The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Bluegrass Song Chart
for the Year of 2019
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breaking in Lonesome | Rick Faris |
| 2 | Bluegrass Radio | Irene Kelley |
| 3 | Something About a Train Sound | Irene Kelley |
| 4 | Feelin' Bad Blues | Ry Cooder |
| 5 | Wreck of My Heart | The Lonesome River Band |
| 6 | Steam | Deeper Shade Of Blue |
| 7 | I Say Let's Go (Colorado) | Unspoken Tradition |
| 8 | I Can Tell by the Way You Dance | Hammertowne |
| 9 | The Hard Way Every Time | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 10 | Life to My Days | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 11 | Swept Away (feat. Alison Brown, Becky Buller, Molly Tuttle & Sierra Hull) | Missy Raines & the New Hip |
| 12 | Wheel in the Sky | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 13 | Everybody's Talkin' | The Seldom Scene |
| 14 | Waiting on a Ride | Songs From The Road Band |
| 15 | Their Hands Made the Music | The Mountain Home Family |
| 16 | Nothing but Sky | Unspoken Tradition |
| 17 | Kids | The Hillbenders |
| 18 | Looking for the Bridge | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 19 | Rikki Don't Lose That Number | Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen |
| 20 | Dark Side of the Mountain | Unspoken Tradition |
| 21 | One Tear | Nu-Blu |
| 22 | Laura Lee | NewTown |
| 23 | Bluegrass Junction | Larry Cordle |
| 24 | Ride This Road (feat. Michael Cleveland & Steve Cooley) | Aaron Bibelhauser |
| 25 | Calling Elvis | The Lonesome River Band |
| 26 | Happy Together | The Grascals |
| 27 | Bend in the Road | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 28 | Coal Fed Train | Billy Droze |
| 29 | Tall Fiddler (feat. Flamekeeper & Tommy Emmanuel) | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper |
| 30 | Wyoming Child (feat. Sam Bush) | Aaron Bibelhauser |
| 31 | The Hobo Song | Deadgrass |
| 32 | Glory Bound | The Wooks |
| 33 | Shots You Never Take | Nothin' Fancy |
| 34 | Long Hard Road | NewTown |
| 35 | I Wanna Go Back (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson, Robert Hale & Steve Wariner) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass |
| 36 | Papa Wants to Go Back | Nothin' Fancy |
| 37 | You Were Mine | Amanda Cook |
| 38 | Looks Like Losing You | Volume Five |
| 39 | He Rambled | David Davis & The Warrior River Boys |
| 40 | If the Kansas River Can | Rick Faris |
| 41 | She Took the Tennessee River (feat. Bobby Osborne) | Special Consensus |
| 42 | Like Reflections | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 43 | Who You Want Me to Be | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 44 | Never Say Never | Kristi Stanley |
| 45 | Hurting Sure (feat. Molly Tuttle) | Special Consensus |
| 46 | Mississippi Steamboat Blues | Rick Faris |
| 47 | It's Easy As Sin | Brandon Rickman |
| 48 | Yardbird | Larry Cordle |
| 49 | Aunt Birdie's Wing Back Chevrolet | Hammertowne |
| 50 | We'll Meet Again Sweetheart | Blue Moon Rising |
| 51 | Whole Lotta Laying Around | Chris Roberts |
| 52 | Queen of Carolina | Claybank |
| 53 | Another Love Gone Wrong | Becky Buller |
| 54 | Fly Away | NewTown |
| 55 | Speak Love | The Family Sowell |
| 56 | Those Pictures Mean a Whole Lot More These Days | Hammertowne |
| 57 | Out of the Blue | Deeper Shade Of Blue |
| 58 | Over and over | Gena Britt |
| 59 | Calamity Jane (feat. Rhonda Vincent) | Becky Buller |
| 60 | Blue Moon over Texas | Williamson Branch |
| 61 | Bourbon Hound (feat. Molly Tuttle & Avril Smith) | Della Mae |
| 62 | Lena | Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen |
| 63 | Emma | Claybank |
| 64 | Good Enough (Ain't Good Enough) | Amanda Cook |
| 65 | Way Down the River Road | Special Consensus |
| 66 | Two Acres at a Time | Amanda Cook |
| 67 | Second Cup of Coffee | Chris Roberts |
| 68 | Pack Up Your Sorrows | The Seldom Scene |
| 69 | Coon Dog Cemetery | Milan Miller |
| 70 | The Redbird River | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 71 | Put Some Bluegrass in My Ear | Deeper Shade Of Blue |
| 72 | Big Country | Gena Britt |
| 73 | Big Dreams, Small Talk | Old Salt Union |
| 74 | Back Home Feelin' Again | Donna Ulisse |
| 75 | The Likes of You | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 76 | Son of a Ramblin' Man (feat. Flamekeeper & Dan Tyminski) | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper |
| 77 | Arkansas (feat. Flamekeeper) | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper |
| 78 | Honeybabe | Rick Faris |
| 79 | No-See-Um Stomp (feat. Molly Tuttle, Alison Brown & Avril Smith) | Della Mae |
| 80 | Will You Be Leaving | Amanda Cook |
| 81 | Kentucky Waltz | Deanie Richardson |
| 82 | Harold’s Super Service | Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass |
| 83 | Just Beyond the Window | Volume Five |
| 84 | Soppin' the Gravy | Deanie Richardson |
| 85 | Baby | The Cleverlys |
| 86 | Lonesome Riverboat Blues (feat. Jeff Autry) | Edgar Loudermilk Band |
| 87 | Where's a Train when You Need One | Claybank |
| 88 | Courage for the Road | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 89 | Do It Alone | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 90 | Dusty Gravel Road | The Family Sowell |
| 91 | Flint Hill Special | Darren Nicholson |
| 92 | Free | Williamson Branch |
| 93 | Love's Raining Down | Deer Creek Boys |
| 94 | Baton Rouge | Dailey & Vincent |
| 95 | Boeing Boeing 707 | Chris Roberts |
| 96 | I Can't Breathe Deep Yet | The Gibson Brothers |
| 97 | Cumberland Plateau | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 98 | A Little Past Lonely | Donna Ulisse |
| 99 | My Quiet Mind | The Gibson Brothers |
| 100 | That Old County Road | Shannon Slaughter |
| 101 | Ain't Going Down to the River | Missy Armstrong |
| 102 | Timepiece | Milan Miller |
| 103 | Hit Parade of Love | Ronnie Bowman |
| 104 | Pilgrims' Prayer | The Family Sowell |
| 105 | Sixteen Tons (feat. Avril Smith & Alison Brown) | Della Mae |
| 106 | All My Friends | Armchair Boogie |
| 107 | A New Spin on an Old Heartache | Jerry Salley |
| 108 | Front Porch Philosophy | Jerry Salley |
| 109 | We've Got the Love Thing Figured out | Donna Ulisse |
| 110 | Drive This Cold out of Me | Donna Ulisse |
| 111 | Paralyzed | Deer Creek Boys |
| 112 | Come See About Me | The Mountain Home Family |
| 113 | Glimpse of the Kingdom | The Mountain Home Family |
| 114 | Big River | Special Consensus |
| 115 | Midnight & Dawn | Deer Creek Boys |
| 116 | Lawrence County Seat | Larry Cordle |
| 117 | Back when | Larry Cordle |
| 118 | Breakin' on the Jimmy Ridge | Larry Cordle |
| 119 | Country Boy (feat. Alison Brown, Sierra Hull & Stuart Duncan) | Bobby Osborne |
| 120 | Thin Blue Line | Jerry Salley |
| 121 | Every Time You Leave | Darin & Brooke Aldridge |
| 122 | How Long | Rick Faris |
| 123 | You Can't Outrun the River | Shannon Slaughter |
| 124 | Travelin' Shoes | Special Consensus |
| 125 | Mountain Heartache (feat. Flamekeeper, Dan Tyminski & Jerry Douglas) | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper |
| 126 | Til I'm Too Old | Amanda Cook |
| 127 | Without Trouble Please | Donna Ulisse |
| 128 | She's Not the One | Nothin' Fancy |
| 129 | Green Valley | Scott Slay |
| 130 | That’s Why I’m Lonesome | Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass |
| 131 | I Can't Go Home Anymore | The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet |
| 132 | Times Were Good when Times Were Hard | Big Country Bluegrass |
| 133 | Boy in the Bubble | Colebrook Road |
| 134 | Can't Let Go | NewTown |
| 135 | The Feast of the Gryphon | NewTown |
| 136 | The Girl I Love | Shannon Slaughter |
| 137 | Lowdown Blues | Brandon Rickman |
| 138 | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (feat. Del McCoury & Paul Williams) | Jason Barie |
| 139 | Your Remarkable Return | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 140 | This is My Year for Mexico | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 141 | Banks of Big Bend | Amanda Cook |
| 142 | Over & over | Nothin' Fancy |
| 143 | Raven Tresses | Kristi Stanley |
| 144 | Be Leaving | Nightflyer |
| 145 | Santa Fe | Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers |
| 146 | Caleb Meyer | Amanda Cook |
| 147 | All Grassed Up | Eddy Raven |
| 148 | Every Time I Fall Asleep | Rebekah Long |
| 149 | Moonshine | Flashback |
| 150 | Waiting on Isaac | Jason Barie |
| 151 | Crave | Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen |
| 152 | Because He Loved Me | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 153 | Bad Tom Smith | Hammertowne |
| 154 | Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves | Dani Flowers |
| 155 | Bootlegger's Blues | Hammertowne |
| 156 | Calhoun County | Amanda Cook |
| 157 | It's a Good Feeling | Nothin' Fancy |
| 158 | The Footsteps That I've Followed | Nothin' Fancy |
| 159 | Sing One Song for Me | Nothin' Fancy |
| 160 | Over the Mountain | Williamson Branch |
| 161 | Look into Her Eyes (feat. Critter Fuqua, Holly Williams, Jerry Douglas & Sam Bush) | Danny Burns |
| 162 | Steel Rail Blues | The Seldom Scene |
| 163 | The Whiskey or the Coal | Big Country Bluegrass |
| 164 | Chickens in the House | Deanie Richardson |
| 165 | Bluebird Blackbird (feat. Avril Smith) | Della Mae |
| 166 | Hate's Decree | Rick Faris |
| 167 | Andy & Susanne | Hammertowne |
| 168 | Nobody Knows | Breaking Grass |
| 169 | Blackberry Summer | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 170 | Boston Town | Della Mae |
| 171 | Pretty, Dark Hearted Emma Brown | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 172 | There's Another Baby Waiting for Me Down the Line | Band Of Ruhks |
| 173 | The Lamb, Lion, and King | Volume Five |
| 174 | Ripple | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 175 | John D. Champion | Becky Buller |
| 176 | Carolina Traveler | Big Country Bluegrass |
| 177 | Detroit | Band Of Ruhks |
| 178 | Back to Dixie | Claybank |
| 179 | Human Heart (feat. Tift Merritt) | Danny Burns |
| 180 | Sassafras | Jason Barie |
| 181 | Whipping Post (feat. Avril Smith) | Della Mae |
| 182 | Bluegrass State of Mind | Backline |
| 183 | Midnight 402 | Amanda Cook |
| 184 | Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man? | O'Connor Band |
| 185 | In the Ground | The Gibson Brothers |
| 186 | Leavin' | Remington Ryde |
| 187 | We Might Get a Little Loud | Flashback |
| 188 | Point of No Return | Amanda Cook |
| 189 | Stoneman's Raid | Rick Faris |
| 190 | The Matewan Massacre | Hammertowne |
| 191 | Home of the Red Fox | The Lonesome River Band |
| 192 | Untold Stories | Gena Britt |
| 193 | Most of All | Deeper Shade Of Blue |
| 194 | In Your Eyes | Deeper Shade Of Blue |
| 195 | All the Good Things We Could Do | The Mountain Home Family |
| 196 | St. Anne’s Reel | Deanie Richardson |
| 197 | Piedmont Train | Daniel Crabtree |
| 198 | On Time | Colebrook Road |
| 199 | The Crows and the Jakes | NewTown |
| 200 | Black Flowers | Claire Lynch |
| 201 | Dear Prudence | The Wooks |
| 202 | Jezebel | Ali Shumate |
| 203 | Southern Flavor (feat. Peter Rowan, Roland White, Blake Williams, Ernie Sykes, Buddy Spicher & Michael Feagan) | Becky Buller |
| 204 | Grandpa Built a Church House | Cedar Hill |
| 205 | My Eyes Shall Be on Canaan's Land | Hammertowne |
| 206 | Better Days | Backline |
| 207 | Kentucky Borderline | Rhonda Vincent |
| 208 | Missouri Moon | Rhonda Vincent |
| 209 | Cousin Sally Brown | Audie Blaylock and Redline |
| 210 | I'm Ragged but I'm Right | Rex Wiseman |
| 211 | Good Old Fashioned Heartbreak | Gina Clowes |
| 212 | Georgia Bound | Rebekah Long |
| 213 | Hammer Down | Feller & Hill |
| 214 | Haunting Me | Troy Engle |
| 215 | Good Things | The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet |
| 216 | We'll Never Walk Alone | The Mountain Home Family |
| 217 | Beauty of My Dreams (feat. Flamekeeper & Del McCoury) | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper |
| 218 | Me and Helen (feat. Flamekeeper & Jerry Douglas) | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper |
| 219 | Daddy's Shoes | Gena Britt |
| 220 | The Bull Mountain Moonshiners (feat. Steve Thomas) | Jesse McReynolds |
| 221 | Crooked Eyed John | Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen |
| 222 | Southern Memories | Dale Ann Bradley |
| 223 | Love is a Cross and Three Nails | Shannon Slaughter |
| 224 | Brace for Impact (Live a Little) | Sturgill Simpson |
| 225 | Ebb & Flow | Old Salt Union |
| 226 | Farther on Down the Line | Colebrook Road |
| 227 | Now It's Back to the Old Home Place | Hammertowne |
| 228 | Old Time River Man (feat. Tim O'Brien) | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper |
| 229 | I'll Be Here in the Morning | The Seldom Scene |
| 230 | The Game | Blue Highway |
| 231 | Gonna Move | Backline |
| 232 | Tennessee Gypsy | Claybank |
| 233 | Waiting on Something to Give (feat. Dan Tyminski) | Danny Burns |
| 234 | Land | Unspoken Tradition |
| 235 | Tell Me You're Not Leaving | Volume Five |
| 236 | Remember Her | Scott Slay |
| 237 | Great Big Sea (feat. Tim O'Brien) | Danny Burns |
| 238 | Helechawa | The Wooks |
| 239 | Bad for You | The Steeldrivers |
| 240 | Tuscaloosa | Old Salt Union |
| 241 | Cool It Son | Circus No. 9 |
| 242 | Murder of Crows | Greensky Bluegrass |
| 243 | Take Your Time (I'll Be FIne) | The Gina Furtado Project |
| 244 | He's the One | Backline |
| 245 | Black and White Rag | Deanie Richardson |
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