The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2016
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sake of the Song | Hayes Carll |
| 2 | Down to the River | Darrell Scott |
| 3 | Today Today Today | James Taylor |
| 4 | Worried Mind | Eilen Jewell |
| 5 | Blindly Believing | The Waifs |
| 6 | Wayside | Mark Erelli |
| 7 | Wondrous Traveler | The Small Glories |
| 8 | Pictures on My Phone (Live) | John Craigie |
| 9 | She's Got You | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 10 | When It Comes My Turn | David Myles |
| 11 | There Isn't One Way | Patty Griffin |
| 12 | Take You Away | Christian Lopez Band |
| 13 | To Hell with Monday Morning | Winter Wilson |
| 14 | Come Back Down | T Sisters |
| 15 | Up Above My Head | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 16 | Tightrope | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors |
| 17 | If You Wanna Get Kissed | Eleni Mandell |
| 18 | Love for a While | Keith Greeninger |
| 19 | Hidden Heart | Marit Larsen |
| 20 | I'd Rather Be Ashes Than Dust | Winter Wilson |
| 21 | Do You Dream of Me | Ynana Rose |
| 22 | Don't Even Think of Leaving Me | Ynana Rose |
| 23 | Way over Yonder | The Small Glories |
| 24 | Holding on | The Small Glories |
| 25 | We've Got a Fire | The Steel Wheels |
| 26 | Black River | Sierra Hull |
| 27 | The Meaning of My Love (feat. Eliza Gilkyson) | Darryl Purpose |
| 28 | But then You Smile | Art Podell |
| 29 | We Sang Our Songs in California | Art Podell |
| 30 | The Bottles on the Table | Bianca De Leon |
| 31 | You've Heard My Voice (And You Know My Name) | Art Podell |
| 32 | The Road You Thought You Knew | Wren |
| 33 | Waiting to Give (feat. FY5) | Gabrielle Louise |
| 34 | Rare Bird | Kelley McRae |
| 35 | Blow Wind Blow | The Grahams |
| 36 | Love is So Easy | Hayes Carll |
| 37 | Big Box | Neil Young |
| 38 | When I'm Gone | Brother Sun |
| 39 | Shake Sugaree | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 40 | Drive | Hayes Carll |
| 41 | The Healing Time | Winter Wilson |
| 42 | Lucky Life | Lori Lieberman |
| 43 | Golden Apples | Art Podell |
| 44 | Driftin Dan | Timmy Abell |
| 45 | Time and the River | Art Podell |
| 46 | Choices and Changes | Sierra Hull |
| 47 | Austerity | Winter Wilson |
| 48 | The One I'm Still Thinking About | Darrell Scott |
| 49 | Giving Up on Your Hometown | Lori McKenna |
| 50 | Land of Stone and Steel (feat. Steve Phillips) | David Hakan |
| 51 | Live and Not Learn (feat. Mary Danzig & Peter Danzig) | David Hakan |
| 52 | The Fire Warden (feat. Mary Danzig & Peter Danzig) | David Hakan |
| 53 | Solid Gone | David Hakan |
| 54 | Weighted Mind | Sierra Hull |
| 55 | Where the Hippies Go | David Hakan |
| 56 | Is It True That His Eyes Are Like Mine? | Winter Wilson |
| 57 | Magic | Mark Erelli |
| 58 | Heart of a Song | Nancy Cassidy |
| 59 | Red Dirt Road | Kelley McRae |
| 60 | Love is the Reason | Darrell Scott |
| 61 | Ain't Nobody | Dori Freeman |
| 62 | Weary Traveller | Winter Wilson |
| 63 | Fool for You | Ynana Rose |
| 64 | The Love You Sow | Ynana Rose |
| 65 | Gallows Hill | Winter Wilson |
| 66 | Merciful Father | Winter Wilson |
| 67 | Love Don't Let Me Down | Hayes Carll |
| 68 | Nothing Stays the Same | Winter Wilson |
| 69 | New Heart | Owen Plant |
| 70 | Beg Steal or Borrow | Ray LaMontagne |
| 71 | Natural Causes | Ron Renninger |
| 72 | Big River | Darrell Scott |
| 73 | Waiting for the Clothes to Get Clean | Darrell Scott |
| 74 | The In-Between | Sierra Hull |
| 75 | Doreen and Joe | Winter Wilson |
| 76 | I Sang Patsy Cline | Bianca De Leon |
| 77 | Melancholy Ways | Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche |
| 78 | Don't Try to Give Me Something I Don't Need | Winter Wilson |
| 79 | Half-broke Horse | Eilen Jewell |
| 80 | To the Light | Freebo |
| 81 | Gibson Town | Red Tail Ring |
| 82 | Mary Don't You Weep and Moan | Brother Sun |
| 83 | When Buddha Smiled at the Elephant | Darryl Purpose |
| 84 | Free (This is the Love Song) | Darrell Scott |
| 85 | Long Blue Hills | Ben Bedford |
| 86 | Had I Paid | The Small Glories |
| 87 | Stranded | Sierra Hull |
| 88 | Ribbons and Bows | Amanda Pearcy |
| 89 | Black Sky Lightning | Quiles & Cloud |
| 90 | She's My Personal GPS | Freebo |
| 91 | She Loves My Dog More Than Me | Freebo |
| 92 | Peggy O | Tony Furtado |
| 93 | Jenny Run Away | Ana Egge |
| 94 | Letters from the Earth | Ben Bedford |
| 95 | Keep on Going | Brother Sun |
| 96 | Desperado | Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche |
| 97 | I'd Rather Be the Devil | Red Tail Ring |
| 98 | Only in My Mind | Courtney Marie Andrews |
| 99 | Wings of the Dawn | Sierra Hull |
| 100 | By the Rio Grande | Quiles & Cloud |
| 101 | I Ain't Runnin' No More | Freebo |
| 102 | Selfish Lover | Amanda Pearcy |
| 103 | Gypsy Moon | Meg Braun |
| 104 | Firecracker | Tony Furtado |
| 105 | Ain't Nobody | Donal Hinely |
| 106 | Gunpowder | Patty Griffin |
| 107 | Wealth Addict | Roosevelt Dime |
| 108 | Electricity | Victor & Penny |
| 109 | Flat Top Guitar | Ana Egge |
| 110 | All These Things | Lori McKenna |
| 111 | Servant of Love | Patty Griffin |
| 112 | The Ocean Song | The Belle Hollows |
| 113 | If I Had My Way (feat. Regina McCrary and Ann McCrary) | Patty Griffin |
| 114 | Chocolate Chip Banana Cupcakes | Anna Elizabeth Laube |
| 115 | Cold October Day | Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche |
| 116 | Crocodile Man | Terri Hendrix |
| 117 | Blood on Missouri | Ben Bedford |
| 118 | Song for Paul | Dori Freeman |
| 119 | Cold Snap | Eleni Mandell |
| 120 | From the Day | Donal Hinely |
| 121 | Mighty Mighty River | Brother Sun |
| 122 | Bleecker Street | Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche |
| 123 | Mena | Chris Daniels & The Kings |
| 124 | Wind Will Blow | Mo Kenney |
| 125 | The Pilot and the Flying Machine, Part 1 | Ben Bedford |
| 126 | Hallelujah Band | Eilen Jewell |
| 127 | Told a Lie to My Heart | Harrow Fair |
| 128 | Hours in a Day | Darryl Purpose |
| 129 | Smoke a Little Cigarette | Matt Patershuk |
| 130 | At Last | Tattletale Saints |
| 131 | The Hard Way | The Keller Sisters |
| 132 | Sideshow | The Keller Sisters |
| 133 | Fortune Teller | Robert Plant & Alison Krauss |
| 134 | Follow This Highway | Neptune's Car |
| 135 | Stonewalls and Fences | Neptune's Car |
| 136 | Kiss the Sun (A Song for Pat Tillman) | Ellis Paul |
| 137 | Trains Cry | Caroline Spence |
| 138 | Morning Man | Darrell Scott |
| 139 | Toronto | Ashley Condon |
| 140 | Going to the Country | Ashley Condon |
| 141 | Marjorie (Live) | Moors & McCumber |
| 142 | French King | Mark Erelli |
| 143 | Orrery | Ben Bedford |
| 144 | Hard Night | Kelley McRae |
| 145 | More in Store | Victor & Penny |
| 146 | Peace Trail | Neil Young |
| 147 | That's What Love is | Freebo |
| 148 | Little Patch of Sky | Larry Murante |
| 149 | Fountain of Sorrow | Indigo Girls |
| 150 | It's Not Easy | The Henry Girls |
| 151 | Tilt-A-Whirl | The Railsplitters |
| 152 | Compass | Sierra Hull |
| 153 | Yours and Mine | Dawn and Hawkes |
| 154 | CooCoo | Evie Ladin |
| 155 | Running out of Road | Marit Larsen |
| 156 | Prince of the Apple Towns | Darryl Purpose |
| 157 | Mercy Now | Mary Gauthier |
| 158 | The Rant | Terri Hendrix |
| 159 | Bring Your Clothes Back Home | April Verch |
| 160 | Salt Salt Sea | The Railsplitters |
| 161 | The Magic Kid | Hayes Carll |
| 162 | Hurt a Little While | Patty Griffin |
| 163 | I Will Do the Breathing | Matt The Electrician |
| 164 | Carnival Jim and Jean | Eric Taylor |
| 165 | Your Old Age | Cosy Sheridan |
| 166 | Rather Be Free | Heather Maloney |
| 167 | 4000 Reasons to Run | Kenny White |
| 168 | Ease on Down | Evie Ladin |
| 169 | Hawkmoth | The Deer |
| 170 | Drunkard's Daughter | Meg Braun |
| 171 | I Never Asked | Meg Braun |
| 172 | Hangnail | Harrow Fair |
| 173 | Deep Ellum Blues | Quiles & Cloud |
| 174 | You | The Railsplitters |
| 175 | Goosetown | The Railsplitters |
| 176 | Tell Me | The Railsplitters |
| 177 | Send Me Home | Jaspar Lepak |
| 178 | Clouds | Jaspar Lepak |
| 179 | January Fire | Jaspar Lepak |
| 180 | Leaving the Country | Jaspar Lepak |
| 181 | More Time with You (feat. Mary Danzig) | David Hakan |
| 182 | Sunflower | The Weepies |
| 183 | Jump the Fire | Evie Ladin |
| 184 | Come into This Room | Darrell Scott |
| 185 | Turning Away | Ana Egge |
| 186 | Snakebit | Mary Gauthier |
| 187 | Almost There | Suzie Brown |
| 188 | Tender Annabelle | The Grahams |
| 189 | If You Hadn't Gone Away | April Verch |
| 190 | Gilchrist | April Verch |
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