The Roots Music Report's
Top Traditional Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Church Street Blues (feat. Molly Tuttle) | Dan Tyminski |
| 2 | Land of Milk and Honey | Pete Bernhard |
| 3 | High Holiday | Kacy & Clayton |
| 4 | He Was a Friend of Mine | Max Gomez |
| 5 | The Risin' of the Sea | James Kahn |
| 6 | Blackbird | Mr. Sun |
| 7 | Burlesque Desert Window | Trampled by Turtles |
| 8 | In the Covid Times | James Kahn |
| 9 | The Vast Infinity | James Kahn |
| 10 | Sundown | James Kahn |
| 11 | Souvenir | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 12 | Cannot Change It All | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 13 | It's So Hard to Hold on | Trampled by Turtles |
| 14 | Arkansas Bound | Sad Daddy |
| 15 | Over the Pass | StillHouse Junkies |
| 16 | House into a Home | Fireside Collective |
| 17 | Landfall | James Kahn |
| 18 | Goin' Home | Mark O'Connor |
| 19 | Colorado Bound | StillHouse Junkies |
| 20 | Moonrise over Ridgway | StillHouse Junkies |
| 21 | For the People | Rupert Wates |
| 22 | My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains | The Early Mays |
| 23 | Going Across the Sea | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 24 | Pledging My Time | Bob Dylan |
| 25 | To the Sea | Rupert Wates |
| 26 | Wild One (Real Wild Child) | The Weber Brothers |
| 27 | Dublin Saunter | Aoife Scott |
| 28 | The First Second Gentleman | We Banjo 3 |
| 29 | Sunflower | We Banjo 3 |
| 30 | Never Coming Back | John Doe |
| 31 | Hangin' Them Clothes on the Line | Sad Daddy |
| 32 | Make It Roll | Sad Daddy |
| 33 | One More Time Before You Go (feat. Jerry Douglas, Todd Phillips, Sam Bush, Josh Williams | Dan Tyminski |
| 34 | Crowded Heart | John Gorka |
| 35 | Nazarene Guitar | John Gorka |
| 36 | Charlie Pickle | Sad Daddy |
| 37 | Breaker's Bakedown | Mr. Sun |
| 38 | El Camino | StillHouse Junkies |
| 39 | The Banks of the Miramichi | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves |
| 40 | Sleeping Dogs | Damn Tall Buildings |
| 41 | Neighborhood Bully (Infidels Alternate Take) | Bob Dylan |
| 42 | The Dance of Joy | Rupert Wates |
| 43 | Garden Song | We Banjo 3 |
| 44 | 1963 | StillHouse Junkies |
| 45 | New Shoes | Joy Kills Sorrow |
| 46 | You Make Me Feel Drunk | Joy Kills Sorrow |
| 47 | Lost Highway | The Vogts Sisters |
| 48 | Annabelle's Cannon | We Banjo 3 |
| 49 | Another Reason | Aoife Scott |
| 50 | Catalpa Hop | Brad Kolodner |
| 51 | Right Where I Am | Jonathan Edwards |
| 52 | Big River | Sad Daddy |
| 53 | Old Grimes | Brad Kolodner |
| 54 | Each Season Changes You | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves |
| 55 | Train on the Island | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 56 | Alive with You | We Banjo 3 |
| 57 | Pale Morning | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 58 | Old Bill's Tune | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 59 | Shakin' Down the Acorns | The Early Mays |
| 60 | Tuckerman Lane | Brad Kolodner |
| 61 | 60 Years of Rock and Roll | The Weber Brothers |
| 62 | When Love Comes to Get Ya | The Weber Brothers |
| 63 | Frolic | Jake Xerxes Fussell |
| 64 | Six Blocks Away | Lucinda Williams |
| 65 | Medley: All Fair Ladies / Spanish Galleon | Rupert Wates |
| 66 | Never Going Back Again | StillHouse Junkies |
| 67 | Clean Cut Kid (Empire Burlesque Alternate Take) | Bob Dylan |
| 68 | Story of My New Year | Monica Rizzio |
| 69 | San Remo | The Belle Hollows |
| 70 | New Day Dawning | The Way Down Wanderers |
| 71 | It Isn't Nice | Barbara Dane |
| 72 | Study War No More | Barbara Dane |
| 73 | Sadjuna | Rising Appalachia |
| 74 | I and I (Infidels Alternate Take) | Bob Dylan |
| 75 | Born in Time (Outtake from 'Oh Mercy' Sessions) | Bob Dylan |
| 76 | Mando at the Flambo | Andy Statman |
| 77 | Little Maggie | Bob Dylan |
| 78 | Going Down to Mississippi | Phil Ochs |
| 79 | Irish Born | Aoife Scott |
| 80 | Traveler | The Foreign Landers |
| 81 | St.james Infirmary Live with Some New Orleans Musicians | Rising Appalachia |
| 82 | Johnny's Peacock/The Red-Tailed Hawk (feat. John Doyle, Brian Finnegan & Cathal Murphy) | The Foreign Landers |
| 83 | Sky to Ground | Xavier Rudd |
| 84 | Oxford Town/Cumberland Gap | Crooked Still |
| 85 | New Railroad | Crooked Still |
| 86 | High on Gettin' by | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 87 | The Cottonwoods | Shane Cook & the Woodchippers |
| 88 | There Comes a Time | Jonathan Edwards |
| 89 | The Scolding Wife | Adam Hurt |
| 90 | John Henry | Adam Hurt |
| 91 | Nancy Blevins | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves |
| 92 | Destroying Angels | John Doe |
| 93 | The Dose | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 94 | Hummingbird | We Banjo 3 |
| 95 | Oh Captain | Rupert Wates |
| 96 | Love Farewell | Jake Xerxes Fussell |
| 97 | On the Highway | Trampled by Turtles |
| 98 | Going to Town | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 99 | Make It Through Too | The Weber Brothers |
| 100 | Let's Take Us a Night Ride | Hackensaw Boys |
| 101 | Price of Love (Shot of Love Outtake) | Bob Dylan |
| 102 | Long Violent History | Tyler Childers |
| 103 | Why You Been Gone So Long (feat. Gaven Largent) | Dan Tyminski |
| 104 | Goodbye Jimmy Reed | Bob Dylan |
| 105 | Maggie's Farm (Live) | Bob Dylan |
| 106 | Wellington | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves |
| 107 | Not Today | Fireside Collective |
| 108 | I Believe in Being Ready | Rising Appalachia |
| 109 | Island of Dreams | James Kahn |
| 110 | You Got the Silver | Crooked Still |
| 111 | Light the Shade | Xavier Rudd |
| 112 | False Prophet | Bob Dylan |
| 113 | East of the Mountains | Kris Delmhorst |
| 114 | Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal | Andrew Calhoun |
| 115 | Corrina, Corrina | Bob Dylan |
| 116 | One More Weekend | Bob Dylan |
| 117 | We Will Have Our Day | Joy Kills Sorrow |
| 118 | Piker's Breakdown | Frank Evans & Ben Plotnick |
| 119 | Black Diamond Bay | Bob Dylan |
| 120 | Willie Nelson's Wall | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 121 | Foot of Pride (Infidels Outtake) | Bob Dylan |
| 122 | Sweetheart Like You (Infidels Alternate Take) | Bob Dylan |
| 123 | Enough is Enough (Live from Slane Castle, Ireland) | Bob Dylan |
| 124 | Jokerman (Infidels Alternate Take) | Bob Dylan |
| 125 | Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anyone Seen My Love?) | Bob Dylan |
| 126 | Precious Angel | Bob Dylan |
| 127 | There Will Always Be | Friction Farm |
| 128 | Blue is My Condition | Fireside Collective |
| 129 | Operator | Jim Croce |
| 130 | The Little Contortionist | Shane Cook & the Woodchippers |
| 131 | Long Black Veil | Rosanne Cash |
| 132 | The Night Visiting Song | Aoife Scott |
| 133 | Homeless | Kris Delmhorst |
| 134 | Padraig O'Keefe's / the Lost Indian / Roddy McDonald's (Live) | We Banjo 3 |
| 135 | Tickle Me Pink (Live) [feat. Jigjam] | We Banjo 3 |
| 136 | Spring | Joy Kills Sorrow |
| 137 | Ain't Nobody else Like You | We Banjo 3 |
| 138 | Happiness | We Banjo 3 |
| 139 | Kentucky Grind | We Banjo 3 |
| 140 | Chair Snappers' Delight | We Banjo 3 |
| 141 | Broken Tongue | Joshua James |
| 142 | Dawn Breaks | We Banjo 3 |
| 143 | Hold Onto Your Soul | We Banjo 3 |
| 144 | Homebird | Aoife Scott |
| 145 | High on the Mountain | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 146 | Ripplin' and Wild | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 147 | Durango | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 148 | Parkdale Foxtrot | Frank Evans & Ben Plotnick |
| 149 | Kyle’s Fiddle | Shane Cook & the Woodchippers |
| 150 | Chimney Swifts | Brad Kolodner |
| 151 | 50 Years | Jonathan Edwards |
| 152 | Sunday Evening | Sad Daddy |
| 153 | Hurricane Clarice / Brushy Fork of John’s Creek | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves |
| 154 | The Road That’s Walked by Fools (feat. Allison De Groot) | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves |
| 155 | Down South | John Doe |
| 156 | Cold Creek Shout | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 157 | Open the Road | We Banjo 3 |
| 158 | Ten Degrees and Getting Colder (feat. Dailey & Vincent) | Dan Tyminski |
| 159 | The Ballad of Johnny Fall | The Early Mays |
| 160 | Out on the Weekend | Madison Violet |
| 161 | Utah | Madison Violet |
| 162 | Sadie at the Backdoor (feat. Victor Furtado) | Sophie Wellington |
| 163 | Shakin Down the Acorns | Sophie Wellington |
| 164 | Revival | Jamestown Revival |
| 165 | Bless Your Little Heart | Kris Delmhorst |
| 166 | If Not for You | Jackson Grimm |
| 167 | Love Her in the Mornin' | Rising Appalachia |
| 168 | Across the Universe | Fiona Apple |
| 169 | Shadowboxer | Fiona Apple |
| 170 | Cat's in the Well | Bob Dylan |
| 171 | Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum | Bob Dylan |
| 172 | Political World | Bob Dylan |
| 173 | It'S All over Now Baby Blue | Bob Dylan |
| 174 | Sleep to Dream | Fiona Apple |
| 175 | Let's Keep It Between Us (Rehearsal) | Bob Dylan |
| 176 | Silvio (Album Version) | Bob Dylan |
| 177 | Seeing the Real You at Last (Empire Burlesque Alternate Take) | Bob Dylan |
| 178 | Breast of Glass | Jake Xerxes Fussell |
| 179 | Conceal Me | Xavier Rudd |
| 180 | Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart (Infidels Outtake) | Bob Dylan |
| 181 | Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anyone Seen My Love) (Empire Burlesque Alternate Mix) | Bob Dylan |
| 182 | Slow Train - Live | Bob Dylan |
| 183 | Travelin' So Hard | John Doe |
| 184 | Links on the Chain | Phil Ochs |
| 185 | The Way I Love You Now | The Way Down Wanderers |
| 186 | Cold Rain | Sad Daddy |
| 187 | Up in the Hills | Sad Daddy |
| 188 | Good Day | The Weber Brothers |
| 189 | Reverend Ken | The Weber Brothers |
| 190 | I Know | The Weber Brothers |
| 191 | Worn out Records | The Weber Brothers |
| 192 | I Come from the Future | The Weber Brothers |
| 193 | Caught (feat. Dale Watson; Katie Shore) | The Waymores |
| 194 | A Real Dragon | Mr. Sun |
| 195 | Sour Queen | Pharis & Jason Romero |
| 196 | Central Hillside Blues | Trampled by Turtles |
| 197 | Feet on the Ground | Xavier Rudd |
| 198 | Jenny Lynn | Tyler Childers |
| 199 | The Light in Carter Stanely's Eyes | Peter Rowan |
| 200 | Saddle in the Rain | Oh Boy Records |
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