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 | Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright 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 | We Walk Together | John Zipperer |
88 | Stranded | Sierra Hull |
89 | Ribbons and Bows | Amanda Pearcy |
90 | Black Sky Lightning | Quiles & Cloud |
91 | She's My Personal GPS | Freebo |
92 | She Loves My Dog More Than Me | Freebo |
93 | Peggy O | Tony Furtado |
94 | Jenny Run Away | Ana Egge |
95 | Letters from the Earth | Ben Bedford |
96 | Keep on Going | Brother Sun |
97 | Desperado | Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche |
98 | I'd Rather Be the Devil | Red Tail Ring |
99 | Only in My Mind | Courtney Marie Andrews |
100 | Wings of the Dawn | Sierra Hull |
101 | By the Rio Grande | Quiles & Cloud |
102 | I Ain't Runnin' No More | Freebo |
103 | Selfish Lover | Amanda Pearcy |
104 | Gypsy Moon | Meg Braun |
105 | Firecracker | Tony Furtado |
106 | Same Old | The Honey Dewdrops |
107 | Ain't Nobody | Donal Hinely |
108 | Gunpowder | Patty Griffin |
109 | Wealth Addict | Roosevelt Dime |
110 | Electricity | Victor & Penny |
111 | Flat Top Guitar | Ana Egge |
112 | All These Things | Lori McKenna |
113 | Servant of Love | Patty Griffin |
114 | The Ocean Song | The Belle Hollows |
115 | If I Had My Way (feat. Regina McCrary and Ann McCrary) | Patty Griffin |
116 | Chocolate Chip Banana Cupcakes | Anna Elizabeth Laube |
117 | Cold October Day | Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche |
118 | Crocodile Man | Terri Hendrix |
119 | Blood on Missouri | Ben Bedford |
120 | Song for Paul | Dori Freeman |
121 | Cold Snap | Eleni Mandell |
122 | From the Day | Donal Hinely |
123 | Mighty Mighty River | Brother Sun |
124 | Bleecker Street | Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche |
125 | Mena | Chris Daniels & The Kings |
126 | Wind Will Blow | Mo Kenney |
127 | The Pilot and the Flying Machine, Part 1 | Ben Bedford |
128 | Hallelujah Band | Eilen Jewell |
129 | Told a Lie to My Heart | Harrow Fair |
130 | Hours in a Day | Darryl Purpose |
131 | Smoke a Little Cigarette | Matt Patershuk |
132 | At Last | Tattletale Saints |
133 | The Hard Way | The Keller Sisters |
134 | Sideshow | The Keller Sisters |
135 | Fortune Teller | Robert Plant & Allison Kraus |
136 | Follow This Highway | Neptune's Car |
137 | Stonewalls and Fences | Neptune's Car |
138 | Kiss the Sun (A Song for Pat Tillman) | Ellis Paul |
139 | Trains Cry | Caroline Spence |
140 | Morning Man | Darrell Scott |
141 | That Old Time Feeling | Darrell Scott |
142 | Storms Were Mine | Girlyman |
143 | Toronto | Ashley Condon |
144 | Going to the Country | Ashley Condon |
145 | Marjorie (Live) | Moors & McCumber |
146 | French King | Mark Erelli |
147 | Orrery | Ben Bedford |
148 | Hard Night | Kelley McRae |
149 | More in Store | Victor & Penny |
150 | Peace Trail | Neil Young |
151 | That's What Love is | Freebo |
152 | Little Patch of Sky | Larry Murante |
153 | Fountain of Sorrow | Indigo Girls |
154 | It's Not Easy | The Henry Girls |
155 | Tilt-A-Whirl | The Railsplitters |
156 | Compass | Sierra Hull |
157 | Yours and Mine | Dawn and Hawkes |
158 | CooCoo | Evie Ladin |
159 | Running out of Road | Marit Larsen |
160 | Prince of the Apple Towns | Darryl Purpose |
161 | Mercy Now | Mary Gauthier |
162 | The Rant | Terri Hendrix |
163 | Bring Your Clothes Back Home | April Verch |
164 | Salt Salt Sea | The Railsplitters |
165 | The Magic Kid | Hayes Carll |
166 | Hurt a Little While | Patty Griffin |
167 | I Will Do the Breathing | Matt The Electrician |
168 | Carnival Jim and Jean | Eric Taylor |
169 | Your Old Age | Cosy Sheridan |
170 | Rather Be Free | Heather Maloney |
171 | 4000 Reasons to Run | Kenny White |
172 | Ease on Down | Evie Ladin |
173 | Hawkmoth | The Deer |
174 | Drunkard's Daughter | Meg Braun |
175 | I Never Asked | Meg Braun |
176 | Hangnail | Harrow Fair |
177 | Deep Ellum Blues | Quiles & Cloud |
178 | You | The Railsplitters |
179 | Goosetown | The Railsplitters |
180 | Tell Me | The Railsplitters |
181 | Send Me Home | Jaspar Lepak |
182 | Clouds | Jaspar Lepak |
183 | January Fire | Jaspar Lepak |
184 | Leaving the Country | Jaspar Lepak |
185 | More Time with You (feat. Mary Danzig) | David Hakan |
186 | Sunflower | The Weepies |
187 | Jump the Fire | Evie Ladin |
188 | Come into This Room | Darrell Scott |
189 | Turning Away | Ana Egge |
190 | Snakebit | Mary Gauthier |
191 | Almost There | Suzie Brown |
192 | Tender Annabelle | The Grahams |
193 | If You Hadn't Gone Away | April Verch |
194 | Gilchrist | April Verch |
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