The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2019
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | None'ya | Hayes Carll |
| 2 | This Too Shall Pass | Jamestown Revival |
| 3 | It's Your Voodoo Working | Eilen Jewell |
| 4 | Flower in the Gun (feat. Victoria Canal) | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| 5 | Lookin' at the River in the Rain | Steve Forbert |
| 6 | Please Explain | Catie Curtis |
| 7 | For You | Angus & Julia Stone |
| 8 | Alberta | The Small Glories |
| 9 | Bullet Holes | Gregory Alan Isakov |
| 10 | Dark, Dark, Dark | Gregory Alan Isakov |
| 11 | Love Will Win the War | Darden Smith |
| 12 | Caves | Gregory Alan Isakov |
| 13 | Was I Just Another One | Gregory Alan Isakov |
| 14 | Grace is Gone | Dave Matthews Band |
| 15 | Come Back Down | T Sisters |
| 16 | Blessings | Darden Smith |
| 17 | Leela | The Levins |
| 18 | The Story I Can Hear | The Levins |
| 19 | Through the Looking Glass | Eliza Gilkyson |
| 20 | Salvation | The Strumbellas |
| 21 | Yellow Brick Road | Angus & Julia Stone |
| 22 | The Devil's Tears | Angus & Julia Stone |
| 23 | Friend I Never Had | Mean Mary |
| 24 | Copperline | James Taylor |
| 25 | Trouble and Woe | Ruth Moody |
| 26 | Where I Come from | Patty Griffin |
| 27 | Loneliness | Darling West |
| 28 | Cryin' | Linda Sussman |
| 29 | Pass It on Down | Linda Sussman |
| 30 | Nica Libres at Dusk | Ben Howard |
| 31 | Chasin' That Train | Linda Sussman |
| 32 | Rainy Day | Mean Mary |
| 33 | The Last Mix | Linda Sussman |
| 34 | Dandelion Time | Daniel Norgren |
| 35 | Dark Woods | Mean Mary |
| 36 | Thinkin' Outside the Box (feat. Tammy King & Jerry Salley) | Dave Adkins |
| 37 | The Dancer | Linda Sussman |
| 38 | Wooh Dang | Daniel Norgren |
| 39 | The Fading | Joan Shelley |
| 40 | Just to Say I Love You | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| 41 | American Darkness | Dan Tedesco |
| 42 | Front Porch | Joy Williams |
| 43 | Naked to the Eye | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| 44 | No Man's Land | Cej |
| 45 | Ernest Tubb Had Fuzzy Slippers | Matt Patershuk |
| 46 | Hudson | Sparrow Blue |
| 47 | When I Get to Heaven | John Prine |
| 48 | A Place for You & Me | James Lee Baker |
| 49 | Big Grey Dog | JigJam |
| 50 | Disappear for the Weekend | James Lee Baker |
| 51 | Miami Underwater | Judy Nazemetz |
| 52 | Talk to a Human | Terri Hendrix |
| 53 | Shed a Little Light | Joy Zimmerman |
| 54 | The Hard Way | Beth Wood |
| 55 | Whippoorwill | Sparrow Blue |
| 56 | Summertime Won't Last Long | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| 57 | One Shot | Beth Wood |
| 58 | Let It Breathe | Kelly's Lot |
| 59 | The Only Ones | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 60 | Astral Plane | Valerie June |
| 61 | All in Your Name | Heather Maloney |
| 62 | Pretty Sure | Joy Zimmerman |
| 63 | Bluebird Dosido | Cej |
| 64 | The Long Road | Beth Wood |
| 65 | Why Be Normal | Joy Zimmerman |
| 66 | To the Girl | Joy Zimmerman |
| 67 | Say You Will (feat. Lynn Hollyfield) | Les Hatley |
| 68 | The Exception | Clint Alphin |
| 69 | Jubilee | Charlie Parr |
| 70 | Straight to Marrow | Clint Alphin |
| 71 | Bob & Me | Joy Zimmerman |
| 72 | Common Man | Joe Iadanza |
| 73 | Steady As She Goes | Craig Bickhardt |
| 74 | What You Don’t Know | Caroline Spence |
| 75 | Should Have Loved | Clint Alphin |
| 76 | Shifting Sand | Ken Dunn |
| 77 | Just Wait Til They See You | Danny Schmidt |
| 78 | Angels or Los Angeles | Caroline Spence |
| 79 | Sugaree | Matt Patershuk |
| 80 | Smokin' Ashes | The Appalucians |
| 81 | Wayfaring Stranger (with Francesco Turrisi) | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 82 | A Song for Mary | Judy Nazemetz |
| 83 | Forty Seven Main | The Appalucians |
| 84 | Remember Me | Joe Iadanza |
| 85 | Emma Rose | Joe Iadanza |
| 86 | Home for the Harvest | Craig Bickhardt |
| 87 | Pharmakon | Humbird |
| 88 | Little Things | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| 89 | Cabin Song | Fireside Collective |
| 90 | 146th Street | Joe Holt |
| 91 | Desert Dream | Grady Shawver |
| 92 | For Lady J | Grady Shawver |
| 93 | The Road Home | Grady Shawver |
| 94 | The Way You Loved Me | Craig Bickhardt |
| 95 | The Statue | Michael Johnathon |
| 96 | Dazed & Confused | Michael Johnathon |
| 97 | Don't Wanna Be Without Ya | Penny & Sparrow |
| 98 | Freedom Train | Chris Ronald |
| 99 | Little Bit of This | Kelly's Lot |
| 100 | Everything Goes Green | Chris Ronald |
| 101 | Movin' on Down That Line | Fireside Collective |
| 102 | Sons of Summer | Chris Ronald |
| 103 | Just One Step | Fireside Collective |
| 104 | Okanagan Sunset | Chris Ronald |
| 105 | Lookin' for a Fight | Susan Gibson |
| 106 | Times Like These | Hayes Carll |
| 107 | The Widow of Glasgow Green (feat. Noe Cervantes) | EllaHarp |
| 108 | Honey Bee | Alice Howe |
| 109 | The Road is Divided | Catherine MacLellan |
| 110 | Who’s Gonna Make My Mistakes | Caroline Spence |
| 111 | The F Word | Judy Nazemetz |
| 112 | Roots | Laura Berman |
| 113 | Higher Good | Laura Berman |
| 114 | Winnipeg | The Small Glories |
| 115 | Home | Laura Berman |
| 116 | Crazy World (Judgement Day) | Jamestown Revival |
| 117 | Mint Condition | Caroline Spence |
| 118 | The Way Back | Judy Nazemetz |
| 119 | He Said My Name Right | Judy Nazemetz |
| 120 | My Daily Regimen | Judy Nazemetz |
| 121 | Behind That Locked Door | Judy Nazemetz |
| 122 | Oh My Love | The Small Glories |
| 123 | Coal Country | Charles Wesley Godwin |
| 124 | Clay | Laura Berman |
| 125 | Sing | The Small Glories |
| 126 | Thoughts & Prayers | Will Hoge |
| 127 | Take Me for a Ride | Caitlin Canty |
| 128 | There is No Other (with Francesco Turrisi) | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 129 | Somewhere in the Middle | Wes Weddell |
| 130 | Died a Little Bit | Missouri Mile |
| 131 | You're Not Gonna Use Me | Missouri Mile |
| 132 | Mourning in America | The Milk Carton Kids |
| 133 | Eve Boards a Train | Humbird |
| 134 | Love Like There's No Tomorrow | The War and Treaty |
| 135 | Bring It on Home to Me | Alice Howe |
| 136 | Wild As a Birdsong | Heather Maloney |
| 137 | Redwood Tree | Jamie Drake |
| 138 | Coming Down for You | Joan Shelley |
| 139 | It Ain't Workin' | EllaHarp |
| 140 | Things You Don't Wanna Know | Hayes Carll |
| 141 | Where Do You Go | Flatt Lonesome |
| 142 | Highway of Pain | Flatt Lonesome |
| 143 | Had a Good Reason | Patty Griffin |
| 144 | Mama's Worried | Patty Griffin |
| 145 | February Face | Wes Weddell |
| 146 | Velvet Bulldozer | Matt Patershuk |
| 147 | Hop Down Reel / Johnny Doherty's Reel | Tim O'Brien |
| 148 | Miles to Row | Wes Weddell |
| 149 | Go | Wes Weddell |
| 150 | We Had Reasons | Wes Weddell |
| 151 | Love Gone Wrong | Lula Wiles |
| 152 | I'm on My Way (with Francesco Turrisi) | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 153 | Wouldn't Change It for the World | Pierce Pettis |
| 154 | All I Need | Joy Williams |
| 155 | Axe Mountain (Revisited) | John Smith |
| 156 | Don't Think Twice, It's All Right | Alice Howe |
| 157 | Cornbread | Casey Joe Lambert |
| 158 | Drunkard's Walk | Tim O'Brien |
| 159 | Cowtown Blues | James Lee Baker |
| 160 | Don't Know Where I Am | Pierce Pettis |
| 161 | The Things That Matter | Guy Forsyth |
| 162 | Diagnostic Heart | Susan Gibson |
| 163 | Hurricane | Susan Gibson |
| 164 | Secondhand | The Small Glories |
| 165 | Mayday Man | Jamestown Revival |
| 166 | All My Life | Flatt Lonesome |
| 167 | Let's Give This Bottle a Black Eye | Matt Patershuk |
| 168 | The Blues Don't Bother Me | Matt Patershuk |
| 169 | Crooked Road | Tim O'Brien |
| 170 | Alone | Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements |
| 171 | That's What Love Can Do to Your Heart | Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements |
| 172 | What Used to Be | Karen Tobin |
| 173 | Homeless Heart | Karen Tobin |
| 174 | Before It's Too Late | Karen Tobin |
| 175 | Beautiful Day | Karen Tobin |
| 176 | Until We Meet Again | Karen Tobin |
| 177 | Make Me Fall | Missouri Mile |
| 178 | Liar | Missouri Mile |
| 179 | Still on My Mind | Alice Howe |
| 180 | What It is | Hayes Carll |
| 181 | Where I Go | Beth Wood |
| 182 | Lazy Joe | Cej |
| 183 | Love is an Unraveling Bird's Nest | Charlie Parr |
| 184 | Sight of the Sun | Madison Violet |
| 185 | King of the Keelboat Men | Eric Brace, Peter Cooper & Thomm Jutz |
| 186 | Red Bird | The Early Risers |
| 187 | Way over Yonder in the Minor Key | Terri Hendrix |
| 188 | Gaps in the Stories | Denise Glover |
| 189 | Mary the Forgotten One | Denise Glover |
| 190 | You're Not Alone (feat. Rhiannon Giddens & Allison Russell) | Our Native Daughters |
| 191 | Antiques | Susan Gibson |
| 192 | Imaginary Lines | Susan Gibson |
| 193 | Newport '65 | Danny Schmidt |
| 194 | Pastures of Plenty | Tim O'Brien |
| 195 | Heaven Only Knows | Beth Wood |
| 196 | Blue-Eyed Hole in Time | Danny Schmidt |
| 197 | Willy Moore | John Smith |
| 198 | Mon Ami | Kelly's Lot |
| 199 | Tell Me | Madison Violet |
| 200 | Painted Lines | Beth Wood |
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