The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Bluegrass Song Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Hole Sun | Leftover Salmon |
| 2 | Lemons and Tangerines | AJ Lee & Blue Summit |
| 3 | I Wish I Had a Lifeline | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band |
| 4 | Cherokee Fiddle | Larry Cordle |
| 5 | Lonesome is the Price I Pay (feat. Kristin Scott Benson, Travis Book, Skip Cherryholmes, Jeremy Garrett, Kevin Kehrberg & Darren Nicholson) | Bluegrass at the Crossroads |
| 6 | Won't Be Crying over You | Tina Adair |
| 7 | Blue Baby Now | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 8 | Falling Down | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 9 | Between the Lines | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 10 | My Baby's Gone (feat. Del McCoury) | Justin Moses |
| 11 | Gonna Be Raining when I Die | Ronnie Bowman |
| 12 | Transistor Radio | Daryl Mosley |
| 13 | One Way Rider (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass |
| 14 | Yesterday's Gone (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass |
| 15 | Taxland (feat. Sierra Hull) | Justin Moses |
| 16 | Brand New Good Old Days | Leftover Salmon |
| 17 | People, Places and Songs | Greg Blake |
| 18 | I'll Take the Lonesome Every Time | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 19 | Keep the Lamp on Sadie | The Sharp Flatpickers |
| 20 | Feelin' Bad Blues | Ry Cooder |
| 21 | Chicago Barn Dance | Special Consensus |
| 22 | Once in a While | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 23 | Goodbye Again (feat. Claire Lynch & Ronnie Bowman) | The Sharp Flatpickers |
| 24 | L.A. International Airport | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 25 | Riding the Chief | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 26 | I Gotta Go | Lindley Creek |
| 27 | In a Country Town | Daryl Mosley |
| 28 | Swing for the Fences (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass |
| 29 | Oh Sarah | Sturgill Simpson |
| 30 | California | Unspoken Tradition |
| 31 | Let Me Be the Bridge | Jerry Salley |
| 32 | Tell the Truth (Shame the Devil) [feat. the Fairfield Four, Ned Luberecki, Dan Boner, Nate Lee & Daniel Hardin] | Becky Buller |
| 33 | Deep River | Rick Faris |
| 34 | The Barber's Fiddle (feat. Sam Bush, Laurie Lewis, Shawn Camp, Jason Carter, Kati Penn, Michael Cleveland, Stuart Duncan, Deanie Richardson, Johnny Warren, Laura Orshaw, Tyler Andal, Fred Carpenter & Brian Christianson) | Becky Buller |
| 35 | Heartbreak Hill | Valerie Smith |
| 36 | There is a Time | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band |
| 37 | Waiting on a Ride | Songs From The Road Band |
| 38 | The Log Train (feat. Dale Ann Bradley & Tina Adair) | Bradley & Adair |
| 39 | Keep It Between the Lines | Sturgill Simpson |
| 40 | Finger Picking Good | Kristy Cox |
| 41 | Old Home Place | High Fidelity |
| 42 | Red Fox Run | Leftover Salmon |
| 43 | Red Daisy | Billy Strings |
| 44 | I Surely Will Be Singing | Tim Stafford & Thomm Jutz |
| 45 | We Needed This Ride | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 46 | I Found | Valerie Smith |
| 47 | Travelin' Heart | Jackson Hollow |
| 48 | Tear-Stained Letter | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 49 | Brace for Impact (Live a Little) | Sturgill Simpson |
| 50 | All I Can Do | Sister Sadie |
| 51 | Coon Dog Cemetery | Milan Miller |
| 52 | Raleighs Ride | Sister Sadie |
| 53 | That’s Why I’m Lonesome | Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass |
| 54 | Tall Fiddler (feat. Flamekeeper & Tommy Emmanuel) | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper |
| 55 | Living Like There's No Tomorrow (Live) | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 56 | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (feat. Del McCoury & Paul Williams) | Jason Barie |
| 57 | Soldier's Joy (feat. Michael Cleveland) | Jesse McReynolds |
| 58 | Scorchin' the Gravy | Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen |
| 59 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band |
| 60 | Fall Like Rain | Justin Moses |
| 61 | These Songs | Della Mae |
| 62 | Pensacola | Jeff Picker |
| 63 | Beautifully out of Place | Sierra Hull |
| 64 | Know It All | Billy Strings |
| 65 | Flying at Night | Leftover Salmon |
| 66 | Mountainside | Colebrook Road |
| 67 | Fire in the Hole (feat. Stash Wyslouch) | Mike Barnett |
| 68 | Don't Look Back (feat. Ned Luberecki, Dan Boner, Nate Lee & Daniel Hardin) | Becky Buller |
| 69 | You Don't Have to Do That | Della Mae |
| 70 | I'd Like to Be a Train | Rhonda Vincent |
| 71 | Castles in the Air | Pert Near Sandstone |
| 72 | Poison | Sierra Hull |
| 73 | Born to Be with You (feat. Molly Tuttle) | Mike Barnett |
| 74 | The One | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band |
| 75 | Letting Go Now | Carley Arrowood |
| 76 | Somewhere in the Middle (feat. Nat Smith) | Mike Barnett |
| 77 | Dry Town | Della Mae |
| 78 | Living on the Edge | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 79 | Some Days | Sturgill Simpson |
| 80 | Boogie Grass Band | Leftover Salmon |
| 81 | I'm Asking You Today | Rick Faris |
| 82 | The Last Minute | Sierra Hull |
| 83 | Hobo Cartoon | Sturgill Simpson |
| 84 | Call to Arms | Sturgill Simpson |
| 85 | Flowers and Lace | The Grascals |
| 86 | See You on the Other Side (feat. Sam Bush) | Rick Faris |
| 87 | Lazy Whipporwill | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 88 | Bits of Banjos (feat. Catherine "BB" Bowness) | George Jackson |
| 89 | Blue Merle | Wood Belly |
| 90 | Limitless | Paper Bird |
| 91 | Hell I'd Pay | Pert Near Sandstone |
| 92 | Man on the Radio | Wood Belly |
| 93 | The Ride (feat. Ned Luberecki, Dan Boner, Nate Lee & Daniel Hardin) | Becky Buller |
| 94 | Watershed | Justin Moses |
| 95 | Heartbeat of America | Billy Strings |
| 96 | Dionysus | Chris Thile |
| 97 | Made Up My Mind | The Gina Furtado Project |
| 98 | The Bartender | The Steeldrivers |
| 99 | Norman Rockwell World | Kenny & Amanda Smith |
| 100 | A Miner's Life | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band |
| 101 | Wise & Born | Justin Moses |
| 102 | Black Mountain Rag | Mike Compton |
| 103 | Locust Hill | Justin Moses |
| 104 | Running the Route | Billy Strings |
| 105 | The Long Game | Della Mae |
| 106 | Big Mountain (feat. Sam Bush & Jerry Douglas) | Nefesh Mountain |
| 107 | It's a String Thing | The Grascals |
| 108 | Category Stomp | Leftover Salmon |
| 109 | We'll Get by | Leftover Salmon |
| 110 | Things She Couldn't Get over | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 111 | Rook Roller | Nate Lee |
| 112 | Little Bird | Becky Buller |
| 113 | Ride Away | Della Mae |
| 114 | Woodstock (feat. Jerry Douglas) | Becky Buller |
| 115 | Between the Lightning and the Thunder (feat. Dan Tyminski) | Justin Moses |
| 116 | Whither You Roam | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 117 | Leave It at the Gate | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 118 | Middle of the Woods | Sierra Hull |
| 119 | Yellow Creek | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 120 | The Run | Paper Bird |
| 121 | November | Wood Belly |
| 122 | Natural State | Larry Cordle |
| 123 | Do It Alone | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 124 | Road to Columbus | Jake Eddy |
| 125 | You Can Have the Crown | Sturgill Simpson |
| 126 | She'll Change | Molly Tuttle |
| 127 | White Line Fever (feat. Alison Brown, Stuart Duncan, Trey Hensley, Sierra Hull, Tim O'Brien & Todd Phillips) | Bobby Osborne |
| 128 | Through the East Gate | Andy Leftwich |
| 129 | Sea Stories | Sturgill Simpson |
| 130 | John the Revelator | Jackson Melnick |
| 131 | Dry Ground Blues | Colebrook Road |
| 132 | No News is Good News | Pert Near Sandstone |
| 133 | He Can't Own Them | Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass |
| 134 | A Dollar Looked Mighty Good | Valerie Smith |
| 135 | Caroline | Wood Belly |
| 136 | 25 Trips | Sierra Hull |
| 137 | Left Unsung | Leftover Salmon |
| 138 | Wonderbat | Nate Lee |
| 139 | Head on Down the Line (feat. Ned Luberecki, Dan Boner, Nate Lee & Daniel Hardin) | Becky Buller |
| 140 | Inglewood Upon Stratford (feat. Ned Luberecki, Dan Boner, Nate Lee & Daniel Hardin) | Becky Buller |
| 141 | How Long | Sierra Hull |
| 142 | Things in Life | Jerry Douglas |
| 143 | City That Drowned | Mile Twelve |
| 144 | Rialto | Mile Twelve |
| 145 | Waiting for Tennessee | Fireside Collective |
| 146 | Quick Select | Nate Lee |
| 147 | Where There's a Will | Gerald Smith |
| 148 | That Ol Truck | Gerald Smith |
| 149 | Where Oh Where (feat. Jerry Douglas, John Doyle, Michael McGoldrick & Jeff Taylor) | Nefesh Mountain |
| 150 | Grand Ole Circle | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 151 | Die Tryin' | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 152 | Heart of My Home | Della Mae |
| 153 | Heart of Sorrow | Valerie Smith |
| 154 | Billy in the Lowground | Tony Rice |
| 155 | Scarborough Fair | Tony Rice |
| 156 | Trouble | Jackson Melnick |
| 157 | Tall Fall | Rick Faris |
| 158 | Radio Tears | Deeper Shade Of Blue |
| 159 | In the End | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 160 | She Threw Herself Away | Steve Gulley |
| 161 | Little Sisters Medley (feat. Ricky Skaggs) | Mike Barnett |
| 162 | Somewhere on This Mountain (feat. Jerry Douglas) | Nefesh Mountain |
| 163 | Yes Sir, That's My Baby | Jeremy Stephens |
| 164 | Faithful | AJ Lee & Blue Summit |
| 165 | Moonshine Song | Rick Faris |
| 166 | Days in the Nighttime | Colebrook Road |
| 167 | Hurricane (feat. Brennan Hess, Clay Hess, Kyle Estep & Tim Crouch) | Kim Robins |
| 168 | Living Shouldn’t Be This Hard | Steve Gulley |
| 169 | More Heart, Less Attack (feat. Ned Luberecki, Dan Boner, Nate Lee & Daniel Hardin) | Becky Buller |
| 170 | Water's High and Rising | Pert Near Sandstone |
| 171 | Blink of an Eye | Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass |
| 172 | You Can't Hear a Heart Break | Jerry Salley |
| 173 | Goin’ Home Comin’ on | Carley Arrowood |
| 174 | Glad I’m Gone | The Steeldrivers |
| 175 | Since I Laid My Burden Down | Sister Sadie |
| 176 | Sleepy Little Town | The Grascals |
| 177 | I'd Rather Live by the Side of the Road | Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass |
| 178 | Thankful | The Grascals |
| 179 | Tennessee | Sturgill Simpson |
| 180 | Welcome to Earth (Pollywog) | Sturgill Simpson |
| 181 | Gonna Make It After All (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass |
| 182 | Hoot Owl Call | Rick Faris |
| 183 | Matterhorn | Ronnie Bowman |
| 184 | Hero | Sturgill Simpson |
| 185 | Railroad Town Without a Train | Jr Williams |
| 186 | High on a Mountain | Bowregard |
| 187 | Come on Down | Fast Track |
| 188 | Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses | Tina Adair |
| 189 | That Train Don't Stop Here Anymore | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 190 | Everybody's Got a Line | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 191 | Whether or Not | Deeper Shade Of Blue |
| 192 | One Kind Word | Front Country |
| 193 | I Like It when You're Home | Della Mae |
| 194 | Your Love is Like a Flower | The Bluegrass Album Band |
| 195 | Dueling Ducks | Gerald Smith |
| 196 | Blue Night (Live) | Hot Rize |
| 197 | Crooked Eyed John | Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen |
| 198 | Liberty | Mile Twelve |
| 199 | Where We Started | Mile Twelve |
| 200 | Back in the High Life Again | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
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