The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2017
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freedom Highway | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 2 | Come Back Down | T Sisters |
| 3 | Please Explain | Catie Curtis |
| 4 | It's Your Voodoo Working | Eilen Jewell |
| 5 | Blessings | Darden Smith |
| 6 | Pictures on My Phone (Live) | John Craigie |
| 7 | Shakedown | Valerie June |
| 8 | Love Will Win the War | Darden Smith |
| 9 | Busted | The Dustbowl Revival |
| 10 | Worried Mind | Eilen Jewell |
| 11 | Lucifer and the Fallen Angels | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 12 | Better Get It Right the First Time | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 13 | Astral Plane | Valerie June |
| 14 | Guardian Angel | Tim O'Brien |
| 15 | Where the River Meets the Road | Tim O'Brien |
| 16 | Strike the Bells | Rayna Gellert |
| 17 | Spring | Mouths of Babes |
| 18 | Got Soul | Valerie June |
| 19 | Workin's Too Hard | Rayna Gellert |
| 20 | When It Comes My Turn | David Myles |
| 21 | Lean into Love | Elaine Mahon |
| 22 | Reach for the Stars | Elaine Mahon |
| 23 | I'm a Little Mixed Up | Eilen Jewell |
| 24 | Big Creek | Pint & a Half |
| 25 | Going Home | Joe Jencks |
| 26 | Ether's Arms | Lenore |
| 27 | Take You Away | Christian Lopez Band |
| 28 | Way over Yonder | The Small Glories |
| 29 | Destitute | Christopher Paul Stelling |
| 30 | Sake of the Song | Hayes Carll |
| 31 | You Are Not Alone | Elaine Mahon |
| 32 | In It's Own Time | Davey O. |
| 33 | Wondrous Traveler | The Small Glories |
| 34 | Rolling Home | Elaine Mahon |
| 35 | Crazy Mixed Up World | Eilen Jewell |
| 36 | Shadows Dancing | Elaine Mahon |
| 37 | Blindly Believing | The Waifs |
| 38 | A Song for Mary | Judy Nazemetz |
| 39 | Behind That Locked Door | Judy Nazemetz |
| 40 | Wayside | Mark Erelli |
| 41 | The Way Back | Judy Nazemetz |
| 42 | Tell the Devil I'm Gettin' There As Fast As I Can (with Lucinda Williams and Eric Church) [feat. Eric Church & Lucinda Williams] | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 43 | Cumberland Gap | Dave Rawlings |
| 44 | We Sang Our Songs in California | Art Podell |
| 45 | You've Heard My Voice (And You Know My Name) | Art Podell |
| 46 | Worried Mind | Travis Linville |
| 47 | One Simple Waltz | Micah & Mark Atkinson |
| 48 | Windy Mountain | Tim O'Brien |
| 49 | All My Life | Flatt Lonesome |
| 50 | But then You Smile | Art Podell |
| 51 | At the Purchaser's Option | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 52 | Turtle Dove | Dori Freeman |
| 53 | Say My Name (For Camille Claudel) | Joy Zimmerman |
| 54 | Higher Place | Joy Zimmerman |
| 55 | Sweet Bird | Joy Zimmerman |
| 56 | Jump on in | Joy Zimmerman |
| 57 | Moonshine Freeze | This Is the Kit |
| 58 | Blackleg Miner | Offa Rex |
| 59 | Old Wolf | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 60 | Come on over My House | Dave Rawlings |
| 61 | Sometimes You've Got to Do Bad Things to Do Good | Matt Patershuk |
| 62 | Best of You | Ordinary Elephant |
| 63 | Got the Blues | Carlo Grimelli |
| 64 | Just Say It Now | Dori Freeman |
| 65 | Devil Said Do | Lynne Hanson |
| 66 | Spread Some Love | Carlo Grimelli |
| 67 | 2 Step | Carlo Grimelli |
| 68 | 21 Days | Carlo Grimelli |
| 69 | Pandora | Carlo Grimelli |
| 70 | On My Way Tonight | Quiles & Cloud |
| 71 | The Juke | Brigitte DeMeyer |
| 72 | Last Cigarette | Anna Tivel |
| 73 | Black Snake | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 74 | Put 'Em Up Solid | Dave Rawlings |
| 75 | Had I Paid | The Small Glories |
| 76 | Denali | Elaine Mahon |
| 77 | Baby Boy | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 78 | Natural Causes | Ron Renninger |
| 79 | Polyamorous Pollyann | Taarka |
| 80 | Time and the River | Art Podell |
| 81 | Gypsy | Matt Patershuk |
| 82 | Driftin Dan | Timmy Abell |
| 83 | Golden Apples | Art Podell |
| 84 | If and | Valerie June |
| 85 | Maria | I Draw Slow |
| 86 | California | Beth Wood |
| 87 | Home | Darden Smith |
| 88 | Broken with You | Lynne Hanson |
| 89 | Railroad Man | Ordinary Elephant |
| 90 | I'd Rather Be the Devil | Red Tail Ring |
| 91 | Following the North Star | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 92 | Don't Let Your Heart Be Troubled | Madison Violet |
| 93 | Hey Bébé | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 94 | Over There | Dori Freeman |
| 95 | My Portion | I Draw Slow |
| 96 | Counting Heartbeats | Lynne Hanson |
| 97 | The Angels Laid Him Away | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 98 | Riverside Hotel | Anna Tivel |
| 99 | God Looked Around | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 100 | Gravity | Amelia Curran |
| 101 | By the Rio Grande | Quiles & Cloud |
| 102 | While We're Here | Catie Curtis |
| 103 | Higher Ground | The Waifs |
| 104 | These Rollin' Hills | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 105 | Peace Trail | Neil Young |
| 106 | Dark Chandelier | Anna Tivel |
| 107 | Told a Lie to My Heart | Harrow Fair |
| 108 | Same As I Ever Have Been | Matt Patershuk |
| 109 | Just for Now | Lynne Hanson |
| 110 | The Joke | Brandi Carlile |
| 111 | Ordinary Dance | Anna Tivel |
| 112 | Grandma's Hands | Tim O'Brien |
| 113 | Debtors' Prison | The Dustbowl Revival |
| 114 | Garage Flowers | I Draw Slow |
| 115 | Wildflowers | The Wailin' Jennys |
| 116 | Everything | Darden Smith |
| 117 | The Way It Dimmed | Amanda Shires |
| 118 | Slip Slide on by | Valerie June |
| 119 | Midnight Train | Dave Rawlings |
| 120 | Same Sun | Madison Violet |
| 121 | Sweet Florida | Elaine Mahon |
| 122 | Highway of Pain | Flatt Lonesome |
| 123 | Afterglow | Elaine Mahon |
| 124 | My Old Brown Coat and Me | Tim O'Brien |
| 125 | Always on the Run | Carrie Elkin |
| 126 | Eyes Brand New | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 127 | You Are Loved | Catie Curtis |
| 128 | Lady in the Elevator | Ordinary Elephant |
| 129 | Look Up | Elaine Mahon |
| 130 | Highest Building | Anna Tivel |
| 131 | Hard Road | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 132 | Come Love Come | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 133 | White Flag | Rose Cousins |
| 134 | Something's Coming | The Waifs |
| 135 | Rebekah | Elaine Mahon |
| 136 | The Last Song | Peter Mulvey |
| 137 | The Other Side of Midnight | Elaine Mahon |
| 138 | Airplane | Dave Rawlings |
| 139 | Yonder Comes a Sucker | Dori Freeman |
| 140 | Movin' on Down That Line | Fireside Collective |
| 141 | Leaving Kerrville | Ordinary Elephant |
| 142 | Apocalypso | I Draw Slow |
| 143 | When My Mother Sings | Elaine Mahon |
| 144 | Little Patch of Sky | Larry Murante |
| 145 | I'd Do if for You | Jim Bruno |
| 146 | River Town | Rayna Gellert |
| 147 | Perry | Rayna Gellert |
| 148 | That's All Right | Dori Freeman |
| 149 | Currency | Hat Check Girl |
| 150 | I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight | Dori Freeman |
| 151 | The Things He Saw | Ordinary Elephant |
| 152 | Marie | Jim Bruno |
| 153 | Say Mama Day | Jim Bruno |
| 154 | I Will Be Your Man | Harrow Fair |
| 155 | Slow Dancer | Caroline Spence |
| 156 | Son Volt Came to Town | Deb Talan |
| 157 | I Did Not Make the World | Harpeth Rising |
| 158 | My Love (The Storm) | Amanda Shires |
| 159 | Spring | Elaine Mahon |
| 160 | Books Pliés and Sorrows | Larry Murante |
| 161 | California Rain | Jim Bruno |
| 162 | I'm Bound for the Promised Land | Rayna Gellert |
| 163 | Ball and Chain | Larry Murante |
| 164 | Grey Bird | Rayna Gellert |
| 165 | Oh Lovin' Babe | Rayna Gellert |
| 166 | Shine | Elaine Mahon |
| 167 | High Flying Bird | Tim O'Brien |
| 168 | 535 (Are You Even Alive) | Harpeth Rising |
| 169 | Accidental Thief | Matt The Electrician |
| 170 | Cuba is | Susan Werner |
| 171 | Not That Strong | Lynne Hanson |
| 172 | Ready for the Dark | Larry Murante |
| 173 | Take Me Dancing (feat. Birds of Chicago) | Mouths of Babes |
| 174 | Before I Go | Ordinary Elephant |
| 175 | Softball | Caroline Spence |
| 176 | When the Mist Clears Away | Tim O'Brien |
| 177 | You'll Be Mine | Eilen Jewell |
| 178 | A Handmade Life | Jill Freeman |
| 179 | Letters from Murdertown | Jill Freeman |
| 180 | No Hands | Jill Freeman |
| 181 | Welcome to the Bonehouse | Jill Freeman |
| 182 | The Light That Leads Me There | Jill Freeman |
| 183 | Carolina | I Draw Slow |
| 184 | Illinois | Anna Tivel |
| 185 | Paper Kites | Beth Wood |
| 186 | Run to You | Beth Wood |
| 187 | Black Coal Train | Beth Wood |
| 188 | Gone Too Soon | Beth Wood |
| 189 | Every Now and then | Jan Seides |
| 190 | High Hopes for You | Jan Seides |
| 191 | Gotta Dance | Jan Seides |
| 192 | Thinking of You | Jan Seides |
| 193 | Humble & Kind | Lori McKenna |
| 194 | Lovers on the Run | Dori Freeman |
| 195 | Two Hearts | Valerie June |
| 196 | Chains | Rose Cousins |
| 197 | Tell the Girls | I Draw Slow |
| 198 | Waiting to Give (feat. FY5) | Gabrielle Louise |
| 199 | Shake Me Now | Quiles & Cloud |
| 200 | Rise Again, Handsome Johnny | Tom Russell |
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