Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2017

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2017

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	Freedom Highway	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
2	Come Back Down	T Sisters	Contemporary Folk
3	It Ain't over Yet	Rodney Crowell	Folk Rock
4	Brothers	The Brothers Comatose	Traditional Folk
5	Virgin Guitar	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
6	Doomsday	Ryan Adams	Folk Rock
7	Please Explain	Catie Curtis	Contemporary Folk
8	I'm Going to Get You Stoned	Colin Hay	Alternative Folk
9	It's Your Voodoo Working	Eilen Jewell	Contemporary Folk
10	Eastside Bulldog	Todd Snider	Folk
11	Hey Babe	The Ormewoods	Traditional Folk
12	How Come My Dog Don't Bark when You Come 'Round?	David Bromberg	Folk
13	Blessings	Darden Smith	Contemporary Folk
14	Pictures on My Phone (Live)	John Craigie	Contemporary Folk
15	Shakedown	Valerie June	Contemporary Folk
16	Mystery Train	Daniel Champagne	Folk Rock
17	Love Will Win the War	Darden Smith	Contemporary Folk
18	Busted	The Dustbowl Revival	Contemporary Folk
19	Damned (If You Do)	The Mavericks	Folk Rock
20	Worried Mind	Eilen Jewell	Contemporary Folk
21	Blackbirds	Gretchen Peters	Alternative Folk
22	Wild Geese	Tom Russell	Traditional Folk
23	Firestarter	The Currys	Folk Rock
24	It's a Jungle out There	Randy Newman	Folk Rock
25	Lucifer and the Fallen Angels	Ray Wylie Hubbard	Contemporary Folk
26	Astoria	Tony Furtado	Alternative Folk
27	The World Ain't Gonna Spin Your Way	The Sam Chase & the Untraditional	Folk
28	Won't Let You Down	Bridget Kearney	Folk Rock
29	Change	Moshe Vilozny	Alternative Folk
30	Better Get It Right the First Time	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
31	On the Road Again	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
32	The Frozen Logger	Dean Gitter and The Ute Mountain Gang	Celtic
33	Astral Plane	Valerie June	Contemporary Folk
34	Something Tamed Something Wild	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Folk
35	Guardian Angel	Tim O'Brien	Contemporary Folk
36	He's Fine	The Secret Sisters	Folk
37	Good Bye Will Never Come Again	Bill Abernathy	Traditional Folk
38	To Get by	Malcolm Holcombe	Alternative Folk
39	Prove My Love	Lucinda Williams	Traditional Folk
40	I Can't Settle	James Maddock	Folk Rock
41	Dyin'	Elizabeth Cook	Folk
42	Living in the City	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Traditional Folk
43	Where the River Meets the Road	Tim O'Brien	Contemporary Folk
44	Spring	Mouths of Babes	Contemporary Folk
45	Strike the Bells	Rayna Gellert	Contemporary Folk
46	Got Soul	Valerie June	Contemporary Folk
47	A Big Comeuppance	Steve Forbert	Folk
48	Workin's Too Hard	Rayna Gellert	Contemporary Folk
49	When It Comes My Turn	David Myles	Contemporary Folk
50	Lean into Love	Elaine Mahon	Contemporary Folk
51	Reach for the Stars	Elaine Mahon	Contemporary Folk
52	I'm a Little Mixed Up	Eilen Jewell	Contemporary Folk
53	Cures Just Like Medicine	A.J. Croce	Folk
54	Big Creek	Pint & a Half	Contemporary Folk
55	Going Home	Joe Jencks	Contemporary Folk
56	States I'm in	Bruce Cockburn	Folk Rock
57	Catch the Wind	Joan Baez	Alternative Folk
58	Tennessee Blues	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
59	Not Dark Yet	Shelby Lynne	Folk Rock
60	Ether's Arms	Lenore	Contemporary Folk
61	Don't Ever Go Away	Peter Calo	Alternative Folk
62	Take You Away	Christian Lopez Band	Contemporary Folk
63	Never Knew You Loved Me Too	Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones	Traditional Folk
64	Sunshine Follows Rain	Flatland Tourists	Alternative Folk
65	I Still Believe	Laura Love	Folk Rock
66	Looking for a Lady	Bill Abernathy	Traditional Folk
67	Destitute	Christopher Paul Stelling	Contemporary Folk
68	Way over Yonder	The Small Glories	Contemporary Folk
69	Hard Work	Christopher Paul Stelling	Folk Rock
70	Sake of the Song	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
71	I Want to Tell You About What I Want	Robyn Hitchcock	Folk
72	She Knows	Sean Hayes	Folk Rock
73	Dream on	Ron Sowell	Alternative Folk
74	Long Stemmed Rose	Paul Lee Arnoldi	Traditional Folk
75	Roommate's Predicament	Emily Mure	Alternative Folk
76	To Be Without You	Ryan Adams	Folk Rock
77	In It's Own Time	Davey O.	Contemporary Folk
78	You Are Not Alone	Elaine Mahon	Contemporary Folk
79	This Old TV Set	Paul Lee Arnoldi	Traditional Folk
80	Do You Still Love Me?	Ryan Adams	Folk Rock
81	Rocket out of Here	John Stowers	Folk Rock
82	Wondrous Traveler	The Small Glories	Contemporary Folk
83	Play by Your Own Rules	Sam Bush	Folk
84	I Would Do	Kasey Chambers	Folk
85	Lovely Rainy Day	John Stowers	Folk Rock
86	Delia's Gone	Dean Gitter and The Ute Mountain Gang	Traditional Folk
87	To Violet	Greg Vanderpool	Traditional Folk
88	Rolling Home	Elaine Mahon	Contemporary Folk
89	My Hometown's Not My Hometown Anymore	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
90	The Life You Chose	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	Folk
91	Down on Penny's Farm	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
92	You Could Be My Baby	SHEL	Folk
93	Crazy Mixed Up World	Eilen Jewell	Contemporary Folk
94	This Path Tonight	Graham Nash	Folk
95	Blindly Believing	The Waifs	Contemporary Folk
96	Shadows Dancing	Elaine Mahon	Contemporary Folk
97	Brand New Day	The Mavericks	Folk Rock
98	Burn the Barn	Big Country Bluegrass	Traditional Folk
99	A Song for Mary	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
100	Better Day	John Stowers	Folk Rock
101	Wayside	Mark Erelli	Contemporary Folk
102	The Way Back	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
103	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	Contemporary Folk
104	Oh My Love	Ashley Condon	Traditional Folk
105	Find a Way	Bill Abernathy	Traditional Folk
106	Where I Need to Be	Bill Abernathy	Traditional Folk
107	Electric Blue Dandelion	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
108	Johnny is Gone for a Soldier	Paul Lee Arnoldi	Traditional Folk
109	24 Frames	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	Folk
110	Broken Bell	Tony Furtado	Alternative Folk
111	Start to Start	Bill Abernathy	Traditional Folk
112	She Kills	Jerry Castle	Folk Rock
113	Behind That Locked Door	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
114	Fearless (All In)	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
115	Cumberland Gap	Dave Rawlings	Contemporary Folk
116	Holding Onto a Rainbow	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
117	Dawn Breaks Through	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
118	The Great Debate	Randy Newman	Folk Rock
119	Big Airplane	Flatland Tourists	Alternative Folk
120	Aloha	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
121	We Sang Our Songs in California	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
122	Blame It on the Russians	Art Podell	Alternative Folk
123	Wandering Man	Jamestown Revival	Traditional Folk
124	You've Heard My Voice (And You Know My Name)	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
125	One Simple Waltz	Micah & Mark Atkinson	Contemporary Folk
126	Worried Mind	Travis Linville	Contemporary Folk
127	But then You Smile	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
128	Feels Like Lightning	Josh Ritter	Alternative Folk
129	All My Life	Flatt Lonesome	Contemporary Folk
130	Windy Mountain	Tim O'Brien	Contemporary Folk
131	Gandy Dancer	Magic Music	Alternative Folk
132	Turtle Dove	Dori Freeman	Contemporary Folk
133	Shame	Rachel Baiman	Folk
134	At the Purchaser's Option	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
135	Dear John or Jane	Joy Zimmerman	Alternative Folk
136	This I Know	Bill Abernathy	Traditional Folk
137	Say My Name (For Camille Claudel)	Joy Zimmerman	Contemporary Folk
138	Higher Place	Joy Zimmerman	Contemporary Folk
139	Even when I'm High	John Stowers	Folk Rock
140	Sweet Bird	Joy Zimmerman	Contemporary Folk
141	What're We Gonna Do About Judy Wyner?	Judy Nazemetz	Traditional Folk
142	Jump on in	Joy Zimmerman	Contemporary Folk
143	Moonshine Freeze	This Is the Kit	Contemporary Folk
144	The Bird & the Rifle	Lori McKenna	Folk
145	Valerie	The Brothers Comatose	Traditional Folk
146	Yesterday I Was So Tired	Judy Nazemetz	Alternative Folk
147	Old Wolf	Ray Wylie Hubbard	Contemporary Folk
148	Tumbling Dice (feat. Jay Cobb Anderson & Shook Twins)	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
149	Blackleg Miner	Offa Rex	Contemporary Folk
150	Willoughby	John Batdorf	Alternative Folk
151	Rican Beach	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Traditional Folk
152	Sometimes You've Got to Do Bad Things to Do Good	Matt Patershuk	Contemporary Folk
153	Come on over My House	Dave Rawlings	Contemporary Folk
154	City Full of Streets	The Mulligan Brothers	Alternative Folk
155	Got the Blues	Carlo Grimelli	Contemporary Folk
156	Just Say It Now	Dori Freeman	Contemporary Folk
157	Spread Some Love	Carlo Grimelli	Contemporary Folk
158	2 Step	Carlo Grimelli	Contemporary Folk
159	Pandora	Carlo Grimelli	Contemporary Folk
160	21 Days	Carlo Grimelli	Contemporary Folk
161	Devil Said Do	Lynne Hanson	Contemporary Folk
162	Broken	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
163	Downtown Blues	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
164	Goodnight Waltz	The Mavericks	Folk Rock
165	East Houston Blues	Rodney Crowell	Folk Rock
166	My Sweet Rosetta	Trevor Alguire	Folk
167	Best of You	Ordinary Elephant	Contemporary Folk
168	Songbird	Cory Chisel	Traditional Folk
169	Six Blocks Away	Lucinda Williams	Traditional Folk
170	Come Tumblin' Down	Colin Hay	Alternative Folk
171	Me and Becky (Hand in Hand)	Big Country Bluegrass	Traditional Folk
172	The Juke	Brigitte DeMeyer	Contemporary Folk
173	On My Way Tonight	Quiles & Cloud	Contemporary Folk
174	Red Lights in the Rain (feat. Rose Cousins)	Stephen Fearing	Alternative Folk
175	Last Cigarette	Anna Tivel	Contemporary Folk
176	The Only Thread	Flatland Tourists	Alternative Folk
177	Whatcha Gonna Do	Flatland Tourists	Alternative Folk
178	Young at Heart	Bob Dylan	Folk Rock
179	Put 'Em Up Solid	Dave Rawlings	Contemporary Folk
180	Wild Fire	Laura Marling	Folk
181	Hitchhiker	Neil Young	Folk Rock
182	The Old Crooked Trail	Big Country Bluegrass	Traditional Folk
183	Natural Causes	Ron Renninger	Contemporary Folk
184	Polyamorous Pollyann	Taarka	Contemporary Folk
185	Life Without Susanna	Rodney Crowell	Folk Rock
186	Had I Paid	The Small Glories	Contemporary Folk
187	Time and the River	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
188	Driftin Dan	Timmy Abell	Contemporary Folk
189	Made Up Mind	The Bros. Landreth	Alternative Folk
190	Gypsy	Matt Patershuk	Contemporary Folk
191	Golden Apples	Art Podell	Contemporary Folk
192	Poor Man	Jeffrey Martin	Alternative Folk
193	Holy Man	Bill Scorzari	Traditional Folk
194	Sharecropper's Son	John McCutcheon	Folk
195	Samson and Delilah	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
196	Black Snake	Tim Grimm and the Family Band	Contemporary Folk
197	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning	The Derek Trucks Band	Folk
198	Showboat	Josh Ritter	Alternative Folk
199	In the Space of a Day	Rachel Baiman	Folk
200	Maybe You'll Be There	Bob Dylan	Folk Rock

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2017

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2017