The Roots Music Report's
Top Traditional Bluegrass Song Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highway Side | Balsam Range |
| 2 | Leaving Cleveland | Tim Raybon Band |
| 3 | Santa Barbara | Balsam Range |
| 4 | Just a Guy in a Bar | Sideline |
| 5 | Livin' Large in a Little Town | Donna Ulisse |
| 6 | Rivers, Rains and Runaway Trains | Balsam Range |
| 7 | Rhythm of the Rails | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 8 | Vertigo (feat. Bryan Sutton, Edgar Meyer, Sam Bush & Stuart Duncan) | Bela Fleck |
| 9 | Mary Ann is a Pistol | The Lonesome River Band |
| 10 | Goodbye Marie | Tim Raybon Band |
| 11 | California Earthquake | Sam Bush |
| 12 | Issaqueena (feat. Alan Bibey, Ethan Burkhardt & Michael Cleveland) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 13 | She is a Gambler (feat. Clay Hess) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 14 | Orphan Annie | Darrell Webb |
| 15 | King of the Hill | Jason Carter |
| 16 | Patches on My Heart | Junior Sisk |
| 17 | I'm Warming Up to an Old Flame | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 18 | My Sweet Little Girl | Cole Quest and The City Pickers |
| 19 | When the Crow Comes Down (feat. Deanie Richardson & Richard Bennett) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 20 | Baby Blue Eyes | Vince Gill |
| 21 | Dixieland Delight | Dave Adkins |
| 22 | The Lonely Side of Goodbye | Junior Sisk |
| 23 | In Tall Buildings | Sam Bush |
| 24 | I'm Still Here | Sam Bush |
| 25 | Better Angels Fly Away | Audie Blaylock and Redline |
| 26 | Almost Proud | Del McCoury Band |
| 27 | Blue Ridge Mountain Baby | Appalachian Road Show |
| 28 | The Old North Woods | Bela Fleck |
| 29 | I Wanna Be Where You Are | Junior Sisk |
| 30 | Downtown | Full Cord Bluegrass |
| 31 | Colors of My Life (feat. Alan Bibey & Richard Bennett) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 32 | This Old Road (feat. Billy Strings & David Grisman) | Bela Fleck |
| 33 | Mountain Rosalie | The Kody Norris Show |
| 34 | Autumn Leaves (feat. Gena Britt) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 35 | Up There on the Hillside | Junior Sisk |
| 36 | Traveler | Dave Adkins |
| 37 | Radio John | Sam Bush |
| 38 | I Should've Called (Live) | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 39 | Big City | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 40 | Honky Tonk Nights (feat. Vince Gill) | Del McCoury Band |
| 41 | Running Wild | Del McCoury Band |
| 42 | Love Don't Live Here Anymore | Del McCoury Band |
| 43 | We're All Crazy | Dave Adkins |
| 44 | Ginseng Sullivan | Bob Minner |
| 45 | Sour Grapes | Bela Fleck |
| 46 | Life in the Country | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 47 | Last Lonesome Pine | Eddie Sanders |
| 48 | Smilin' | Cedar Hill |
| 49 | Sally Johnson | Tim Raybon Band |
| 50 | Millworker (feat. Dennis Parker, Marty Raybon & Tony Wray) [Acoustic Tribute to James Taylor] | Tony Wray |
| 51 | A Simple Thing As Love | Sam Bush |
| 52 | Cascadia (feat. Chris Eldridge, Todd Phillips & Trent Freeman) | John Reischman |
| 53 | Dandy Longlegs (feat. Patrick Sauber, Nick Hornbuckle, Trisha Gagnon & Greg Spatz) | John Reischman |
| 54 | Round Rock (feat. Jerry Douglas & Michael Cleveland) | Bela Fleck |
| 55 | The Only Thing Missing is You | Crowe Brothers |
| 56 | I Ain't Dead Yet | Eddie Sanders |
| 57 | Bluegrass State of Mind | Dave Adkins |
| 58 | Long Hard Day (feat. Adam Plott, Glen Crain & Grayson Lane) [Alternate Cut] | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 59 | Tall Weeds and Rust | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 60 | In Time, Jubilation (feat. Dolly Parton) | Appalachian Road Show |
| 61 | Happy Go Lucky | Alan Bibey and Doyle Lawson |
| 62 | Goodbye Girls I'm Going to Boston | Adam Steffey |
| 63 | Old City Jail | The Unseen Strangers |
| 64 | Sailing to Alaska | Si Kahn and the Looping Brothers |
| 65 | Hug Point (feat. Molly Tuttle & Sierra Hull) | Bela Fleck |
| 66 | Baptist Pumpkin Farm | Bela Fleck |
| 67 | Old Guitar Case | Sideline |
| 68 | Brother Green | Appalachian Road Show |
| 69 | The Six O'clock Train and a Girl with Green Eyes | Jason Carter |
| 70 | Granny Wontcha You Smoke Some Marijuana | Sam Bush |
| 71 | Letters Have No Arms | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 72 | Hillbilly Blues | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 73 | Like a Bad Outlaw | Eddie Sanders |
| 74 | What Do I Tell My Heart | Eddie Sanders |
| 75 | Gray Rock, Red Clay Land | Donna Ulisse |
| 76 | Slow Train Through Georgia | Bob Minner |
| 77 | Leslie County Blues | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 78 | Who's Gonna Tell the Story | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road |
| 79 | Hitchhiking to California | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 80 | From Here to Hallelujah | Eddie Sanders |
| 81 | Yesterday’s Blues | Jesse Smathers |
| 82 | How Deep is the Lonesome | Cedar Hill |
| 83 | Messin' with Sasquatch | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 84 | Squirrel Hunter | Adam Steffey |
| 85 | The Wake | Meadow Mountain |
| 86 | Orange County Breakdown | Blue Mule |
| 87 | Black Sun | The Crooked Jades |
| 88 | It's Only a Phonograph Record | Mikayla Burrows |
| 89 | Old Fashioned Ways (feat. Severin Theinert) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 90 | Long Hard Day (feat. Ethan Burkhardt, Glen Crain & Tony Wray) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 91 | True Life Blues | Starlett & Big John |
| 92 | Dim Lights, Thick Smoke | J.D. Crowe & Rickey Wasson |
| 93 | Most of the Time | Riverbend |
| 94 | All I Need | Kenny & Amanda Smith |
| 95 | Dear Departed | Dave Adkins |
| 96 | The Nameless Photograph | Bob Minner |
| 97 | A Little Bit of Bluegrass | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road |
| 98 | Take My Ring from Your Finger | Junior Sisk |
| 99 | Rooster Rock | Balsam Range |
| 100 | Slippery Eel (feat. Billy Strings & Chris Thile) | Bela Fleck |
| 101 | Something About a Soldier | Leona Williams, Ron Williams & Bluegrass Martinss |
| 102 | North Garden | Bronwyn Keith-Hynes |
| 103 | Love Songs | The Lonesome River Band |
| 104 | Moonshiner | Shannon Bielski & Moonlight Drive |
| 105 | Singing the Blues | Echo Valley |
| 106 | Rosco's Ramble (feat. Jim Nunally, Sharon Gilchrist, Patrick Sauber, Mike Witcher & Greg Spatz) | John Reischman |
| 107 | Last Train (feat. Sarah Jarosz) | Bronwyn Keith-Hynes |
| 108 | White Freightliner | J.D. Crowe & The New South |
| 109 | Appalachia Gotta Have You Feeling in My Bones | Donna Ulisse |
| 110 | I'll Be Here in the Morning | Linda Lay |
| 111 | Don't Let My Ramblin' Bother Your Mind | Riverbend |
| 112 | Gallows Pole | Appalachian Road Show |
| 113 | Hard Times in the Mines | Appalachian Road Show |
| 114 | Designated Recreation Hour // Cold Front | Meadow Mountain |
| 115 | Right Here with You | Midnight Skyracer |
| 116 | From Jerusalem to Jericho | Uncle Dave Macon |
| 117 | Well Glory | Ricky Skaggs |
| 118 | Farewell Blues | Kristin Scott Benson |
| 119 | Sugar Baby | Dock Boggs |
| 120 | Heartbreak Highway | Eddie Sanders |
| 121 | The End of Crazy | Donna Ulisse |
| 122 | Harp with Golden Strings | Donna Ulisse |
| 123 | Don't Bury This Bible with Me | Donna Ulisse |
| 124 | Cold Hearted Woman | Dave Adkins |
| 125 | Gabriel's Already Standing | The Lonesome River Band |
| 126 | Lineman in the Rain | The Alex Leach Band |
| 127 | No End of Love | Sam Bush |
| 128 | Fireball Mail | Chubby Wise |
| 129 | I'll Follow You | Tim Raybon Band |
| 130 | I'm Leaving Town Tonight | Tim Raybon Band |
| 131 | I'll Have You Back | Starlett & Big John |
| 132 | World is Waiting for the Sunrise | Full Cord Bluegrass |
| 133 | It's a Beautiful Day | Jim Hurst |
| 134 | That Kind of Lonesome | Eddie Sanders |
| 135 | Wrong Turn That Led Me to You (feat. Colton Rudd) | Wilson Banjo Co. |
| 136 | Heart Collector | Starlett & Big John |
| 137 | Introduction with Jean Shepherd (Live) | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 138 | Country Side of Heaven (Where the Bluegrass Music Flows) [Live] | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 139 | Restless Blue Eyed Lover (Live) | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 140 | Tomorrow Will Be Different Than Today | Audie Blaylock and Redline |
| 141 | Why Don't You Tell Me So | J.D. Crowe & Rickey Wasson |
| 142 | Love and Wealth | J.D. Crowe & Rickey Wasson |
| 143 | Lonesome Jenny | Bob Minner |
| 144 | Hello Blues | Terry Baucom |
| 145 | Steppin' Stones | Riverbend |
| 146 | Church Street Blues | Bob Minner |
| 147 | On & on & on | Bob Minner |
| 148 | Ridge Road Gravel | Bob Minner |
| 149 | Kentucky Sun Going Down | The Tennessee Bluegrass Band |
| 150 | Ilene Baker | Tim Raybon Band |
| 151 | A Battle She Just Couldn't Win | Junior Sisk |
| 152 | A Lonesome Road to Travel | Appalachian Road Show |
| 153 | Machine Gun Kelly (feat. Dennis Parker & Tony Wray) | Tony Wray |
| 154 | I Don't Mind | Sturgill Simpson |
| 155 | Long Gone Baby | Matt Wallace |
| 156 | The Old Hometown | The Seldom Scene |
| 157 | Long Chain Charlie and Moundsville | The Slocan Ramblers |
| 158 | You're in My Heart | Rhonda Vincent |
| 159 | When I Lay My Burdens Down | Larry Sparks |
| 160 | Right Beside You | Jeff White |
| 161 | The Best I Can Do | The Unseen Strangers |
| 162 | Stack O'Lee | Mississippi John Hurt |
| 163 | Riro's House | Carolina Chocolate Drops |
| 164 | Mahalla | Carolina Chocolate Drops |
| 165 | I Guess I'll Go on Dreaming | Highland Travelers |
| 166 | Hill to Climb | The Slocan Ramblers |
| 167 | Moonlight Midnight | Peter Rowan |
| 168 | I Only Wish You Knew | J.D. Crowe & The New South |
| 169 | Blue Bonnet Lane | J.D. Crowe & The New South |
| 170 | Bad Case of the Blues | Laurel Canyon Ramblers |
| 171 | Melinda | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves |
| 172 | Grandma's Bowl | Wood Family Tradition |
| 173 | Us Chickens | Bela Fleck |
| 174 | Willy Dear | The Tillers |
| 175 | I'll Always Be a Gypsy | Sideline |
| 176 | Love's Fleeting Fire | Audie Blaylock and Redline |
| 177 | Up to You | The Alex Leach Band |
| 178 | His Tomb is Empty Now | Balsam Range |
| 179 | My Favorite Day is Christmas | Eddie Sanders |
| 180 | Chrismas is Coming to Town | Laurel Canyon Ramblers |
| 181 | Streamliner Feat. Greg Blake,Russ Carson,Jason Carter,Barry Reed | Jesse Brock |
| 182 | St. James Infirmary | Doc & Merle Watson |
| 183 | Day of Liberty | Carolina Chocolate Drops |
| 184 | Stanley Sound | Cedar Hill |
| 185 | Loving You So Long | Cliff Waldron |
| 186 | If I Don't Lose My Fire | Terry Baucom |
| 187 | They Tell Me | Barry Abernathy |
| 188 | Brand New Wagon | Cliff Waldron |
| 189 | Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia (Live) | Doc & Merle Watson |
| 190 | I"m the Boss | Jimmy Martin |
| 191 | Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man? | Carolina Chocolate Drops |
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