The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2017
Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
---|---|---|
1 | Freedom Highway | Rhiannon Giddens |
2 | Come Back Down | T Sisters |
3 | Please Explain | Catie Curtis |
4 | It's Your Voodoo Working | Eilen Jewell |
5 | Blessings | Darden Smith |
6 | Pictures on My Phone (Live) | John Craigie |
7 | Shakedown | Valerie June |
8 | Love Will Win the War | Darden Smith |
9 | Busted | The Dustbowl Revival |
10 | Can't Stop Working | Neil Young |
11 | Worried Mind | Eilen Jewell |
12 | Lucifer and the Fallen Angels | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
13 | Better Get It Right the First Time | Rhiannon Giddens |
14 | Astral Plane | Valerie June |
15 | Guardian Angel | Tim O'Brien |
16 | Where the River Meets the Road | Tim O'Brien |
17 | Spring | Mouths of Babes |
18 | Strike the Bells | Rayna Gellert |
19 | Got Soul | Valerie June |
20 | Workin's Too Hard | Rayna Gellert |
21 | When It Comes My Turn | David Myles |
22 | Lean into Love | Elaine Mahon |
23 | Reach for the Stars | Elaine Mahon |
24 | I'm a Little Mixed Up | Eilen Jewell |
25 | Big Creek | Pint & a Half |
26 | Going Home | Joe Jencks |
27 | Ether's Arms | Lenore |
28 | Take You Away | Christian Lopez Band |
29 | Destitute | Christopher Paul Stelling |
30 | Way over Yonder | The Small Glories |
31 | Sake of the Song | Hayes Carll |
32 | In It's Own Time | Davey O. |
33 | You Are Not Alone | Elaine Mahon |
34 | Wondrous Traveler | The Small Glories |
35 | Rolling Home | Elaine Mahon |
36 | My Hometown's Not My Hometown Anymore | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
37 | Crazy Mixed Up World | Eilen Jewell |
38 | Blindly Believing | The Waifs |
39 | Shadows Dancing | Elaine Mahon |
40 | A Song for Mary | Judy Nazemetz |
41 | Wayside | Mark Erelli |
42 | The Way Back | Judy Nazemetz |
43 | 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 |
44 | Behind That Locked Door | Judy Nazemetz |
45 | Cumberland Gap | Dave Rawlings |
46 | We Sang Our Songs in California | Art Podell |
47 | You've Heard My Voice (And You Know My Name) | Art Podell |
48 | One Simple Waltz | Micah & Mark Atkinson |
49 | Worried Mind | Travis Linville |
50 | But then You Smile | Art Podell |
51 | All My Life | Flatt Lonesome |
52 | Windy Mountain | Tim O'Brien |
53 | Turtle Dove | Dori Freeman |
54 | At the Purchaser's Option | Rhiannon Giddens |
55 | Say My Name (For Camille Claudel) | Joy Zimmerman |
56 | Higher Place | Joy Zimmerman |
57 | Rub Some Dirt on It | Paul Lee Arnoldi |
58 | Sweet Bird | Joy Zimmerman |
59 | Jump on in | Joy Zimmerman |
60 | Moonshine Freeze | This Is the Kit |
61 | Old Wolf | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
62 | Blackleg Miner | Offa Rex |
63 | Sometimes You've Got to Do Bad Things to Do Good | Matt Patershuk |
64 | Come on over My House | Dave Rawlings |
65 | Got the Blues | Carlo Grimelli |
66 | Just Say It Now | Dori Freeman |
67 | Spread Some Love | Carlo Grimelli |
68 | 2 Step | Carlo Grimelli |
69 | Pandora | Carlo Grimelli |
70 | 21 Days | Carlo Grimelli |
71 | Devil Said Do | Lynne Hanson |
72 | Best of You | Ordinary Elephant |
73 | The Juke | Brigitte DeMeyer |
74 | On My Way Tonight | Quiles & Cloud |
75 | Last Cigarette | Anna Tivel |
76 | Put 'Em Up Solid | Dave Rawlings |
77 | Natural Causes | Ron Renninger |
78 | Polyamorous Pollyann | Taarka |
79 | Had I Paid | The Small Glories |
80 | Time and the River | Art Podell |
81 | Driftin Dan | Timmy Abell |
82 | Gypsy | Matt Patershuk |
83 | Golden Apples | Art Podell |
84 | Black Snake | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
85 | A Little Room | Rob Lutes |
86 | Baby Boy | Rhiannon Giddens |
87 | Denali | Elaine Mahon |
88 | California | Beth Wood |
89 | Don't Let Your Heart Be Troubled | Madison Violet |
90 | So Many Letters | Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements |
91 | Over There | Dori Freeman |
92 | Fade Away | Avenhart |
93 | Watch It Fall | Joseph Eid |
94 | I Dream | Chimney Choir |
95 | Home | Darden Smith |
96 | If and | Valerie June |
97 | Maria | I Draw Slow |
98 | Halfway Heart | Heather Platts |
99 | Gravity | Amelia Curran |
100 | I'd Rather Be the Devil | Red Tail Ring |
101 | Hey Bébé | Rhiannon Giddens |
102 | Following the North Star | Rhiannon Giddens |
103 | Peace Trail | Neil Young |
104 | Broken with You | Lynne Hanson |
105 | Further Down the Line | Scott Cook |
106 | God Looked Around | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
107 | Riverside Hotel | Anna Tivel |
108 | Higher Ground | The Waifs |
109 | Same As I Ever Have Been | Matt Patershuk |
110 | Dark Chandelier | Anna Tivel |
111 | The Joke | Brandi Carlile |
112 | The Angels Laid Him Away | Rhiannon Giddens |
113 | Same Sun | Madison Violet |
114 | Ordinary Dance | Anna Tivel |
115 | Empty Nest | Heather Platts |
116 | Speed Bump | Heather Platts |
117 | Tiptoes | Heather Platts |
118 | Runnin' It Red | Heather Platts |
119 | Wildflowers | The Wailin' Jennys |
120 | Counting Heartbeats | Lynne Hanson |
121 | Eyes Brand New | Zoe & Cloyd |
122 | Railroad Man | Ordinary Elephant |
123 | Something's Coming | The Waifs |
124 | Midnight Train | Dave Rawlings |
125 | Wayfaring Stanger/June Apple | Cindy Novelo |
126 | Silver Moon | Cindy Novelo |
127 | Let Me in | Joseph Eid |
128 | Diary | Joseph Eid |
129 | Starting over | Joseph Eid |
130 | The Last Song | Peter Mulvey |
131 | Grandma's Hands | Tim O'Brien |
132 | Highway of Pain | Flatt Lonesome |
133 | My Portion | I Draw Slow |
134 | The Way It Dimmed | Amanda Shires |
135 | Y'all Means All | John McCutcheon |
136 | Debtors' Prison | The Dustbowl Revival |
137 | Highest Building | Anna Tivel |
138 | Wild Sun | The Strumbellas |
139 | Just for Now | Lynne Hanson |
140 | Always on the Run | Carrie Elkin |
141 | I'd Do if for You | Jim Bruno |
142 | Marie | Jim Bruno |
143 | Say Mama Day | Jim Bruno |
144 | Walk That Lonesome Valley | Scott Cook |
145 | These Rollin' Hills | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
146 | That's All Right | Dori Freeman |
147 | I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight | Dori Freeman |
148 | California Rain | Jim Bruno |
149 | Dial Tone | Anna Tivel |
150 | By the Rio Grande | Quiles & Cloud |
151 | Take Me Dancing (feat. Birds of Chicago) | Mouths of Babes |
152 | Accidental Thief | Matt The Electrician |
153 | Who Do You Run Form | Frances Luke Accord |
154 | Leave Me Breathless | Ane Brun |
155 | Mosquito | Chris Ronald |
156 | Cuba is | Susan Werner |
157 | Yonder Comes a Sucker | Dori Freeman |
158 | My Old Brown Coat and Me | Tim O'Brien |
159 | A Stranger in This Time | Tim Grimm |
160 | A Handmade Life | Jill Freeman |
161 | Letters from Murdertown | Jill Freeman |
162 | No Hands | Jill Freeman |
163 | Welcome to the Bonehouse | Jill Freeman |
164 | The Light That Leads Me There | Jill Freeman |
165 | Airplane | Dave Rawlings |
166 | Paper Kites | Beth Wood |
167 | Run to You | Beth Wood |
168 | Black Coal Train | Beth Wood |
169 | Gone Too Soon | Beth Wood |
170 | Little Patch of Sky | Larry Murante |
171 | Ball and Chain | Larry Murante |
172 | Every Now and then | Jan Seides |
173 | High Hopes for You | Jan Seides |
174 | Gotta Dance | Jan Seides |
175 | Thinking of You | Jan Seides |
176 | Books Pliés and Sorrows | Larry Murante |
177 | Everything | Darden Smith |
178 | Told a Lie to My Heart | Harrow Fair |
179 | Dishonesty | Jan Seides |
180 | Illinois | Anna Tivel |
181 | While We're Here | Catie Curtis |
182 | You Can't Take Back | Sky Smeed |
183 | Cry Like a Baby | Sky Smeed |
184 | Won't Go to Work | Sky Smeed |
185 | Lovers on the Run | Dori Freeman |
186 | Cold Waves | Dori Freeman |
187 | You'll Be Mine | Eilen Jewell |
188 | The Miner (feat. Dustin Bentall) | Barney Bentall |
189 | Ready for the Dark | Larry Murante |
190 | Fall Down As the Rain | Joe Crookston |
191 | White Flag | Rose Cousins |
192 | Movin' on Down That Line | Fireside Collective |
193 | American Flowers | Birds Of Chicago |
194 | She Holds on | Michael Howard |
195 | I Will Be Your Man | Harrow Fair |
196 | Humble & Kind | Lori McKenna |
197 | The Firefly | Joy Zimmerman |
198 | Steal My Heart | Joy Zimmerman |
199 | Underground Railroad | Zoe & Cloyd |
200 | Slip Slide on by | Valerie June |
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