Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2022

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2022

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	Crutch	Band Of Horses	Alternative Folk
2	You Get It All	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
3	Can't Let Go	Robert Plant & Allison Kraus	Contemporary Folk
4	12th of June	Lyle Lovett	Alternative Folk
5	Throwin’ Away Your Love	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	Contemporary Folk
6	PIERCED ARROWS	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Contemporary Folk
7	Trouble with My Lover	Robert Plant & Allison Kraus	Contemporary Folk
8	Count Me Down	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
9	Talk About That	The High Hawks	Folk Rock
10	I Remember Everything	John Prine	Contemporary Folk
11	Nervous	Tim O'Brien	Contemporary Folk
12	Make Myself Me Again	Cristina Vane	Alternative Folk
13	Wanderin'	Eliza Gilkyson	Folk
14	Wondrous Love	Watchhouse	Contemporary Folk
15	Fall Apart World	Mary Gauthier	Alternative Folk
16	Warning Signs	Band Of Horses	Alternative Folk
17	Broken Horses	Brandi Carlile	Contemporary Folk
18	Hickory Wind	John Hurlbut & Jorma Kaukonen	Contemporary Folk
19	Sanctuary	Hiss Golden Messenger	Alternative Folk
20	Rock and Roll	James Lee Stanley and Dan Navarro	Folk Rock
21	Did You Ever Miss Someone	Phil Lee	Alternative Folk
22	What's a Dog Think?	Steve Forbert	Contemporary Folk
23	Right on Time	Brandi Carlile	Contemporary Folk
24	Coming Home	Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb	Contemporary Folk
25	Heading West	Neil Young	Contemporary Folk
26	Dancing Away in Tears	Yola	Folk Rock
27	On the Road Again	The Brother Brothers	Contemporary Folk
28	See the World	Brett Dennen	Contemporary Folk
29	The Sound of Guitars	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
30	Flyin' and Cryin' (feat. Rodney Crowell)	Lisa Morales	Contemporary Folk
31	Here We Go Again	The Waterboys	Alternative Folk
32	Get Lucky	Patty Griffin	Contemporary Folk
33	Rising	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
34	I Am Empty	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
35	Church Street Blues (feat. Molly Tuttle)	Dan Tyminski	Traditional Folk
36	Resilience	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
37	Love That 's Real	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
38	Land of Milk and Honey	Pete Bernhard	Traditional Folk
39	Storm on the Desert	Kate MacLeod	Contemporary Folk
40	High and Lonesome	Robert Plant & Allison Kraus	Contemporary Folk
41	Coffee Shop Open Mic	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
42	Time Zone	Kate MacLeod	Contemporary Folk
43	Laurie Rolled Me a J	John Craigie	Alternative Folk
44	Spruce & Pine	SLPSTRM	Alternative Folk
45	Now is the Time to Be Alive	Kate MacLeod	Contemporary Folk
46	Never Be Alone	T Sisters	Alternative Folk
47	Pants is Overrated	Lyle Lovett	Alternative Folk
48	Calling Card	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
49	Stand for Myself	Yola	Folk Rock
50	Passengers	Aoife O'Donovan	Alternative Folk
51	Pure Fool	Keith Rayburn	Alternative Folk
52	Ride	Jack Broadbent	Folk Rock
53	Again	Pixie and The Partygrass Boys	Alternative Folk
54	These Dreams of You	Jesse Colin Young	Alternative Folk
55	Black Mountain Side	Led Zeppelin	Folk
56	The Price of Love	Robert Plant & Allison Kraus	Contemporary Folk
57	American Dream Cafe	John Roy Zat	Alternative Folk
58	I'm a Salmon in the River	John Roy Zat	Alternative Folk
59	I Took Hold of Your Hand	John Roy Zat	Alternative Folk
60	Except for That One Thing	John Roy Zat	Alternative Folk
61	Let's Take the Long Way Home	John Roy Zat	Alternative Folk
62	Another Page	Eric Selby	Contemporary Folk
63	The Liar	John Fullbright	Contemporary Folk
64	The Real Thing	Parker Millsap	Alternative Folk
65	Billie Jean	Alexandr Misko	Alternative Folk
66	Stone Throat	Glen Phillips	Alternative Folk
67	High Holiday	Kacy & Clayton	Traditional Folk
68	Nebraska	Bruce Springsteen	Folk Rock
69	Surfari	The Original Surfaris	Folk
70	Meat Bird in Beigeville	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
71	I'm Just Sayin'	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
72	Too Many Changes	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
73	Diggin' a Hole (Dave's Song)	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
74	Til I Make It to You	Suzie Brown	Contemporary Folk
75	All In!	Ray Wyatt	Contemporary Folk
76	Lullaby	Ray Wyatt	Contemporary Folk
77	The Possum	Ray Wyatt	Contemporary Folk
78	The Shadow of the Bird	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
79	Killing Time	Josie Bello	Contemporary Folk
80	Going the Distance	Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus	Contemporary Folk
81	Alton Air	Darrell Scott	Contemporary Folk
82	America	Michael Johnathon	Contemporary Folk
83	Oh Sun/Pale Night/Forgetting Reel	Mama's Broke	Contemporary Folk
84	Tomorrow	Cassie Jean and the Fireflies	Alternative Folk
85	Shady Grove	Michael Johnathon	Contemporary Folk
86	I Can't Wait	Liz Barnez	Folk Rock
87	At the Foot of the Mountain	Eliza Gilkyson	Folk
88	Dust Bowl Man	Michelle Malone	Contemporary Folk
89	Techno-Folk	Michael Johnathon	Contemporary Folk
90	I Love My Dog	Mapache	Contemporary Folk
91	Silo Song (Instrumental)	Laura Veirs	Folk
92	Simple Song	Liz Barnez	Folk
93	Desperately	Lisa Morales	Contemporary Folk
94	Trust	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
95	Hello in There	John Prine	Folk
96	Everyone's Welcome Here	Kerry Patrick Clark	Contemporary Folk
97	You Matter	Kerry Patrick Clark	Contemporary Folk
98	The Walls Come Tumbling Down	Kerry Patrick Clark	Contemporary Folk
99	Cat Man Do	Brigitte DeMeyer	Contemporary Folk
100	True is Beautiful	Raveis Kole	Contemporary Folk
101	Forget Jeanette	Judy Nazemetz	Contemporary Folk
102	He Was a Friend of Mine	Max Gomez	Traditional Folk
103	The Hill Behind This Town	Eliza Gilkyson	Folk
104	If You Ain't Got Love	The Brother Brothers	Contemporary Folk
105	To Keep from Being Found	Hayes Carll	Contemporary Folk
106	Stairway to Heaven	James Lee Stanley and Dan Navarro	Folk Rock
107	Early Summer of '21	Peter Mulvey	Alternative Folk
108	Searching for My Love	Robert Plant & Allison Kraus	Contemporary Folk
109	Livin' Downtown (feat. Victor Wainwright)	J-Rad Cooley	Folk Rock
110	Whole Lotta Love	James Lee Stanley and Dan Navarro	Folk Rock
111	House of the Holy	James Lee Stanley and Dan Navarro	Folk Rock
112	You Get Me High	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
113	Lonely Road	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
114	I B Gone	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
115	Wasting My Time	Aarythmers	Folk Rock
116	Thanks a Lot	Watkins Family Hour	Folk
117	Backslide	Tommy Alexander	Folk Rock
118	If It Wasn't Broken	Sunny War	Folk
119	Movin' Up Neck on Your Guitar	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
120	Fool in the Rain	James Lee Stanley and Dan Navarro	Folk Rock
121	Bright Star	Anais Mitchell	Contemporary Folk
122	From Where I Stand	Wyatt Easterling	Contemporary Folk
123	The Risin' of the Sea	James Kahn	Traditional Folk
124	Seven Daffodils	Peach & Quiet	Contemporary Folk
125	A Better Scene	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
126	Dark Enough to See the Stars	Mary Gauthier	Alternative Folk
127	For My Love	Peach & Quiet	Contemporary Folk
128	California Way	Peach & Quiet	Contemporary Folk
129	New Star	Watchhouse	Contemporary Folk
130	Through the Dark	Slaid Cleaves	Folk
131	Long Lonesome Road	The Lied To's	Contemporary Folk
132	It's Not Who You Love	The Lied To's	Contemporary Folk
133	Don't You Worry	Wolf Jett	Contemporary Folk
134	Grace	Marcus Mumford	Contemporary Folk
135	Deja Vu	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
136	Empty to Fill	Peach & Quiet	Contemporary Folk
137	Shoreline After a Storm	Peach & Quiet	Contemporary Folk
138	Apocalachia	Valorie Miller	Contemporary Folk
139	The Light Moves in	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
140	A Father's Love	Kerry Patrick Clark	Contemporary Folk
141	Chain of Hope	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
142	Mary the Night's on Fire	The Pine Hearts	Contemporary Folk
143	Hawks Don't Share	Carson McHone	Alternative Folk
144	The Lullaby (My Oldest Love)	Rose Cousins	Contemporary Folk
145	Backroads	Johnsmith	Contemporary Folk
146	Built on Bones (feat. Alisa Amador & Violet Bell)	Emily Scott Robinson	Contemporary Folk
147	Only the Killer	Valorie Miller	Contemporary Folk
148	She Ought to Be King	Lisa Morales	Contemporary Folk
149	Blackbird	Mr. Sun	Traditional Folk
150	What's Gone is Gone	Ever More Nest	Contemporary Folk
151	Small Things	Steve Wood	Folk Rock
152	Honey We Gonna Fly	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
153	Sally Walks	Citizen Cope	Folk Rock
154	Ain’t No Stopping Us Now	Kerry Patrick Clark	Contemporary Folk
155	You Gotta Move	Steve Wood	Folk Rock
156	The Golden Voice of Vin Scully	Dan Bern	Folk Rock
157	Burlesque Desert Window	Trampled by Turtles	Traditional Folk
158	Perch-less Bird	Heather Maloney	Contemporary Folk
159	When I See You	Steve Wood	Folk Rock
160	Shadow	The Ballroom Thieves	Alternative Folk
161	Warranty	Keller Williams	Contemporary Folk
162	Dream Big	Linda Sussman	Alternative Folk
163	In the Covid Times	James Kahn	Traditional Folk
164	The Vast Infinity	James Kahn	Traditional Folk
165	Like a Little Bird (feat. Polly Harris)	Mike Stevens	Folk Rock
166	Things Have Changed	Cristina Vane	Alternative Folk
167	Phoenix	Aoife O'Donovan	Alternative Folk
168	Truckers and Troubadours	Mary Gauthier	Alternative Folk
169	Shape of You	Neil Young	Contemporary Folk
170	Summer Dream (feat. Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson & Josh Kaufman)	Bonny Light Horseman	Alternative Folk
171	Sundown	James Kahn	Traditional Folk
172	Forever Shall Be	Patty Griffin	Contemporary Folk
173	Taking Control	Birdtalker	Contemporary Folk
174	Just Hanging on	Peter Case	Contemporary Folk
175	Running from My Hometown (feat. Tim Langford)	J-Rad Cooley	Folk Rock
176	Moon Valley	SLPSTRM	Alternative Folk
177	Young and Free	Severin Browne	Folk Rock
178	On My Way to Play	Severin Browne	Folk Rock
179	Overdue	Severin Browne	Folk Rock
180	My Friends Are All Around Me	Severin Browne	Folk Rock
181	Somebody Was Watching over Me	Robert Plant & Allison Kraus	Contemporary Folk
182	Souvenir	Pharis & Jason Romero	Traditional Folk
183	How You Doin'	Cristina Vane	Alternative Folk
184	Junk Life	Brett Dennen	Contemporary Folk
185	Be Together	Karney	Folk Rock
186	Heart of Gold	Karney	Folk Rock
187	Gonna Be Beautiful	Karney	Folk Rock
188	Love & Respect (revised)	Karney	Folk Rock
189	Trust (acoustic)	Karney	Folk Rock
190	Midnight Kiss	The Lied To's	Contemporary Folk
191	Home of the Brave	Valorie Miller	Contemporary Folk
192	Straighten Up and Fly Right	Lyle Lovett	Alternative Folk
193	Broke Again	Joshua Hedley	Contemporary Folk
194	Strip of Light	Patty Griffin	Contemporary Folk
195	Amsterdam	Mary Gauthier	Alternative Folk
196	Good News	Brandon Reeves	Alternative Folk
197	Call It Home	Paula Standing	Contemporary Folk
198	How Many Miles (feat. the Accidentals)	HuDost	Contemporary Folk
199	Outsiders	Anna Tivel	Contemporary Folk
200	Another Day	Steve Wood	Folk Rock

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The Roots Music Report's Top Folk Song Chart for the Year of 2022

The Roots Music Report's
Top Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2022