Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2019

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2019

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	None'ya	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
2	Just Like Overnight	Todd Snider	Folk Rock
3	This Too Shall Pass	Jamestown Revival	Contemporary Folk
4	It's Your Voodoo Working	Eilen Jewell	Contemporary Folk
5	Flower in the Gun (feat. Victoria Canal)	Michael Franti & Spearhead	Contemporary Folk
6	Paint My Face	The Devil Makes Three	Folk Rock
7	Lookin' at the River in the Rain	Steve Forbert	Contemporary Folk
8	End of the Day	Aaron Lee Tasjan	Folk Rock
9	Please Explain	Catie Curtis	Contemporary Folk
10	Brothers	The Brothers Comatose	Traditional Folk
11	The Good Old Days	John Paul White	Folk Rock
12	Tokyo Bay	Nick Lowe	Folk Rock
13	On the Road Again	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
14	For You	Angus & Julia Stone	Contemporary Folk
15	Alberta	The Small Glories	Contemporary Folk
16	Crazy World	Jamestown Revival	Contemporary Folk
17	Bullet Holes	Gregory Alan Isakov	Contemporary Folk
18	The Song of the Swamp	Leo Kottke	Folk
19	The World Ain't Gonna Spin Your Way	The Sam Chase & the Untraditional	Folk
20	Love Starvation	Nick Lowe	Folk Rock
21	Justice	Citizen Cope	Folk Rock
22	Castaway	Mister Goodfaith	Folk
23	Dark, Dark, Dark	Gregory Alan Isakov	Contemporary Folk
24	Virgin Guitar	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
25	Love Will Win the War	Darden Smith	Contemporary Folk
26	Sailing to Philadelphia	Mark Knopfler	Folk
27	Caves	Gregory Alan Isakov	Contemporary Folk
28	Billie Jean	Alexandr Misko	Alternative Folk
29	Reality	Antoine Dufour	Folk
30	Rylynn	Andy McKee	Folk
31	Windows Are Rolled Down	Amos Lee	Folk
32	Stairway to Heaven	Andy McKee	Folk
33	Sonho Dourado	Daniel Lanois	Folk
34	Paris, Texas	Ry Cooder	Folk
35	Low Lonesome	Duke Levine	Folk
36	Was I Just Another One	Gregory Alan Isakov	Contemporary Folk
37	When My Times Comes	Dawes	Folk
38	When the Children Cry	Sungha Jung	Folk
39	Charlotte's Song	Stuart Hamm	Folk
40	Grace is Gone	Dave Matthews Band	Contemporary Folk
41	That Western Skyline	Dawes	Folk Rock
42	Amazing Grace Instrumental	Jeff Beck	Folk
43	Are We in Trouble Now	Mark Knopfler	Folk
44	Violin	Amos Lee	Folk
45	Aerial Boundaries	Michael Hedges	Folk
46	Beautiful Imperfection	Guthrie Govan	Folk
47	Dust Bowl	Michael Landau Group	Folk
48	Only Love	Ben Howard	Folk
49	The Lighthouse's Tale	Nickel Creek	Folk
50	Old Pine	Ben Howard	Folk
51	Sweet Child O' Mine	Luca Stricagnoli	Folk
52	Stay or Leave	Dave Matthews Band	Folk
53	Ragamuffin	Michael Hedges	Folk
54	Heartbeats	Jose Gonzalez	Folk
55	Colour Me in	Damien Rice	Folk
56	Love of Mine	Nickel Creek	Celtic
57	Shake	Jesse Cook	Folk
58	Early in the Morning, I'll Come Calling	James Vincent McMorrow	Folk
59	Let Her Go	Passenger	Folk Rock
60	Ocean (Live)	John Butler Trio	Folk
61	Depth over Distance	Ben Howard	Folk
62	Not Satisfied	Keith Rayburn	Alternative Folk
63	Crosses	Jose Gonzalez	Folk
64	Come Back Down	T Sisters	Contemporary Folk
65	Coffee Break	Billy McLaughlin	Folk
66	Blessings	Darden Smith	Contemporary Folk
67	Leela	The Levins	Contemporary Folk
68	The Story I Can Hear	The Levins	Contemporary Folk
69	Through the Looking Glass	Eliza Gilkyson	Contemporary Folk
70	Salvation	The Strumbellas	Contemporary Folk
71	Barton Hollow	The Civil Wars	Folk
72	Season of the Witch	Donovan	Folk
73	Hurdy Gurdy Man	Donovan	Folk
74	Yellow Brick Road	Angus & Julia Stone	Contemporary Folk
75	The Devil's Tears	Angus & Julia Stone	Contemporary Folk
76	Friend I Never Had	Mean Mary	Contemporary Folk
77	Heart Beats Slow	Angus & Julia Stone	Folk
78	Harvest Moon	Angus & Julia Stone	Folk
79	House of the Rising Sun	Doc Watson	Folk
80	When a Soldier Makes It Home	Arlo Guthrie	Folk
81	Other Side of Town (Live)	John Prine	Folk
82	Candles	Daughter	Folk
83	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	Folk
84	Careless Whisper - George Michael Acoustic Cover	Alexandr Misko	Folk
85	Jezebel	Iron & Wine	Folk
86	Safe & Sound	The Civil Wars	Folk
87	Wishing Well	The Oh Hellos	Folk
88	Copperline	James Taylor	Contemporary Folk
89	John Wayne Gacy Jr.	Sufjan Stevens	Folk
90	The Lament of Eustace Scrubb	The Oh Hellos	Folk
91	Trouble and Woe	Ruth Moody	Contemporary Folk
92	Where I Come from	Patty Griffin	Contemporary Folk
93	I Have Made Mistakes	The Oh Hellos	Folk
94	Stackolee	Mississippi John Hurt	Folk
95	All These Strangers	Greg Jacquin	Traditional Folk
96	(Ed Sheeran) Thinking out Loud	Sungha Jung	Folk
97	(Jason Mraz) I'm Yours	Sungha Jung	Folk
98	Highway	Keith Rayburn	Alternative Folk
99	Loneliness	Darling West	Contemporary Folk
100	Halloween Sunset	John Craigie	Folk Rock
101	River Song	John Butler Trio	Folk
102	Unknowh	Dom Flemons	Contemporary Folk
103	Anywhere Other Than	The Currys	Folk Rock
104	A Little Bit of Everything	Dawes	Folk Rock
105	Cryin'	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
106	Pass It on Down	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
107	Move Like You Want	Ben Howard	Folk
108	Nica Libres at Dusk	Ben Howard	Contemporary Folk
109	Esmerelda	Ben Howard	Folk
110	Diamonds	Ben Howard	Alternative Folk
111	Feed the Fire	Dawes	Folk Rock
112	Rest of My Life	Nickel Creek	Celtic
113	Chasin' That Train	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
114	Like a Force of Nature (feat. Jason Isbell)	Todd Snider	Folk Rock
115	Fault Lines	The Currys	Folk Rock
116	Let It Roll	Grain Thief	Traditional Folk
117	Coffee	Greg Jacquin	Traditional Folk
118	Rainy Day	Mean Mary	Contemporary Folk
119	State of the Union	James McMurtry	Folk Rock
120	Maybe Best We Change the Subject	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
121	The Last Mix	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
122	Dandelion Time	Daniel Norgren	Contemporary Folk
123	Mi Familia	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
124	Walk in the Park	Noah Smith	Folk
125	To the Bone	Michelle Qureshi	Alternative Folk
126	Another Year Gone	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
127	Dark Woods	Mean Mary	Contemporary Folk
128	Thinkin' Outside the Box (feat. Tammy King & Jerry Salley)	Dave Adkins	Contemporary Folk
129	Tattered	Courtney Hale Revia	Alternative Folk
130	Where is the Medicine	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
131	Picture Show	John Prine	Folk
132	Call My Name	I'm With Her	Alternative Folk
133	The Dancer	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
134	Dec-14	James Vincent McMorrow	Folk
135	Shine	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
136	O the Things That I've Seen	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
137	Wooh Dang	Daniel Norgren	Contemporary Folk
138	Time to Go	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
139	Santa Barbara Rising	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
140	This is America - Childish Gambino Cover	Dax Andreas	Folk
141	Let It Be - the Beatles Acoustic Cover	Matt Hylom	Folk
142	Fare Thee Well	Benjamin Dakota Rogers	Alternative Folk
143	The Fading	Joan Shelley	Contemporary Folk
144	Just to Say I Love You	Michael Franti & Spearhead	Contemporary Folk
145	With or Without You - U2 Acoustic Cover	Daria Semikina	Folk
146	American Darkness	Dan Tedesco	Contemporary Folk
147	Better by Now	Benjamin Dakota Rogers	Alternative Folk
148	Daughters of the Dust	Bobtown	Alternative Folk
149	Front Porch	Joy Williams	Contemporary Folk
150	See You Again - Wiz Khalifa (fingerstyle Guitar Cover)	Peter Gergely	Folk
151	Naked to the Eye	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Contemporary Folk
152	Nothing else Matters - Metallica Cover	James Bartholomew	Folk
153	Irish Rose	Grain Thief	Traditional Folk
154	No Man's Land	Cej	Contemporary Folk
155	Forgiveness	Christie McCarthy	Folk Rock
156	Ernest Tubb Had Fuzzy Slippers	Matt Patershuk	Contemporary Folk
157	It's My Turn	Courtney Hale Revia	Alternative Folk
158	Goodbye Old Paint	Dom Flemons	Traditional Folk
159	Hudson	Sparrow Blue	Contemporary Folk
160	Three Feet off the Earth	Trae Sheehan	Folk
161	Stateline Hills	Grain Thief	Traditional Folk
162	Mother Christmas	J.S. Ondara	Folk
163	Revolution Blues	J.S. Ondara	Folk
164	The Meaning of Life	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
165	I Can't Tell	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
166	Picture Show	John Prine	Folk
167	Kilgarry Mountain	Art and Paul	Traditional Folk
168	The Cruel War is Raging	Art and Paul	Traditional Folk
169	When I Get to Heaven	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
170	Statues	Courtney Hale Revia	Alternative Folk
171	Can't Stop	Brett Spaulding & The Psychic Spies	Folk
172	Fear	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
173	Lonesome Highway	Grain Thief	Traditional Folk
174	Alive	Safe As Houses	Alternative Folk
175	Pretty Girls	Benjamin Dakota Rogers	Alternative Folk
176	First Love	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
177	In the Silence	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
178	Skipping Stones	Michelle Qureshi	Alternative Folk
179	Watercolors	Michelle Qureshi	Alternative Folk
180	A Place for You & Me	James Lee Baker	Contemporary Folk
181	One Foot in the Grave	Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert	Contemporary Folk
182	Big Grey Dog	JigJam	Contemporary Folk
183	Homesick	Trae Sheehan	Folk
184	August	Shannon Lay	Alternative Folk
185	Nightlife in the Stix	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
186	Tender Side of the Moon	Michelle Qureshi	Alternative Folk
187	Because You Asked	Michelle Qureshi	Alternative Folk
188	Blind Willie	Bruce Cockburn	Folk Rock
189	Disappear for the Weekend	James Lee Baker	Contemporary Folk
190	Miami Underwater	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
191	Talk to a Human	Terri Hendrix	Contemporary Folk
192	Faraway Look	Yola	Folk Rock
193	Hardest Thing of All	Rob Lutes	Folk
194	Shed a Little Light	Joy Zimmerman	Contemporary Folk
195	Say Die	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
196	The Hard Way	Beth Wood	Contemporary Folk
197	River of Calm	Michelle Qureshi	Alternative Folk
198	Holdens Song	Paul Cipro	Folk
199	Pink Sorrow	ESOEBO	Contemporary Folk
200	Belly of the Beast	Mandolin Orange	Folk

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2019

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2019