The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Folk Song Chart
for the Week of Apr 18, 2026
| TW | LW | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Back at the Start | Patty Griffin | Folk |
| - | 2 | 2 | Peshtigo | Chicago Farmer | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 3 | 12 | Saving Grace | Briscoe | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | Drive | Stacy Robin | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 5 | 4 | As We Fall | Stacy Robin | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 6 | 5 | Party in the Pines | Dave Miller | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 7 | 6 | Great River Road | Chicago Farmer | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 8 | 7 | The Vagrant | Parry Lamont | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 9 | 8 | Kentucky Never Seemed So Blue (feat. Sam Bush) | Weary Ramblers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 10 | 9 | Driftwood | Weary Ramblers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 11 | 10 | Memphis, You & Me (feat. Sam Bush) | Weary Ramblers | Contemporary Folk |
| ▼ | 12 | 11 | A Perfect Storm | Jose Gonzalez | Chamber Folk |
| - | 13 | 13 | Going Down to Bangor | Van Morrison | Folk Rock |
| - | 14 | 14 | Take a Giant Step | Taj Mahal | Folk |
| - | 15 | 15 | Lemon's Jump | Stefan Grossman | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 16 | 16 | Atlanta Blues | Stephen Bennett | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 17 | 17 | Lighthouse & a Tree | Parry Lamont | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 18 | 18 | Go Home Handsome Molly | Parry Lamont | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 19 | 19 | Liquor Store Angel | Parry Lamont | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 20 | 20 | Sing to My Heart | Stacy Robin | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 21 | 21 | Turn the Tide | Stacy Robin | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 22 | 22 | Memphis BBQ Blues | Dave Miller | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 23 | 23 | Glendale Train (feat. Kyle Tuttle) | AJ Lee & Blue Summit | Contemporary Folk |
| - | 24 | 24 | Rescue Me | Sons Of The East | Folk Rock |
| - | 25 | 25 | Gave My Guitar Away | Karney | Folk Rock |
| - | 26 | 26 | Suspended | Karney | Folk Rock |
| - | 27 | 27 | Freedom Summer | Karney | Folk Rock |
| - | 28 | 28 | Out of Body 2025 | Karney | Folk Rock |
| - | 29 | 29 | Eos | Karney | Folk Rock |
| - | 30 | 30 | Gave My Guitar Away (Acoustic Version) | Karney | Folk Rock |
| - | 31 | 31 | Freedom Summer (Acoustic Version) | Karney | Folk Rock |
| ▲ | 32 | - | One True Song (Acoustic Version) | Karney | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 33 | 32 | HIGH, LONESOME and then SOME. | Todd Snider | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 34 | 33 | Ballad of the Texas Gentlemen (feat. the Texas Gentlemen) | Ryan Bingham | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 35 | 34 | River Gonna Talk | David G Smith | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 36 | 35 | Masterpiece | Ben Harper | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 37 | 36 | Let's Take Our Time and Do It Right | David G Smith | Alternative Folk |
| - | 38 | 38 | I Wanna Go out | David G Smith | Alternative Folk |
| - | 39 | 39 | Rumours | John Donovan | Alternative Folk |
| - | 40 | 40 | In the Beginning | The Autumn Defense | Alternative Folk |
| - | 41 | 41 | 2nd Fiddle | John Donovan | Alternative Folk |
| - | 42 | 42 | Townhalls & Taverns | John Donovan | Alternative Folk |
| - | 43 | 43 | Fire Season | John Craigie | Alternative Folk |
| - | 44 | 44 | Call Me a Bullet | John Craigie | Alternative Folk |
| - | 45 | 45 | Edna Strange | John Craigie | Alternative Folk |
| - | 46 | 46 | Dry Land | John Craigie | Alternative Folk |
| - | 47 | 47 | Follow Your Whispers | John Craigie | Alternative Folk |
| ▲ | 48 | 51 | World Turning | Leo Kottke | Folk |
| ▲ | 49 | 52 | Closer to Fine | Indigo Girls | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 50 | 53 | (I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That | James Taylor | Contemporary Folk |
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