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 | F**k What They Think | Strung Like a Horse |
| 175 | Jealous | Jillette Johnson |
| 176 | The Great Mystifier | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 177 | Wish I Knew | Reed Foehl |
| 178 | This Ol' Guitar | WhiteWater Ramble |
| 179 | Cold & Lonesome (feat. Nicki Bluhm) | Strung Like a Horse |
| 180 | Capture Me | Rachel Garlin |
| 181 | When Stars Cannot Be Found | Emily Barker |
| 182 | If Your Life Were a Movie | Joy Zimmerman |
| 183 | Seashells | Rachel Garlin |
| 184 | Rollin' River | Ric Robertson |
| 185 | Fake Badge, Real Gun | Watkins Family Hour |
| 186 | American Miles | Reed Foehl |
| 187 | Speed of the Sound of Loneliness | Kurt Vile |
| 188 | Out Here | John McCutcheon |
| 189 | Hunter (Blue Sessions) | Joni Mitchell |
| 190 | Chestnut Street | Trace The Sun |
| 191 | Mighty Dollar | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 192 | Dammit | Parker Millsap |
| 193 | Don't Deny | John Craigie |
| 194 | Why Are the Guns Still Firing | Katie Oates |
| 195 | Grandma's House | Alec Fraser Jr |
| 196 | Ships in the Night | Rachel Baiman |
| 197 | Take Back Thy Gift | Andrea von Kampen |
| 198 | Late to Bloom | Rachel Garlin |
| 199 | Keeps Me Running | Esther Rose |
| 200 | Good Time | Esther Rose |
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