The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talk About That | The High Hawks |
| 2 | Diamond Studded Shoes | Yola |
| 3 | Stand for Myself | Yola |
| 4 | Best Bad Thing | Kathy Forste |
| 5 | A Good Chord on a Bad Guitar | Kathy Forste |
| 6 | Cannonball Road | Kathy Forste |
| 7 | Walkin' on the Water | Kathy Forste |
| 8 | God, Guns, and Guitars | Kathy Forste |
| 9 | Perfect Girls of Pop | Elizabeth Cook |
| 10 | Singing a Mountain Song | The High Hawks |
| 11 | Young and Free | Severin Browne |
| 12 | On My Way to Play | Severin Browne |
| 13 | Let Her Go | Passenger |
| 14 | Take Me Home | Nick Justice |
| 15 | Judgment Day | Nick Justice |
| 16 | Down Country | Nick Justice |
| 17 | The Road Not Taken | Nick Justice |
| 18 | You Didn't Love Me Anyway | Nick Justice |
| 19 | Overdue | Severin Browne |
| 20 | My Friends Are All Around Me | Severin Browne |
| 21 | The River | Citizen Cope |
| 22 | I Am and I Will | Severin Browne |
| 23 | Heart of Gold | Neil Young |
| 24 | Atlantic City | Bruce Springsteen |
| 25 | Peace Train | Cat Stevens |
| 26 | Leader of the Band | Dan Fogelberg |
| 27 | Nebraska | Bruce Springsteen |
| 28 | Bad Tom Smith | Britton Patrick Morgan |
| 29 | I Can't Wait | Liz Barnez |
| 30 | California Dreamin | The Mamas & The Papas |
| 31 | Cats in the Cradle | Harry Chapin |
| 32 | Black Mountain Blues | Paula Cole |
| 33 | Barely Alive | Yola |
| 34 | Down in the Country | Israel Nash |
| 35 | Feed the Fire | Dawes |
| 36 | That Western Skyline | Dawes |
| 37 | A Little Bit of Everything | Dawes |
| 38 | Heroes & Highways | The High Hawks |
| 39 | Rope the Wind | Nick Justice |
| 40 | No Reason to Stay | Nick Justice |
| 41 | Run Away | Nick Justice |
| 42 | After We Say Goodbye | Nick Justice |
| 43 | Billy the Kid | Nick Justice |
| 44 | Love is on the Run | Nick Justice |
| 45 | Monday, Monday | The Mamas & The Papas |
| 46 | Down at the Fishing Hole | Nick Justice |
| 47 | Rhymes and Reason | Nick Justice |
| 48 | Can't You See | Nick Justice |
| 49 | Wild Child | Liz Barnez |
| 50 | She Moves Me | Keith Greeninger |
| 51 | Crystal Caving | Darlingside |
| 52 | It Ain't Me Babe (May 1, 1970) | Bob Dylan |
| 53 | Need to Lose | The Devil Makes Three |
| 54 | Too Late Babe | The Lowest Pair |
| 55 | Drunken Hearted Man | The Devil Makes Three |
| 56 | Mr. Tambourine Man | The Byrds |
| 57 | Your Turn | Lauren Anderson |
| 58 | Shady Grove | Jerry Garcia & David Grisman |
| 59 | Saint Elizabeth | Kaia Kater |
| 60 | Domino (Time Will Tell) | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 61 | I Don't Wanna Lie | Yola |
| 62 | Menage: the Beak / the Claw | The Hellecasters |
| 63 | Simple Song (Party Mix) | Liz Barnez |
| 64 | When the Dust Settles Down | The High Hawks |
| 65 | Whatever You Want | Yola |
| 66 | Damned (If You Do) | The Mavericks |
| 67 | One More Weekend (June 3, 1970) | Bob Dylan |
| 68 | Hey Ol' Man | Keith Greeninger |
| 69 | Come Monday | Jimmy Buffett |
| 70 | Morning Light | The Lowest Pair |
| 71 | Damn This Old Machine | King Cardinal |
| 72 | If It Don't Bleed | James McMurtry |
| 73 | Throw No Stones | Liz Barnez |
| 74 | Miguel and Maria | Severin Browne |
| 75 | It Ain't Love | Megan Burtt |
| 76 | Time Just Goes Away (feat. Darrell Scott) | Britton Patrick Morgan |
| 77 | I Never Would Have Changed | The Parson Red Heads |
| 78 | Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) | The Byrds |
| 79 | You Don't Have to Go | David Bromberg |
| 80 | Down in the Valley | The Devil Makes Three |
| 81 | I'll Be Here in the Morning | Townes Van Zandt |
| 82 | Mrs. Robinson | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 83 | Baxter, KY | Britton Patrick Morgan |
| 84 | Ocean Bed | Darlingside |
| 85 | Stealin' | Jerry Garcia & David Grisman |
| 86 | The Needle and the Damage Done | Neil Young |
| 87 | Southern Gothic Love Story | Britton Patrick Morgan |
| 88 | Ft. Walton Wake-Up Call | James McMurtry |
| 89 | Bones | Elizabeth Cook |
| 90 | Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison |
| 91 | Over Me | Megan Burtt |
| 92 | Mountain + Sea | Darlingside |
| 93 | Take a Look | Joe Matera |
| 94 | Sandy Cheeks | Morsel |
| 95 | Alice's Restaurant Massacree | Arlo Guthrie |
| 96 | The Loner | Neil Young |
| 97 | If I Had to Do It All Again | Yola |
| 98 | Break the Bough | Yola |
| 99 | The Perfect Plan | The Lowest Pair |
| 100 | Cowgirl in the Sand | Neil Young |
| 101 | Country Comfort | David Starr |
| 102 | Find the Door | The Haunted Windchimes |
| 103 | The Night David Bowie Died | Lilly Hiatt |
| 104 | Clear Mud | Monocle Band |
| 105 | Listen to October | Liz Barnez |
| 106 | Starlight | Yola |
| 107 | Stay | Israel Nash |
| 108 | These Days | Jackson Browne |
| 109 | Sisters of the Road | The Kennedys |
| 110 | Flat Top | Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon |
| 111 | Harvest | Neil Young |
| 112 | Sparkling River | Severin Browne |
| 113 | Fukushima Sunset | Severin Browne |
| 114 | Quiet Night | Severin Browne |
| 115 | Old Man | Neil Young |
| 116 | Moondance | Van Morrison |
| 117 | Lafayette | Anders Osborne |
| 118 | I Need Help | Liz Barnez |
| 119 | Lordy, Lordy | The Haunted Windchimes |
| 120 | Half Hanged Mary | Elizabeth Cook |
| 121 | Time Will Do the Talkin | Liz Barnez |
| 122 | New Formula | Brent Cowles |
| 123 | Dancing Away in Tears | Yola |
| 124 | If | Jack Broadbent |
| 125 | When I Think About You | Britton Patrick Morgan |
| 126 | Cocaine | Jackson Browne |
| 127 | Jesus | Amos Lee |
| 128 | Far Away | Bob Weir |
| 129 | Wishing Well | Jack Broadbent |
| 130 | All This Dark | Monocle Band |
| 131 | Pay It Now | Megan Burtt |
| 132 | Waited for June | Megan Burtt |
| 133 | Forefathers | Dan Fogelberg |
| 134 | Wheel Inside the Wheel | Mary Gauthier |
| 135 | Just Another Stone | The High Hawks |
| 136 | Southern Man | Neil Young |
| 137 | Bad Bad Man | The High Hawks |
| 138 | The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword | Van Morrison |
| 139 | Song from Half Mountain | Dan Fogelberg |
| 140 | Part of the Plan (Live) | Dan Fogelberg |
| 141 | For the Turnstiles | Neil Young |
| 142 | Keep Me Singing | Van Morrison |
| 143 | Trinity Lane | Lilly Hiatt |
| 144 | Other Side of Lonely | Megan Burtt |
| 145 | Listen | Amos Lee |
| 146 | And It Stoned Me | Van Morrison |
| 147 | Whatever Happened to Rose | Bob Weir |
| 148 | Whiskey Bay | Liz Barnez |
| 149 | Fly High | The High Hawks |
| 150 | Out on the Weekend | Neil Young |
| 151 | Sheets | Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon |
| 152 | Third Day in a Row | The Stray Birds |
| 153 | Ants | Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon |
| 154 | If I Wrote You | Dar Williams |
| 155 | Dharma Cafe | The Kennedys |
| 156 | Eight Miles High | Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon |
| 157 | Everything Reminds Me | The Deep Dark Woods |
| 158 | Up Call | James McMurtry |
| 159 | Pretty Boy Floyd the Outlaw | John Paul White |
| 160 | Spiders | Kirby Brown |
| 161 | I Won't Run | Sean Rowe |
| 162 | The Story of Waymond & Lou | Tommy Womack |
| 163 | Call Me Gary | Tommy Womack |
| 164 | You Don't Get over Love | Tommy Womack |
| 165 | Disney's America (graham Parker) | Tom Freund |
| 166 | Nothing but Time | Jackson Browne |
| 167 | Dividing Lines | Israel Nash |
| 168 | River | Joni Mitchell |
| 169 | Short People | Randy Newman |
| 170 | Same Old Lang Syne (Live) | Dan Fogelberg |
| 171 | Sugar Mountain | Neil Young |
| 172 | Love is a Rose | Neil Young |
| 173 | Moonshadow | Cat Stevens |
| 174 | Back It Up | Sean Hayes |
| 175 | Every Time I See a River | Van Morrison |
| 176 | These Days (En Vivo) | Jackson Browne |
| 177 | Crooked Line | Liz Barnez |
| 178 | Do Si Do | The High Hawks |
| 179 | Sally Walks | Citizen Cope |
| 180 | What's the Matter | James McMurtry |
| 181 | California Dreamin' | The Mamas & The Papas |
| 182 | Sail On, My Friend | Todd Snider |
| 183 | Wayfaring Stranger | Paula Cole |
| 184 | Heart Hotels | Dan Fogelberg |
| 185 | Tucson, Arizona (Gazette) | Dan Fogelberg |
| 186 | Sketches Winter (Live) | Dan Fogelberg |
| 187 | White Rider | The High Hawks |
| 188 | The Rebel Jesus | Jackson Browne |
| 189 | Time Will Be | Darlingside |
| 190 | Take Me Back | Sarah Jarosz |
| 191 | Get Together | Indigo Girls |
| 192 | Late for the Sky | Jackson Browne |
| 193 | Parted Ways | Heartless Bastards |
| 194 | The City of New Orleans | Arlo Guthrie |
| 195 | Middleman | Bright Eyes |
| 196 | The Thrill is Gone | Jerry Garcia & David Grisman |
| 197 | Nether Lands | Dan Fogelberg |
| 198 | Welcome Back | Liz Barnez |
| 199 | Haze | Bob Weir |
| 200 | February/Stars | Darlingside |
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