The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crutch | Band Of Horses |
| 2 | 12th of June | Lyle Lovett |
| 3 | Count Me Down | John Craigie |
| 4 | Make Myself Me Again | Cristina Vane |
| 5 | Fall Apart World | Mary Gauthier |
| 6 | Warning Signs | Band Of Horses |
| 7 | Sanctuary | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 8 | Here We Go Again | The Waterboys |
| 9 | Laurie Rolled Me a J | John Craigie |
| 10 | These Goodbyes | T Sisters |
| 11 | Spruce & Pine | SLPSTRM |
| 12 | Never Be Alone | T Sisters |
| 13 | Pants is Overrated | Lyle Lovett |
| 14 | Passengers | Aoife O'Donovan |
| 15 | Pure Fool | Keith Rayburn |
| 16 | Again | Pixie and The Partygrass Boys |
| 17 | American Dream Cafe | John Roy Zat |
| 18 | I'm a Salmon in the River | John Roy Zat |
| 19 | I Took Hold of Your Hand | John Roy Zat |
| 20 | Except for That One Thing | John Roy Zat |
| 21 | Let's Take the Long Way Home | John Roy Zat |
| 22 | The Real Thing | Parker Millsap |
| 23 | Billie Jean | Alexandr Misko |
| 24 | Stone Throat | Glen Phillips |
| 25 | Tomorrow | Cassie Jean and the Fireflies |
| 26 | Early Summer of '21 | Peter Mulvey |
| 27 | Movin' Up Neck on Your Guitar | Linda Sussman |
| 28 | A Better Scene | Linda Sussman |
| 29 | Dark Enough to See the Stars | Mary Gauthier |
| 30 | Deja Vu | Linda Sussman |
| 31 | The Light Moves in | Linda Sussman |
| 32 | Chain of Hope | Linda Sussman |
| 33 | Hawks Don't Share | Carson McHone |
| 34 | Honey We Gonna Fly | Linda Sussman |
| 35 | Truckers and Troubadours | Mary Gauthier |
| 36 | Shadow | The Ballroom Thieves |
| 37 | Dream Big | Linda Sussman |
| 38 | Things Have Changed | Cristina Vane |
| 39 | Phoenix | Aoife O'Donovan |
| 40 | How You Doin' | Cristina Vane |
| 41 | Summer Dream (feat. Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson & Josh Kaufman) | Bonny Light Horseman |
| 42 | Moon Valley | SLPSTRM |
| 43 | Straighten Up and Fly Right | Lyle Lovett |
| 44 | Amsterdam | Mary Gauthier |
| 45 | Good News | Brandon Reeves |
| 46 | I'm Still Standing | Janis Ian |
| 47 | Till I See You Again | Mary Gauthier |
| 48 | Will You Hold My Hand | Linda Sussman |
| 49 | Without Water | David G Smith |
| 50 | Who Cares | David G Smith |
| 51 | In the Morning | The Ballroom Thieves |
| 52 | Always Old Friends (feat. Tom Kimmel) | Dana Cooper |
| 53 | Better Times Will Come | Janis Ian |
| 54 | Women Who Walked on Water | Joy Zimmerman |
| 55 | I'll Be Lost | Heather Sarona |
| 56 | Through the Night | Quote the Raven |
| 57 | Pitseleh (feat. Madison Cunningham) | Watkins Family Hour |
| 58 | Medusa | Wes Collins |
| 59 | Helena | John Craigie |
| 60 | Don't Want to Let It Go | Heather Sarona |
| 61 | Streamline Train | Van Morrison |
| 62 | Better Than What I Got | Heather Sarona |
| 63 | Borderline | The Ballroom Thieves |
| 64 | Prodigal Daughter | Aoife O'Donovan |
| 65 | Upside Down Day | Dana Cooper |
| 66 | Crawl | Shannon & The Clams |
| 67 | Sometimes Baby | Cristina Vane |
| 68 | Such a Town | Terry Klein |
| 69 | Hypnotized | Watkins Family Hour |
| 70 | Dancing with the Dark | Janis Ian |
| 71 | Little Black Cloud | Cristina Vane |
| 72 | Heaven and Light | River Whyless |
| 73 | Love is the Only Thing | Peter Mulvey |
| 74 | The Goddess Wears a Dirty Crown | Edan Archer |
| 75 | (Truth Is) I Am Found | Vanessa Lively |
| 76 | The Things You Think You Know | Chuck Brodsky |
| 77 | Soft Animal | Peter Mulvey |
| 78 | Galahad | Aoife O'Donovan |
| 79 | Head Above Water | Heather Sarona |
| 80 | Don't Be Discouraged | Peter Lehndorff |
| 81 | Hope | Quote the Raven |
| 82 | Not Enough Time | Joy Zimmerman |
| 83 | I Can Face the Truth | Dana Cooper |
| 84 | Shine | David G Smith |
| 85 | Jesse James | David G Smith |
| 86 | Baptize the Gumbo | Jefferson Ross |
| 87 | The Goldfinch | Terry Klein |
| 88 | Jabberwockies | Wes Collins |
| 89 | You Can't Go Home Again | Jefferson Ross |
| 90 | Prairie Wind | Joy Zimmerman |
| 91 | Wandering Years | Brandon Reeves |
| 92 | Now and the Evermore | Colin Hay |
| 93 | In the Hills, in the Pines | Shannon & The Clams |
| 94 | You Don’t Know Me | Leyla McCalla |
| 95 | In the Hard Times | Band Of Horses |
| 96 | Wake Up Crying | Phil Lee |
| 97 | I Like Women | Phil Lee |
| 98 | If This is It | Chuck Brodsky |
| 99 | The Mocking Ones | Lyle Lovett |
| 100 | Water Flowing Downward | Andrea von Kampen |
| 101 | Artibonite | Leyla McCalla |
| 102 | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | Dana Cooper |
| 103 | It Takes Two Wings | Chuck Brodsky |
| 104 | Oh Deliverance | Vanessa Lively |
| 105 | Light the Stage | Joy Zimmerman |
| 106 | The Solitude | Bedouine |
| 107 | Where Are You Now | Mary Gauthier |
| 108 | Forever After All | Phil Lee |
| 109 | Swannanoa | Janis Ian |
| 110 | Ours for a Little While | Dana Cooper |
| 111 | So Far So Good | Peter Lehndorff |
| 112 | Can't See Stars (feat. Kevin Morby) | Erin Rae |
| 113 | Roman Candle Eyes | Shred Kelly |
| 114 | Shake It Loose Today | Linda Sussman |
| 115 | Fort Dimanche | Leyla McCalla |
| 116 | In Need of Repair | Band Of Horses |
| 117 | Small Town Nashville Blues | Cristina Vane |
| 118 | Bucket List | John McCutcheon |
| 119 | Late to Bloom | Rachel Garlin |
| 120 | Elevators | Aoife O'Donovan |
| 121 | Summer in New York | Janis Ian |
| 122 | Crumbling Down | Vanessa Lively |
| 123 | Damian | The Dream Syndicate |
| 124 | Hunger | Robinson & Rohe |
| 125 | Louisa | Robinson & Rohe |
| 126 | See You on the Other Side | Peter Mulvey |
| 127 | Flower and the Vine | Dana Cooper |
| 128 | Confluence | Ani DiFranco |
| 129 | Turquoise and Tangerine | Jefferson Ross |
| 130 | The State That We Are in | Rachel Garlin |
| 131 | Modern Woman | Erin Rae |
| 132 | Jenny and James | Wes Collins |
| 133 | Rare to Wake | Shannon Lay |
| 134 | Heavy Heart | Fortunate Ones |
| 135 | Ghost Hotel (feat. the Bosco Boys) | Karen Morand & The Bosco Boys |
| 136 | Alabama is a Winding Road | Jefferson Ross |
| 137 | She Left Me Standing on the Mountain (feat. Willie Watson) | Watkins Family Hour |
| 138 | Fast Like a Match | River Whyless |
| 139 | Bluebird | Dana Cooper |
| 140 | Sister Starling | Aoife O'Donovan |
| 141 | Pig Meat Man | Lyle Lovett |
| 142 | The Night That John Prine Died | John McCutcheon |
| 143 | Thank God for You | Mary Gauthier |
| 144 | Michigan Cherry | River Whyless |
| 145 | The Meadow | Mary Gauthier |
| 146 | Silver Lining | The Honey Dewdrops |
| 147 | Broken Bell | Tony Furtado |
| 148 | Home is Worth the Blues | Quote the Raven |
| 149 | Deep Blue Diving | Calista Garcia |
| 150 | Mosaic | Joy Zimmerman |
| 151 | I Come from | Ordinary Elephant |
| 152 | Wyoming Wildflowers | Rachel Baiman |
| 153 | Going Home | Ina May Wool |
| 154 | Going Through the Pictures | Ina May Wool |
| 155 | Hot Springs | Jefferson Ross |
| 156 | Golden Treasure | Vanessa Lively |
| 157 | Nothing Can Change | Peter Lehndorff |
| 158 | Half the Time | Calista Garcia |
| 159 | Pray for Rain | Peter Mulvey |
| 160 | Pretty Saro | Robinson & Rohe |
| 161 | Peel Me a Grape | Lyle Lovett |
| 162 | Eye of the Storm | Linda Sussman |
| 163 | Until It Takes a Hold | Brandon Reeves |
| 164 | True Love's Face | Erin Rae |
| 165 | Time is a Holy Ghost | River Whyless |
| 166 | Old Men Drinking Seagram's | Peter Mulvey |
| 167 | This Ol' Guitar | WhiteWater Ramble |
| 168 | Drift Away | Erin Rae |
| 169 | What Do You Want from Yourself? | Aoife O'Donovan |
| 170 | Might As Well Be | Phil Lee |
| 171 | The Country Needed Baseball | Chuck Brodsky |
| 172 | Zero | Molly Tuttle |
| 173 | Give Yourself to Love | Alice DiMicele |
| 174 | When You Bloom (Colorado) | Rachel Baiman |
| 175 | Be Still | John McCutcheon |
| 176 | Walls | Dana Cooper |
| 177 | If Your Life Were a Movie | Joy Zimmerman |
| 178 | A Little More | Heather Sarona |
| 179 | Southern Currency | Jefferson Ross |
| 180 | Daddy's Jail | Phil Lee |
| 181 | Peace, Love and Brilliant Colors | Michael McDermott |
| 182 | Last Saturday | Wes Collins |
| 183 | Fuller Brush | John McCutcheon |
| 184 | Center of the Circle | Glen Phillips |
| 185 | She's a Rainbow | Molly Tuttle |
| 186 | Sonny Days Ahead (feat. Sonny Landreth) | Jake Shimabukuro |
| 187 | Where is the Medicine | David G Smith |
| 188 | Room | Brandon Reeves |
| 189 | Dodinin | Leyla McCalla |
| 190 | Biloxi | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 191 | My Wing | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 192 | One Tree Hill | WhiteWater Ramble |
| 193 | Thirty | The Weather Station |
| 194 | Through the Pines | Trout Steak Revival |
| 195 | Rolling | Parker Millsap |
| 196 | Full Moon Rising | Alex Krawczyk |
| 197 | Wichita Lineman | Colin Hay |
| 198 | Magdalene | Andrea von Kampen |
| 199 | Art | John McCutcheon |
| 200 | Farmer | John McCutcheon |
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