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	When I Was Younger	Bonny Light Horseman	Alternative Folk
13	Let's Take Our Time and Do It Right	David G Smith	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	Weepin' Willow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
18	Step into Your Power	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
19	American Boys	Don McLean	Folk Rock
20	Hurricane	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
21	All the Ways	The Secret Sisters	Contemporary Folk
22	From a Dying Rose	Todd Snider	Folk Rock
23	Love of a Girl	The Avett Brothers	Folk Rock
24	Lagunita	Lizzie No	Alternative Folk
25	Just a Little Ways Down the Road	Laurie Lewis	Alternative 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	Hold on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
34	Homeless Blues (Live)	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
35	This Bluesy Thing We Do	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
36	Win or Lose	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
37	Don't Let It Rain	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
38	City Slickers	Rainbow Girls	Alternative Folk
39	Atlanta Blues	Stephen Bennett	Contemporary Folk
40	None of Em Dead	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
41	Witness Trees	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
42	Women Are Not Equal	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
43	Sinners and Saints	Karney	Folk Rock
44	Rainbow in the Dark	Karney	Folk Rock
45	Went to a Party	Nick Lowe	Folk Rock
46	Devil Rail	John Zipperer	Contemporary Folk
47	Sound Existence	Steve Forbert	Contemporary Folk
48	Buddy Roe	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
49	900 Miles (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
50	Alabama Bound (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
51	Be Ready	Larry Rice	Traditional Folk
52	Push on Through	Larry Rice	Traditional Folk
53	Welcome the Stranger	Larry Rice	Traditional Folk
54	Oola	John Zipperer	Contemporary Folk
55	Lexi Dance	John Zipperer	Contemporary Folk
56	Runaway	James Maddock	Traditional Folk
57	Rickie Lee	Arielle Silver	Contemporary Folk
58	Asteroids and Chaos	Arielle Silver	Contemporary Folk
59	Soft on the Shoulder	Arielle Silver	Contemporary Folk
60	Yonder Come the Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
61	Peace is More	Karney	Folk Rock
62	Feel the Way I Feel	Wolf Jett	Contemporary Folk
63	World Keeps on Singing	Eliza Gilkyson	Contemporary Folk
64	Already Gone	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
65	Dig a Hole in the Meadow (Darlin Cory)	Morningbird	Contemporary Folk
66	Senses (Thanks JSB)	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
67	Your Love	Pressing Strings	Folk Rock
68	Pretty Lights of Denver	Weary Ramblers	Contemporary Folk
69	The Living Kind	John Smith	Contemporary Folk
70	Done with Love	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
71	Thinking of Her	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
72	Nazareth	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
73	WTF	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
74	Just Doesn't Work Anymore	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
75	Birds and Bees	Morningbird	Contemporary Folk
76	Time for a Change	Morningbird	Contemporary Folk
77	Harbortowne	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
78	Lottery	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
79	Sweet Hazel Green	Weary Ramblers	Contemporary Folk
80	Glacier	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
81	Wherever You Go	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
82	Medicine Creek	Weary Ramblers	Contemporary Folk
83	Letter to a Savior	Good Morning Bedlam	Contemporary Folk
84	Hard Playing Hard to Get	Sons Of The East	Folk Rock
85	Bop Bop New Orleans	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
86	Kismet	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
87	Sticky and Sweet	Raveis Kole	Folk Rock
88	Spruce & Pine	SLPSTRM	Alternative Folk
89	Jack O' Diamonds (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
90	Too Lazy	Joe Holt	Contemporary Folk
91	It All Comes Down to Love	Tom Rush	Contemporary Folk
92	The Ballad of Elon Musk	Michael Johnathon	Contemporary Folk
93	What a Little Love Can Do	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
94	Stand	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
95	Friends	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
96	I Was Wrong	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
97	Two Pairs of Hands	Mark Knopfler	Contemporary Folk
98	Jim Crow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
99	Make Good Trouble	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
100	Season of the Witch	Donovan	Folk
101	Walking in the Valley of the Shadow	Will Kimbrough	Folk Rock
102	Midnight Wine	Shannon & The Clams	Alternative Folk
103	You Louisiana Man	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
104	Unfinished Business	Megan Burtt	Folk Rock
105	Keep on Movin' It on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
106	Special Delivery Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
107	Sweet Beginnings	Kathryn Severing Fox	Contemporary Folk
108	White Lines & Headlights	Kathryn Severing Fox	Contemporary Folk
109	Secret	Kathryn Severing Fox	Contemporary Folk
110	Far Cry	T Sisters	Alternative Folk
111	20 Years and a Nickel	Hiss Golden Messenger	Alternative Folk
112	Worry B Gone	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
113	On and on	Grace Cummings	Folk Rock
114	Give Us Free	David G Smith	Alternative Folk
115	You're the One	Rhiannon Giddens	Contemporary Folk
116	Lights of Change	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
117	And They Called Her California	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
118	I Wanna Fly	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
119	Little Speck of Dust	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
120	What You've Shown Me	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
121	Things We Contemplate	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
122	Procrastination (I'll Do It Later)	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
123	Everlasting	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
124	Hands on	Larry Robbins	Contemporary Folk
125	Freedom Trilogy (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman]	Misty Blues	Traditional Folk
126	All That Makes Me Happy is the Blues	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
127	Crawl	Shannon & The Clams	Alternative Folk
128	Closer to Fine	Indigo Girls	Contemporary Folk
129	The Truth About a Lie	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
130	The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	Gordon Lightfoot	Contemporary Folk
131	I Wouldn't Change a Thing	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
132	Katie's Got a Locket	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
133	Good Friends	Max Gomez	Traditional Folk
134	Halfsies	Lizzie No	Alternative Folk
135	A Power You'll Never Know - Remastered	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
136	Backwater Voodoo	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
137	If I Was a Sparrow	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
138	I Want to Tell You	Katie Knipp	Alternative Folk
139	Slim and the Devil	Willie Watson	Traditional Folk
140	Old Radio	Robby Hecht	Folk Rock
141	Remember Dorothy	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
142	Follow the Money	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
143	Let Her Go	Passenger	Folk Rock
144	Yard Sale	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
145	One More Change	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
146	If We Would Let It	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
147	Colossus of Roads	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Alternative Folk
148	Leader of the Band	Dan Fogelberg	Folk Rock
149	Mr. Tambourine Man	Bob Dylan	Folk
150	When the Lights Go out	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
151	The Sound of Falling Snow	Jeff Talmadge	Alternative Folk
152	Peace Train	Cat Stevens	Folk Rock
153	Love After Love	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
154	Time and Space	Katie Knipp	Alternative Folk
155	Aerial Boundaries	Michael Hedges	Folk
156	Please Come to Boston	Dave Loggins	Contemporary Folk
157	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere	Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band	Contemporary Folk
158	The Town in Your Heart	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
159	Happy Children	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
160	Letting People Down	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
161	Growing Up	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
162	Days Are Honey	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
163	Killing Me (feat. Hillary Lindsey)	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
164	The Tunnel	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
165	Green Light	Darlingside	Folk Rock
166	Bob Dylan Whiskey	Gary Nicholson	Alternative Folk
167	My Lady Fair	Ray LaMontagne	Folk Rock
168	Hambone Stomp (feat. Bobby Rush)	Billy Jeter	Contemporary Folk
169	Jonah's Song	Rainbow Girls	Alternative Folk
170	Running on Time	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
171	Sailing to Philadelphia	Mark Knopfler	Folk
172	Careless Whisper	Alexandr Misko	Alternative Folk
173	Hello in There	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
174	Barton Hollow	The Civil Wars	Folk
175	Masterpiece	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
176	Snorkel	Leo Kottke	Folk
177	Sam Stone	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
178	Atlantic City	Bruce Springsteen	Folk Rock
179	All of the Time in the World to Kill	The Milk Carton Kids	Contemporary Folk
180	The Old Woman in Me	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
181	Oklahoma or Arkansas	Peach & Quiet	Contemporary Folk
182	In My Reign	Romen Buffalo and The Loyal Order	Contemporary Folk
183	Thank You Pat Brayer	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
184	Song from a Tree	Peach & Quiet	Contemporary Folk
185	Wide Open Light	Ben Harper	Alternative Folk
186	I Only See the Moon	The Milk Carton Kids	Contemporary Folk
187	Wilderness Within You (feat. Gillian Welch)	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
188	Running on Sweet Smile	The Milk Carton Kids	Contemporary Folk
189	Star Shine	The Milk Carton Kids	Contemporary Folk
190	1988	Lori McKenna	Contemporary Folk
191	Darkening Hour	Darlingside	Folk Rock
192	Sugaree	Alice DiMicele	Alternative Folk
193	East Runs out of West	Winterlark	Alternative Folk
194	Thunderstorm Girl	Don McLean	Folk Rock
195	Let Common Sense Prevail - Remastered	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
196	Better	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
197	After the Revolution	Carsie Blanton	Contemporary Folk
198	Columbus & 89th	Sarah Jarosz	Contemporary Folk
199	Front Porchin'	Parker Millsap	Contemporary Folk
200	Perfectly Absurd	Larry Robbins	Contemporary 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