Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2020

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2020

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	She Moves Me	Keith Greeninger	Folk Rock
2	None'ya	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
3	This Too Shall Pass	Jamestown Revival	Contemporary Folk
4	Eve	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
5	Make It Last	Darling West	Contemporary Folk
6	Just Like Overnight	Todd Snider	Folk Rock
7	$13. Beer	Chicago Farmer	Contemporary Folk
8	Part Wolf	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
9	No Time for Love Songs	The Mastersons	Contemporary Folk
10	The Good Old Days	John Paul White	Folk Rock
11	The Mountain	Alec Lytle & Them Rounders	Contemporary Folk
12	I Don't Wanna Lie	Yola	Folk Rock
13	Don't Ask	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
14	Johnny	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
15	Howl at the Moon	Indigo Girls	Contemporary Folk
16	Olympia, WA	Molly Tuttle	Alternative Folk
17	Magic of the Music	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
18	Bluebird	Jamestown Revival	Contemporary Folk
19	Crazy World	Jamestown Revival	Contemporary Folk
20	The Cure	Watkins Family Hour	Alternative Folk
21	Enemy	The Dustbowl Revival	Contemporary Folk
22	I Remember Everything	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
23	Have Purpose Live Long	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
24	It's Your Voodoo Working	Eilen Jewell	Contemporary Folk
25	I Bleed Human	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
26	Madness	Giriffin Swank	Contemporary Folk
27	End of the Day	Aaron Lee Tasjan	Folk Rock
28	All It Takes is Time	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
29	The Song of the Swamp	Leo Kottke	Folk
30	Please Explain	Catie Curtis	Contemporary Folk
31	Billie Jean	Alexandr Misko	Alternative Folk
32	Sailing to Philadelphia	Mark Knopfler	Folk
33	Put It Back Together	Stoll Vaughan	Contemporary Folk
34	One More Time	Jackdaw	Alternative Folk
35	The Very Last Cowboy in Paris	Jackdaw	Alternative Folk
36	Sing You Mine	Jackdaw	Alternative Folk
37	Nine Foot Problem	Otis Gibbs	Alternative Folk
38	Paris, Texas	Ry Cooder	Folk
39	Reality	Antoine Dufour	Folk
40	Charlotte's Song	Stuart Hamm	Folk
41	Ragamuffin	Michael Hedges	Folk
42	Beautiful Imperfection	Guthrie Govan	Folk
43	Sweet Child O' Mine	Luca Stricagnoli	Folk
44	Are We in Trouble Now	Mark Knopfler	Folk
45	(Jason Mraz) I'm Yours	Sungha Jung	Folk
46	When the Children Cry	Sungha Jung	Folk
47	Amazing Grace Instrumental	Jeff Beck	Folk
48	Low Lonesome	Duke Levine	Folk
49	Sonho Dourado	Daniel Lanois	Folk
50	Aerial Boundaries	Michael Hedges	Folk
51	Dust Bowl	Michael Landau Group	Folk
52	Machine No. 2	Leo Kottke	Folk
53	(Ed Sheeran) Thinking out Loud	Sungha Jung	Folk
54	Stairway to Heaven	Andy McKee	Folk
55	Airtap	Erik Mongrain	Folk
56	A Day in the Life	Jeff Beck	Folk
57	Rylynn	Andy McKee	Folk
58	Try	Neil Young	Contemporary Folk
59	Dark, Dark, Dark	Gregory Alan Isakov	Contemporary Folk
60	Forgiveness	Christie McCarthy	Folk Rock
61	Every Highway	James Lee Stanley	Alternative Folk
62	Don't Deny	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
63	The Times They Are A-Changin'	Bob Dylan	Folk
64	Perfect Girls of Pop	Elizabeth Cook	Folk Rock
65	Ernest Tubb Had Fuzzy Slippers	Matt Patershuk	Contemporary Folk
66	What in the World...	Michael McDermott	Alternative Folk
67	One Foot in the Grave	Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert	Contemporary Folk
68	I WANT YOU	Bob Dylan	Folk
69	Chasin' That Train	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
70	Hey Yeah All Right	Jon Strahl Band	Folk
71	Please Don't Bury Me	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
72	Homesick	Trae Sheehan	Folk
73	Mi Familia	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
74	Where is the Medicine	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
75	Pass It on Down	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
76	Cryin'	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
77	For You	Angus & Julia Stone	Contemporary Folk
78	Party with the Saints	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
79	Hole in My Life	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
80	Season of the Witch	Donovan	Folk
81	The Last Mix	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
82	Send You My Love	Liz Longley	Contemporary Folk
83	Hurdy Gurdy Man	Donovan	Folk
84	World Without Walls	Aztec Two-Step 2.0	Folk Rock
85	Bright Morning Stars	The Wailin' Jennys	Folk
86	Colour Me in	Damien Rice	Folk
87	Take Me Home	Nick Justice	Folk Rock
88	Ocean (Live)	John Butler Trio	Folk
89	Now and the Evermore	Colin Hay	Alternative Folk
90	Heart Beats Slow	Angus & Julia Stone	Folk
91	Wonder	The Lone Bellow	Folk
92	Careless Whisper - George Michael Acoustic Cover	Alexandr Misko	Folk
93	Castaway	Mister Goodfaith	Folk
94	Grace is Gone	Dave Matthews Band	Contemporary Folk
95	The Lighthouse's Tale	Nickel Creek	Folk
96	Mother Christmas	J.S. Ondara	Folk
97	Windows Are Rolled Down	Amos Lee	Folk
98	Trouble and Woe	Ruth Moody	Folk
99	Revolution Blues	J.S. Ondara	Folk
100	With or Without You - U2 Acoustic Cover	Daria Semikina	Folk
101	House of the Rising Sun	Doc Watson	Folk
102	Jezebel	Iron & Wine	Folk
103	The Lament of Eustace Scrubb	The Oh Hellos	Folk
104	When My Times Comes	Dawes	Folk
105	Stackolee	Mississippi John Hurt	Folk
106	Barton Hollow	The Civil Wars	Folk
107	Safe & Sound	The Civil Wars	Folk
108	Wishing Well	The Oh Hellos	Folk
109	Move Like You Want	Ben Howard	Folk
110	Violin	Amos Lee	Folk
111	Only Love	Ben Howard	Folk
112	Border Reiver	Mark Knopfler	Folk
113	Nica Libres at Dusk	Ben Howard	Contemporary Folk
114	Watercolors	Michelle Qureshi	Alternative Folk
115	Judgment Day	Nick Justice	Folk Rock
116	Long Violent History	Tyler Childers	Traditional Folk
117	Rest of My Life	Nickel Creek	Celtic
118	Stay or Leave	Dave Matthews Band	Folk
119	Avalanche	Leonard Cohen	Folk
120	John Wayne Gacy Jr.	Sufjan Stevens	Folk
121	Bullet Holes	Gregory Alan Isakov	Contemporary Folk
122	Diamonds	Ben Howard	Alternative Folk
123	Talking Tales of Wandering	Ken Dunn	Contemporary Folk
124	Depth over Distance	Ben Howard	Folk
125	Coffee Break	Billy McLaughlin	Folk
126	Harvest Moon	Angus & Julia Stone	Folk
127	Candles	Daughter	Folk
128	Welcome to the Cruel World	Ben Harper	Folk
129	Was I Just Another One	Gregory Alan Isakov	Contemporary Folk
130	Nothing else Matters - Metallica Cover	James Bartholomew	Folk
131	Lake Marie	John Prine	Folk
132	That Western Skyline	Dawes	Folk Rock
133	I Have Made Mistakes	The Oh Hellos	Folk
134	Caves	Gregory Alan Isakov	Contemporary Folk
135	The Devil's Tears	Angus & Julia Stone	Contemporary Folk
136	A Little Bit of Everything	Dawes	Folk Rock
137	Let Her Go	Passenger	Folk Rock
138	Feed the Fire	Dawes	Folk Rock
139	Other Side of Town (Live)	John Prine	Folk
140	Mountain to Move	Nick Mulvey	Folk
141	Closing Time	Leonard Cohen	Folk
142	Tapestry	Don McLean	Folk
143	Copperline	James Taylor	Contemporary Folk
144	When a Soldier Makes It Home	Arlo Guthrie	Folk
145	Esmerelda	Ben Howard	Folk
146	Early in the Morning, I'll Come Calling	James Vincent McMorrow	Folk
147	Kings & Queens	Mat Kearney	Folk
148	River Song	John Butler Trio	Folk
149	Old Pine	Ben Howard	Folk
150	Yellow Brick Road	Angus & Julia Stone	Contemporary Folk
151	Love of Mine	Nickel Creek	Celtic
152	Down Country	Nick Justice	Folk Rock
153	The Road Not Taken	Nick Justice	Folk Rock
154	You Didn't Love Me Anyway	Nick Justice	Folk Rock
155	Let It Be - the Beatles Acoustic Cover	Matt Hylom	Folk
156	Apocalypse (Now!)	Aztec Two-Step 2.0	Folk Rock
157	Maggie	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
158	The Dancer	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
159	Just for You (feat. Dan Kassel)	Gordon Thomas Ward	Alternative Folk
160	Gravedigger	Willie Nelson	Folk
161	This is America - Childish Gambino Cover	Dax Andreas	Folk
162	When I Get to Heaven	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
163	Conversational Snow	Eric Selby	Contemporary Folk
164	See You Again - Wiz Khalifa (fingerstyle Guitar Cover)	Peter Gergely	Folk
165	Every Road	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
166	Heartbeats	Jose Gonzalez	Folk
167	5 Minutes to Spare	The Hellecasters	Folk
168	Crosses	Jose Gonzalez	Folk
169	Part of It	Eric Selby	Contemporary Folk
170	Woman in You	Ben Harper	Folk
171	Picture Show	John Prine	Folk
172	Diamonds on the Inside	Ben Harper	Folk
173	Into Me You See (Here & Now)	Raveis Kole	Contemporary Folk
174	Evangeline	The Band & Emmylou Harris	Folk
175	One Horse Town	Blackberry Smoke	Folk
176	Another Lonely Day	Ben Harper	Folk
177	Wayfaring Stranger	Doc Watson	Folk
178	Sara	Bob Dylan	Folk
179	Tougher Than the Rest	Emmylou Harris	Folk
180	Dancin'	Pete Bernhard	Traditional Folk
181	False Prophet	Bob Dylan	Traditional Folk
182	Legacy	Michael Johnathon	Contemporary Folk
183	Ol' 55	Shelby Lynne	Folk
184	Mediterranean Sundance	Al Di Meola	Folk
185	Patiently	Eric Selby	Contemporary Folk
186	Matamoros	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
187	King High Tide	Ken Dunn	Contemporary Folk
188	Shine	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
189	Sunrise	Larry Carlton	Folk
190	Wanderin'	Justin Townes Earle	Folk
191	Harder Days	Trae Sheehan	Folk
192	Emotive Ballad	Guthrie Govan	Folk
193	Earth Heals Herself	Buckethead	Folk
194	King Arthur's Dream	The Hellecasters	Folk
195	Golden Heart	Mark Knopfler	Folk
196	Lost in Rio	Guthrie Govan	Folk
197	Between Twighlight & Dawn	The Hellecasters	Folk
198	Chicago	Django Reinhardt	Folk
199	Mr. John	Duke Levine	Folk
200	Red and Purple Too	Ken Dunn	Contemporary Folk

To start reporting your play-list to the Roots Music Report Apply Here.

The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2020

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2020