Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2016

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2016

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	Sake of the Song	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
2	Brothers	The Brothers Comatose	Traditional Folk
3	24 Frames	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	Folk
4	Down to the River	Darrell Scott	Contemporary Folk
5	House of Mercy	Sarah Jarosz	Folk
6	Today Today Today	James Taylor	Contemporary Folk
7	Worried Mind	Eilen Jewell	Contemporary Folk
8	Elizabeth	Indigo Girls	Folk
9	Broken Bell	Tony Furtado	Alternative Folk
10	I Would Do	Kasey Chambers	Folk
11	This Path Tonight	Graham Nash	Folk
12	Radio	Ryan Bingham	Folk Rock
13	Blindly Believing	The Waifs	Contemporary Folk
14	Wayside	Mark Erelli	Contemporary Folk
15	A Big Comeuppance	Steve Forbert	Folk
16	To Get by	Malcolm Holcombe	Alternative Folk
17	Wondrous Traveler	The Small Glories	Contemporary Folk
18	Pictures on My Phone (Live)	John Craigie	Contemporary Folk
19	Catch the Wind	Joan Baez	Alternative Folk
20	She's Got You	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
21	Dyin'	Elizabeth Cook	Folk
22	How Come My Dog Don't Bark when You Come 'Round?	David Bromberg	Folk
23	When It Comes My Turn	David Myles	Contemporary Folk
24	Bad Habit	Liz Longley	Folk
25	There Isn't One Way	Patty Griffin	Contemporary Folk
26	Blackbirds	Gretchen Peters	Alternative Folk
27	Cautionary Tale	Dylan LeBlanc	Alternative Folk
28	Take You Away	Christian Lopez Band	Contemporary Folk
29	City Full of Streets	The Mulligan Brothers	Alternative Folk
30	To Hell with Monday Morning	Winter Wilson	Contemporary Folk
31	Tennessee Blues	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
32	Beyond the Blue	The Duhks	Alternative Folk
33	I Drew a Line	Folk Family Revival	Folk Rock
34	Firestarter	The Currys	Folk Rock
35	Down on Penny's Farm	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
36	Something Tamed Something Wild	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Folk
37	She Kills	Jerry Castle	Folk Rock
38	Hanging from the Earth	The Pines	Folk
39	Happy Be	The Bills	Folk
40	Come Back Down	T Sisters	Contemporary Folk
41	Up Above My Head	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
42	Made Up Mind	The Bros. Landreth	Alternative Folk
43	The City of Our Lady	The Milk Carton Kids	Folk
44	Tightrope	Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors	Contemporary Folk
45	Beryl	Mark Knopfler	Folk
46	Broken Home	David Massey	Folk Rock
47	If You Wanna Get Kissed	Eleni Mandell	Contemporary Folk
48	I Got a Devil in Me (feat. Patty Hammond & Brian Fullen)	John Roy Zat	Folk
49	Just Like a Woman	Jeff Buckley	Folk Rock
50	By and by	Hackensaw Boys	Folk
51	Change	Moshe Vilozny	Alternative Folk
52	Pelican Lullaby (feat. Yvette Devereaux)	Joellen Lapidus	Traditional Folk
53	Love for a While	Keith Greeninger	Contemporary Folk
54	Eastside Bulldog	Todd Snider	Folk
55	First Love	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
56	You Could Be My Baby	SHEL	Folk
57	I Am	Katie Garibaldi	Folk Rock
58	Hidden Heart	Marit Larsen	Contemporary Folk
59	Dance and Sing (feat. Novi Novog)	Joellen Lapidus	Traditional Folk
60	What're We Gonna Do About Judy Wyner?	Judy Nazemetz	Traditional Folk
61	I'd Rather Be Ashes Than Dust	Winter Wilson	Contemporary Folk
62	California (Cast Iron Soul)	Jamestown Revival	Traditional Folk
63	Gandy Dancer	Magic Music	Alternative Folk
64	She Knows	Sean Hayes	Folk Rock
65	Grandpa Benny's Chicken Market (feat. Dan Radlauer, Ross Levinson, Dan Dungan & Extreme Klezmer Makeover)	Joellen Lapidus	Traditional Folk
66	How 'Bout You	McCoy Tyler Band	Alternative Folk
67	Yesterday I Was So Tired	Judy Nazemetz	Alternative Folk
68	Holy Ground	David Francey	Folk Rock
69	Picture of You	The Youngers	Folk
70	Valerie	The Brothers Comatose	Traditional Folk
71	Every Day I Get the Blues	Jesse Winchester	Traditional Folk
72	Do You Dream of Me	Ynana Rose	Contemporary Folk
73	A Promise & a Rose (feat. Aireene Espiritu)	John Roy Zat	Folk
74	Wandering Man	Jamestown Revival	Traditional Folk
75	Hard Work	Christopher Paul Stelling	Folk Rock
76	Don't Even Think of Leaving Me	Ynana Rose	Contemporary Folk
77	Luckier Than You	Monica Rizzio	Traditional Folk
78	Errant Tree	The Deer	Alternative Folk
79	Way over Yonder	The Small Glories	Contemporary Folk
80	Handmics Killed Country Music	Sam Bush	Folk
81	Sister (Take Me to the Shore)	Mollie O'Brien	Folk Rock
82	Holding on	The Small Glories	Contemporary Folk
83	We've Got a Fire	The Steel Wheels	Contemporary Folk
84	Church on Time	Kevin Gordon	Folk
85	Black River	Sierra Hull	Contemporary Folk
86	It Don't Matter Anyway	Michael Weiskopf	Folk Rock
87	Kathy's Song	Mary Beth Cross	Alternative Folk
88	Worth the Wait	Goodbye Blue	Alternative Folk
89	The Meaning of My Love (feat. Eliza Gilkyson)	Darryl Purpose	Contemporary Folk
90	Never Knew You Loved Me Too	Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones	Traditional Folk
91	But then You Smile	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
92	We Sang Our Songs in California	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
93	The Bottles on the Table	Bianca De Leon	Contemporary Folk
94	You've Heard My Voice (And You Know My Name)	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
95	The Road You Thought You Knew	Wren	Contemporary Folk
96	Play by Your Own Rules	Sam Bush	Folk
97	Downtown Blues	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
98	I Still Believe	Laura Love	Folk Rock
99	Bright As You Can	The Mike + Ruthy Band	Folk Rock
100	50 Years	Gurf Morlix	Folk Rock
101	Waiting to Give (feat. FY5)	Gabrielle Louise	Contemporary Folk
102	Sunday Morning Drive	Anne E. Dechant	Alternative Folk
103	My Sweet Rosetta	Trevor Alguire	Folk
104	Rare Bird	Kelley McRae	Contemporary Folk
105	Church Going Man (feat. Michael Hanna, Kevin Harris & Brian Fullen)	John Roy Zat	Folk
106	Old Lady	Eleni Mandell	Alternative Folk
107	I Can't Wait	Richard Paul Thomas	Alternative Folk
108	Casual Party	Band Of Horses	Folk Rock
109	Blow Wind Blow	The Grahams	Contemporary Folk
110	Unloved Daughter	Scott Wolfson and Other Heroes	Alternative Folk
111	Two Miles (feat. Yvette Devereaux & Oliver Steinberg)	Joellen Lapidus	Traditional Folk
112	Love is So Easy	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
113	Away (feat. Lisa Gutkin, Peter Calo, Dan Bonis & Jeff Eyrich)	Susan Kane	Folk Rock
114	Ojai	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
115	Big Box	Neil Young	Contemporary Folk
116	Fake It 'Til You Make It (feat. Kevin Harris & Brian Fullen)	John Roy Zat	Folk
117	The Beast That Rolls Within	Dietrich Strause	Folk Rock
118	Keven's Coma (feat. Yvette Devereaux & Gordon Peeke)	Joellen Lapidus	Traditional Folk
119	When I'm Gone	Brother Sun	Contemporary Folk
120	Shake Sugaree	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
121	Flora	Hackensaw Boys	Folk
122	Maybe You'll Be There	Bob Dylan	Folk Rock
123	Easy Way out	Dylan LeBlanc	Alternative Folk
124	Down by the Water	The Decemberists	Folk Rock
125	Lumberjack Blues	Keegan McInroe	Alternative Folk
126	Gasoline & Guitar Strings	John Roy Zat	Folk
127	Paradise	Dylan LeBlanc	Alternative Folk
128	Gto	Kevin Gordon	Folk
129	Remember Wild Horses	Birds Of Chicago	Folk
130	Empty Train	David Francey	Folk Rock
131	Drive	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
132	When I Was a Fair Maid	Julie Parisi Kirby	Alternative Folk
133	Young Man	David Wax Museum	Folk
134	Only Just Turned Five	David Massey	Folk Rock
135	The Healing Time	Winter Wilson	Contemporary Folk
136	Revival	Jamestown Revival	Traditional Folk
137	I Got Trouble	Keegan McInroe	Alternative Folk
138	Lucky Life	Lori Lieberman	Contemporary Folk
139	Headhunters	Jamestown Revival	Traditional Folk
140	Golden Apples	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
141	Methadone Blues	Elizabeth Cook	Folk
142	I'm Moving on	Dylan LeBlanc	Alternative Folk
143	I Had a Dream	Loudon Wainwright III	Folk
144	My Lover and My Ghost	Lucas Chaisson	Folk
145	Driftin Dan	Timmy Abell	Contemporary Folk
146	Cumberland	Josh Ritter	Alternative Folk
147	Time and the River	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
148	Choices and Changes	Sierra Hull	Contemporary Folk
149	These American Blues	Levi Parham	Folk
150	Austerity	Winter Wilson	Contemporary Folk
151	The One I'm Still Thinking About	Darrell Scott	Contemporary Folk
152	Steal Your Heart Away	Watkins Family Hour	Alternative Folk
153	Country Music Outlaws	Keegan McInroe	Alternative Folk
154	It Had to Be You	Bob Dylan	Folk Rock
155	Young at Heart	Bob Dylan	Folk Rock
156	40 Days & 40 Nights	Ben Caplan	Folk Rock
157	Giving Up on Your Hometown	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
158	Riding on a Train	Richard Paul Thomas	Alternative Folk
159	Hey Babe	The Ormewoods	Traditional Folk
160	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning	The Derek Trucks Band	Folk
161	Land of Stone and Steel (feat. Steve Phillips)	David Hakan	Contemporary Folk
162	Live and Not Learn (feat. Mary Danzig & Peter Danzig)	David Hakan	Contemporary Folk
163	The Fire Warden (feat. Mary Danzig & Peter Danzig)	David Hakan	Contemporary Folk
164	Solid Gone	David Hakan	Contemporary Folk
165	Weighted Mind	Sierra Hull	Contemporary Folk
166	Where the Hippies Go	David Hakan	Contemporary Folk
167	Is It True That His Eyes Are Like Mine?	Winter Wilson	Contemporary Folk
168	Violeta	Richard Paul Thomas	Alternative Folk
169	Find the Good	Willie Sugarcapps	Folk
170	Magic	Mark Erelli	Contemporary Folk
171	Heart of a Song	Nancy Cassidy	Contemporary Folk
172	Red Dirt Road	Kelley McRae	Contemporary Folk
173	Love is the Reason	Darrell Scott	Contemporary Folk
174	Rico	Jeffrey Foucault	Folk
175	Ain't Nobody	Dori Freeman	Contemporary Folk
176	Analog Hero	Mark Erelli	Folk Rock
177	Lay My Lily Down	Bob Weir	Folk
178	Early Morning Light	Sarah Jarosz	Folk Rock
179	The Sweet	Hackensaw Boys	Traditional Folk
180	Repo Man	Ray LaMontagne	Folk
181	Take Me Back	Sarah Jarosz	Folk Rock
182	She Moved Through the Fair	Joan Baez	Alternative Folk
183	Falling Son	River Whyless	Alternative Folk
184	Dim Star of the Palisades	Birds Of Chicago	Folk
185	Weary Traveller	Winter Wilson	Contemporary Folk
186	Fool for You	Ynana Rose	Contemporary Folk
187	The Love You Sow	Ynana Rose	Contemporary Folk
188	Hard Times Come Again No More	Joan Baez	Alternative Folk
189	Sabrina	The Stray Birds	Folk Rock
190	Gallows Hill	Winter Wilson	Contemporary Folk
191	Merciful Father	Winter Wilson	Contemporary Folk
192	Love Don't Let Me Down	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
193	Nothing Stays the Same	Winter Wilson	Contemporary Folk
194	New Heart	Owen Plant	Contemporary Folk
195	The Bird & the Rifle	Lori McKenna	Folk
196	Intentions of My Heart	Willie Sugarcapps	Folk
197	Sing Me Your Love Song	Sean Hayes	Folk Rock
198	Love That Woman	Sean Hayes	Folk Rock
199	Summertime	Willie Nelson	Folk
200	Home	Jamestown Revival	Traditional Folk

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2016

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2016