# The 18 Best Americana Albums of 2025

> Roots-music heavyweights and independent voices share one crowded year, from barn-burning bluegrass-tinged records to quiet songwriter statements. Which release gets your vote?

*By YPB Team · Published September 30, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-18-best-americana-albums-of-2025*

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1. **Foxes in the Snow** — score 1000/1000
   Jason Isbell's 2025 album, released on Southeastern.
2. **Now Then** — score 927/1000
   Robbie Fulks's 2025 album, released on Compass.
3. **Safe, Sensible, & Sane** — score 800/1000
   Alison Brown & Steve Martin's 2025 album, released on Compass.
4. **Puff of Smoke** — score 800/1000
   The Wood Brothers's 2025 album, released on Honey Jar.
5. **Snipe Hunter** — score 800/1000
   Tyler Childers's 2025 album, released on Hickman Holler.
6. **Hard Headed Woman** — score 600/1000
   Margo Price's 2025 album, released on Loma Vista.
7. **The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy** — score 600/1000
   James McMurtry's 2025 album, released on New West.
8. **Cry Love** — score 600/1000
   Paul Burch's 2025 album, released on Glider.
9. **We're Only Human** — score 600/1000
   Hayes Carll's 2025 album, released on Hwy 87 Records.
10. **Switchback** — score 600/1000
   The Shootouts's 2025 album, released on Transoceanic.
11. **Winged Victory** — score 466/1000
   Willi Carlisle's 2025 album, released on Signature Sounds.
12. **Price of Admission** — score 466/1000
   Turnpike Troubadours's 2025 album, released on Bossier City.
13. **Don't You Ever Give Up On Love** — score 466/1000
   Brennen Leigh's 2025 album, released on Signature Sounds.
14. **Airline Highway** — score 0/1000
   Rodney Crowell's 2025 album, released on New West.
15. **Devil's Den** — score 0/1000
   Jesse Welles's 2025 independent album.
16. **Let's Party About It** — score 0/1000
   Leftover Salmon's 2025 album, released on Compass.
17. **Why The Worry** — score 0/1000
   Seth Walker's 2025 album, released on Royal Potato.
18. **The Trust of Crows** — score 0/1000
   Otis Gibbs's 2025 album, released on Wanamaker.

Tags: folk, music, 2025, country, americana