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	None'ya	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
2	This Too Shall Pass	Jamestown Revival	Contemporary Folk
3	Eve	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
4	Make It Last	Darling West	Contemporary Folk
5	Just Like Overnight	Todd Snider	Folk Rock
6	Part Wolf	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
7	No Time for Love Songs	The Mastersons	Contemporary Folk
8	I Don't Wanna Lie	Yola	Folk Rock
9	The Good Old Days	John Paul White	Folk Rock
10	The Mountain	Alec Lytle & Them Rounders	Contemporary Folk
11	Don't Ask	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
12	Johnny	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
13	Howl at the Moon	Indigo Girls	Contemporary Folk
14	Magic of the Music	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
15	Crazy World (Judgement Day)	Jamestown Revival	Contemporary Folk
16	The Cure	Watkins Family Hour	Alternative Folk
17	Enemy	The Dustbowl Revival	Contemporary Folk
18	I Remember Everything	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
19	Have Purpose Live Long	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
20	It's Your Voodoo Working	Eilen Jewell	Contemporary Folk
21	I Bleed Human	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
22	Madness	Giriffin Swank	Contemporary Folk
23	End of the Day	Aaron Lee Tasjan	Folk Rock
24	All It Takes is Time	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
25	Billie Jean	Alexandr Misko	Alternative Folk
26	Sailing to Philadelphia	Mark Knopfler	Folk
27	One More Time	Jackdaw	Alternative Folk
28	Put It Back Together	Stoll Vaughan	Contemporary Folk
29	The Very Last Cowboy in Paris	Jackdaw	Alternative Folk
30	Sing You Mine	Jackdaw	Alternative Folk
31	Nine Foot Problem	Otis Gibbs	Alternative Folk
32	Paris, Texas	Ry Cooder	Folk
33	Reality	Antoine Dufour	Folk
34	Ragamuffin	Michael Hedges	Folk
35	Beautiful Imperfection	Guthrie Govan	Folk
36	Sweet Child O' Mine	Luca Stricagnoli	Folk
37	Low Lonesome	Duke Levine	Folk
38	Aerial Boundaries	Michael Hedges	Folk
39	Rylynn	Andy McKee	Folk
40	Try	Neil Young	Contemporary Folk
41	Dark, Dark, Dark	Gregory Alan Isakov	Contemporary Folk
42	Forgiveness	Christie McCarthy	Folk Rock
43	Every Highway	James Lee Stanley	Alternative Folk
44	Don't Deny	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
45	Perfect Girls of Pop	Elizabeth Cook	Folk Rock
46	Ernest Tubb Had Fuzzy Slippers	Matt Patershuk	Contemporary Folk
47	What in the World...	Michael McDermott	Alternative Folk
48	Where is the Medicine	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
49	Chasin' That Train	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
50	Mi Familia	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
51	Homesick	Trae Sheehan	Folk
52	Pass It on Down	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
53	Party with the Saints	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
54	Cryin'	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
55	For You	Angus & Julia Stone	Contemporary Folk
56	Olympia, WA	Molly Tuttle	Alternative Folk
57	Hole in My Life	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
58	Season of the Witch	Donovan	Folk
59	The Last Mix	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
60	Send You My Love	Liz Longley	Contemporary Folk
61	Take Me Home	Nick Justice	Folk Rock
62	World Without Walls	Aztec Two-Step 2.0	Folk Rock
63	Bright Morning Stars	The Wailin' Jennys	Folk
64	Judgment Day	Nick Justice	Folk Rock
65	Wonder	The Lone Bellow	Folk
66	Grace is Gone	Dave Matthews Band	Contemporary Folk
67	Windows Are Rolled Down	Amos Lee	Folk
68	Trouble and Woe	Ruth Moody	Contemporary Folk
69	The Lament of Eustace Scrubb	The Oh Hellos	Folk
70	Wishing Well	The Oh Hellos	Folk
71	Barton Hollow	The Civil Wars	Folk
72	Violin	Amos Lee	Folk
73	Only Love	Ben Howard	Folk
74	Nica Libres at Dusk	Ben Howard	Contemporary Folk
75	Talking Tales of Wandering	Ken Dunn	Contemporary Folk
76	Long Violent History	Tyler Childers	Traditional Folk
77	Rest of My Life	Nickel Creek	Celtic
78	Bullet Holes	Gregory Alan Isakov	Contemporary Folk
79	Diamonds	Ben Howard	Alternative Folk
80	Was I Just Another One	Gregory Alan Isakov	Contemporary Folk
81	Down Country	Nick Justice	Folk Rock
82	The Road Not Taken	Nick Justice	Folk Rock
83	That Western Skyline	Dawes	Folk Rock
84	You Didn't Love Me Anyway	Nick Justice	Folk Rock
85	I Have Made Mistakes	The Oh Hellos	Folk
86	A Little Bit of Everything	Dawes	Folk Rock
87	Let Her Go	Passenger	Folk Rock
88	Caves	Gregory Alan Isakov	Contemporary Folk
89	The Devil's Tears	Angus & Julia Stone	Contemporary Folk
90	Copperline (Live)	James Taylor	Contemporary Folk
91	Old Pine	Ben Howard	Folk
92	Yellow Brick Road	Angus & Julia Stone	Contemporary Folk
93	Love of Mine	Nickel Creek	Celtic
94	Just for You (feat. Dan Kassel)	Gordon Thomas Ward	Alternative Folk
95	Apocalypse (Now!)	Aztec Two-Step 2.0	Folk Rock
96	Maggie	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
97	The Dancer	Linda Sussman	Contemporary Folk
98	Conversational Snow	Eric Selby	Contemporary Folk
99	When I Get to Heaven	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
100	Part of It	Eric Selby	Contemporary Folk
101	Diamonds on the Inside	Ben Harper	Folk
102	Into Me You See (Here & Now)	Raveis Kole	Contemporary Folk
103	She Moves Me	Keith Greeninger	Folk Rock
104	Dancin'	Pete Bernhard	Traditional Folk
105	Matamoros	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
106	Legacy	Michael Johnathon	Contemporary Folk
107	Shine	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
108	Patiently	Eric Selby	Contemporary Folk
109	King High Tide	Ken Dunn	Contemporary Folk
110	Harder Days	Trae Sheehan	Folk
111	Sunrise	Larry Carlton	Folk
112	Wanderin'	Justin Townes Earle	Folk
113	Lost in Rio	Guthrie Govan	Folk
114	Harley's Lament	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
115	Red and Purple Too	Ken Dunn	Contemporary Folk
116	Mr. John	Duke Levine	Folk
117	Friend of the Sky	Cej	Alternative Folk
118	Ripples in the Dance Floor	James Lee Stanley	Alternative Folk
119	Friend I Never Had	Mean Mary	Contemporary Folk
120	Come Back Joni	Ken Dunn	Contemporary Folk
121	Andy's Song	Jackdaw	Alternative Folk
122	So Long the River	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
123	Live It Up Now	James Lee Stanley	Alternative Folk
124	Deep in the Hive	Ken Dunn	Contemporary Folk
125	The Ballad of Joseph Martin (feat. Eric Troyer)	Gordon Thomas Ward	Alternative Folk
126	Thanksgiving (Feel Like Home) [Nashville Sessions]	Raveis Kole	Contemporary Folk
127	What Would the Indians Say	Aztec Two-Step 2.0	Folk Rock
128	From a Distance (feat. Irene Kelley & Claire Lynch)	Valerie Smith	Contemporary Folk
129	Michigan	The Milk Carton Kids	Folk
130	All My Trials	Art and Paul	Traditional Folk
131	Moonshiner	Art and Paul	Traditional Folk
132	Big Grey Dog	JigJam	Contemporary Folk
133	Holding Onto a Rainbow	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
134	Five More Minutes	The War and Treaty	Contemporary Folk
135	Désirée (feat. Eric Troyer)	Gordon Thomas Ward	Alternative Folk
136	Dark Road	James Lee Stanley	Alternative Folk
137	All the Pretty Little Horses	Art and Paul	Traditional Folk
138	Wish I Didn't Miss Her So	Art and Paul	Traditional Folk
139	Devilish Mary	Art and Paul	Traditional Folk
140	Vagabond Wind	Jackdaw	Alternative Folk
141	You Matter	Kerry Patrick Clark	Contemporary Folk
142	Satellites (feat. Eric Troyer)	Gordon Thomas Ward	Alternative Folk
143	Eiderdown (feat. Caroline Cotter, Eric Troyer, Ian Rankine & Michael Mitsch)	Gordon Thomas Ward	Alternative Folk
144	What You're Made of	Gracious Me	Contemporary Folk
145	I Never Give Up	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
146	Mortal Flames	John Dennis	Alternative Folk
147	Three Feet off the Earth	Trae Sheehan	Folk
148	Won't Abandon Ship	Gracious Me	Contemporary Folk
149	Butterfly	Kelly's Lot	Contemporary Folk
150	Dreaming	The Dustbowl Revival	Contemporary Folk
151	Don't Let Me Disappear	Ben Harper	Contemporary Folk
152	Cemented	Thomas Hine	Contemporary Folk
153	I Knew You	Pete Bernhard	Traditional Folk
154	The Realist	Derek Bodkin	Alternative Folk
155	Piety of Thieves (feat. Eric Troyer)	Gordon Thomas Ward	Alternative Folk
156	Black Eyed Dog	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
157	Angel from Montgomery	Raveis Kole	Contemporary Folk
158	More Than I Should	Duff Ferguson	Alternative Folk
159	Open Your Eyes	Duff Ferguson	Alternative Folk
160	A Good Chord on a Bad Guitar	Kathy Forste	Folk Rock
161	Walkin' on the Water	Kathy Forste	Folk Rock
162	Best Bad Thing	Kathy Forste	Folk Rock
163	Cannonball Road	Kathy Forste	Folk Rock
164	God, Guns, and Guitars	Kathy Forste	Folk Rock
165	Hearts Town	The War and Treaty	Contemporary Folk
166	Old County Rd	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
167	Scully's Redemption	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
168	Abandon	Thomas Hine	Contemporary Folk
169	Eyes Open Wide	The Mastersons	Contemporary Folk
170	What Becomes a Memory	Duff Ferguson	Alternative Folk
171	The Widow of Glasgow Green (feat. Noe Cervantes)	EllaHarp	Contemporary Folk
172	Walking Through	Thomas Hine	Contemporary Folk
173	Straw Houses	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
174	No Summer	Cinder Well	Contemporary Folk
175	First Light	John Dennis	Alternative Folk
176	Precipice Forgiveness (Flow is On)	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
177	Say Die	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
178	Solomon's Shanty	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
179	It Ain't Workin'	EllaHarp	Contemporary Folk
180	Everyone's Welcome Here	Kerry Patrick Clark	Contemporary Folk
181	Ain’t No Stopping Us Now	Kerry Patrick Clark	Contemporary Folk
182	Hometown	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
183	Rebels Without Applause	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
184	Without Water	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
185	Bluebird	Jamestown Revival	Contemporary Folk
186	I Won't Remember You	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
187	Rio Allie	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
188	Gypsy Moth	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
189	Teddy Two-Worlds	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
190	Old Way	Eric Selby	Contemporary Folk
191	Throw It All Away	Eric Selby	Contemporary Folk
192	The Benefits of Being Alone	Rose Cousins	Contemporary Folk
193	The First Taste	Eric Selby	Contemporary Folk
194	The Printer's Devil	James Kahn	Alternative Folk
195	The Walls Come Tumbling Down	Kerry Patrick Clark	Contemporary Folk
196	(Under The) Heavy Sun	Daniel Lanois	Folk
197	Lock Me Up	Kelly's Lot	Contemporary Folk

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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