Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2022

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2022

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	Crutch	Band Of Horses	Alternative Folk
2	You Get It All	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
3	Can't Let Go	Robert Plant & Allison Kraus	Contemporary Folk
4	12th of June	Lyle Lovett	Alternative Folk
5	Throwin’ Away Your Love	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
6	PIERCED ARROWS	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Contemporary Folk
7	Trouble with My Lover	Robert Plant & Allison Kraus	Contemporary Folk
8	Count Me Down	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
9	Talk About That	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
10	I Remember Everything	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
11	Nervous	Tim O'Brien	Contemporary Folk
12	Make Myself Me Again	Cristina Vane	Alternative Folk
13	Wanderin'	Eliza Gilkyson	Folk
14	Wondrous Love	Watchhouse	Contemporary Folk
15	Fall Apart World	Mary Gauthier	Alternative Folk
16	Warning Signs	Band Of Horses	Alternative Folk
17	Broken Horses	Brandi Carlile	Contemporary Folk
18	Hickory Wind	John Hurlbut & Jorma Kaukonen	Contemporary Folk
19	Sanctuary	Hiss Golden Messenger	Alternative Folk
20	Rock and Roll	James Lee Stanley and Dan Navarro	Folk Rock
21	What's a Dog Think?	Steve Forbert	Contemporary Folk
22	Right on Time	Brandi Carlile	Contemporary Folk
23	Coming Home	Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb	Contemporary Folk
24	Heading West	Neil Young	Contemporary Folk
25	Dancing Away in Tears	Yola	Folk Rock
26	On the Road Again	The Brother Brothers	Contemporary Folk
27	See the World	Brett Dennen	Contemporary Folk
28	Flyin' and Cryin' (feat. Rodney Crowell)	Lisa Morales	Contemporary Folk
29	The Sound of Guitars	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
30	Here We Go Again	The Waterboys	Alternative Folk
31	Get Lucky	Patty Griffin	Contemporary Folk
32	Rising	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
33	I Am Empty	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
34	Church Street Blues (feat. Molly Tuttle)	Dan Tyminski	Traditional Folk
35	Resilience	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
36	Love That 's Real	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
37	Land of Milk and Honey	Pete Bernhard	Traditional Folk
38	Storm on the Desert	Kate MacLeod	Contemporary Folk
39	High and Lonesome	Robert Plant & Allison Kraus	Contemporary Folk
40	Coffee Shop Open Mic	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
41	Time Zone	Kate MacLeod	Contemporary Folk
42	Laurie Rolled Me a J	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
43	These Goodbyes	T Sisters	Alternative Folk
44	Spruce & Pine	SLPSTRM	Alternative Folk
45	Now is the Time to Be Alive	Kate MacLeod	Contemporary Folk
46	Never Be Alone	T Sisters	Alternative Folk
47	Pants is Overrated	Lyle Lovett	Alternative Folk
48	Calling Card	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
49	Stand for Myself	Yola	Folk Rock
50	Passengers	Aoife O'Donovan	Alternative Folk
51	Pure Fool	Keith Rayburn	Alternative Folk
52	Ride	Jack Broadbent	Folk Rock
53	Again	Pixie and The Partygrass Boys	Alternative Folk
54	The Price of Love	Robert Plant & Allison Kraus	Contemporary Folk
55	American Dream Cafe	John Roy Zat	Alternative Folk
56	I'm a Salmon in the River	John Roy Zat	Alternative Folk
57	I Took Hold of Your Hand	John Roy Zat	Alternative Folk
58	Except for That One Thing	John Roy Zat	Alternative Folk
59	Let's Take the Long Way Home	John Roy Zat	Alternative Folk
60	Another Page	Eric Selby	Contemporary Folk
61	The Liar	John Fullbright	Contemporary Folk
62	The Real Thing	Parker Millsap	Alternative Folk
63	Billie Jean	Alexandr Misko	Alternative Folk
64	Stone Throat	Glen Phillips	Alternative Folk
65	High Holiday	Kacy & Clayton	Traditional Folk
66	Nebraska	Bruce Springsteen	Folk Rock
67	Meat Bird in Beigeville	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
68	I'm Just Sayin'	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
69	Too Many Changes	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
70	Diggin' a Hole (Dave's Song)	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
71	Til I Make It to You	Suzie Brown	Contemporary Folk
72	All In!	Ray Wyatt	Contemporary Folk
73	Lullaby	Ray Wyatt	Contemporary Folk
74	The Possum	Ray Wyatt	Contemporary Folk
75	The Shadow of the Bird	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
76	Killing Time	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
77	Going the Distance	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
78	Alton Air	Darrell Scott	Contemporary Folk
79	America	Michael Johnathon	Contemporary Folk
80	Tomorrow	Cassie Jean and the Fireflies	Alternative Folk
81	Shady Grove	Michael Johnathon	Contemporary Folk
82	At the Foot of the Mountain	Eliza Gilkyson	Folk
83	Dust Bowl Man	Michelle Malone	Contemporary Folk
84	Techno-Folk	Michael Johnathon	Contemporary Folk
85	I Love My Dog	Mapache	Contemporary Folk
86	Simple Song	Liz Barnez	Folk
87	If It Wasn't Broken	Sunny War	Contemporary Folk
88	Desperately	Lisa Morales	Contemporary Folk
89	Trust	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
90	Hello in There	John Prine	Folk
91	Everyone's Welcome Here	Kerry Patrick Clark	Contemporary Folk
92	You Matter	Kerry Patrick Clark	Contemporary Folk
93	The Walls Come Tumbling Down	Kerry Patrick Clark	Contemporary Folk
94	Cat Man Do	Brigitte DeMeyer	Contemporary Folk
95	True is Beautiful	Raveis Kole	Contemporary Folk
96	Forget Jeanette	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
97	He Was a Friend of Mine	Max Gomez	Traditional Folk
98	The Hill Behind This Town	Eliza Gilkyson	Folk
99	If You Ain't Got Love	The Brother Brothers	Contemporary Folk
100	To Keep from Being Found	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
101	Stairway to Heaven	James Lee Stanley and Dan Navarro	Folk Rock
102	Early Summer of '21	Peter Mulvey	Alternative Folk
103	Searching for My Love	Robert Plant & Allison Kraus	Contemporary Folk
104	Livin' Downtown (feat. Victor Wainwright)	J-Rad Cooley	Folk Rock
105	Whole Lotta Love	James Lee Stanley and Dan Navarro	Folk Rock
106	House of the Holy	James Lee Stanley and Dan Navarro	Folk Rock
107	You Get Me High	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
108	Lonely Road	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
109	I B Gone	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
110	Wasting My Time	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
111	Backslide	Tommy Alexander	Folk Rock
112	Movin' Up Neck on Your Guitar	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
113	Fool in the Rain	James Lee Stanley and Dan Navarro	Folk Rock
114	Bright Star	Anais Mitchell	Contemporary Folk
115	From Where I Stand	Wyatt Easterling	Contemporary Folk
116	The Risin' of the Sea	James Kahn	Traditional Folk
117	Seven Daffodils	Peach & Quiet	Contemporary Folk
118	A Better Scene	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
119	Dark Enough to See the Stars	Mary Gauthier	Alternative Folk
120	For My Love	Peach & Quiet	Contemporary Folk
121	California Way	Peach & Quiet	Contemporary Folk
122	New Star	Watchhouse	Contemporary Folk
123	Through the Dark	Slaid Cleaves	Folk
124	Long Lonesome Road	The Lied To's	Contemporary Folk
125	It's Not Who You Love	The Lied To's	Contemporary Folk
126	Grace	Marcus Mumford	Contemporary Folk
127	Deja Vu	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
128	Empty to Fill	Peach & Quiet	Contemporary Folk
129	Shoreline After a Storm	Peach & Quiet	Contemporary Folk
130	Apocalachia	Valorie Miller	Contemporary Folk
131	The Light Moves in	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
132	A Father's Love	Kerry Patrick Clark	Contemporary Folk
133	Chain of Hope	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
134	Hawks Don't Share	Carson McHone	Alternative Folk
135	The Lullaby (My Oldest Love)	Rose Cousins	Contemporary Folk
136	Backroads	Johnsmith	Contemporary Folk
137	Built on Bones (feat. Alisa Amador & Violet Bell)	Emily Scott Robinson	Contemporary Folk
138	Only the Killer	Valorie Miller	Contemporary Folk
139	She Ought to Be King	Lisa Morales	Contemporary Folk
140	Blackbird	Mr. Sun	Traditional Folk
141	What's Gone is Gone	Ever More Nest	Contemporary Folk
142	Small Things	Steve Wood	Folk Rock
143	Honey We Gonna Fly	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
144	Sally Walks	Citizen Cope	Folk Rock
145	Ain’t No Stopping Us Now	Kerry Patrick Clark	Contemporary Folk
146	You Gotta Move	Steve Wood	Folk Rock
147	The Golden Voice of Vin Scully	Dan Bern	Folk Rock
148	Burlesque Desert Window	Trampled by Turtles	Traditional Folk
149	Perch-less Bird	Heather Maloney	Contemporary Folk
150	When I See You	Steve Wood	Folk Rock
151	Shadow	The Ballroom Thieves	Alternative Folk
152	Warranty	Keller Williams	Contemporary Folk
153	Dream Big	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
154	In the Covid Times	James Kahn	Traditional Folk
155	The Vast Infinity	James Kahn	Traditional Folk
156	Like a Little Bird (feat. Polly Harris)	Mike Stevens	Folk Rock
157	Things Have Changed	Cristina Vane	Alternative Folk
158	Phoenix	Aoife O'Donovan	Alternative Folk
159	How You Doin'	Cristina Vane	Alternative Folk
160	Truckers and Troubadours	Mary Gauthier	Alternative Folk
161	Shape of You	Neil Young	Contemporary Folk
162	Summer Dream (feat. Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson & Josh Kaufman)	Bonny Light Horseman	Alternative Folk
163	Sundown	James Kahn	Traditional Folk
164	Forever Shall Be	Patty Griffin	Contemporary Folk
165	Taking Control	Birdtalker	Contemporary Folk
166	Just Hanging on	Peter Case	Contemporary Folk
167	Running from My Hometown (feat. Tim Langford)	J-Rad Cooley	Folk Rock
168	Moon Valley	SLPSTRM	Alternative Folk
169	Young and Free	Severin Browne	Folk Rock
170	On My Way to Play	Severin Browne	Folk Rock
171	Overdue	Severin Browne	Folk Rock
172	My Friends Are All Around Me	Severin Browne	Folk Rock
173	Somebody Was Watching over Me	Robert Plant & Allison Kraus	Contemporary Folk
174	Souvenir	Pharis & Jason Romero	Traditional Folk
175	Junk Life	Brett Dennen	Contemporary Folk
176	Be Together	Karney	Folk Rock
177	Heart of Gold	Karney	Folk Rock
178	Gonna Be Beautiful	Karney	Folk Rock
179	Love & Respect (revised)	Karney	Folk Rock
180	Trust (acoustic)	Karney	Folk Rock
181	Midnight Kiss	The Lied To's	Contemporary Folk
182	Home of the Brave	Valorie Miller	Contemporary Folk
183	Straighten Up and Fly Right	Lyle Lovett	Alternative Folk
184	Broke Again	Joshua Hedley	Contemporary Folk
185	Strip of Light	Patty Griffin	Contemporary Folk
186	Amsterdam	Mary Gauthier	Alternative Folk
187	Good News	Brandon Reeves	Alternative Folk
188	Call It Home	Paula Standing	Contemporary Folk
189	How Many Miles (feat. the Accidentals)	HuDost	Contemporary Folk
190	Outsiders	Anna Tivel	Contemporary Folk
191	Another Day	Steve Wood	Folk Rock
192	Box of Memories	Steve Wood	Folk Rock
193	I Am and I Will	Severin Browne	Folk Rock
194	I Give You the Morning	Buffalo Rose & Tom Paxton	Contemporary Folk
195	Midnight Radio	Jack Broadbent	Folk Rock
196	Take Your Mind off It	Luke LeBlanc	Contemporary Folk
197	Horizon Line	Dan Navarro	Contemporary Folk
198	Cannot Change It All	Pharis & Jason Romero	Traditional Folk
199	Ida Red	Mike Stevens	Folk Rock
200	It's So Hard to Hold on	Trampled by Turtles	Traditional Folk

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2022

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2022