Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2024

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

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	Alibi	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Alternative Folk
2	Jealous Moon	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
3	Ahead of the Game	Mark Knopfler	Contemporary Folk
4	The Returner	Allison Russell	Contemporary Folk
5	Boombox	Charlie Parr	Contemporary Folk
6	While I'm Down (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings)	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
7	Hawkmoon	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Alternative Folk
8	Brown's Ferry Blues (feat. Billy Strings)	Tony Trischka	Alternative Folk
9	Let's Get Happy Together (feat. Maria Muldaur)	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
10	Somewhere South	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
11	River Gonna Talk	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
12	Let's Take Our Time and Do It Right	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
13	When I Was Younger	Bonny Light Horseman	Alternative Folk
14	Weight You Carry	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
15	I Wanna Go out	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
16	Hold Me	The Strumbellas	Contemporary Folk
17	Step into Your Power	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
18	American Boys	Don McLean	Folk Rock
19	Hurricane	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
20	All the Ways	The Secret Sisters	Contemporary Folk
21	From a Dying Rose	Todd Snider	Folk Rock
22	Love of a Girl	The Avett Brothers	Folk Rock
23	Lagunita	Lizzie No	Alternative Folk
24	Just a Little Ways Down the Road	Laurie Lewis	Alternative Folk
25	Weepin' Willow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
26	Orion's Belt	The Avett Brothers	Folk Rock
27	Too Little, Too Late, Too Bad	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
28	Snake Plant (The Past is Still Alive)	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Alternative Folk
29	Frost on the South Side	Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz	Alternative Folk
30	Out of Time (feat. LeAnn Rimes)	Trampled by Turtles	Contemporary Folk
31	Lemon's Jump	Stefan Grossman	Contemporary Folk
32	We Don't Talk About It	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
33	City Slickers	Rainbow Girls	Alternative Folk
34	Atlanta Blues	Stephen Bennett	Contemporary Folk
35	None of Em Dead	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
36	Witness Trees	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
37	Women Are Not Equal	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
38	Sinners and Saints	Karney	Folk Rock
39	Rainbow in the Dark	Karney	Folk Rock
40	Devil Rail	John Zipperer	Contemporary Folk
41	Sound Existence	Steve Forbert	Contemporary Folk
42	Buddy Roe	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
43	This Bluesy Thing We Do	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
44	Win or Lose	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
45	Oola	John Zipperer	Contemporary Folk
46	Lexi Dance	John Zipperer	Contemporary Folk
47	Runaway	James Maddock	Traditional Folk
48	Be Ready	Larry Rice	Traditional Folk
49	Push on Through	Larry Rice	Traditional Folk
50	Welcome the Stranger	Larry Rice	Traditional Folk
51	Rickie Lee	Arielle Silver	Contemporary Folk
52	Asteroids and Chaos	Arielle Silver	Contemporary Folk
53	Don't Let It Rain	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
54	Homeless Blues (Live)	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
55	Alabama Bound (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
56	Soft on the Shoulder	Arielle Silver	Contemporary Folk
57	900 Miles (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
58	Feel the Way I Feel	Wolf Jett	Contemporary Folk
59	Went to a Party	Nick Lowe	Folk Rock
60	World Keeps on Singing	Eliza Gilkyson	Contemporary Folk
61	Dig a Hole in the Meadow (Darlin Cory)	Morningbird	Contemporary Folk
62	Peace is More	Karney	Folk Rock
63	Your Love	Pressing Strings	Folk Rock
64	The Living Kind	John Smith	Contemporary Folk
65	Pretty Lights of Denver	Weary Ramblers	Contemporary Folk
66	Already Gone	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
67	Birds and Bees	Morningbird	Contemporary Folk
68	Time for a Change	Morningbird	Contemporary Folk
69	Just Doesn't Work Anymore	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
70	Harbortowne	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
71	Lottery	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
72	Letter to a Savior	Good Morning Bedlam	Contemporary Folk
73	Hard Playing Hard to Get	Sons Of The East	Folk Rock
74	Senses (Thanks JSB)	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
75	Hold on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
76	Sweet Hazel Green	Weary Ramblers	Contemporary Folk
77	Medicine Creek	Weary Ramblers	Contemporary Folk
78	Yonder Come the Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
79	Done with Love	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
80	Thinking of Her	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
81	Nazareth	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
82	WTF	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
83	Too Lazy	Joe Holt	Contemporary Folk
84	It All Comes Down to Love	Tom Rush	Contemporary Folk
85	Spruce & Pine	SLPSTRM	Alternative Folk
86	The Ballad of Elon Musk	Michael Johnathon	Contemporary Folk
87	Glacier	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
88	Wherever You Go	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
89	Jack O' Diamonds (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
90	What a Little Love Can Do	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
91	Bop Bop New Orleans	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
92	Kismet	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
93	Sticky and Sweet	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
94	Walking in the Valley of the Shadow	Will Kimbrough	Folk Rock
95	Make Good Trouble	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
96	Midnight Wine	Shannon & The Clams	Alternative Folk
97	Unfinished Business	Megan Burtt	Folk Rock
98	Two Pairs of Hands	Mark Knopfler	Contemporary Folk
99	Stand	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
100	Friends	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
101	I Was Wrong	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
102	Jim Crow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
103	Keep on Movin' It on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
104	Sweet Beginnings	Kathryn Severing Fox	Contemporary Folk
105	White Lines & Headlights	Kathryn Severing Fox	Contemporary Folk
106	Secret	Kathryn Severing Fox	Contemporary Folk
107	Far Cry	T Sisters	Alternative Folk
108	You Louisiana Man	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
109	20 Years and a Nickel	Hiss Golden Messenger	Alternative Folk
110	Special Delivery Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
111	On and on	Grace Cummings	Folk Rock
112	You're the One	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
113	Freedom Trilogy (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
114	Worry B Gone	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
115	Little Speck of Dust	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
116	Crawl	Shannon & The Clams	Alternative Folk
117	And They Called Her California	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
118	Closer to Fine	Indigo Girls	Contemporary Folk
119	All That Makes Me Happy is the Blues	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
120	Good Friends	Max Gomez	Traditional Folk
121	I Wouldn't Change a Thing	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
122	Season of the Witch	Donovan	Folk
123	The Truth About a Lie	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
124	Katie's Got a Locket	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
125	Backwater Voodoo	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
126	Old Radio	Robby Hecht	Folk Rock
127	I Want to Tell You	Katie Knipp	Alternative Folk
128	Lights of Change	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
129	Remember Dorothy	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
130	Slim and the Devil	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
131	I Wanna Fly	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
132	Colossus of Roads	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Alternative Folk
133	The Sound of Falling Snow	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
134	Follow the Money	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
135	Give Us Free	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
136	Thunderstorm Girl	Don McLean	Folk Rock
137	Halfsies	Lizzie No	Alternative Folk
138	If I Was a Sparrow	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
139	East Runs out of West	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
140	Jonah's Song	Rainbow Girls	Alternative Folk
141	Bob Dylan Whiskey	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
142	Sugaree	Alice DiMicele	Alternative Folk
143	My Lady Fair	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
144	Ozarker	Israel Nash	Folk Rock
145	Shine Your Blues	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
146	Time and Space	Katie Knipp	Alternative Folk
147	When the Lights Go out	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
148	Things We Contemplate	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
149	Procrastination (I'll Do It Later)	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
150	Everlasting	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
151	Hands on	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
152	Forgiveness	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
153	What You've Shown Me	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
154	Top of the Hour	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
155	The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	Gordon Lightfoot	Contemporary Folk
156	After the Revolution	Carsie Blanton	Contemporary Folk
157	Sing to Me About Tomorrow	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
158	Ending with Heart Heart Heart	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
159	Devil's Highway	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
160	A Power You'll Never Know	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
161	Hen in the Foxhouse	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
162	Woody's Dream	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
163	Rosemary	Donovan Woods	Contemporary Folk
164	Columbus & 89th	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
165	Never Apart (w/ Vocal Prelude)	The Avett Brothers	Folk Rock
166	Runaway Train	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
167	Long Gone	Laurie Lewis	Alternative Folk
168	Pulling Weeds	Scott Sean White	Contemporary Folk
169	Rocket out of Here	John Stowers	Folk Rock
170	Lone Rooster Blues	Marques Morel	Contemporary Folk
171	Scavengers Yard	Mark Knopfler	Contemporary Folk
172	Night Train from Milan	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
173	Everybody	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
174	Common Sense	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
175	Radio Loud	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
176	Holding on to Heaven (feat. Jocelyn & Chris Arndt)	Harlem Hayfieldd	Folk Rock
177	Pledging My Time	Bob Dylan	Traditional Folk
178	Leaving Home (Frankie and Johnny) [feat. Meredith Axelrod]	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
179	The Sheik of Araby	Jim Kweskin	Traditional Folk
180	Fifty States of Freedom	Brewer & Shipley	Contemporary Folk
181	More Than Friends (feat. Lainey Wilson)	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
182	Now Tell Me That You've Got the Blues	Sylvia Tyson	Contemporary Folk
183	Lovely Rainy Day	John Stowers	Folk Rock
184	Even when I'm High	John Stowers	Folk Rock
185	Over the Wall	John Stowers	Folk Rock
186	Down Home Blues (Walkin' After Midnight)	Eva Cassidy	Contemporary Folk
187	Jukebox Johnny	Diane Birch	Folk Rock
188	Temperature is Rising	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
189	Shade	Diane Birch	Folk Rock
190	Slim Chance is Still a Chance (Doomed Version)	Todd Snider	Folk Rock
191	Someone Else's Prayer	Kerri Powers	Alternative Folk
192	Take the High Road	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
193	Dying Ember	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
194	Tumblin Down	Bonny Light Horseman	Alternative Folk
195	Undertaker Blues	Nat Myers	Alternative Folk
196	Take You Back	Sussex	Alternative Folk
197	Days Can Turn Around	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
198	Howard Hughes Blues (feat. Jamie Hartford)	Norman Blake	Traditional Folk
199	Paperweight	The Secret Sisters	Contemporary Folk
200	Alameda	Amy Helm	Alternative Folk

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

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