The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2017
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freedom Highway | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 2 | Come Back Down | T Sisters |
| 3 | Shakedown | Valerie June |
| 4 | Busted | The Dustbowl Revival |
| 5 | Worried Mind | Eilen Jewell |
| 6 | Lucifer and the Fallen Angels | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 7 | Better Get It Right the First Time | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 8 | Astral Plane | Valerie June |
| 9 | Strike the Bells | Rayna Gellert |
| 10 | Spring | Mouths of Babes |
| 11 | Got Soul | Valerie June |
| 12 | Workin's Too Hard | Rayna Gellert |
| 13 | When It Comes My Turn | David Myles |
| 14 | Lean into Love | Elaine Mahon |
| 15 | Reach for the Stars | Elaine Mahon |
| 16 | I'm a Little Mixed Up | Eilen Jewell |
| 17 | Big Creek | Pint & a Half |
| 18 | Going Home | Joe Jencks |
| 19 | Ether's Arms | Lenore |
| 20 | Take You Away | Christian Lopez Band |
| 21 | Way over Yonder | The Small Glories |
| 22 | Destitute | Christopher Paul Stelling |
| 23 | In It's Own Time | Davey O. |
| 24 | You Are Not Alone | Elaine Mahon |
| 25 | Wondrous Traveler | The Small Glories |
| 26 | My Hometown's Not My Hometown Anymore | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
| 27 | Rolling Home | Elaine Mahon |
| 28 | Crazy Mixed Up World | Eilen Jewell |
| 29 | Shadows Dancing | Elaine Mahon |
| 30 | Blindly Believing | The Waifs |
| 31 | Wayside | Mark Erelli |
| 32 | Tell the Devil I'm Gettin' There As Fast As I Can (with Lucinda Williams and Eric Church) [feat. Eric Church & Lucinda Williams] | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 33 | Cumberland Gap | Dave Rawlings |
| 34 | We Sang Our Songs in California | Art Podell |
| 35 | You've Heard My Voice (And You Know My Name) | Art Podell |
| 36 | Worried Mind | Travis Linville |
| 37 | One Simple Waltz | Micah & Mark Atkinson |
| 38 | All My Life | Flatt Lonesome |
| 39 | But then You Smile | Art Podell |
| 40 | At the Purchaser's Option | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 41 | Turtle Dove | Dori Freeman |
| 42 | Say My Name (For Camille Claudel) | Joy Zimmerman |
| 43 | Higher Place | Joy Zimmerman |
| 44 | Sweet Bird | Joy Zimmerman |
| 45 | Jump on in | Joy Zimmerman |
| 46 | Moonshine Freeze | This Is the Kit |
| 47 | Blackleg Miner | Offa Rex |
| 48 | Old Wolf | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 49 | Come on over My House | Dave Rawlings |
| 50 | Just Say It Now | Dori Freeman |
| 51 | Sometimes You've Got to Do Bad Things to Do Good | Matt Patershuk |
| 52 | Best of You | Ordinary Elephant |
| 53 | Got the Blues | Carlo Grimelli |
| 54 | Devil Said Do | Lynne Hanson |
| 55 | Spread Some Love | Carlo Grimelli |
| 56 | Please Explain | Catie Curtis |
| 57 | 2 Step | Carlo Grimelli |
| 58 | 21 Days | Carlo Grimelli |
| 59 | Pandora | Carlo Grimelli |
| 60 | On My Way Tonight | Quiles & Cloud |
| 61 | The Juke | Brigitte DeMeyer |
| 62 | Last Cigarette | Anna Tivel |
| 63 | Black Snake | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 64 | Put 'Em Up Solid | Dave Rawlings |
| 65 | Had I Paid | The Small Glories |
| 66 | Denali | Elaine Mahon |
| 67 | Sake of the Song | Hayes Carll |
| 68 | Baby Boy | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 69 | Natural Causes | Ron Renninger |
| 70 | Polyamorous Pollyann | Taarka |
| 71 | Time and the River | Art Podell |
| 72 | Gypsy | Matt Patershuk |
| 73 | Driftin Dan | Timmy Abell |
| 74 | Golden Apples | Art Podell |
| 75 | A Little Room | Rob Lutes |
| 76 | If and | Valerie June |
| 77 | Maria | I Draw Slow |
| 78 | California | Beth Wood |
| 79 | So Many Letters | Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements |
| 80 | Broken with You | Lynne Hanson |
| 81 | Railroad Man | Ordinary Elephant |
| 82 | I'd Rather Be the Devil | Red Tail Ring |
| 83 | Following the North Star | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 84 | Don't Let Your Heart Be Troubled | Madison Violet |
| 85 | Hey Bébé | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 86 | Over There | Dori Freeman |
| 87 | My Portion | I Draw Slow |
| 88 | Counting Heartbeats | Lynne Hanson |
| 89 | Fall Down As the Rain (2014) | Joe Crookston |
| 90 | Riverside Hotel | Anna Tivel |
| 91 | God Looked Around | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 92 | Gravity | Amelia Curran |
| 93 | By the Rio Grande | Quiles & Cloud |
| 94 | While We're Here | Catie Curtis |
| 95 | Higher Ground | The Waifs |
| 96 | These Rollin' Hills | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 97 | Y'all Means All | John McCutcheon |
| 98 | Dark Chandelier | Anna Tivel |
| 99 | Midnight Train | Dave Rawlings |
| 100 | Told a Lie to My Heart | Harrow Fair |
| 101 | Same As I Ever Have Been | Matt Patershuk |
| 102 | Just for Now | Lynne Hanson |
| 103 | Ordinary Dance | Anna Tivel |
| 104 | Eyes Brand New | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 105 | Debtors' Prison | The Dustbowl Revival |
| 106 | Garage Flowers | I Draw Slow |
| 107 | Wildflowers | The Wailin' Jennys |
| 108 | Slip Slide on by | Valerie June |
| 109 | Same Sun | Madison Violet |
| 110 | Sweet Florida | Elaine Mahon |
| 111 | Highway of Pain | Flatt Lonesome |
| 112 | Airplane | Dave Rawlings |
| 113 | Afterglow | Elaine Mahon |
| 114 | Always on the Run | Carrie Elkin |
| 115 | You Are Loved | Catie Curtis |
| 116 | Lady in the Elevator | Ordinary Elephant |
| 117 | Look Up | Elaine Mahon |
| 118 | Highest Building | Anna Tivel |
| 119 | Hard Road | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 120 | Come Love Come | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 121 | White Flag | Rose Cousins |
| 122 | Something's Coming | The Waifs |
| 123 | Rebekah | Elaine Mahon |
| 124 | The Other Side of Midnight | Elaine Mahon |
| 125 | Yonder Comes a Sucker | Dori Freeman |
| 126 | Movin' on Down That Line | Fireside Collective |
| 127 | Leaving Kerrville | Ordinary Elephant |
| 128 | Apocalypso | I Draw Slow |
| 129 | When My Mother Sings | Elaine Mahon |
| 130 | Little Patch of Sky | Larry Murante |
| 131 | Books Pliés and Sorrows | Larry Murante |
| 132 | I'd Do if for You | Jim Bruno |
| 133 | River Town | Rayna Gellert |
| 134 | Perry | Rayna Gellert |
| 135 | That's All Right | Dori Freeman |
| 136 | Currency | Hat Check Girl |
| 137 | A Road Less Traveled (feat. David Crosby) | Kenny White |
| 138 | The Things He Saw | Ordinary Elephant |
| 139 | Marie | Jim Bruno |
| 140 | Say Mama Day | Jim Bruno |
| 141 | I Will Be Your Man | Harrow Fair |
| 142 | Slow Dancer | Caroline Spence |
| 143 | Son Volt Came to Town | Deb Talan |
| 144 | I Did Not Make the World | Harpeth Rising |
| 145 | Spring | Elaine Mahon |
| 146 | California Rain | Jim Bruno |
| 147 | A Wanderer I'll Stay | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 148 | I'm Bound for the Promised Land | Rayna Gellert |
| 149 | Ball and Chain | Larry Murante |
| 150 | Grey Bird | Rayna Gellert |
| 151 | Oh Lovin' Babe | Rayna Gellert |
| 152 | Shine | Elaine Mahon |
| 153 | 535 (Are You Even Alive) | Harpeth Rising |
| 154 | Accidental Thief | Matt The Electrician |
| 155 | Mosquito | Chris Ronald |
| 156 | Cuba is | Susan Werner |
| 157 | Not That Strong | Lynne Hanson |
| 158 | Ready for the Dark | Larry Murante |
| 159 | Take Me Dancing (feat. Birds of Chicago) | Mouths of Babes |
| 160 | Before I Go | Ordinary Elephant |
| 161 | Softball | Caroline Spence |
| 162 | The Reason I'm Here | John McCutcheon |
| 163 | You'll Be Mine | Eilen Jewell |
| 164 | A Handmade Life | Jill Freeman |
| 165 | Letters from Murdertown | Jill Freeman |
| 166 | No Hands | Jill Freeman |
| 167 | Welcome to the Bonehouse | Jill Freeman |
| 168 | The Light That Leads Me There | Jill Freeman |
| 169 | Carolina | I Draw Slow |
| 170 | Illinois | Anna Tivel |
| 171 | Paper Kites | Beth Wood |
| 172 | Run to You | Beth Wood |
| 173 | Black Coal Train | Beth Wood |
| 174 | Gone Too Soon | Beth Wood |
| 175 | Every Now and then | Jan Seides |
| 176 | High Hopes for You | Jan Seides |
| 177 | Gotta Dance | Jan Seides |
| 178 | Thinking of You | Jan Seides |
| 179 | Humble & Kind | Lori McKenna |
| 180 | Lovers on the Run | Dori Freeman |
| 181 | Two Hearts | Valerie June |
| 182 | Chains | Rose Cousins |
| 183 | Tell the Girls | I Draw Slow |
| 184 | Waiting to Give (feat. FY5) | Gabrielle Louise |
| 185 | Shake Me Now | Quiles & Cloud |
| 186 | Dishonesty | Jan Seides |
| 187 | Dragonfly | Bill & Joel Plaskett |
| 188 | Got over | The Dustbowl Revival |
| 189 | Cold Waves | Dori Freeman |
| 190 | Thank You | Ordinary Elephant |
| 191 | Who I Am | Ordinary Elephant |
| 192 | Washington Said East | Ordinary Elephant |
| 193 | Thirteen Years | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 194 | Cyberspace | Kenny White |
| 195 | Nearing Home | Samantha Fish |
| 196 | The Miner (feat. Dustin Bentall) | Barney Bentall |
| 197 | Over the Waves | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 198 | Long Lonely Road | Valerie June |
| 199 | Birmingham Sunday | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 200 | The Hungry Grass | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 201 | Lucid Dreaming Sheep | Harpeth Rising |
| 202 | Gibson Town | Red Tail Ring |
| 203 | Hitch to My Gitalong | Tom Paxton |
| 204 | Stronger | Lynne Hanson |
| 205 | Three Chords and the Truth | John McCutcheon |
| 206 | Weeping Willow | Rebecca Loebe |
| 207 | So Strong | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 208 | Underground Railroad | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 209 | The Way You Love Me | Catie Curtis |
| 210 | The Firefly | Joy Zimmerman |
| 211 | Steal My Heart | Joy Zimmerman |
| 212 | Gently Please Tell Me Goodbye | Flatt Lonesome |
| 213 | Drive | Hat Check Girl |
| 214 | Somewhere off the Foot of This Mountain | The Malvinas |
| 215 | If I Could Make You My Own | Dori Freeman |
| 216 | Forever Young Forever | Rebecca Loebe |
| 217 | Don't Wake the Children | I Draw Slow |
| 218 | Fall Away Blues | Red Tail Ring |
| 219 | The Last Hobo | Tom Paxton |
| 220 | Love is Blind | Jillette Johnson |
| 221 | Evangeline | Ordinary Elephant |
| 222 | We Don't Talk | Deb Talan |
| 223 | Jewel of the Caspian Sea | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 224 | You Don't Look So Good (Cocaine) | Caroline Spence |
| 225 | If You Could See Me Now | The Dustbowl Revival |
| 226 | Highway 71 | Ordinary Elephant |
| 227 | Walking with Frankie | Eilen Jewell |
| 228 | Alleyway | Anna Tivel |
| 229 | Julie | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 230 | Workin' Woman Blues | Valerie June |
| 231 | Among the Trees | Scott Cook |
| 232 | Frontier Waltz | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 233 | Hungry Ghost | Larry Murante |
| 234 | Ern & Zorry's Sneakin' Bitin' Dog | Dori Freeman |
| 235 | Too Afraid | Driftwood |
| 236 | The Front Door | Valerie June |
| 237 | Don't Belong to This World | Catie Curtis |
| 238 | The Love We Almost Had | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 239 | The Once and Future Queen | John Paul White |
| 240 | Rainy Day | Brigitte DeMeyer |
| 241 | Black Sky Lightning | Quiles & Cloud |
| 242 | Receive My Love | Catie Curtis |
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