The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Contemporary Folk Song Chart
for the Week of May 23, 2026
| TW | LW | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Heavy Foot | Mon Rovîa |
| ▲ | 2 | 6 | Drive | Stacy Robin |
| - | 3 | 3 | Saving Grace | Briscoe |
| *NEW* | 4 | - | Farm Girl | Shelby Means |
| ▼ | 5 | 2 | As We Fall | Stacy Robin |
| ▲ | 6 | 12 | Lemon's Jump | Stefan Grossman |
| - | 7 | 7 | Atlanta Blues | Stephen Bennett |
| - | 8 | 8 | Liquor Store Angel | Parry Lamont |
| - | 9 | 9 | The Vagrant | Parry Lamont |
| - | 10 | 10 | Party in the Pines | Dave Miller |
| ▲ | 11 | 14 | Night Rider's Lament | Nanci Griffith |
| ▲ | 12 | 15 | Closer to Fine | Indigo Girls |
| ▲ | 13 | 16 | (I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That | James Taylor |
| ▲ | 14 | 17 | Look out for My Love | Neil Young |
| ▲ | 15 | 18 | 20 Years | Jude Johnstone |
| ▲ | 16 | 19 | The American in Me | Steve Forbert |
| ▲ | 17 | 20 | Straight Back Home to You | Wolf Jett |
| ▼ | 18 | 4 | Kentucky Never Seemed So Blue (feat. Sam Bush) | Weary Ramblers |
| ▼ | 19 | 5 | Driftwood | Weary Ramblers |
| ▼ | 20 | 11 | Across the Great Divide | Kate Wolf |
| ▲ | 21 | - | Gone | Tim Grimm |
| ▲ | 22 | - | Across the Great Divide | Nanci Griffith |
| *NEW* | 23 | - | Spring Wind | Greg Brown |
| *NEW* | 24 | - | Coyote | Joni Mitchell |
| *NEW* | 25 | - | Boomtown | Greg Brown |
| ▲ | 26 | - | That's What Makes You Strong | Jesse Winchester |
| *NEW* | 27 | - | True Love Will Never Fade | Mark Knopfler |
| ▲ | 28 | - | Long Ride Home | Patty Griffin |
| ▲ | 29 | - | Go in Peace | Sam Baker |
| *NEW* | 30 | - | Punish the Monkey | Mark Knopfler |
| ▲ | 31 | - | Victory in the Struggle | Darryl Purpose |
| *NEW* | 32 | - | Two Little Feet | Greg Brown |
| ▲ | 33 | - | Love for a While | Keith Greeninger |
| *NEW* | 34 | - | Jealousy | Natalie Merchant |
| ▲ | 35 | - | Please Don't Bury Me | John Prine |
| ▲ | 36 | - | Shame on You | Indigo Girls |
| ▲ | 37 | - | Witchi-Tai-To | Brewer & Shipley |
| ▲ | 38 | - | Ghosts | Jesse Winchester |
| ▲ | 39 | - | Never Forget to Boogie | Jesse Winchester |
| ▲ | 40 | - | Deeper Well | Emmylou Harris |
| ▲ | 41 | - | Shake Sugaree | Rhiannon Giddens |
| ▲ | 42 | - | Heaven Don't Come by Here | The Steel Wheels |
| *NEW* | 43 | - | A Horse in the Country | Cowboy Junkies |
| ▲ | 44 | - | Country Music, I'm Talking to You | Darrell Scott |
| *NEW* | 45 | - | Goodbye | Mary Gauthier |
| ▲ | 46 | - | There Isn't One Way | Patty Griffin |
| *NEW* | 47 | - | If You Could Read My Mind | Gordon Lightfoot |
| *NEW* | 48 | - | One Cool Remove | Shawn Colvin |
| *NEW* | 49 | - | Cowboy Romance | Natalie Merchant |
| *NEW* | 50 | - | Where I Go | Natalie Merchant |
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