blues | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 6 | Homeward Bound | Kentucky Just Us |
| 7 | Cancellation Blues | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 8 | Way Back when | Larry Sparks |
| 9 | Low Dog Blues | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 10 | When It Comes to Loving You | Balsam Range |
| 11 | Fraidy Hole | Michael Martin Murphey |
| 12 | She Put the Go in Gone | Dave Adkins |
| 13 | The Hills of Carter County | Southern Legacy |
| 14 | J. D.'s Words of Wisdom | Ricky Skaggs |
| 15 | Get Up John | Ricky Skaggs |
| 16 | Well Glory | Ricky Skaggs |
| 17 | Life's Highway | Dave Adkins |
| 18 | God Bless America | Tim Crouch |
| 19 | Tennessee Border | Larry Sparks |
| 20 | Wicked Lover | The Unseen Strangers |
| 21 | Blue Night | Clay Hess |
| 22 | Lonesome State of Mind | Blue Highway |
| 23 | Time | Alan Bibey |
| 24 | Think of What You've Done | Ricky Skaggs |
| 25 | Hot Wired | Del McCoury Band |
| 26 | The Lucky One | John Cowan and Andrea Zonn: The Herculeons |
| 27 | If It Ain't Broke (Don't Fix It) | Jesse Smathers |
| 28 | I Am Blessed | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 29 | Long Hard Day (feat. Adam Plott, Glen Crain & Grayson Lane) [Alternate Cut] | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 30 | Resurrection Road | John Cowan and Andrea Zonn: The Herculeons |
| 31 | Lord I'm Thankful | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 32 | Time Adds Up (If You're Lucky) | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 33 | I'm Fallin' | Donna Ulisse |
| 34 | Hangin' Dog | Bob Minner |
| 35 | He Set Me Free | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 36 | Blue Ain't the Word | The Kody Norris Show |
| 37 | I Saw the Light | Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys |
| 38 | I'm in Tennessee | Sideline |
| 39 | Rocky Island | Ralph Stanley |
| 40 | Straight Up | John Cowan and Andrea Zonn: The Herculeons |
| 41 | Still I Sing | John Cowan and Andrea Zonn: The Herculeons |
| 42 | Wanderers Like Me | The Po' Ramblin' Boys |
| 43 | Can't Live Without Love (feat. Molly Tuttle & Sam Bush) | Bronwyn Keith-Hynes |
| 44 | In Tall Buildings | Sam Bush |
| 45 | Hilda | Si Kahn and the Looping Brothers |
| 46 | Down the Road of Life | Jeff Scroggins & Colorado |
| 47 | One Breath Away | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 48 | I Can't Run off with You Darling | Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers |
| 49 | Casualty of War | Nathan Stanley |
| 50 | Sixteen Tons | Clay Hess Band |
| 51 | You're No Good | Mikayla Burrows |
| 52 | Foggy Mountain Top | Earl Scruggs |
| 53 | How Could I Love Her So Much | Larry Cordle |
| 54 | A Faded Red Ribbon | The Earls of Leicester |
| 55 | Going Home | Foghorn Stringband |
| 56 | Kentucky is Just a Smile Away | Bill Harrell |
| 57 | Blue Ridge Mountain Refugee | Si Kahn and the Looping Brothers |
| 58 | Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends | Adam Steffey |
| 59 | Down in the Valley to Pray | Pete Wernick |
| 60 | Long Way from Home | John Cowan and Andrea Zonn: The Herculeons |
| 61 | Barbed Wire Boys | John Cowan and Andrea Zonn: The Herculeons |
| 62 | No Stone Unturned | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 63 | They're Waiting for Me | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 64 | Blue Ridge Mountain Baby | Appalachian Road Show |
| 65 | Only a Hobo | Appalachian Road Show |
| 66 | Tear Thirty | Dave Adkins |
| 67 | Talk is Cheap | Blue Highway |
| 68 | La La Blues | Appalachian Road Show |
| 69 | Bad Moon Rising | Dave Adkins |
| 70 | When I'm Not Thinking About You | The Price Sisters |
| 71 | When the Crow Comes Down (feat. Deanie Richardson & Richard Bennett) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 72 | Hitchhiking to California | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 73 | Autumn Leaves (feat. Gena Britt) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 74 | Back in '29 (feat. Steve Gulley) | Barry Abernathy |
| 75 | Back Where I Come from | Traditionally Wound |
| 76 | A Man Like Me (feat. Dan Tyminski) | Junior Sisk |
| 77 | Raleigh and Spencer | Adam Steffey |
| 78 | I'm Going There | Junior Sisk |
| 79 | Last Train from Poor Valley | The Seldom Scene |
| 80 | Dismal Nitch | Jeff Scroggins & Colorado |
| 81 | Blues Down in Kentucky (feat. Sam Bush) | Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers |
| 82 | It's Mighty Dark to Travel | Earl Scruggs |
| 83 | Jones' Waltz | Foghorn Stringband |
| 84 | Head over Heels | Boone Creek |
| 85 | When I Stop Loving You | John Cowan and Andrea Zonn: The Herculeons |
| 86 | Something to Look Forward to | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 87 | The End of the Line | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 88 | Goin' Up Shell Creek (feat. the Travelin' McCourys) | Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers |
| 89 | Backstairs | The Unseen Strangers |
| 90 | Carefree Highway | Jeff Scroggins & Colorado |
| 91 | Etiquette | Blue Mule |
| 92 | Ol' Rooster | Dave Adkins |
| 93 | Even Better when You Listen | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 94 | I Have Decided | Echo Valley |
| 95 | Journey on | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 96 | Love Someone Like Me | New Grass Revival |
| 97 | Ruby Jane | The Kody Norris Show |
| 98 | Circling the Drain | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 99 | The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 100 | It's Morning Already | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 101 | Turkey in the Straw | Vi Wickam |
| 102 | Polly's Revenge | Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys |
| 103 | Johnson City Blues | Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers |
| 104 | Come Back Darling | Larry Sparks |
| 105 | Broken Angels | Grascals & Dolly Parton |
| 106 | The Old Hometown | The Seldom Scene |
| 107 | Will You Ever Be Mine (feat. Dudley Connell) | Bronwyn Keith-Hynes |
| 108 | Don’t Tell Me Your Troubles | Bronwyn Keith-Hynes |
| 109 | He Sees the Little Sparrow Fall | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 110 | Take Me Back to West Virginia | Larry Sparks |
| 111 | Dim Lights, Thick Smoke | The Earls of Leicester |
| 112 | Summercamp | The Infamous Stringdusters |
| 113 | Long Chain Charlie and Moundsville | The Slocan Ramblers |
| 114 | Solsbury Hill / Icecaps of Pentatonia-medley | Love Canon |
| 115 | Lonesome Holler | The Fretliners |
| 116 | Ten Degrees | J.D. Crowe & The New South |
| 117 | Fork in the Road | The Infamous Stringdusters |
| 118 | Wabash Blues | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves |
| 119 | Walk Softly on My Heart | Bill Monroe |
| 120 | Shadows of My Mind | James King |
| 121 | Church Steeple (High on a Hillside) | Aaron Ramsey |
| 122 | Night is Falling in My Heart | Jeff Scroggins & Colorado |
| 123 | Treat Me Kind | Del McCoury Band |
| 124 | Jimmy Rodgers Rode a Train | Del McCoury Band |
| 125 | Cuckoo's Nest | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves |
| 126 | Old City Jail | The Unseen Strangers |
| 127 | Used to Be to You | Traditionally Wound |
| 128 | Homestead on the Farm | Foghorn Stringband |
| 129 | Just a Few Old Memories | Foghorn Stringband |
| 130 | Indian Ate the Woodchuck | Foghorn Stringband |
| 131 | Take Me to the Alley | John Cowan and Andrea Zonn: The Herculeons |
| 132 | Trying to Survive | John Cowan and Andrea Zonn: The Herculeons |
| 133 | There's a New World a Waiting | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 134 | The Good Ole Days | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 135 | On the Battlefield for My Lord | Larry Sparks |
| 136 | The Old Home Town | The Bluegrass Album Band |
| 137 | The Hangman | Ernie Thacker |
| 138 | Bitterweeds | Larry Sparks |
| 139 | I'm Still Here | Sam Bush |
| 140 | Highway 52 | Jason Carter |
| 141 | Redwood Hill | Traditionally Wound |
| 142 | Walk Through This World with Me | The Seldom Scene |
| 143 | Old Man Winter | Matt Wallace |
| 144 | One Way Track | Boone Creek |
| 145 | You'll Be There | The Lonesome Ace Stringband |
| 146 | Tear My Stillhouse Down | Traditionally Wound |
| 147 | All the Pretty Colors | Sturgill Simpson |
| 148 | Wise County Jail | Jeff White |
| 149 | Shut the Door | The Slocan Ramblers |
| 150 | Louisville Rambler | Blue Moon Rising |
| 151 | Purple Flowers | The Fretliners |
| 152 | Nashville Skyline Rag | Earl Scruggs |
| 153 | Carry You | Blue Mule |
| 154 | Fine Times at Our House | Adam Steffey |
| 155 | Ways of the World | Adam Steffey |
| 156 | Freight Train | Blue Moon Rising |
| 157 | Sometimes Dig for Taters | Jeff Scroggins & Colorado |
| 158 | Wall Around Your Heart | Jeff Scroggins & Colorado |
| 159 | Sleepless Nights, Endless Tears, Broken Heart | Blue Highway |
| 160 | Come All You Virginia Girl | Foghorn Stringband |
| 161 | Rusty Rails | Carolina Blue |
| 162 | Flint Hill Special | The Earls of Leicester |
| 163 | 90 Miles an Hour | Foghorn Stringband |
| 164 | She's Got a Single Thing in Mind | Jeff Scroggins & Colorado |
| 165 | Open Your Eyes | Ray Cardwell |
| 166 | When We Were Barefoot Kids So Long Ago | Bluegrass Patriots |
| 167 | God Moves in a Windstorm | Blue Highway |
| 168 | After the Fire is Gone | Bobby Osborne |
| 169 | Timberline | Larry Sparks |
| 170 | Randall Collins | Beppe Gambetta |
| 171 | Who Wouldn't Be Lonely | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves |
| 172 | Songs Like Those (for Days Like These) | The Chigger Hill Boys & Terri |
| 173 | Ice Covered Birches | The Po' Ramblin' Boys |
| 174 | (Is This) My Destiny? | Audie Blaylock and Redline |
| 175 | He Died a Rounder at 21 | Junior Sisk |
| 176 | Sales Tax on the Women | Appalachian Road Show |
| 177 | Big Train (feat. Doug Phelps & the Kentucky Headhunters) | Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers |
| 178 | Mama Blues | Foghorn Stringband |
| 179 | Over the Garden Wall | Foghorn Stringband |
| 180 | East Virginia | Shannon Bielski & Moonlight Drive |
| 181 | Dreams About the Hills of Home | Bluegrass Patriots |
| 182 | Holding You Closely | Serene Green |
| 183 | If There's a Will There's a Way | Junior Sisk |
| 184 | Old Cold Shoulder | Junior Sisk |
| 185 | Up for Losing Sleep (feat. Molly Tuttle) | Bronwyn Keith-Hynes |
| 186 | Soil and Soul | Blue Highway |
| 187 | Emerson | Blue Highway |
| 188 | The Old Santa Fe | The Po' Ramblin' Boys |
| 189 | I'm Still a Fool for You | The Po' Ramblin' Boys |
| 190 | Where the Mountain Lilies Grow | Kentucky Just Us |
| 191 | Tom Horn | Bluegrass Patriots |
| 192 | Ages and Ages Ago | Larry Sparks |
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