Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2017

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2017

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	Freedom Highway	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
2	Come Back Down	T Sisters	Contemporary Folk
3	It Ain't over Yet	Rodney Crowell	Folk Rock
4	Brothers	The Brothers Comatose	Traditional Folk
5	Virgin Guitar	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
6	Doomsday	Ryan Adams	Folk Rock
7	Please Explain	Catie Curtis	Contemporary Folk
8	I'm Going to Get You Stoned	Colin Hay	Alternative Folk
9	It's Your Voodoo Working	Eilen Jewell	Contemporary Folk
10	Eastside Bulldog	Todd Snider	Folk
11	Hey Babe	The Ormewoods	Traditional Folk
12	How Come My Dog Don't Bark when You Come 'Round?	David Bromberg	Folk
13	Blessings	Darden Smith	Contemporary Folk
14	Pictures on My Phone (Live)	John Craigie	Contemporary Folk
15	Shakedown	Valerie June	Contemporary Folk
16	Mystery Train	Daniel Champagne	Folk Rock
17	Love Will Win the War	Darden Smith	Contemporary Folk
18	Busted	The Dustbowl Revival	Contemporary Folk
19	Can't Stop Working	Neil Young	Contemporary Folk
20	Damned (If You Do)	The Mavericks	Folk Rock
21	Worried Mind	Eilen Jewell	Contemporary Folk
22	Blackbirds	Gretchen Peters	Alternative Folk
23	Wild Geese	Tom Russell	Traditional Folk
24	Firestarter	The Currys	Folk Rock
25	It's a Jungle out There	Randy Newman	Folk Rock
26	Lucifer and the Fallen Angels	Ray Wylie Hubbard	Contemporary Folk
27	Astoria	Tony Furtado	Alternative Folk
28	The World Ain't Gonna Spin Your Way	The Sam Chase & the Untraditional	Folk
29	A Rainy Day	Nikki Talley	Folk
30	Won't Let You Down	Bridget Kearney	Folk Rock
31	Change	Moshe Vilozny	Alternative Folk
32	Better Get It Right the First Time	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
33	On the Road Again	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
34	The Frozen Logger	Dean Gitter and The Ute Mountain Gang	Celtic
35	Remember Me	John Prine	Folk
36	26	McCoy Tyler Band	Alternative Folk
37	Astral Plane	Valerie June	Contemporary Folk
38	Something Tamed Something Wild	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Folk
39	Guardian Angel	Tim O'Brien	Contemporary Folk
40	He's Fine	The Secret Sisters	Folk
41	Good Bye Will Never Come Again	Bill Abernathy	Traditional Folk
42	To Get by	Malcolm Holcombe	Alternative Folk
43	Prove My Love	Lucinda Williams	Traditional Folk
44	I Can't Settle	James Maddock	Folk Rock
45	Dyin'	Elizabeth Cook	Folk
46	Living in the City	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Traditional Folk
47	Where the River Meets the Road	Tim O'Brien	Contemporary Folk
48	Spring	Mouths of Babes	Contemporary Folk
49	Strike the Bells	Rayna Gellert	Contemporary Folk
50	Got Soul	Valerie June	Contemporary Folk
51	A Big Comeuppance	Steve Forbert	Folk
52	Workin's Too Hard	Rayna Gellert	Contemporary Folk
53	When It Comes My Turn	David Myles	Contemporary Folk
54	Lean into Love	Elaine Mahon	Contemporary Folk
55	Reach for the Stars	Elaine Mahon	Contemporary Folk
56	I'm a Little Mixed Up	Eilen Jewell	Contemporary Folk
57	Cures Just Like Medicine	A.J. Croce	Folk
58	Big Creek	Pint & a Half	Contemporary Folk
59	Going Home	Joe Jencks	Contemporary Folk
60	States I'm in	Bruce Cockburn	Folk Rock
61	Catch the Wind	Joan Baez	Alternative Folk
62	Tennessee Blues	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
63	Not Dark Yet	Shelby Lynne	Folk Rock
64	Ether's Arms	Lenore	Contemporary Folk
65	Upstream	Si Kahn	Folk
66	Don't Ever Go Away	Peter Calo	Alternative Folk
67	Take You Away	Christian Lopez Band	Contemporary Folk
68	Never Knew You Loved Me Too	Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones	Traditional Folk
69	Sunshine Follows Rain	Flatland Tourists	Alternative Folk
70	I Still Believe	Laura Love	Folk Rock
71	Looking for a Lady	Bill Abernathy	Traditional Folk
72	Destitute	Christopher Paul Stelling	Contemporary Folk
73	Way over Yonder	The Small Glories	Contemporary Folk
74	Hard Work	Christopher Paul Stelling	Folk Rock
75	Jumpstarting	Deer Tick	Folk
76	Sake of the Song	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
77	I Want to Tell You About What I Want	Robyn Hitchcock	Folk
78	She Knows	Sean Hayes	Folk Rock
79	Dream on	Ron Sowell	Alternative Folk
80	Too Little Time	Jeff Kossack & the OtherHand	Alternative Folk
81	Long Stemmed Rose	Paul Lee Arnoldi	Traditional Folk
82	One Note Man	Paul Lee Arnoldi	Traditional Folk
83	I'm Enough	Susanna Rich	Traditional Folk
84	Roommate's Predicament	Emily Mure	Alternative Folk
85	To Be Without You	Ryan Adams	Folk Rock
86	In It's Own Time	Davey O.	Contemporary Folk
87	You Are Not Alone	Elaine Mahon	Contemporary Folk
88	This Old TV Set	Paul Lee Arnoldi	Traditional Folk
89	Do You Still Love Me?	Ryan Adams	Folk Rock
90	Rocket out of Here	John Stowers	Folk Rock
91	Wondrous Traveler	The Small Glories	Contemporary Folk
92	Play by Your Own Rules	Sam Bush	Folk
93	I Would Do	Kasey Chambers	Folk
94	Lovely Rainy Day	John Stowers	Folk Rock
95	I'm Your Man	Amanda Shire	Folk
96	Delia's Gone	Dean Gitter and The Ute Mountain Gang	Traditional Folk
97	To Violet	Greg Vanderpool	Traditional Folk
98	Rolling Home	Elaine Mahon	Contemporary Folk
99	My Hometown's Not My Hometown Anymore	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
100	The Life You Chose	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	Folk
101	Down on Penny's Farm	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
102	You Could Be My Baby	SHEL	Folk
103	Crazy Mixed Up World	Eilen Jewell	Contemporary Folk
104	This Path Tonight	Graham Nash	Folk
105	Blindly Believing	The Waifs	Contemporary Folk
106	Shadows Dancing	Elaine Mahon	Contemporary Folk
107	Love Once	Victoria Reed	Folk Rock
108	Brand New Day	The Mavericks	Folk Rock
109	Burn the Barn	Big Country Bluegrass	Traditional Folk
110	A Song for Mary	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
111	Better Day	John Stowers	Folk Rock
112	Wayside	Mark Erelli	Contemporary Folk
113	The Way Back	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
114	Tell the Devil I'm Gettin' There As Fast As I Can (with Lucinda Williams and Eric Church) [feat. Eric Church & Lucinda Williams]	Ray Wylie Hubbard	Contemporary Folk
115	Oh My Love	Ashley Condon	Traditional Folk
116	Find a Way	Bill Abernathy	Traditional Folk
117	Where I Need to Be	Bill Abernathy	Traditional Folk
118	Electric Blue Dandelion	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
119	Johnny is Gone for a Soldier	Paul Lee Arnoldi	Traditional Folk
120	24 Frames	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	Folk
121	Broken Bell	Tony Furtado	Alternative Folk
122	Start to Start	Bill Abernathy	Traditional Folk
123	She Kills	Jerry Castle	Folk Rock
124	Behind That Locked Door	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
125	Fearless (All In)	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
126	Cumberland Gap	Dave Rawlings	Contemporary Folk
127	Holding Onto a Rainbow	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
128	Dawn Breaks Through	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
129	The Great Debate	Randy Newman	Folk Rock
130	Big Airplane	Flatland Tourists	Alternative Folk
131	Breakfree	Donna Lynn Caskey	Folk
132	Aloha	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
133	We Sang Our Songs in California	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
134	Blame It on the Russians	Art Podell	Alternative Folk
135	Wandering Man	Jamestown Revival	Traditional Folk
136	You've Heard My Voice (And You Know My Name)	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
137	One Simple Waltz	Micah & Mark Atkinson	Contemporary Folk
138	Worried Mind	Travis Linville	Contemporary Folk
139	But then You Smile	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
140	Feels Like Lightning	Josh Ritter	Alternative Folk
141	All My Life	Flatt Lonesome	Contemporary Folk
142	Windy Mountain	Tim O'Brien	Contemporary Folk
143	How'm I Going to Find You Now	James McMurtry	Folk Rock
144	Gandy Dancer	Magic Music	Alternative Folk
145	Turtle Dove	Dori Freeman	Contemporary Folk
146	Shame	Rachel Baiman	Folk
147	At the Purchaser's Option	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
148	Dear John or Jane	Joy Zimmerman	Alternative Folk
149	This I Know	Bill Abernathy	Traditional Folk
150	Say My Name (For Camille Claudel)	Joy Zimmerman	Contemporary Folk
151	Higher Place	Joy Zimmerman	Contemporary Folk
152	Even when I'm High	John Stowers	Folk Rock
153	Down on the River	Bill & Joel Plaskett	Folk
154	Rub Some Dirt on It	Paul Lee Arnoldi	Contemporary Folk
155	Sweet Bird	Joy Zimmerman	Contemporary Folk
156	What're We Gonna Do About Judy Wyner?	Judy Nazemetz	Traditional Folk
157	Jump on in	Joy Zimmerman	Contemporary Folk
158	Moonshine Freeze	This Is the Kit	Contemporary Folk
159	The Bird & the Rifle	Lori McKenna	Folk
160	Valerie	The Brothers Comatose	Traditional Folk
161	Yesterday I Was So Tired	Judy Nazemetz	Alternative Folk
162	Old Wolf	Ray Wylie Hubbard	Contemporary Folk
163	Tumbling Dice (feat. Jay Cobb Anderson & Shook Twins)	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
164	Blackleg Miner	Offa Rex	Contemporary Folk
165	Willoughby	John Batdorf	Alternative Folk
166	Rican Beach	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Traditional Folk
167	Sometimes You've Got to Do Bad Things to Do Good	Matt Patershuk	Contemporary Folk
168	The Song of the Swamp	Leo Kottke	Folk
169	I Had a Dream	Loudon Wainright lll	Folk
170	Come on over My House	Dave Rawlings	Contemporary Folk
171	City Full of Streets	The Mulligan Brothers	Alternative Folk
172	Got the Blues	Carlo Grimelli	Contemporary Folk
173	Just Say It Now	Dori Freeman	Contemporary Folk
174	Spread Some Love	Carlo Grimelli	Contemporary Folk
175	2 Step	Carlo Grimelli	Contemporary Folk
176	Pandora	Carlo Grimelli	Contemporary Folk
177	21 Days	Carlo Grimelli	Contemporary Folk
178	Dogs and Kids	Scott Cook	Folk
179	Devil Said Do	Lynne Hanson	Contemporary Folk
180	Broken	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
181	He Wont Ever Be Gone	Willie Nelson	Folk
182	Downtown Blues	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
183	Goodnight Waltz	The Mavericks	Folk Rock
184	East Houston Blues	Rodney Crowell	Folk Rock
185	My Sweet Rosetta	Trevor Alguire	Folk
186	Best of You	Ordinary Elephant	Contemporary Folk
187	Songbird	Cory Chisel	Traditional Folk
188	Six Blocks Away	Lucinda Williams	Traditional Folk
189	Beauty Queen	Donna Lynn Caskey	Traditional Folk
190	Come Tumblin' Down	Colin Hay	Alternative Folk
191	Me and Becky (Hand in Hand)	Big Country Bluegrass	Traditional Folk
192	The Juke	Brigitte DeMeyer	Contemporary Folk
193	On My Way Tonight	Quiles & Cloud	Contemporary Folk
194	Portland Girl	Paddy Mills	Folk
195	Chicago	Django Reinhardt	Folk
196	Red Lights in the Rain (feat. Rose Cousins)	Stephen Fearing	Alternative Folk
197	Minor Swing	Django Reinhardt	Folk
198	Last Cigarette	Anna Tivel	Contemporary Folk
199	The Only Thread	Flatland Tourists	Alternative Folk
200	Whatcha Gonna Do	Flatland Tourists	Alternative Folk

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2017

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2017