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 | It's Your Voodoo Working | Eilen Jewell |
5 | Blessings | Darden Smith |
6 | Pictures on My Phone (Live) | John Craigie |
7 | Shakedown | Valerie June |
8 | Love Will Win the War | Darden Smith |
9 | Busted | The Dustbowl Revival |
10 | Worried Mind | Eilen Jewell |
11 | Lucifer and the Fallen Angels | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
12 | Better Get It Right the First Time | Rhiannon Giddens |
13 | Astral Plane | Valerie June |
14 | Guardian Angel | Tim O'Brien |
15 | Where the River Meets the Road | Tim O'Brien |
16 | Spring | Mouths of Babes |
17 | Strike the Bells | Rayna Gellert |
18 | Got Soul | Valerie June |
19 | Workin's Too Hard | Rayna Gellert |
20 | When It Comes My Turn | David Myles |
21 | Lean into Love | Elaine Mahon |
22 | Reach for the Stars | Elaine Mahon |
23 | I'm a Little Mixed Up | Eilen Jewell |
24 | Big Creek | Pint & a Half |
25 | Going Home | Joe Jencks |
26 | Ether's Arms | Lenore |
27 | Take You Away | Christian Lopez Band |
28 | Destitute | Christopher Paul Stelling |
29 | Way over Yonder | The Small Glories |
30 | Sake of the Song | Hayes Carll |
31 | You Are Not Alone | Elaine Mahon |
32 | Wondrous Traveler | The Small Glories |
33 | Rolling Home | Elaine Mahon |
34 | Crazy Mixed Up World | Eilen Jewell |
35 | Blindly Believing | The Waifs |
36 | Shadows Dancing | Elaine Mahon |
37 | A Song for Mary | Judy Nazemetz |
38 | Wayside | Mark Erelli |
39 | The Way Back | Judy Nazemetz |
40 | 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 |
41 | Electric Blue Dandelion | Raveis Kole |
42 | Behind That Locked Door | Judy Nazemetz |
43 | Fearless (All In) | Raveis Kole |
44 | Cumberland Gap | Dave Rawlings |
45 | Holding Onto a Rainbow | Raveis Kole |
46 | Dawn Breaks Through | Raveis Kole |
47 | Aloha | Raveis Kole |
48 | We Sang Our Songs in California | Art Podell |
49 | You've Heard My Voice (And You Know My Name) | Art Podell |
50 | One Simple Waltz | Micah & Mark Atkinson |
51 | Worried Mind | Travis Linville |
52 | But then You Smile | Art Podell |
53 | All My Life | Flatt Lonesome |
54 | Windy Mountain | Tim O'Brien |
55 | Turtle Dove | Dori Freeman |
56 | At the Purchaser's Option | Rhiannon Giddens |
57 | Dear John or Jane | Joy Zimmerman |
58 | Say My Name (For Camille Claudel) | Joy Zimmerman |
59 | Higher Place | Joy Zimmerman |
60 | Sweet Bird | Joy Zimmerman |
61 | Jump on in | Joy Zimmerman |
62 | Moonshine Freeze | This Is the Kit |
63 | Old Wolf | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
64 | Blackleg Miner | Offa Rex |
65 | Sometimes You've Got to Do Bad Things to Do Good | Matt Patershuk |
66 | Come on over My House | Dave Rawlings |
67 | Got the Blues | Carlo Grimelli |
68 | Just Say It Now | Dori Freeman |
69 | Spread Some Love | Carlo Grimelli |
70 | 2 Step | Carlo Grimelli |
71 | Pandora | Carlo Grimelli |
72 | 21 Days | Carlo Grimelli |
73 | Devil Said Do | Lynne Hanson |
74 | Best of You | Ordinary Elephant |
75 | On My Way Tonight | Quiles & Cloud |
76 | Last Cigarette | Anna Tivel |
77 | Put 'Em Up Solid | Dave Rawlings |
78 | Natural Causes | Ron Renninger |
79 | Polyamorous Pollyann | Taarka |
80 | Had I Paid | The Small Glories |
81 | Time and the River | Art Podell |
82 | Driftin Dan | Timmy Abell |
83 | Gypsy | Matt Patershuk |
84 | Golden Apples | Art Podell |
85 | Black Snake | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
86 | The Juke | Brigitte DeMeyer |
87 | A Little Room | Rob Lutes |
88 | Baby Boy | Rhiannon Giddens |
89 | Denali | Elaine Mahon |
90 | California | Beth Wood |
91 | Don't Let Your Heart Be Troubled | Madison Violet |
92 | So Many Letters | Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements |
93 | Over There | Dori Freeman |
94 | Home | Darden Smith |
95 | If and | Valerie June |
96 | Maria | I Draw Slow |
97 | Gravity | Amelia Curran |
98 | I'd Rather Be the Devil | Red Tail Ring |
99 | Hey Bébé | Rhiannon Giddens |
100 | Following the North Star | Rhiannon Giddens |
101 | Peace Trail | Neil Young |
102 | Broken with You | Lynne Hanson |
103 | God Looked Around | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
104 | Riverside Hotel | Anna Tivel |
105 | Higher Ground | The Waifs |
106 | Same As I Ever Have Been | Matt Patershuk |
107 | Dark Chandelier | Anna Tivel |
108 | The Joke | Brandi Carlile |
109 | The Angels Laid Him Away | Rhiannon Giddens |
110 | Same Sun | Madison Violet |
111 | Ordinary Dance | Anna Tivel |
112 | Wildflowers | The Wailin' Jennys |
113 | Counting Heartbeats | Lynne Hanson |
114 | Eyes Brand New | Zoe & Cloyd |
115 | Railroad Man | Ordinary Elephant |
116 | Something's Coming | The Waifs |
117 | Midnight Train | Dave Rawlings |
118 | The Last Song | Peter Mulvey |
119 | Grandma's Hands | Tim O'Brien |
120 | Highway of Pain | Flatt Lonesome |
121 | My Portion | I Draw Slow |
122 | The Way It Dimmed | Amanda Shires |
123 | Y'all Means All | John McCutcheon |
124 | Debtors' Prison | The Dustbowl Revival |
125 | Highest Building | Anna Tivel |
126 | Just for Now | Lynne Hanson |
127 | Always on the Run | Carrie Elkin |
128 | I'd Do if for You | Jim Bruno |
129 | Marie | Jim Bruno |
130 | Say Mama Day | Jim Bruno |
131 | These Rollin' Hills | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
132 | That's All Right | Dori Freeman |
133 | I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight | Dori Freeman |
134 | California Rain | Jim Bruno |
135 | By the Rio Grande | Quiles & Cloud |
136 | Take Me Dancing (feat. Birds of Chicago) | Mouths of Babes |
137 | Accidental Thief | Matt The Electrician |
138 | Mosquito | Chris Ronald |
139 | Cuba is | Susan Werner |
140 | Yonder Comes a Sucker | Dori Freeman |
141 | My Old Brown Coat and Me | Tim O'Brien |
142 | A Handmade Life | Jill Freeman |
143 | Letters from Murdertown | Jill Freeman |
144 | No Hands | Jill Freeman |
145 | Welcome to the Bonehouse | Jill Freeman |
146 | The Light That Leads Me There | Jill Freeman |
147 | Airplane | Dave Rawlings |
148 | Paper Kites | Beth Wood |
149 | Run to You | Beth Wood |
150 | Black Coal Train | Beth Wood |
151 | Gone Too Soon | Beth Wood |
152 | Little Patch of Sky | Larry Murante |
153 | Ball and Chain | Larry Murante |
154 | Every Now and then | Jan Seides |
155 | High Hopes for You | Jan Seides |
156 | Gotta Dance | Jan Seides |
157 | Thinking of You | Jan Seides |
158 | Books Pliés and Sorrows | Larry Murante |
159 | Everything | Darden Smith |
160 | Told a Lie to My Heart | Harrow Fair |
161 | Dishonesty | Jan Seides |
162 | Illinois | Anna Tivel |
163 | While We're Here | Catie Curtis |
164 | Lovers on the Run | Dori Freeman |
165 | Cold Waves | Dori Freeman |
166 | You'll Be Mine | Eilen Jewell |
167 | The Miner (feat. Dustin Bentall) | Barney Bentall |
168 | Ready for the Dark | Larry Murante |
169 | White Flag | Rose Cousins |
170 | Movin' on Down That Line | Fireside Collective |
171 | I Will Be Your Man | Harrow Fair |
172 | Humble & Kind | Lori McKenna |
173 | The Firefly | Joy Zimmerman |
174 | Steal My Heart | Joy Zimmerman |
175 | Underground Railroad | Zoe & Cloyd |
176 | Slip Slide on by | Valerie June |
177 | Nearing Home | Samantha Fish |
178 | Love is Blind | Jillette Johnson |
179 | Waiting to Give (feat. FY5) | Gabrielle Louise |
180 | Come Love Come | Rhiannon Giddens |
181 | Garage Flowers | I Draw Slow |
182 | Jewel of the Caspian Sea | Zoe & Cloyd |
183 | Son Volt Came to Town | Deb Talan |
184 | Sweet Florida | Elaine Mahon |
185 | Frontier Waltz | Zoe & Cloyd |
186 | Rise Again, Handsome Johnny | Tom Russell |
187 | Workin' Woman Blues | Valerie June |
188 | You Are Loved | Catie Curtis |
189 | Ern & Zorry's Sneakin' Bitin' Dog | Dori Freeman |
190 | High Flying Bird | Tim O'Brien |
191 | Hungry Ghost | Larry Murante |
192 | Fryd | SVER |
193 | If I Could Make You My Own | Dori Freeman |
194 | My Love (The Storm) | Amanda Shires |
195 | Hard Road | Tim Grimm and the Family Band |
196 | Old Stone Wall | Zoe & Cloyd |
197 | Weeping Willow | Rebecca Loebe |
198 | Carolina | I Draw Slow |
199 | When the Mist Clears Away | Tim O'Brien |
200 | Farewell to Fiunary | Zoe & Cloyd |
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