The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2021
Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
---|---|---|
1 | The Real Thing | Parker Millsap |
2 | Part Wolf | John Craigie |
3 | Till the Wheels Fall off | Strung Like a Horse |
4 | Crutch | Band Of Horses |
5 | Can I Believe You | Fleet Foxes |
6 | Spruce & Pine | SLPSTRM |
7 | Nine Foot Problem | Otis Gibbs |
8 | The Cure | Watkins Family Hour |
9 | Friend of the Sky | Cej |
10 | Honey on the Mind | Cej |
11 | Creature's Blues | Cej |
12 | Crazy Bee (Abeja Loca) | Cej |
13 | Fly Away | Cej |
14 | Billie Jean | Alexandr Misko |
15 | Olympia, WA | Molly Tuttle |
16 | Sugar Babe (Highway Troubadour Version) | Jesse Colin Young |
17 | Sanctuary | Hiss Golden Messenger |
18 | Eye of the Storm | Linda Sussman |
19 | These Walls | Linda Sussman |
20 | Catch Me if I Fall | Linda Sussman |
21 | The Shape I'm in | Keith Rayburn |
22 | My Baby | Linda Sussman |
23 | I'll Be There for You | Steve Free |
24 | Revolutionary Love | Ani DiFranco |
25 | One Life to Live | Steve Free |
26 | We'll Be Singing | Steve Free |
27 | Andy's Song | Jackdaw |
28 | The Printer's Devil | James Kahn |
29 | Rio Allie | James Kahn |
30 | Gypsy Moth | James Kahn |
31 | Teddy Two-Worlds | James Kahn |
32 | The Night That John Prine Died | John McCutcheon |
33 | Shrinking Violet | Ani DiFranco |
34 | Stairway to Heaven | Lucas Imbiriba |
35 | Without Water | David G Smith |
36 | I Won't Remember You | David G Smith |
37 | Right Amount of Wrong | David G Smith |
38 | Wildfire | The Accidentals |
39 | Careless Whisper | Alexandr Misko |
40 | What in the World... | Michael McDermott |
41 | Now and the Evermore | Colin Hay |
42 | Who Cares | David G Smith |
43 | Shadows by My Side | Linda Sussman |
44 | Night Train | The Accidentals |
45 | The Realist | Derek Bodkin |
46 | Join Hands | Linda Sussman |
47 | The Devil in Me | Garrison Starr |
48 | Cocoon | Linda Sussman |
49 | Mountain of Fire | Linda Sussman |
50 | Coast Starlight | Cej |
51 | I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself | Colin Hay |
52 | New Country | Martha Renaud |
53 | Sounds | Linda Sussman |
54 | Every Highway | James Lee Stanley |
55 | Water Flowing Downward | Andrea von Kampen |
56 | Run | Garrison Starr |
57 | One More Time | Jackdaw |
58 | The Very Last Cowboy in Paris | Jackdaw |
59 | Sing You Mine | Jackdaw |
60 | All Shall Be Well | The Accidentals |
61 | Don't Give Up | Linda Sussman |
62 | Just for You (feat. Dan Kassel) | Gordon Thomas Ward |
63 | Wonderland | Martha Renaud |
64 | Tomorrow Blues | Linda Sussman |
65 | Vagabond Wind | Jackdaw |
66 | What'll I Do? | Keith Rayburn |
67 | Just to Feel the Wind | David G Smith |
68 | Simultaneously | Ani DiFranco |
69 | Of Him I Love Both Day and Night | Andrea von Kampen |
70 | Chloroform | Ani DiFranco |
71 | Rare to Wake | Shannon Lay |
72 | Hawks Don't Share | Carson McHone |
73 | Eiderdown (feat. Caroline Cotter, Eric Troyer, Ian Rankine & Michael Mitsch) | Gordon Thomas Ward |
74 | She's a Rainbow | Molly Tuttle |
75 | Beautiful Moon | Martha Renaud |
76 | Year of the Spider | Shannon & The Clams |
77 | Miss Olivia Rose | Martha Renaud |
78 | Chabelley Journey | Cej |
79 | Horobin | Martha Renaud |
80 | Let Me Be Your Break in the Clouds | Alec Fraser Jr |
81 | Nipissing | Martha Renaud |
82 | It's Been Too Long | Martha Renaud |
83 | Diddle Aye Dee | Cej |
84 | Café | Joe Flip |
85 | Long, Long Ago | Gordon Thomas Ward |
86 | Dreams | Gordon Thomas Ward |
87 | Go Getter | The Accidentals |
88 | Laurie Rolled Me a J | John Craigie |
89 | Ocean of Emotion | Alec Fraser Jr |
90 | Exactly Where You Are | Crys Matthews |
91 | Making Do | Cej |
92 | Zero | Molly Tuttle |
93 | Annie | Jillette Johnson |
94 | Hardlytown | Hiss Golden Messenger |
95 | Rolling | Parker Millsap |
96 | When | Cej |
97 | Sweet Misery | Tre Burt |
98 | I Don't Mind | Ric Robertson |
99 | Djibouti Moon (Many Eye One Sky) | Cej |
100 | V | Cej |
101 | Diamonds | Ben Howard |
102 | Watercolors | Michelle Qureshi |
103 | Strongman | Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt |
104 | Haunted House | Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt |
105 | Désirée (feat. Eric Troyer) | Gordon Thomas Ward |
106 | The Ballad of Joseph Martin (feat. Eric Troyer) | Gordon Thomas Ward |
107 | Piety of Thieves (feat. Eric Troyer) | Gordon Thomas Ward |
108 | Not Enough Time | Joy Zimmerman |
109 | Ghost Writer | Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt |
110 | I Go Low | Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt |
111 | Satellites (feat. Eric Troyer) | Gordon Thomas Ward |
112 | My Only Leap | Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt |
113 | Joke's on Me | Rachel Baiman |
114 | The Woman Who Planted Trees | Emily Barker |
115 | How Many Times | Esther Rose |
116 | Change is Afoot | Cej |
117 | Angelo | Jillette Johnson |
118 | Crazy Like Me | Strung Like a Horse |
119 | Farmer | John McCutcheon |
120 | Prairie Wind | Joy Zimmerman |
121 | A Little Lost | Molly Tuttle |
122 | The State That We Are in | Rachel Garlin |
123 | Through the Pines | Trout Steak Revival |
124 | Prodigal Son | Crys Matthews |
125 | Crazy Mama | John Craigie |
126 | Springshine | Debbie Cushman |
127 | Messed with My Mind | Molly Tuttle |
128 | Three Days Straight | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
129 | Carry Me over the Sea (feat. Maura O'Connell) | Tony Trischka |
130 | When You Bloom (Colorado) | Rachel Baiman |
131 | Modern Woman | Erin Rae |
132 | Intimate Indie | SLPSTRM |
133 | Biloxi | Hiss Golden Messenger |
134 | I Need a Teacher | Hiss Golden Messenger |
135 | Confluence | Ani DiFranco |
136 | That Spell | Andrea von Kampen |
137 | Vessel | The Accidentals |
138 | How Many More | Crys Matthews |
139 | Above Us | Michelle Qureshi |
140 | With Joy | Michelle Qureshi |
141 | With Tenderness | Michelle Qureshi |
142 | Just Another Reason | Watkins Family Hour |
143 | Shores of Atlantis | Michelle Qureshi |
144 | Stay Wild | The Bones of J.R. Jones |
145 | Bucket List | John McCutcheon |
146 | Lookin' for Love | Strung Like a Horse |
147 | Art | John McCutcheon |
148 | Contagious | Ani DiFranco |
149 | My Wing | Hiss Golden Messenger |
150 | It's a Beautiful Day and I Love You | Jillette Johnson |
151 | Don't Cry for Me | Alec Fraser Jr |
152 | All of My Cryin' | Shannon & The Clams |
153 | Four in the Morning (Highway Troubadour Version) | Jesse Colin Young |
154 | Might As Well Be Gold | The Accidentals |
155 | To Be Grateful | Garrett Wieland |
156 | Mama Got Rhythm | WhiteWater Ramble |
157 | The Sleep of the Just | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
158 | Goin' Home | Cej |
159 | Hickory Wind | Cej |
160 | Luxury Liner | Cej |
161 | Drinking Song | WhiteWater Ramble |
162 | Promised Land | Martha Renaud |
163 | Machine | Emily Barker |
164 | Count the Rings | The Accidentals |
165 | It Will if We Let It | Hiss Golden Messenger |
166 | Vulnerable | Parker Millsap |
167 | Rust Belt Fields | Rachel Baiman |
168 | Weevils | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
169 | Hollow | WhiteWater Ramble |
170 | Folkarama | SLPSTRM |
171 | Just a Little Rain | Garrison Starr |
172 | Keep It Clean | Watkins Family Hour |
173 | Call Them in | Crys Matthews |
174 | Jealous | Jillette Johnson |
175 | The Great Mystifier | Hiss Golden Messenger |
176 | Wish I Knew | Reed Foehl |
177 | This Ol' Guitar | WhiteWater Ramble |
178 | Capture Me | Rachel Garlin |
179 | When Stars Cannot Be Found | Emily Barker |
180 | If Your Life Were a Movie | Joy Zimmerman |
181 | Seashells | Rachel Garlin |
182 | Rollin' River | Ric Robertson |
183 | Fake Badge, Real Gun | Watkins Family Hour |
184 | American Miles | Reed Foehl |
185 | Speed of the Sound of Loneliness | Kurt Vile |
186 | Out Here | John McCutcheon |
187 | Hunter (Blue Sessions) | Joni Mitchell |
188 | Chestnut Street | Trace The Sun |
189 | Mighty Dollar | Hiss Golden Messenger |
190 | Dammit | Parker Millsap |
191 | Don't Deny | John Craigie |
192 | Why Are the Guns Still Firing | Katie Oates |
193 | Grandma's House | Alec Fraser Jr |
194 | Ships in the Night | Rachel Baiman |
195 | Take Back Thy Gift | Andrea von Kampen |
196 | Late to Bloom | Rachel Garlin |
197 | Keeps Me Running | Esther Rose |
198 | Good Time | Esther Rose |
199 | Radio Silence | Rachel Garlin |
200 | Broken Bell | Tony Furtado |
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