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 | Please Explain | Catie Curtis |
| 4 | Blessings | Darden Smith |
| 5 | Shakedown | Valerie June |
| 6 | Love Will Win the War | Darden Smith |
| 7 | Busted | The Dustbowl Revival |
| 8 | Worried Mind | Eilen Jewell |
| 9 | Lucifer and the Fallen Angels | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 10 | Better Get It Right the First Time | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 11 | Astral Plane | Valerie June |
| 12 | Guardian Angel | Tim O'Brien |
| 13 | Where the River Meets the Road | Tim O'Brien |
| 14 | Strike the Bells | Rayna Gellert |
| 15 | Spring | Mouths of Babes |
| 16 | Got Soul | Valerie June |
| 17 | Workin's Too Hard | Rayna Gellert |
| 18 | When It Comes My Turn | David Myles |
| 19 | Lean into Love | Elaine Mahon |
| 20 | Reach for the Stars | Elaine Mahon |
| 21 | I'm a Little Mixed Up | Eilen Jewell |
| 22 | Big Creek | Pint & a Half |
| 23 | Going Home | Joe Jencks |
| 24 | Ether's Arms | Lenore |
| 25 | Take You Away | Christian Lopez Band |
| 26 | Way over Yonder | The Small Glories |
| 27 | Destitute | Christopher Paul Stelling |
| 28 | Sake of the Song | Hayes Carll |
| 29 | You Are Not Alone | Elaine Mahon |
| 30 | In It's Own Time | Davey O. |
| 31 | Wondrous Traveler | The Small Glories |
| 32 | Rolling Home | Elaine Mahon |
| 33 | My Hometown's Not My Hometown Anymore | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
| 34 | Crazy Mixed Up World | Eilen Jewell |
| 35 | Shadows Dancing | Elaine Mahon |
| 36 | Blindly Believing | The Waifs |
| 37 | A Song for Mary | Judy Nazemetz |
| 38 | Behind That Locked Door | Judy Nazemetz |
| 39 | Wayside | Mark Erelli |
| 40 | The Way Back | Judy Nazemetz |
| 41 | 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 |
| 42 | Cumberland Gap | Dave Rawlings |
| 43 | We Sang Our Songs in California | Art Podell |
| 44 | You've Heard My Voice (And You Know My Name) | Art Podell |
| 45 | Worried Mind | Travis Linville |
| 46 | One Simple Waltz | Micah & Mark Atkinson |
| 47 | Windy Mountain | Tim O'Brien |
| 48 | All My Life | Flatt Lonesome |
| 49 | But then You Smile | Art Podell |
| 50 | At the Purchaser's Option | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 51 | Turtle Dove | Dori Freeman |
| 52 | Say My Name (For Camille Claudel) | Joy Zimmerman |
| 53 | Higher Place | Joy Zimmerman |
| 54 | Sweet Bird | Joy Zimmerman |
| 55 | Jump on in | Joy Zimmerman |
| 56 | Moonshine Freeze | This Is the Kit |
| 57 | Blackleg Miner | Offa Rex |
| 58 | Old Wolf | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 59 | Come on over My House | Dave Rawlings |
| 60 | Sometimes You've Got to Do Bad Things to Do Good | Matt Patershuk |
| 61 | Best of You | Ordinary Elephant |
| 62 | Got the Blues | Carlo Grimelli |
| 63 | Just Say It Now | Dori Freeman |
| 64 | Devil Said Do | Lynne Hanson |
| 65 | Spread Some Love | Carlo Grimelli |
| 66 | 2 Step | Carlo Grimelli |
| 67 | 21 Days | Carlo Grimelli |
| 68 | Pandora | Carlo Grimelli |
| 69 | On My Way Tonight | Quiles & Cloud |
| 70 | The Juke | Brigitte DeMeyer |
| 71 | Last Cigarette | Anna Tivel |
| 72 | Black Snake | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 73 | Put 'Em Up Solid | Dave Rawlings |
| 74 | Had I Paid | The Small Glories |
| 75 | Denali | Elaine Mahon |
| 76 | Baby Boy | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 77 | Natural Causes | Ron Renninger |
| 78 | Polyamorous Pollyann | Taarka |
| 79 | Time and the River | Art Podell |
| 80 | Gypsy | Matt Patershuk |
| 81 | Driftin Dan | Timmy Abell |
| 82 | Golden Apples | Art Podell |
| 83 | A Little Room | Rob Lutes |
| 84 | If and | Valerie June |
| 85 | Maria | I Draw Slow |
| 86 | California | Beth Wood |
| 87 | Home | Darden Smith |
| 88 | So Many Letters | Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements |
| 89 | Broken with You | Lynne Hanson |
| 90 | Railroad Man | Ordinary Elephant |
| 91 | I'd Rather Be the Devil | Red Tail Ring |
| 92 | Following the North Star | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 93 | Don't Let Your Heart Be Troubled | Madison Violet |
| 94 | Hey Bébé | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 95 | Over There | Dori Freeman |
| 96 | My Portion | I Draw Slow |
| 97 | Counting Heartbeats | Lynne Hanson |
| 98 | Riverside Hotel | Anna Tivel |
| 99 | God Looked Around | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 100 | Gravity | Amelia Curran |
| 101 | By the Rio Grande | Quiles & Cloud |
| 102 | While We're Here | Catie Curtis |
| 103 | Higher Ground | The Waifs |
| 104 | These Rollin' Hills | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 105 | Y'all Means All | John McCutcheon |
| 106 | Peace Trail | Neil Young |
| 107 | Dark Chandelier | Anna Tivel |
| 108 | Told a Lie to My Heart | Harrow Fair |
| 109 | Same As I Ever Have Been | Matt Patershuk |
| 110 | Just for Now | Lynne Hanson |
| 111 | The Joke | Brandi Carlile |
| 112 | Ordinary Dance | Anna Tivel |
| 113 | Grandma's Hands | Tim O'Brien |
| 114 | Debtors' Prison | The Dustbowl Revival |
| 115 | Garage Flowers | I Draw Slow |
| 116 | Wildflowers | The Wailin' Jennys |
| 117 | Everything | Darden Smith |
| 118 | The Way It Dimmed | Amanda Shires |
| 119 | Slip Slide on by | Valerie June |
| 120 | Midnight Train | Dave Rawlings |
| 121 | Same Sun | Madison Violet |
| 122 | Sweet Florida | Elaine Mahon |
| 123 | Highway of Pain | Flatt Lonesome |
| 124 | Afterglow | Elaine Mahon |
| 125 | My Old Brown Coat and Me | Tim O'Brien |
| 126 | Always on the Run | Carrie Elkin |
| 127 | Eyes Brand New | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 128 | You Are Loved | Catie Curtis |
| 129 | Lady in the Elevator | Ordinary Elephant |
| 130 | Look Up | Elaine Mahon |
| 131 | Highest Building | Anna Tivel |
| 132 | Hard Road | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 133 | Come Love Come | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 134 | White Flag | Rose Cousins |
| 135 | Something's Coming | The Waifs |
| 136 | Rebekah | Elaine Mahon |
| 137 | The Last Song | Peter Mulvey |
| 138 | The Other Side of Midnight | Elaine Mahon |
| 139 | Airplane | Dave Rawlings |
| 140 | Yonder Comes a Sucker | Dori Freeman |
| 141 | Movin' on Down That Line | Fireside Collective |
| 142 | Leaving Kerrville | Ordinary Elephant |
| 143 | Apocalypso | I Draw Slow |
| 144 | When My Mother Sings | Elaine Mahon |
| 145 | Little Patch of Sky | Larry Murante |
| 146 | Books Pliés and Sorrows | Larry Murante |
| 147 | I'd Do if for You | Jim Bruno |
| 148 | River Town | Rayna Gellert |
| 149 | Perry | Rayna Gellert |
| 150 | That's All Right | Dori Freeman |
| 151 | Currency | Hat Check Girl |
| 152 | I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight | Dori Freeman |
| 153 | The Things He Saw | Ordinary Elephant |
| 154 | Marie | Jim Bruno |
| 155 | Say Mama Day | Jim Bruno |
| 156 | I Will Be Your Man | Harrow Fair |
| 157 | Slow Dancer | Caroline Spence |
| 158 | Son Volt Came to Town | Deb Talan |
| 159 | I Did Not Make the World | Harpeth Rising |
| 160 | My Love (The Storm) | Amanda Shires |
| 161 | Spring | Elaine Mahon |
| 162 | California Rain | Jim Bruno |
| 163 | A Wanderer I'll Stay | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 164 | I'm Bound for the Promised Land | Rayna Gellert |
| 165 | Ball and Chain | Larry Murante |
| 166 | Grey Bird | Rayna Gellert |
| 167 | Oh Lovin' Babe | Rayna Gellert |
| 168 | Shine | Elaine Mahon |
| 169 | High Flying Bird | Tim O'Brien |
| 170 | 535 (Are You Even Alive) | Harpeth Rising |
| 171 | Accidental Thief | Matt The Electrician |
| 172 | Mosquito | Chris Ronald |
| 173 | Cuba is | Susan Werner |
| 174 | Not That Strong | Lynne Hanson |
| 175 | Ready for the Dark | Larry Murante |
| 176 | Take Me Dancing (feat. Birds of Chicago) | Mouths of Babes |
| 177 | Before I Go | Ordinary Elephant |
| 178 | Softball | Caroline Spence |
| 179 | When the Mist Clears Away | Tim O'Brien |
| 180 | The Reason I'm Here | John McCutcheon |
| 181 | You'll Be Mine | Eilen Jewell |
| 182 | A Handmade Life | Jill Freeman |
| 183 | Letters from Murdertown | Jill Freeman |
| 184 | No Hands | Jill Freeman |
| 185 | Welcome to the Bonehouse | Jill Freeman |
| 186 | The Light That Leads Me There | Jill Freeman |
| 187 | Carolina | I Draw Slow |
| 188 | Illinois | Anna Tivel |
| 189 | Paper Kites | Beth Wood |
| 190 | Run to You | Beth Wood |
| 191 | Black Coal Train | Beth Wood |
| 192 | Gone Too Soon | Beth Wood |
| 193 | Every Now and then | Jan Seides |
| 194 | High Hopes for You | Jan Seides |
| 195 | Gotta Dance | Jan Seides |
| 196 | Thinking of You | Jan Seides |
| 197 | Humble & Kind | Lori McKenna |
| 198 | Lovers on the Run | Dori Freeman |
| 199 | Two Hearts | Valerie June |
| 200 | Chains | Rose Cousins |
| 201 | Tell the Girls | I Draw Slow |
| 202 | Waiting to Give (feat. FY5) | Gabrielle Louise |
| 203 | Shake Me Now | Quiles & Cloud |
| 204 | Rise Again, Handsome Johnny | Tom Russell |
| 205 | Dishonesty | Jan Seides |
| 206 | Got over | The Dustbowl Revival |
| 207 | Cold Waves | Dori Freeman |
| 208 | Thank You | Ordinary Elephant |
| 209 | Who I Am | Ordinary Elephant |
| 210 | Washington Said East | Ordinary Elephant |
| 211 | Against the Grain | Darden Smith |
| 212 | Thirteen Years | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 213 | Cyberspace | Kenny White |
| 214 | Nearing Home | Samantha Fish |
| 215 | The Miner (feat. Dustin Bentall) | Barney Bentall |
| 216 | Over the Waves | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 217 | Long Lonely Road | Valerie June |
| 218 | Birmingham Sunday | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 219 | The Hungry Grass | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 220 | Firefly | Darden Smith |
| 221 | Lucid Dreaming Sheep | Harpeth Rising |
| 222 | Gibson Town | Red Tail Ring |
| 223 | I Love You, Goodbye | Darden Smith |
| 224 | Hitch to My Gitalong | Tom Paxton |
| 225 | Stronger | Lynne Hanson |
| 226 | Three Chords and the Truth | John McCutcheon |
| 227 | How Quickly Your Heart Mends | Courtney Marie Andrews |
| 228 | Weeping Willow | Rebecca Loebe |
| 229 | So Strong | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
| 230 | A Road Less Traveled (feat. David Crosby) | Kenny White |
| 231 | Underground Railroad | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 232 | The Way You Love Me | Catie Curtis |
| 233 | The Firefly | Joy Zimmerman |
| 234 | Steal My Heart | Joy Zimmerman |
| 235 | Gently Please Tell Me Goodbye | Flatt Lonesome |
| 236 | Drive | Hat Check Girl |
| 237 | Somewhere off the Foot of This Mountain | The Malvinas |
| 238 | If I Could Make You My Own | Dori Freeman |
| 239 | Forever Young Forever | Rebecca Loebe |
| 240 | Don't Wake the Children | I Draw Slow |
| 241 | Fall Away Blues | Red Tail Ring |
| 242 | The Last Hobo | Tom Paxton |
| 243 | Love is Blind | Jillette Johnson |
| 244 | Evangeline | Ordinary Elephant |
| 245 | We Don't Talk | Deb Talan |
| 246 | Jewel of the Caspian Sea | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 247 | You Don't Look So Good (Cocaine) | Caroline Spence |
| 248 | If You Could See Me Now | The Dustbowl Revival |
| 249 | Highway 71 | Ordinary Elephant |
| 250 | Walking with Frankie | Eilen Jewell |
| 251 | Alleyway | Anna Tivel |
| 252 | Julie | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 253 | Workin' Woman Blues | Valerie June |
| 254 | Among the Trees | Scott Cook |
| 255 | Frontier Waltz | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 256 | Dragonfly | Bill & Joel Plaskett |
| 257 | Hungry Ghost | Larry Murante |
| 258 | Ern & Zorry's Sneakin' Bitin' Dog | Dori Freeman |
| 259 | Too Afraid | Driftwood |
| 260 | The Front Door | Valerie June |
| 261 | Soul Searching | Darden Smith |
| 262 | Carousel | Darden Smith |
| 263 | Don't Belong to This World | Catie Curtis |
| 264 | The Love We Almost Had | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 265 | The Once and Future Queen | John Paul White |
| 266 | Rainy Day | Brigitte DeMeyer |
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