The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2017
Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
---|---|---|
1 | Virgin Guitar | John Craigie |
2 | I'm Going to Get You Stoned | Colin Hay |
3 | Blackbirds | Gretchen Peters |
4 | Astoria | Tony Furtado |
5 | Change | Moshe Vilozny |
6 | To Get by | Malcolm Holcombe |
7 | Catch the Wind | Joan Baez |
8 | Don't Ever Go Away | Peter Calo |
9 | Sunshine Follows Rain | Flatland Tourists |
10 | Dream on | Ron Sowell |
11 | Roommate's Predicament | Emily Mure |
12 | Broken Bell | Tony Furtado |
13 | Big Airplane | Flatland Tourists |
14 | Blame It on the Russians | Art Podell |
15 | Feels Like Lightning | Josh Ritter |
16 | Gandy Dancer | Magic Music |
17 | Dear John or Jane | Joy Zimmerman |
18 | Yesterday I Was So Tired | Judy Nazemetz |
19 | Tumbling Dice (feat. Jay Cobb Anderson & Shook Twins) | John Craigie |
20 | Willoughby | John Batdorf |
21 | City Full of Streets | The Mulligan Brothers |
22 | Broken | John Craigie |
23 | Come Tumblin' Down | Colin Hay |
24 | Red Lights in the Rain (feat. Rose Cousins) | Stephen Fearing |
25 | The Only Thread | Flatland Tourists |
26 | Whatcha Gonna Do | Flatland Tourists |
27 | Made Up Mind | The Bros. Landreth |
28 | Poor Man | Jeffrey Martin |
29 | Showboat | Josh Ritter |
30 | Billy Burroughs | Jeffrey Martin |
31 | Savannah | John Craigie |
32 | They Can't Have Everything | John Batdorf |
33 | I Remember You | John Batdorf |
34 | Rough Johns | John Craigie |
35 | I'm in Love with You | John Batdorf |
36 | Hand on a Gun | Jeffrey Martin |
37 | Highway Blood (feat. Shook Twins & Gregory Alan Isakov) | John Craigie |
38 | Better Man | Judah & The Lion |
39 | Blue Funk | Jessie Rae |
40 | Now That We Know | Jessie Rae |
41 | Go Away | Jessie Rae |
42 | Is This It | Jessie Rae |
43 | Sparky | Jessie Rae |
44 | Michael Collins | John Craigie |
45 | The Mystery of Death | Modern Mal |
46 | Live with Less | John Craigie |
47 | All the Salt | John Craigie |
48 | What We're Marching Toward | Jeffrey Martin |
49 | I Am California (feat. Gregory Alan Isakov) | John Craigie |
50 | Three Little Words | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
51 | Swing & Turn (Jubilee) | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
52 | Light Has Dimmed (feat. Brad Parsons) | John Craigie |
53 | Squirrels Rule the Day, Raccoons Rule the Night | The Bombadils |
54 | Fine Line | May Erlewine |
55 | Bucket List Grandmas (feat. Jay Cobb Anderson) | John Craigie |
56 | Holy Mother | Carter Sampson |
57 | Worth | Emily Mure |
58 | S.O.S. | Modern Mal |
59 | Clean | Modern Mal |
60 | Perfect Shade of Blue | Braden Gates |
61 | March of the Octopus | The Winterlings |
62 | There is a Fire | National Park Radio |
63 | Long Gone Now | Jeffrey Martin |
64 | Silver Linings | The Bombadils |
65 | Stockholm | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
66 | Pace Myself | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
67 | Birdland Breakdown | Jon Stickley Trio |
68 | The Long Road | Passenger |
69 | Train in the Night | The Bombadils |
70 | Porch Light (Live) | Aoife O'Donovan |
71 | Everything You Need | Carter Sampson |
72 | Silver Tongue | Modern Mal |
73 | Dan and Mary Ann | Modern Mal |
74 | Just a Satellite | Modern Mal |
75 | Play People | Jon Stickley Trio |
76 | Lost out in the Darkness | Hiss Golden Messenger |
77 | Carl | Modern Mal |
78 | Falling Son | River Whyless |
79 | Gone but Not Forgotten (feat. Rose Cousins) | Stephen Fearing |
80 | Tunnel at the End of the Light | Dirk Hamilton |
81 | Cover Me Up | Benjamin Dakota Rogers |
82 | Lynchburg Town (feat. Tom Cline, Peter Grenell, Cal Keaoola, Marisa Malvino & John Pearson) | Blind Lemon Pledge |
83 | No Second Coming | Dana Cooper |
84 | Another Revolution | Dana Cooper |
85 | The Day | Dana Cooper |
86 | Bank | Adrian + Meredith |
87 | David | Emily Mure |
88 | Chopping the Garlic | The Coal Porters |
89 | Interlude | John Craigie |
90 | The Anxious Entertainer | Modern Mal |
91 | To the Sea | David Berkeley |
92 | Crawlspace | The Winterlings |
93 | Be Kind to the Housefly | The Winterlings |
94 | Paper Boats | The Winterlings |
95 | Last Night | BettySoo |
96 | Control Freak | Sammy Brue |
97 | Release Me | Kat Goldman |
98 | Looking for a Fight | Benjamin Dakota Rogers |
99 | Diamonds from Death | Benjamin Dakota Rogers |
100 | Poets (feat. Harriett Landrum) | Xanthe Alexis |
101 | A Song for Rose (Will You Remember Me) | Heidi Talbot |
102 | Take Me | Billy Crockett |
103 | Mavis | Billy Crockett |
104 | Too Old for You | Elias Krell |
105 | Pacifist's Lament | Ani DiFranco |
106 | Telepathic | Ani DiFranco |
107 | Deferred Gratification | Ani DiFranco |
108 | Hold on | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
109 | Hurricane | May Erlewine |
110 | Wild Heart | Modern Mal |
111 | Golden Thread | Jeffrey Martin |
112 | Love's Not Wasted | Erika Kulnys |
113 | Red Skies | Joe K. Walsh |
114 | The Last to Know | Colin Hay |
115 | Jealous | Sammy Brue |
116 | Errant Tree | The Deer |
117 | Birthday Cakes | Adrian + Meredith |
118 | Dreams | Coty Hogue |
119 | Hummingbird | Erika Kulnys |
120 | The Stream | Joe K. Walsh |
121 | A Thousand Million Reasons | Colin Hay |
122 | The Best in Me | Colin Hay |
123 | Frozen Fields of Snow | Colin Hay |
124 | I'm Not Your Man | Sammy Brue |
125 | Denver Girls | Gill Landry |
126 | Milltowns | Mark Erelli |
127 | Birches | Mark Erelli |
128 | Run Run | The Winterlings |
129 | Your Son is with the Wilderness | The Winterlings |
130 | Icarus | The Winterlings |
131 | Science | The Winterlings |
132 | Answering | The Winterlings |
133 | The Wind is with Us Now | The Winterlings |
134 | Jewels | Jon Stickley Trio |
135 | Almost with You | Jon Stickley Trio |
136 | Slow Burn | Jon Stickley Trio |
137 | Jerusalem Ridge | Jon Stickley Trio |
138 | Avril 14th | Jon Stickley Trio |
139 | Cecil | Jon Stickley Trio |
140 | Microbruise | Jon Stickley Trio |
141 | The Price of Being Nice | Jon Stickley Trio |
142 | Mt. Sandia Swing | Jon Stickley Trio |
143 | Walking on the Water | Ajay Mathur |
144 | Take It Down the Line | Kat Goldman |
145 | Time of War | Xanthe Alexis |
146 | South Shore Man | Kat Goldman |
147 | Someday | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
148 | Whisky and Pine | Benjamin Dakota Rogers |
149 | Dream Girl | Benjamin Dakota Rogers |
150 | Southern Sun | Benjamin Dakota Rogers |
151 | Hey Love (feat. Curtis Boucher) | Xanthe Alexis |
152 | The Hills of West Virginia (feat. Marisa Malvino & John Pearson) | Blind Lemon Pledge |
153 | A Child I Was | Ashley Monical |
154 | To the Mountain | Ashley Monical |
155 | Roaring for a Revolution | Erika Kulnys |
156 | More Than a Little | Adrian + Meredith |
157 | Take a Boat | Adrian + Meredith |
158 | Greasy Coat + Kitchen Girl | Adrian + Meredith |
159 | Get What She Wants | Adrian + Meredith |
160 | Country Tune | Adrian + Meredith |
161 | Palm Lines | Lowland Hum |
162 | Secret Love | Colin Hay |
163 | I'm Inside Outside in (Bonus Track) | Colin Hay |
164 | Space Debris | Modern Mal |
165 | One Go Around | Jeffrey Martin |
166 | Sad Blue Eyes | Jeffrey Martin |
167 | Time Away | Jeffrey Martin |
168 | Thrift Store Dress | Jeffrey Martin |
169 | Surprise, Az | Jeffrey Martin |
170 | October Dark | Jeffrey Martin |
171 | Blankets | The Bombadils |
172 | The Low Hum | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
173 | California Calling | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
174 | Ours for the Taking | Trout Steak Revival |
175 | Star | Tony Furtado |
176 | Dark and Muddy | Free The Honey |
177 | Jenny Caught a Catfish | Free The Honey |
178 | It's Complicated | Goodbye Blue |
179 | Light the Way | Goodbye Blue |
180 | By Firelight | Goodbye Blue |
181 | Sea Monster | Elephant Revival |
182 | Poor Ellen Smith | Coty Hogue |
183 | Pretty Bird | Coty Hogue |
184 | Threshing Time | Mary Beth Cross |
185 | Run | Coty Hogue |
186 | Winter | Coty Hogue |
187 | Lullaby | Coty Hogue |
188 | Redtail | Coty Hogue |
189 | Are You Down | Coty Hogue |
190 | Sweet Sebastian | Coty Hogue |
191 | Heartbeats | Coty Hogue |
192 | Up into Roses | The Deer |
193 | Love Me in the Morning | Erika Kulnys |
194 | Burning the Furniture | Erika Kulnys |
195 | I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers | The Bombadils |
196 | Cumberland Gap | Joe K. Walsh |
197 | Southern Call | Adrian + Meredith |
198 | Big Things and Little Things | Truckstop Honeymoon |
199 | Piper's Sun | Elephant Revival |
200 | In Flight | Lowland Hum |
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