The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2016

Rank Song Title Band/Artist Name
1Sake of the SongHayes Carll
2Down to the RiverDarrell Scott
3Today Today TodayJames Taylor
4Worried MindEilen Jewell
5Blindly BelievingThe Waifs
6WaysideMark Erelli
7Wondrous TravelerThe Small Glories
8Pictures on My Phone (Live)John Craigie
9She's Got YouRhiannon Giddens
10When It Comes My TurnDavid Myles
11There Isn't One WayPatty Griffin
12Take You AwayChristian Lopez Band
13To Hell with Monday MorningWinter Wilson
14Come Back DownT Sisters
15Up Above My HeadRhiannon Giddens
16TightropeDrew Holcomb & The Neighbors
17If You Wanna Get KissedEleni Mandell
18Love for a WhileKeith Greeninger
19Hidden HeartMarit Larsen
20I'd Rather Be Ashes Than DustWinter Wilson
21Do You Dream of MeYnana Rose
22Don't Even Think of Leaving MeYnana Rose
23Way over YonderThe Small Glories
24Holding onThe Small Glories
25We've Got a FireThe Steel Wheels
26Black RiverSierra Hull
27The Meaning of My Love (feat. Eliza Gilkyson)Darryl Purpose
28But then You SmileArt Podell
29We Sang Our Songs in CaliforniaArt Podell
30The Bottles on the TableBianca De Leon
31You've Heard My Voice (And You Know My Name)Art Podell
32The Road You Thought You KnewWren
33Waiting to Give (feat. FY5)Gabrielle Louise
34Rare BirdKelley McRae
35Blow Wind BlowThe Grahams
36Love is So EasyHayes Carll
37Big BoxNeil Young
38When I'm GoneBrother Sun
39Shake SugareeRhiannon Giddens
40DriveHayes Carll
41The Healing TimeWinter Wilson
42Lucky LifeLori Lieberman
43Golden ApplesArt Podell
44Driftin DanTimmy Abell
45Time and the RiverArt Podell
46Choices and ChangesSierra Hull
47AusterityWinter Wilson
48The One I'm Still Thinking AboutDarrell Scott
49Giving Up on Your HometownLori McKenna
50Land of Stone and Steel (feat. Steve Phillips)David Hakan
51Live and Not Learn (feat. Mary Danzig & Peter Danzig)David Hakan
52The Fire Warden (feat. Mary Danzig & Peter Danzig)David Hakan
53Solid GoneDavid Hakan
54Weighted MindSierra Hull
55Where the Hippies GoDavid Hakan
56Is It True That His Eyes Are Like Mine?Winter Wilson
57MagicMark Erelli
58Heart of a SongNancy Cassidy
59Red Dirt RoadKelley McRae
60Love is the ReasonDarrell Scott
61Ain't NobodyDori Freeman
62Weary TravellerWinter Wilson
63Fool for YouYnana Rose
64The Love You SowYnana Rose
65Gallows HillWinter Wilson
66Merciful FatherWinter Wilson
67Love Don't Let Me DownHayes Carll
68Nothing Stays the SameWinter Wilson
69New HeartOwen Plant
70Beg Steal or BorrowRay LaMontagne
71Natural CausesRon Renninger
72Big RiverDarrell Scott
73Waiting for the Clothes to Get CleanDarrell Scott
74The In-BetweenSierra Hull
75Doreen and JoeWinter Wilson
76I Sang Patsy ClineBianca De Leon
77Melancholy WaysSuzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche
78Don't Try to Give Me Something I Don't NeedWinter Wilson
79Half-broke HorseEilen Jewell
80To the LightFreebo
81Gibson TownRed Tail Ring
82Mary Don't You Weep and MoanBrother Sun
83When Buddha Smiled at the ElephantDarryl Purpose
84Free (This is the Love Song)Darrell Scott
85Long Blue HillsBen Bedford
86Had I PaidThe Small Glories
87We Walk TogetherJohn Zipperer
88StrandedSierra Hull
89Ribbons and BowsAmanda Pearcy
90Black Sky LightningQuiles & Cloud
91She's My Personal GPSFreebo
92She Loves My Dog More Than MeFreebo
93Peggy OTony Furtado
94Jenny Run AwayAna Egge
95Letters from the EarthBen Bedford
96Keep on GoingBrother Sun
97DesperadoSuzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche
98I'd Rather Be the DevilRed Tail Ring
99Only in My MindCourtney Marie Andrews
100Wings of the DawnSierra Hull
101By the Rio GrandeQuiles & Cloud
102I Ain't Runnin' No MoreFreebo
103Selfish LoverAmanda Pearcy
104Gypsy MoonMeg Braun
105FirecrackerTony Furtado
106Same OldThe Honey Dewdrops
107Ain't NobodyDonal Hinely
108GunpowderPatty Griffin
109Wealth AddictRoosevelt Dime
110ElectricityVictor & Penny
111Flat Top GuitarAna Egge
112All These ThingsLori McKenna
113Servant of LovePatty Griffin
114The Ocean SongThe Belle Hollows
115If I Had My Way (feat. Regina McCrary and Ann McCrary)Patty Griffin
116Chocolate Chip Banana CupcakesAnna Elizabeth Laube
117Cold October DaySuzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche
118Crocodile ManTerri Hendrix
119Blood on MissouriBen Bedford
120Song for PaulDori Freeman
121Cold SnapEleni Mandell
122From the DayDonal Hinely
123Mighty Mighty RiverBrother Sun
124Bleecker StreetSuzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche
125MenaChris Daniels & The Kings
126Wind Will BlowMo Kenney
127The Pilot and the Flying Machine, Part 1Ben Bedford
128Hallelujah BandEilen Jewell
129Told a Lie to My HeartHarrow Fair
130Hours in a DayDarryl Purpose
131Smoke a Little CigaretteMatt Patershuk
132At LastTattletale Saints
133The Hard WayThe Keller Sisters
134SideshowThe Keller Sisters
135Fortune TellerRobert Plant & Allison Kraus
136Follow This HighwayNeptune's Car
137Stonewalls and FencesNeptune's Car
138Kiss the Sun (A Song for Pat Tillman)Ellis Paul
139Trains CryCaroline Spence
140Morning ManDarrell Scott
141That Old Time FeelingDarrell Scott
142Storms Were MineGirlyman
143TorontoAshley Condon
144Going to the CountryAshley Condon
145Marjorie (Live)Moors & McCumber
146French KingMark Erelli
147OrreryBen Bedford
148Hard NightKelley McRae
149More in StoreVictor & Penny
150Peace TrailNeil Young
151That's What Love isFreebo
152Little Patch of SkyLarry Murante
153Fountain of SorrowIndigo Girls
154It's Not EasyThe Henry Girls
155Tilt-A-WhirlThe Railsplitters
156CompassSierra Hull
157Yours and MineDawn and Hawkes
158CooCooEvie Ladin
159Running out of RoadMarit Larsen
160Prince of the Apple TownsDarryl Purpose
161Mercy NowMary Gauthier
162The RantTerri Hendrix
163Bring Your Clothes Back HomeApril Verch
164Salt Salt SeaThe Railsplitters
165The Magic KidHayes Carll
166Hurt a Little WhilePatty Griffin
167I Will Do the BreathingMatt The Electrician
168Carnival Jim and JeanEric Taylor
169Your Old AgeCosy Sheridan
170Rather Be FreeHeather Maloney
1714000 Reasons to RunKenny White
172Ease on DownEvie Ladin
173HawkmothThe Deer
174Drunkard's DaughterMeg Braun
175I Never AskedMeg Braun
176HangnailHarrow Fair
177Deep Ellum BluesQuiles & Cloud
178YouThe Railsplitters
179GoosetownThe Railsplitters
180Tell MeThe Railsplitters
181Send Me HomeJaspar Lepak
182CloudsJaspar Lepak
183January FireJaspar Lepak
184Leaving the CountryJaspar Lepak
185More Time with You (feat. Mary Danzig)David Hakan
186SunflowerThe Weepies
187Jump the FireEvie Ladin
188Come into This RoomDarrell Scott
189Turning AwayAna Egge
190SnakebitMary Gauthier
191Almost ThereSuzie Brown
192Tender AnnabelleThe Grahams
193If You Hadn't Gone AwayApril Verch
194GilchristApril Verch
 

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