Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2025

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2025

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	Back at the Start	Patty Griffin	Folk
2	Ancient Light	I'm With Her	Alternative Folk
3	Dreams	Jade Bird	Alternative Folk
4	Gunslinger	Natalie Bergman	Alternative Folk
5	River Gonna Talk	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
6	Weight You Carry	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
7	Let's Take Our Time and Do It Right	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
8	Weepin' Willow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
9	Jim Crow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
10	I Wanna Go out	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
11	Ending with Heart Heart Heart	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
12	Sing to Me About Tomorrow	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
13	East Runs out of West	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
14	Homeless Blues (Live)	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
15	The Only Way out is Through	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
16	Josephine	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
17	Alabama Bound (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
18	900 Miles (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
19	October Skies (feat. James Maddock)	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
20	Special Delivery Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
21	This Yellow Makes Me Blue	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
22	Witness Trees	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
23	Atlanta Blues	Stephen Bennett	Contemporary Folk
24	Women Are Not Equal	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
25	Jack O' Diamonds (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
26	Remember Dorothy	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
27	Run from the Lightning	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
28	Even when I'm High	John Stowers	Folk Rock
29	Buddy Roe	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
30	Open	John Stowers	Folk Rock
31	If I Could Fly	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
32	Lovely Rainy Day	John Stowers	Folk Rock
33	Over the Wall	John Stowers	Folk Rock
34	Brown's Ferry Blues (feat. Billy Strings)	Tony Trischka	Alternative Folk
35	Country Boy from Plains	Hot Tamale	Contemporary Folk
36	Long Way Home	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
37	Rocket out of Here	John Stowers	Folk Rock
38	Step into Your Power	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
39	Strawberry Red (feat. James Maddock)	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
40	Saving Grace	Briscoe	Contemporary Folk
41	One More Time (feat. Mark Erelli)	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
42	Gone	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
43	Into the Light	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
44	After the Hurricane	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
45	Low Lonesome	Duke Levine	Folk
46	Mr. John	Duke Levine	Folk
47	Sticks & Stones	Nathan McEuen	Contemporary Folk
48	Rescue Me	Sons Of The East	Folk Rock
49	Just Doesn't Work Anymore	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
50	Harbortowne	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
51	Lottery	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
52	To Be Human	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
53	Don't Pass Go	John Stowers	Folk Rock
54	Take a Ride with Me	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
55	Up to No Good	Nathan McEuen	Contemporary Folk
56	My One and Only	Nathan McEuen	Contemporary Folk
57	Sound Existence	Steve Forbert	Contemporary Folk
58	Yonder Come the Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
59	Rumours	John Donovan	Alternative Folk
60	Hold on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
61	The Last Goodbye	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
62	Keep on Movin' It on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
63	Let It Roar	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
64	Yard Sale	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
65	Lemon's Jump	Stefan Grossman	Contemporary Folk
66	Fix My Fate	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
67	Pour the Wine	Sons Of The East	Folk Rock
68	Returning to Myself	Brandi Carlile	Contemporary Folk
69	Coppertone and Maggie Mae	The Two Peas	Contemporary Folk
70	You and Me on the Rock	The Two Peas	Contemporary Folk
71	A Love Like Yours and Mine	The Two Peas	Contemporary Folk
72	Freedom Trilogy (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
73	Change It Up Baby	John Stowers	Folk Rock
74	Too Afraid to Fall in Love	Max Gomez	Traditional Folk
75	Tragic Tom	John Stowers	Folk Rock
76	When the Children Cry	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
77	Townhalls & Taverns	John Donovan	Alternative Folk
78	Already Gone	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
79	Kiss the Girl	John Stowers	Folk Rock
80	The Invitation	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
81	Gave My Guitar Away	Karney	Folk Rock
82	Suitcase Blues	Shelby Means	Contemporary Folk
83	Love Who You Are	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
84	Free	Keith Greeninger	Folk Rock
85	Good Friends	Max Gomez	Traditional Folk
86	Masterpiece	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
87	Love After Love	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
88	Wide Open Light	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
89	Rainbow in the Dark	Karney	Folk Rock
90	Peace is More	Karney	Folk Rock
91	Behind Your Eyes	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
92	Sinners and Saints	Karney	Folk Rock
93	Soul Family	Aliza Hava	Folk Rock
94	Flow	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
95	Across the Planet (remix)	Karney	Folk Rock
96	One True Song	Karney	Folk Rock
97	The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	Gordon Lightfoot	Contemporary Folk
98	Just the Same	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
99	Freedom Summer	Karney	Folk Rock
100	None of Em Dead	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
101	Give Us Free	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
102	2nd Fiddle	John Donovan	Alternative Folk
103	Fire and Rain	James Taylor	Contemporary Folk
104	Closer to Fine	Indigo Girls	Contemporary Folk
105	Whole Lotta Livin' (feat. Vince Gill)	The Imaginaries	Folk Rock
106	Peace Train	Cat Stevens	Folk Rock
107	I Had Something	Lucy Kaplansky	Folk
108	Red	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
109	Suspended	Karney	Folk Rock
110	Out of Body 2025	Karney	Folk Rock
111	Eos	Karney	Folk Rock
112	Hello in There	John Prine	Folk
113	Mr. Tambourine Man	Bob Dylan	Folk
114	It's Money That Matters	Randy Newman	Folk
115	Made to Wander	The Crowe Boys	Contemporary Folk
116	Dark Ages	Eliza Gilkyson	Contemporary Folk
117	It All Comes Down to Love	Tom Rush	Contemporary Folk
118	Wine Stains	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
119	Haywood House	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
120	Gonna Sing	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
121	Bowler Man	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
122	The Walk	Steve and Kristi Nebel	Contemporary Folk
123	The Baker	Steve and Kristi Nebel	Contemporary Folk
124	Smoke Eater	Steve and Kristi Nebel	Contemporary Folk
125	Born Too Late	Steve Forbert	Folk
126	Hold Me	The Strumbellas	Contemporary Folk
127	Issues	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
128	Shady Grove	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
129	Win or Lose	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
130	Atlantic City	Bruce Springsteen	Folk Rock
131	20 Years	Jude Johnstone	Contemporary Folk
132	Cold War	Olive Klug	Contemporary Folk
133	Glacier	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
134	Bop Bop New Orleans	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
135	WTF	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
136	Leader of the Band	Dan Fogelberg	Folk Rock
137	Rose's Shack	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
138	Joyland	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
139	Big News	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
140	Keep Movin'	Kat Edmonson	Alternative Folk
141	Lucky for Me	John Stowers	Folk Rock
142	Country Road	James Taylor	Contemporary Folk
143	Million Reasons	Shelby Means	Contemporary Folk
144	Closer to the Ground	Joy Of Cooking	Folk Rock
145	Weather and Water	The Greencards	Folk
146	Planet of Pain II	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
147	Weak Days	John Stowers	Folk Rock
148	Don't Let It Rain	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
149	Green Light	Darlingside	Folk Rock
150	Storyville Shooting Star	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
151	Guilty As Sin	Kasey Chambers	Folk
152	Sister	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
153	I Wish I Could Tell You	Dave Murphy	Alternative Folk
154	Can't Understand	Laura Love	Folk Rock
155	Because of You	Eric Selby	Alternative Folk
156	Rising	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
157	Heart of Gold	Neil Young	Folk Rock
158	San Luis	Gregory Alan Isakov	Contemporary Folk
159	Memphis in the Meantime	John Hiatt	Folk
160	Million Dollar Levee	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
161	Big Boys in Bad Shape	Trout Fishing in America	Alternative Folk
162	Aerial Boundaries	Michael Hedges	Folk
163	Unfinished Business	Megan Burtt	Folk Rock
164	Louise	Leo Kottke	Folk
165	And They Called Her California	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
166	All the Ways	The Secret Sisters	Contemporary Folk
167	Shame on You	Indigo Girls	Contemporary Folk
168	Lonesome Blues, I'm Coming Home	Max Wareham	Contemporary Folk
169	Sticky and Sweet	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
170	What You've Shown Me	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
171	Sailing to Philadelphia	Mark Knopfler	Folk
172	Sam Stone	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
173	Let Her Go	Passenger	Folk Rock
174	So Nice	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
175	Icarus	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
176	While I'm Down (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings)	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
177	This Bluesy Thing We Do	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
178	Just a Bum	Greg Brown	Folk
179	Jackaroo	Jerry Garcia & David Grisman	Folk Rock
180	44 & 66	Greg Brown	Folk
181	Wrong House	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
182	Rocks and Trees	Eli West	Contemporary Folk
183	Things We Contemplate	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
184	Procrastination (I'll Do It Later)	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
185	Everlasting	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
186	Hands on	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
187	Coffee Shop Open Mic	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
188	The Sound of Guitars	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
189	Love That 's Real	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
190	Resilience	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
191	Billie Jean	Alexandr Misko	Alternative Folk
192	Kismet	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
193	Albuquerque	Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band	Contemporary Folk
194	Senses (Thanks JSB)	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
195	Nebraska	Bruce Springsteen	Folk Rock
196	Home	Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band	Contemporary Folk
197	Wherever You Go	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
198	Perfectly Absurd	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
199	Running on Time	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
200	Done with Love	Aarythmers	Folk Rock

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2025

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2025