The Roots Music Report's
Top Traditional Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2024

 
Rank Song Title Band/Artist Name
1Let's Get Happy Together (feat. Maria Muldaur)Jim Kweskin
2Weepin' Willow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
3Hold on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
4Homeless Blues (Live)Misty Blues
5900 Miles (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
6Alabama Bound (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
7Be ReadyLarry Rice
8Push on ThroughLarry Rice
9Welcome the StrangerLarry Rice
10RunawayJames Maddock
11Yonder Come the Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
12Jack O' Diamonds (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
13Jim Crow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
14Keep on Movin' It on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
15Special Delivery Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
16Already GoneWillie Watson
17Freedom Trilogy (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
18Go Down Sunshine (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
19Good FriendsMax Gomez
20Slim and the DevilWillie Watson
21Glory Glory (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
22Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
23Hit or Miss (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
24Easy Rider (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
25Take This Hammer (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
26Dink's Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
27This Little Light of Mine (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
28Midnight Special (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
29It Ain't Me BabeBob Dylan
30How Long Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
31Miss HamiltonEd Sweeney
32A Childhood MedleyEd Sweeney
33A Little Traveling MusicEd Sweeney
34A Long Time TravelingEd Sweeney
35Bury Me Not on the Lone PrairieEd Sweeney
36Distant ShoreEd Sweeney
37Lament for the Death of the Reverend Archie BeatonEd Sweeney
38Right Foot outEd Sweeney
39Walking BossEd Sweeney
40When I Get HomeEd Sweeney
41While My Guitar Gently WeepsEd Sweeney
42Auld Lang SyneEd Sweeney
43Blues Everywhere I Go (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]Misty Blues
44Leaving Home (Frankie and Johnny) [feat. Meredith Axelrod]Jim Kweskin
45Pledging My TimeBob Dylan
46The Sheik of ArabyJim Kweskin
47Howard Hughes Blues (feat. Jamie Hartford)Norman Blake
48Mole in the GroundWillie Watson
49Mother Earth (feat. Rose Guerin)Jim Kweskin
50What Does the Deep Sea Say (feat. Fiona Kweskin)Jim Kweskin
51The Fields of ChazyClaudia Gibson
52Time of the RamblerVincent Neil Emerson
53The Lone Pilgrim (feat. Nell Foote)Jim Kweskin
54Side by Side (feat. Fiona Kweskin)Jim Kweskin
55Relax Your Mind (feat. Rose Guerin)Jim Kweskin
56I Ain't Never Been Satisfied (feat. Rose Guerin, Samoa Wilson & Fiona Kweskin)Jim Kweskin
57The Golden Crystal KingdomVincent Neil Emerson
58You're Just in Love (feat. Fiona Kweskin)Jim Kweskin
59Blackland PrairiesVincent Neil Emerson
60Burlesque Desert WindowTrampled by Turtles
61Engine 143 (feat. Samoa Wilson)Jim Kweskin
62Sally Don't You Grieve (feat. Meredith Axelrod)Jim Kweskin
63The Cuckoo (feat. Jessie Benton)Jim Kweskin
64Never Too Late (feat. Juli Crockett)Jim Kweskin
65Honey in the Rock (feat. Samoa Wilson)Jim Kweskin
66Play It One More TimeWillie Watson
67False ProphetBob Dylan
68Little Wolf's Invincible Yellow Medicine PaintVincent Neil Emerson
69Goodbye Jimmy ReedBob Dylan
70Clover on the HillsideVincent Neil Emerson
71Co'dineVincent Neil Emerson
72Remember Me (feat. Samoa Wilson)Jim Kweskin
73Alabama Jubilee (feat. Jamey Johnson)Norman Blake
74Time of the Cottonwood TreesVincent Neil Emerson
75The Sheik of Araby (feat. Maria Muldaur)Jim Kweskin
76Live and Let Live (feat. Juli Crockett)Jim Kweskin
77RainClaudia Gibson
78Real LoveWillie Watson
79The Man from UvaldeVincent Neil Emerson
80Laura's SongClaudia Gibson
81Give My Love to Rose (feat. Joseph Cash)Norman Blake
82Shady Grove (feat. Jamey Johnson)Norman Blake
83I'll Meet You in MontanaVincent Neil Emerson
84Tweedle Dee & Tweedle DumBob Dylan
85Mystery of Life (feat. Jamie Hartford)Norman Blake
86Georgia on My Mind (feat. Jamey Johnson)Norman Blake
87High HolidayKacy & Clayton
88Secret GirlKris Delmhorst
89One More Cup of CoffeeBob Dylan
90Travelin' So HardJohn Doe
91One More Time Before You Go (feat. Jerry Douglas, Todd Phillips, Sam Bush, Josh WilliamsDan Tyminski
92On the Banks of the Old GuadalupeVincent Neil Emerson
93Why You Been Gone So Long (feat. Gaven Largent)Dan Tyminski
94Moby Dick (feat. Juli Crockett)Jim Kweskin
95Shine onClaudia Gibson
96UnboundClaudia Gibson
97Star of the BarThe Lasses
98Life's Railway to Heaven (feat. Carlene Carter & John Carter Cash)Norman Blake
99Muddy RiverThe Resonant Rogues
100High Water (For Charley Patton)Bob Dylan
101Angels FlyClaudia Gibson
102Promised LandClaudia Gibson
103Baby RedbudBryant Roses
104The DaysClaudia Gibson
105MozambiqueBob Dylan
106The Way I Oughta GoBella White
107One More WeekendBob Dylan
108Bless Your Little HeartKris Delmhorst
109Basin Street BluesBarbara Dane
110Be True to YouCup O'Joe
111Crossing the RubiconBob Dylan
112Sweet CompanionThe Waymores
113Hard LifeCup O'Joe
114I Believe in Being ReadyRising Appalachia
115Lonesome Day BluesBob Dylan
116Study War No MoreBarbara Dane
117Voices (On the Spanish Isle)Vincent Neil Emerson
118Sad SongWillie Watson
119Reap 'Em in the ValleyWillie Watson
120Just Like LeavingBella White
121Texas MoonVincent Neil Emerson
122Brooklyn London RomeAndy Statman
123Hi-Eenktum Daddy-O (feat. Ana Cristina Cash & John Carter Cash)Norman Blake
124Harris and the MareWillie Watson
125The Night Visiting Song (feat. Pat Byrne)Claudia Gibson
126One to FallWillie Watson
127American ProofBryant Roses
128The Garden SceneBryant Roses
129The Perfect MomentBryant Roses
130Summer DaysBob Dylan
131City Painted GoldThe Brothers Comatose
132NavigatorCup O'Joe
133Azazel's EscapeCup O'Joe
134Hang Your Head Down LowVincent Neil Emerson
135Drinkin’ Whiskey TonightPokey LaFarge
136ShowerKrüger Brothers
137WaterfallKrüger Brothers
138Where the Songbirds LiveJohn Doe
139Leave It ShiningBryant Roses
140Small StarBryant Roses
141HurricaneBob Dylan
142Broken TongueJoshua James
143Step by StepJohn McCutcheon
144When I Paint My MasterpieceBob Dylan
145What a Nice LifeDamn Tall Buildings
146Uncle Noah's ArkNorman Blake
147ColoradoAdmiral Radio
148Passing ThroughBryant Roses
149The BackyardBryant Roses
150SeileachCassie and Maggie
151The Willow HitsCassie and Maggie
152Road Trippin'Xavier Rudd
153Queen Jane ApproximatelyBob Dylan
154Break My HeartBella White
155Bedlam BoysThe Trials of Cato
156Ring of RosesThe Trials of Cato
157My Own Version of YouBob Dylan
158When Black Shuck RoamsThe Trials of Cato
159Among Other ThingsBella White
160Rainbow of My DreamsZoe & Cloyd
161We'll Meet Again SweetheartZoe & Cloyd
162In a Time of DoubtKacy & Clayton
163Bulgar SiganskyZoe & Cloyd
164MarilynBella White
165IsisBob Dylan
166Black Diamond BayBob Dylan
167Up and at 'EmZoe & Cloyd
168MisirlouZoe & Cloyd
169Dead BirdsThe Way Down Wanderers
170Trouble in MindBarbara Dane
171LightningCup O'Joe
172CityCup O'Joe
173The Old ChurchyardCup O'Joe
174Sweet Morning VisionThe Way Down Wanderers
175GeordieLindsay Straw
176The Little ContortionistShane Cook & the Woodchippers
177Rican BeachHurray for the Riff Raff
178Romance in DurangoBob Dylan
179StoreroomJames Maddock
180Wanna GoCup O'Joe
181LambCup O'Joe
182HangmanCassie and Maggie
183Let No Man Steal Your ThymeCassie and Maggie
184Blue WillowCassie and Maggie
185Claude JonesPokey LaFarge
186Peace WithinTaylor Pie
187Somewhere in the NowhereFriction Farm
188BrothersGunning & Cormier
189Mennonite GirlJohn Gorka
190Going Down the Road Feelin' BadDom Flemons
191Charmin' BetsyDom Flemons
192Goodbye Old PaintDom Flemons
193Go Dig My GraveEmerald Rae
194Factory BluesHackensaw Boys
195That Sweet Orchestra SoundKacy & Clayton
196Sweet OctoberAoife Scott
197Driving Me MadnolinMark Stoffel
198The Old MountaineerMark Stoffel
199The Ballad of the Choctaw-ApacheVincent Neil Emerson
200The CottonwoodsShane Cook & the Woodchippers
201Woodstock (Alternate Vocals)Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
202Shake SugareeNicholas Edward Williams
203JoeyBob Dylan
204Bye and ByeBob Dylan
205MomentsXavier Rudd
 

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