The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2023
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12th of June | Lyle Lovett |
| 2 | Break in the Clouds | Mark Erelli |
| 3 | Yellow Peril | Nat Myers |
| 4 | Masterpiece | Ben Harper |
| 5 | Weight You Carry | David G Smith |
| 6 | I Wanna Go out | David G Smith |
| 7 | River Gonna Talk | David G Smith |
| 8 | I'll Be There for You | Steve Free |
| 9 | None of Em Dead | David G Smith |
| 10 | Let's Take Our Time and Do It Right | David G Smith |
| 11 | Stone Throat | Glen Phillips |
| 12 | Witness Trees | David G Smith |
| 13 | Count Me Down | John Craigie |
| 14 | Make Myself Me Again | Cristina Vane |
| 15 | Here We Go Again | The Waterboys |
| 16 | Spruce & Pine | SLPSTRM |
| 17 | Crawl | Shannon & The Clams |
| 18 | Again | Pixie and The Partygrass Boys |
| 19 | 20 Years and a Nickel | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 20 | Sanctuary | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 21 | Fall Apart World | Mary Gauthier |
| 22 | These Goodbyes | T Sisters |
| 23 | Never Be Alone | T Sisters |
| 24 | Women Are Not Equal | David G Smith |
| 25 | Forgiving Ties | Deer Tick |
| 26 | Nu-Grape | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 27 | Lagunita | Lizzie No |
| 28 | Billie Jean | Alexandr Misko |
| 29 | Yard Sale | Ben Harper |
| 30 | In the Morning | The Ballroom Thieves |
| 31 | Home Again (feat. Oliver Wood & Jano Rix) | Jarrod Dickenson |
| 32 | Once in a Lifetime | Deer Tick |
| 33 | Worried Man Blues | Van Morrison |
| 34 | Full Moon Rising | Alex Krawczyk |
| 35 | Pure Fool | Keith Rayburn |
| 36 | Shine | David G Smith |
| 37 | Jesse James | David G Smith |
| 38 | One More Change | Ben Harper |
| 39 | Toner Från Vårt Karga Land | Kusinerna Riippa |
| 40 | Growing Growing Gone | Ben Harper |
| 41 | Jump for Joy | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 42 | Careless Whisper | Alexandr Misko |
| 43 | Stairway to Heaven | Lucas Imbiriba |
| 44 | Love After Love | Ben Harper |
| 45 | If I Try to Leave | Deer Tick |
| 46 | 75-71 | Nat Myers |
| 47 | Yoncalla Moon | Melissa Ruth |
| 48 | Pray for Rain | Nat Myers |
| 49 | Staring into the Blues | Peter One |
| 50 | Nashi Lyudi | Melissa Ruth |
| 51 | A Good Man | Melissa Ruth |
| 52 | Edith Piaf | Melissa Ruth |
| 53 | Chula Da Distância | Manuel Maio |
| 54 | On the Blind Side | Ray Bonneville |
| 55 | Dream Girl | Esther Rose |
| 56 | Thank You Pat Brayer | Ben Harper |
| 57 | Go Getter | The Accidentals |
| 58 | I Come from | Ordinary Elephant |
| 59 | Hope to Be That Happy | Ordinary Elephant |
| 60 | Thank God for You | Mary Gauthier |
| 61 | Half the Time | Calista Garcia |
| 62 | A Beautiful World | Calista Garcia |
| 63 | Call Me North | Brittany Jean |
| 64 | Talkin' Site Unseen Blues | Keegan McInroe |
| 65 | Bones | Melissa Ruth |
| 66 | Logger's Lament | Melissa Ruth |
| 67 | Giving Ghosts | Ben Harper |
| 68 | Center of the Circle | Glen Phillips |
| 69 | Cracks in the Finish | Shred Kelly |
| 70 | Presence of the Faithful | Kerri Powers |
| 71 | Worried Man Blues 2 | Dougie Poole |
| 72 | Trying Not to Fall in Love with You | Ben Harper |
| 73 | The Punch | Annie Capps |
| 74 | People | Micah P. Hinson |
| 75 | Drunk Text | Carter Sampson |
| 76 | Shinbone | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 77 | Shakin’ All over | Van Morrison |
| 78 | Levee Song | Esther Rose |
| 79 | Unsown | Eric Selby |
| 80 | Fingers to the Bone | Carter Sampson |
| 81 | Poor Man's Daughter | Melissa Ruth |
| 82 | Gone | David G Smith |
| 83 | Give Us Free | David G Smith |
| 84 | Someone Else's Prayer | Kerri Powers |
| 85 | Dirty Little Secret | Annie Capps |
| 86 | Wrong Thing | Nina De Vitry |
| 87 | Fine Line | May Erlewine |
| 88 | While I'm Down (feat. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings) | John Craigie |
| 89 | Pocket Full of Rain | The Paper Kites |
| 90 | Elevators | Aoife O'Donovan |
| 91 | I Saw the New Day in the World | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 92 | Undertaker Blues | Nat Myers |
| 93 | There Will Be Light | Alex Krawczyk |
| 94 | Dear Sadie | Grant Peeples |
| 95 | The Restless Ones | Grant Peeples |
| 96 | Elisabeth | Grant Peeples |
| 97 | Só Contigo | Manuel Maio |
| 98 | Ex's House Party | Elizabeth Moen |
| 99 | The Light Moves in | Linda Sussman |
| 100 | Ocean Therapy | Shred Kelly |
| 101 | 8 Minutes | Ben Harper |
| 102 | Out of Love | John Donovan |
| 103 | Some Love | David G Smith |
| 104 | Disgrace | Deer Tick |
| 105 | Revolutionary Reel | Grant Peeples |
| 106 | Freight Train | Van Morrison |
| 107 | Sail Away Ladies | Van Morrison |
| 108 | Warning Bell | Chris Williams & Kid Reverie |
| 109 | My Mother's Hand | Jill Barber |
| 110 | Joint Account (feat. Slow Leaves) | Jill Barber |
| 111 | Alibi | Hurray for the Riff Raff |
| 112 | Fourth Time Around (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) | Cat Power |
| 113 | Bye Bye Johnny | Van Morrison |
| 114 | All Souls Hill | The Waterboys |
| 115 | Old Man | Alice DiMicele |
| 116 | Feeling Eternal | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 117 | Love Wins in the Long Run | Mark Erelli |
| 118 | Harvest Moon | Alice DiMicele |
| 119 | Midnight Wine | Shannon & The Clams |
| 120 | I Was a Riot | Glen Phillips |
| 121 | Honey We Gonna Fly | Linda Sussman |
| 122 | Clown Song | Elizabeth Moen |
| 123 | Ha'penny Standup | Craig Bickhardt |
| 124 | If Holes Were Coins | Craig Bickhardt |
| 125 | Long Hard Look | Jarrod Dickenson |
| 126 | Every Little Heart | The Tallest Man On Earth |
| 127 | Music is My Religion | John Donovan |
| 128 | Ramble No More | Nat Myers |
| 129 | The Wondering | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 130 | Might As Well Be Gold | The Accidentals |
| 131 | The Bluest Eye | Glen Phillips |
| 132 | Riverbound | Annie Capps |
| 133 | Sunshine | The National Parks |
| 134 | Wide Open Light | Ben Harper |
| 135 | To Be Human | David G Smith |
| 136 | Lost Without You | Shred Kelly |
| 137 | Another Place | Shred Kelly |
| 138 | Heart and Crown | Ben Harper |
| 139 | Coming Home | John Donovan |
| 140 | Mama Got Rhythm | WhiteWater Ramble |
| 141 | The Great Divide | National Park Radio |
| 142 | August | Shannon Lay |
| 143 | Guilty As Charged | WhiteWater Ramble |
| 144 | Oh Jameson | WhiteWater Ramble |
| 145 | Square One | Alice DiMicele |
| 146 | My Wing | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| 147 | When the Lights Went out | Matt The Electrician |
| 148 | A Light Can Go out in the Heart | Deer Tick |
| 149 | Take This Hammer | Van Morrison |
| 150 | Heroes | Doug Cox & Linda McRae |
| 151 | This is the Good News | Grant Peeples |
| 152 | Radio Stations | Josh Gray |
| 153 | She Thinks the World of Me | Josh Gray |
| 154 | Gypsy Davy | Van Morrison |
| 155 | Sense of Wonder | Mark Erelli |
| 156 | Beth David Cemetery | Dougie Poole |
| 157 | Birds Go Die out of Sight (Don't Go Home) [feat. Allison Russell] | Peter One |
| 158 | Sweet | Jobi Riccio |
| 159 | For Me It's You | Jobi Riccio |
| 160 | Rolling on Easy | The Paper Kites |
| 161 | Thanksgiving Day Parade | Dan Bern |
| 162 | Wish | Ben Gage |
| 163 | Sea of Heartbreak | Van Morrison |
| 164 | Prodigal Daughter | Aoife O'Donovan |
| 165 | Just Another Reason | Watkins Family Hour |
| 166 | Count the Rings | The Accidentals |
| 167 | Warning Signs | Band Of Horses |
| 168 | American Miles | Reed Foehl |
| 169 | Fractals | The Accidentals |
| 170 | Fast Like a Match | River Whyless |
| 171 | You Don’t Know Me | Leyla McCalla |
| 172 | Wish I Knew | Reed Foehl |
| 173 | The State That We Are in | Rachel Garlin |
| 174 | Being with Myself | Nina De Vitry |
| 175 | Messed with My Mind | Molly Tuttle |
| 176 | Michigan Cherry | River Whyless |
| 177 | Jenny and James | Wes Collins |
| 178 | A Better Scene | Linda Sussman |
| 179 | Dream Big | Linda Sussman |
| 180 | Brand New Blue | Glen Phillips |
| 181 | Breaking the Bread | Craig Bickhardt |
| 182 | Ancient Lullabies | Craig Bickhardt |
| 183 | England or Me | Craig Bickhardt |
| 184 | Emerald Eyes | Craig Bickhardt |
| 185 | She Won't Be Yours Alone | Craig Bickhardt |
| 186 | Fire of the Spirit | Craig Bickhardt |
| 187 | Steal Home (Letter to Curt Flood) | Craig Bickhardt |
| 188 | I Live for This | Craig Bickhardt |
| 189 | The Man I Am | Mark Erelli |
| 190 | Is It Enough | Mark Erelli |
| 191 | Trouble | The National Parks |
| 192 | Up to Your Knees | John Donovan |
| 193 | Truth | John Donovan |
| 194 | Unspoken | John Donovan |
| 195 | Smoke Train | John Donovan |
| 196 | Prison | John Donovan |
| 197 | Every Moment | John Donovan |
| 198 | Cherie Vico | Peter One |
| 199 | Sweet Rainbow | Peter One |
| 200 | Kavudu | Peter One |
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