The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can't Let Go | Robert Plant & Allison Kraus |
| 2 | Cat Man Do | Brigitte DeMeyer |
| 3 | On the Road Again | The Brother Brothers |
| 4 | You Get It All | Hayes Carll |
| 5 | Bluebird | Jamestown Revival |
| 6 | People Get Ready | John Hurlbut & Jorma Kaukonen |
| 7 | Throwin’ Away Your Love | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 8 | Magic of the Music | Josie Bello |
| 9 | Perennial Bloom (Back to You) | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 10 | The Mountain | Alec Lytle & Them Rounders |
| 11 | Right on Time | Brandi Carlile |
| 12 | I Remember Everything | John Prine |
| 13 | Have Purpose Live Long | Josie Bello |
| 14 | Send You My Love | Liz Longley |
| 15 | Party with the Saints | Josie Bello |
| 16 | I Bleed Human | Josie Bello |
| 17 | Make It Last | Darling West |
| 18 | Eve | Sarah Jarosz |
| 19 | Madness | Giriffin Swank |
| 20 | All It Takes is Time | Josie Bello |
| 21 | Little Boy Blue | The War and Treaty |
| 22 | Waterbound (with Francesco Turrisi) | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 23 | Just Hanging on | Peter Case |
| 24 | Hole in My Life | Josie Bello |
| 25 | Nervous | Tim O'Brien |
| 26 | Hickory Wind | John Hurlbut & Jorma Kaukonen |
| 27 | I Shall Not Be Moved (with Francesco Turrisi) | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 28 | Enemy | The Dustbowl Revival |
| 29 | Everyone's Welcome Here | Kerry Patrick Clark |
| 30 | You Matter | Kerry Patrick Clark |
| 31 | See the World | Brett Dennen |
| 32 | Down the Trail | Amy Speace |
| 33 | The Walls Come Tumbling Down | Kerry Patrick Clark |
| 34 | Broken Horses | Brandi Carlile |
| 35 | Howl at the Moon | Indigo Girls |
| 36 | Jackpot | Mark Erelli |
| 37 | Garden of Pain | Wolf Jett |
| 38 | Ain’t No Stopping Us Now | Kerry Patrick Clark |
| 39 | Nightflyer | Allison Russell |
| 40 | The Sun Always Shines in Mexico | ThorNton Creek |
| 41 | Another Page | Eric Selby |
| 42 | No Time for Love Songs | The Mastersons |
| 43 | Call Me Home (feat. Heidi Matthews) | ThorNton Creek |
| 44 | Whassit Matter to You? (feat. Craig Edwards, Roger Ferguson & Randy Rush) | ThorNton Creek |
| 45 | Angel from Montgomery | Raveis Kole |
| 46 | Greatest Enemy | The Strumbellas |
| 47 | Won't Abandon Ship | Gracious Me |
| 48 | What You're Made of | Gracious Me |
| 49 | Song to a Refugee | Diana Jones |
| 50 | Second Sight | Buck Meek |
| 51 | Throwing Rocks at the Moon | Carrie Newcomer |
| 52 | Visions | Jose Gonzalez |
| 53 | Not the America of My Dreams | Josie Bello |
| 54 | Conversational Snow | Eric Selby |
| 55 | Twenty-Five Years | Josie Bello |
| 56 | Santiago | Diana Jones |
| 57 | A Father's Love | Kerry Patrick Clark |
| 58 | It Ain't Workin' | EllaHarp |
| 59 | Mama's Old Hickory Stick | Hot Tamale |
| 60 | Will You | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno |
| 61 | California Way | Peach & Quiet |
| 62 | Throw It All Away | Eric Selby |
| 63 | Part of It | Eric Selby |
| 64 | The First Taste | Eric Selby |
| 65 | Art of Motion | Andy McKee |
| 66 | Empty to Fill | Peach & Quiet |
| 67 | Anxious Zen | Eric Selby |
| 68 | Call It Home | Paula Standing |
| 69 | Patiently | Eric Selby |
| 70 | El Chaparral | Diana Jones |
| 71 | Nice Things | Hayes Carll |
| 72 | For My Love | Peach & Quiet |
| 73 | Last Summer | John Batdorf |
| 74 | Good Music Never Goes Away | John Batdorf |
| 75 | Prayin' | John Batdorf |
| 76 | I Wanna Be with You | John Batdorf |
| 77 | Sweet Boy from Minnesota | Anna Elizabeth Laube |
| 78 | The More I Give | Paula Standing |
| 79 | Orbit | Eric Selby |
| 80 | Round Thing | Luca Stricagnoli |
| 81 | Into Me You See (Here & Now) | Raveis Kole |
| 82 | Good Times | Jeremy Garrett |
| 83 | Shoreline After a Storm | Peach & Quiet |
| 84 | Alton Air | Darrell Scott |
| 85 | Shed a Little Light | Joy Zimmerman |
| 86 | Walking Through | Thomas Hine |
| 87 | Trouble with My Lover | Robert Plant & Allison Kraus |
| 88 | Cemented | Thomas Hine |
| 89 | I'd Go Back Again | Paula Standing |
| 90 | All My Runnin' | Anna Elizabeth Laube |
| 91 | Seven Daffodils | Peach & Quiet |
| 92 | Hourglass | Mipso |
| 93 | Every Road | Linda Sussman |
| 94 | The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | Gordon Lightfoot |
| 95 | One Sky | Philip Scott Poli |
| 96 | King High Tide | Ken Dunn |
| 97 | Come Back Joni | Ken Dunn |
| 98 | Took It Back | Kelly's Lot |
| 99 | Abandon | Thomas Hine |
| 100 | Happy Independence Day | Josie Bello |
| 101 | Jardim Da Estrela | Anna Elizabeth Laube |
| 102 | 25 Trees | Tim Grimm |
| 103 | Butterfly | Kelly's Lot |
| 104 | Hippie Boyfriend | Anna Elizabeth Laube |
| 105 | Try | Neil Young |
| 106 | This is What You Did | This Is the Kit |
| 107 | Sam Stone | John Prine |
| 108 | Knives | Rob Lutes |
| 109 | Down the Line | Jose Gonzalez |
| 110 | San Luis | Gregory Alan Isakov |
| 111 | When I Get to Heaven | John Prine |
| 112 | Please Come to Boston | Dave Loggins |
| 113 | The Battle's Not over | Gracious Me |
| 114 | Beginnings and Ends | K.C. Jones |
| 115 | Five More Minutes | The War and Treaty |
| 116 | Ledgers and Stones | Thomas Hine |
| 117 | True is Beautiful | Raveis Kole |
| 118 | There Used to Be Horses Here | Amy Speace |
| 119 | One Year | Amy Speace |
| 120 | The Chase | The Brother Brothers |
| 121 | I Will Find You Again | Kelly's Lot |
| 122 | He Calls Me River | Raye Zaragoza |
| 123 | I'm Gone | Anna Elizabeth Laube |
| 124 | Ghosts of Houston Street | Raye Zaragoza |
| 125 | Sleep on It Tonight (feat. Rick Monroe) | Kelly's Lot |
| 126 | Go in Peace | Sam Baker |
| 127 | Barren Daughters | Thomas Hine |
| 128 | Foolish Try | Kelly's Lot |
| 129 | The Runner | Allison Russell |
| 130 | Sunny Days | Anna Elizabeth Laube |
| 131 | Mists of Misunderstanding | Chris Wilhelm |
| 132 | The Lean Years | Eric Selby |
| 133 | Tangled (feat. Doug Pettibone) | Kelly's Lot |
| 134 | Freedom | Kelly's Lot |
| 135 | Over That Road I'm Bound to Go | Joachim Cooder |
| 136 | Pilgrim | Kate McDonnell |
| 137 | Simple Man | Kelly's Lot |
| 138 | Lock Me Up | Kelly's Lot |
| 139 | Hurricane | Kelly's Lot |
| 140 | The Irish Luck | Kelly's Lot |
| 141 | Copperline | James Taylor |
| 142 | Please Don't Bury Me | John Prine |
| 143 | Caves | Gregory Alan Isakov |
| 144 | Fire & Ice | David Leask |
| 145 | Television | Lula Wiles |
| 146 | Beautiful Flowers | Watchhouse |
| 147 | Bullet Holes | Gregory Alan Isakov |
| 148 | Was I Just Another One | Gregory Alan Isakov |
| 149 | Grace is Gone | Dave Matthews Band |
| 150 | Pass It on Down | Linda Sussman |
| 151 | The Last Mix | Linda Sussman |
| 152 | Talking Tales of Wandering | Ken Dunn |
| 153 | Red and Purple Too | Ken Dunn |
| 154 | Lullaby | Linda Sussman |
| 155 | Already Want You | Philip Scott Poli |
| 156 | Give Me Away | Philip Scott Poli |
| 157 | Iron into Gold | Philip Scott Poli |
| 158 | If You Build It | Anna Elizabeth Laube |
| 159 | Ice Cream & Cigarettes | Million Miles |
| 160 | Nica Libres at Dusk | Ben Howard |
| 161 | Yellow Brick Road | Angus & Julia Stone |
| 162 | Cryin' | Linda Sussman |
| 163 | In My Time of Dyin' | Rob Lutes |
| 164 | Bryant Park | Craig Cardiff |
| 165 | Carve Your Name | Last Birds |
| 166 | I’ll Be Gone | Sarah Jarosz |
| 167 | Dark, Dark, Dark | Gregory Alan Isakov |
| 168 | For You | Angus & Julia Stone |
| 169 | The Devil's Tears | Angus & Julia Stone |
| 170 | Ernest Tubb Had Fuzzy Slippers | Matt Patershuk |
| 171 | Shine | Philip Scott Poli |
| 172 | Deep in the Hive | Ken Dunn |
| 173 | Mèsi Bondye | Leyla McCalla |
| 174 | A Little Bit of Heaven | Linda Sussman |
| 175 | Long As I Can See the Light | Kate McDonnell |
| 176 | Ain't No Mister | Brigitte DeMeyer |
| 177 | I'm Good with That | Eric Selby |
| 178 | More Than I Care to | Eric Selby |
| 179 | Hometown | Sarah Jarosz |
| 180 | Calico Jim | Pony Bradshaw |
| 181 | Decibel Jezebel | McKain Lakey |
| 182 | Old Way | Eric Selby |
| 183 | No Reason | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 184 | Arise | Eric Selby |
| 185 | Pavlov's Demons | Eric Selby |
| 186 | What a Show | Kerry Patrick Clark |
| 187 | Seein’ Double | The Brother Brothers |
| 188 | Sowin' Seeds | Angela Autumn |
| 189 | Calling Me Home (with Francesco Turrisi) | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 190 | Warrior | Raye Zaragoza |
| 191 | Oh My Love | The Small Glories |
| 192 | Little Lies | I'm With Her |
| 193 | Eve Boards a Train | Humbird |
| 194 | Johnny | Sarah Jarosz |
| 195 | The Same Boat, Brother | Tim O'Brien |
| 196 | Ain't No Sin | Carsie Blanton |
| 197 | Seeker | Brigitte DeMeyer |
| 198 | Oh My God | Lula Wiles |
| 199 | Dreaming of King Lear | Tim Grimm |
| 200 | Rebel Soul | Raye Zaragoza |
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