On our way to our year-end Best in Indie Folk playlist, we now release several other playlists.

The first is a ‘Year in Music’ playlist featuring performance videos on YouTube from major pop and indie artists, as well as great videos by lesser knowns.

Here is the link:

This list features performances released in the year 2025 by: Aimee Carty, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Allison Russell, Amy Macdonald, Arcade Fire, David Byrne, and St. Vincent, Bastille, Beach Bunny, Becky Hill, Ben Folds, Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Big Thief, Billie Eilish, Billy Strings, Billy Strings & Sierra Hull, Bon Iver, Brandi Carlile, Cat Burns, Chance the Rapper ft. Lil Wayne and Smino, Chappell Roan, Charley Crockett, Daisy the Great, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, EMEL, EMEL feat. Jehnny Beth, Faouzia, Freya Ridings, girl in red, Gracie Abrams, Gracie Abrams, Robyn, Greensky Bluegrass, Hayley Reardon, Herman Lie, I’m With Her, I’m With Her and Iron & Wine, Jacob Collier, Chris Martin, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, John Butler, Julian Lage, Kate Rusby, Katie Pruitt, Ketch Secor, Lawrence, Lewis Capaldi, Lizzy McAlpine, London Grammar-Voice, Lorde, Lucius, Lucy Dacus, Hozier, Madison Cunningham, Matt Berninger, Matt Mays, Mavis Staples, Melt, Molly Tuttle, Mumford & Sons, Hozier, Natalia Lafourcade, Nathaniel Rateliff, Gregory Alan Isakov, Noah Kahan, One Voice, Paris Paloma, Rose Betts, Ruth B., Sammy Rae & The Friends, Sierra Hull & Molly Tuttle, sombr, Stile Antico, strongboi, Taylor Swift, The Avett Brothers, The Harvard Callbacks, Tom Odell, Trousdale, Twisted Pine, VOCES8, Walk Off the Earth, Waxahatchee, Wilco, Wolf Alice, ZAZ



And, also we have a playlist of Bluegrass performance sessions. Here is the link:

This list features performances released in the year 2025 by: AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Alan Doyle, Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Billy Strings, Billy Strings & Sierra Hull, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, Margo Price, Bronwyn Keith, Charley Crockett, Della Mae, Drew and Ellie Holcomb, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Greensky Bluegrass, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Hurray For The Riff Raff, I’m With Her, I’m With Her, I’m With Her and Iron & Wine, Jake Bugg, Jason Isbell, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, John Wort Hannam, Ketch Secor, Korby Lenker, Lake Street Dive, Lennie Gallant, Lukas Nelson, Sierra Ferrell, Maggie Rogers & Leon Bridges, Margo Price, Margo Price & Tyler Childers, Maya De Vitry, Maygen and the Birdwatcher, Melissa Carper, Molly Tuttle, Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, Nathaniel Rateliff, Gregory Alan Isakov, Noah Kahan, Riley Downing, Rilo Kiley, Rodney Crowell, Royal Wood, Sierra Hull, Sierra Hull & Molly Tuttle, Stephen Wilson Jr., The Avett Brothers, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Unsung Heroes, Trampled by Turtles, Twisted Pine, Watchhouse, Willi Carlisle.



And finally, here is our mammoth list of indie folk and some other performances, which we refer to as our Discovery list. This year with over 750 videos, all released in 2025. I won’t list all the artists, but here is the link.



We also have a couple of audio links. These are great for downloading onto your phone. First, the Discovery list on ‘Youtube Music’:

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2x-ijV1E2eGxSq3LMriRbqnG-y2fyhEP

And virtually the same list, on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2P7ryDwK093x8YtVOubI2g



As always, you can find all our 2025 playlists by searching YouTube or Spotify with “Artsfols 2025”.


And please come back just before Christmas when we once again release our list of top Indie Folk performance videos.