The Roots Music Report's
Top Traditional Folk Song Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let's Get Happy Together (feat. Maria Muldaur) | Jim Kweskin |
| 2 | Weepin' Willow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 3 | Be Ready | Larry Rice |
| 4 | Push on Through | Larry Rice |
| 5 | Welcome the Stranger | Larry Rice |
| 6 | Runaway | James Maddock |
| 7 | Alabama Bound (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 8 | Homeless Blues (Live) | Misty Blues |
| 9 | 900 Miles (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 10 | Already Gone | Willie Watson |
| 11 | Hold on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 12 | Yonder Come the Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 13 | Jack O' Diamonds (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 14 | Jim Crow Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 15 | Keep on Movin' It on (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 16 | Special Delivery Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 17 | Freedom Trilogy (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 18 | Go Down Sunshine (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 19 | Good Friends | Max Gomez |
| 20 | Slim and the Devil | Willie Watson |
| 21 | Glory Glory (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 22 | Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 23 | Hit or Miss (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 24 | Easy Rider (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 25 | Take This Hammer (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 26 | Dink's Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 27 | Midnight Special | Misty Blues |
| 28 | This Little Light of Mine (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 29 | It Ain't Me Babe | Bob Dylan |
| 30 | How Long Blues (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 31 | Miss Hamilton | Ed Sweeney |
| 32 | A Childhood Medley | Ed Sweeney |
| 33 | A Little Traveling Music | Ed Sweeney |
| 34 | A Long Time Traveling | Ed Sweeney |
| 35 | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | Ed Sweeney |
| 36 | Distant Shore | Ed Sweeney |
| 37 | Lament for the Death of the Reverend Archie Beaton | Ed Sweeney |
| 38 | Right Foot out | Ed Sweeney |
| 39 | Walking Boss | Ed Sweeney |
| 40 | When I Get Home | Ed Sweeney |
| 41 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Ed Sweeney |
| 42 | Auld Lang Syne | Ed Sweeney |
| 43 | Blues Everywhere I Go (Live) [feat. Gina Coleman] | Misty Blues |
| 44 | Leaving Home (Frankie and Johnny) [feat. Meredith Axelrod] | Jim Kweskin |
| 45 | Pledging My Time | Bob Dylan |
| 46 | The Sheik of Araby | Jim Kweskin |
| 47 | Howard Hughes Blues (feat. Jamie Hartford) | Norman Blake |
| 48 | Mole in the Ground | Willie Watson |
| 49 | Mother Earth (feat. Rose Guerin) | Jim Kweskin |
| 50 | What Does the Deep Sea Say (feat. Fiona Kweskin) | Jim Kweskin |
| 51 | The Fields of Chazy | Claudia Gibson |
| 52 | Time of the Rambler | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 53 | The Lone Pilgrim (feat. Nell Foote) | Jim Kweskin |
| 54 | Side by Side (feat. Fiona Kweskin) | Jim Kweskin |
| 55 | Relax Your Mind (feat. Rose Guerin) | Jim Kweskin |
| 56 | I Ain't Never Been Satisfied (feat. Rose Guerin, Samoa Wilson & Fiona Kweskin) | Jim Kweskin |
| 57 | The Golden Crystal Kingdom | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 58 | You're Just in Love (feat. Fiona Kweskin) | Jim Kweskin |
| 59 | Blackland Prairies | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 60 | Reap 'em in the Valley | Willie Watson |
| 61 | Burlesque Desert Window | Trampled by Turtles |
| 62 | Engine 143 (feat. Samoa Wilson) | Jim Kweskin |
| 63 | Sally Don't You Grieve (feat. Meredith Axelrod) | Jim Kweskin |
| 64 | The Cuckoo (feat. Jessie Benton) | Jim Kweskin |
| 65 | Never Too Late (feat. Juli Crockett) | Jim Kweskin |
| 66 | Honey in the Rock (feat. Samoa Wilson) | Jim Kweskin |
| 67 | Play It One More Time | Willie Watson |
| 68 | False Prophet | Bob Dylan |
| 69 | Little Wolf's Invincible Yellow Medicine Paint | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 70 | Goodbye Jimmy Reed | Bob Dylan |
| 71 | Clover on the Hillside | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 72 | Co'dine | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 73 | Remember Me (feat. Samoa Wilson) | Jim Kweskin |
| 74 | Alabama Jubilee (feat. Jamey Johnson) | Norman Blake |
| 75 | Time of the Cottonwood Trees | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 76 | The Sheik of Araby (feat. Maria Muldaur) | Jim Kweskin |
| 77 | Live and Let Live (feat. Juli Crockett) | Jim Kweskin |
| 78 | Rain | Claudia Gibson |
| 79 | Real Love | Willie Watson |
| 80 | The Man from Uvalde | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 81 | Laura's Song | Claudia Gibson |
| 82 | Give My Love to Rose (feat. Joseph Cash) | Norman Blake |
| 83 | Shady Grove (feat. Jamey Johnson) | Norman Blake |
| 84 | I'll Meet You in Montana | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 85 | Mystery of Life (feat. Jamie Hartford) | Norman Blake |
| 86 | Georgia on My Mind (feat. Jamey Johnson) | Norman Blake |
| 87 | High Holiday | Kacy & Clayton |
| 88 | Secret Girl | Kris Delmhorst |
| 89 | Travelin' So Hard | John Doe |
| 90 | One More Time Before You Go (feat. Jerry Douglas, Todd Phillips, Sam Bush, Josh Williams | Dan Tyminski |
| 91 | On the Banks of the Old Guadalupe | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 92 | Why You Been Gone So Long (feat. Gaven Largent) | Dan Tyminski |
| 93 | Moby Dick (feat. Juli Crockett) | Jim Kweskin |
| 94 | Shine on | Claudia Gibson |
| 95 | Unbound | Claudia Gibson |
| 96 | Star of the Bar | The Lasses |
| 97 | Life's Railway to Heaven (feat. Carlene Carter & John Carter Cash) | Norman Blake |
| 98 | Muddy River | The Resonant Rogues |
| 99 | The Way the West Was Won | The Brothers Comatose |
| 100 | Angels Fly | Claudia Gibson |
| 101 | Promised Land | Claudia Gibson |
| 102 | Baby Redbud | Bryant Roses |
| 103 | The Days | Claudia Gibson |
| 104 | Moonrise over Ridgway | StillHouse Junkies |
| 105 | The Risin' of the Sea | James Kahn |
| 106 | The Way I Oughta Go | Bella White |
| 107 | Bless Your Little Heart | Kris Delmhorst |
| 108 | Basin Street Blues | Barbara Dane |
| 109 | Be True to You | Cup O'Joe |
| 110 | Crossing the Rubicon | Bob Dylan |
| 111 | Sweet Companion | The Waymores |
| 112 | Hard Life | Cup O'Joe |
| 113 | I Believe in Being Ready | Rising Appalachia |
| 114 | Never Going Back Again | StillHouse Junkies |
| 115 | Study War No More | Barbara Dane |
| 116 | Voices (On the Spanish Isle) | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 117 | Just Like Leaving | Bella White |
| 118 | Texas Moon | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 119 | Hi-Eenktum Daddy-O (feat. Ana Cristina Cash & John Carter Cash) | Norman Blake |
| 120 | Harris and the Mare | Willie Watson |
| 121 | The Night Visiting Song (feat. Pat Byrne) | Claudia Gibson |
| 122 | Sad Song | Willie Watson |
| 123 | One to Fall | Willie Watson |
| 124 | American Proof | Bryant Roses |
| 125 | The Garden Scene | Bryant Roses |
| 126 | The Perfect Moment | Bryant Roses |
| 127 | City Painted Gold (feat. T Sisters) | The Brothers Comatose |
| 128 | Navigator | Cup O'Joe |
| 129 | Azazel's Escape | Cup O'Joe |
| 130 | Hang Your Head Down Low | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 131 | Shower | Krüger Brothers |
| 132 | Waterfall | Krüger Brothers |
| 133 | Where the Songbirds Live | John Doe |
| 134 | Leave It Shining | Bryant Roses |
| 135 | Small Star | Bryant Roses |
| 136 | Broken Tongue | Joshua James |
| 137 | Prove My Love | Lucinda Williams |
| 138 | Step by Step | John McCutcheon |
| 139 | What a Nice Life | Damn Tall Buildings |
| 140 | Uncle Noah's Ark | Norman Blake |
| 141 | Colorado | Admiral Radio |
| 142 | Passing Through | Bryant Roses |
| 143 | The Backyard | Bryant Roses |
| 144 | Flag | Xavier Rudd |
| 145 | Seileach | Cassie and Maggie |
| 146 | The Willow Hits | Cassie and Maggie |
| 147 | Break My Heart | Bella White |
| 148 | Bedlam Boys | The Trials of Cato |
| 149 | Ring of Roses | The Trials of Cato |
| 150 | My Own Version of You | Bob Dylan |
| 151 | When Black Shuck Roams | The Trials of Cato |
| 152 | Among Other Things | Bella White |
| 153 | Rainbow of My Dreams | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 154 | We'll Meet Again Sweetheart | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 155 | In a Time of Doubt | Kacy & Clayton |
| 156 | Bulgar Sigansky | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 157 | Marilyn | Bella White |
| 158 | Queen Jane Approximately | Bob Dylan |
| 159 | Up and at 'Em | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 160 | Misirlou | Zoe & Cloyd |
| 161 | Dead Birds | The Way Down Wanderers |
| 162 | Trouble in Mind | Barbara Dane |
| 163 | Lightning | Cup O'Joe |
| 164 | City | Cup O'Joe |
| 165 | The Old Churchyard | Cup O'Joe |
| 166 | Sweet Morning Vision | The Way Down Wanderers |
| 167 | Geordie | Lindsay Straw |
| 168 | Mountain Jumper | Crooked Still |
| 169 | The Little Contortionist | Shane Cook & the Woodchippers |
| 170 | Rican Beach | Hurray for the Riff Raff |
| 171 | Little Sadie | Crooked Still |
| 172 | Storeroom | James Maddock |
| 173 | Wanna Go | Cup O'Joe |
| 174 | Lamb | Cup O'Joe |
| 175 | Brothers | The Brothers Comatose |
| 176 | Hangman | Cassie and Maggie |
| 177 | Let No Man Steal Your Thyme | Cassie and Maggie |
| 178 | Blue Willow | Cassie and Maggie |
| 179 | Claude Jones | Pokey LaFarge |
| 180 | Peace Within | Taylor Pie |
| 181 | Somewhere in the Nowhere | Friction Farm |
| 182 | Brothers | Gunning & Cormier |
| 183 | Mennonite Girl | John Gorka |
| 184 | Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad | Dom Flemons |
| 185 | Charmin' Betsy | Dom Flemons |
| 186 | Goodbye Old Paint | Dom Flemons |
| 187 | Go Dig My Grave | Emerald Rae |
| 188 | Factory Blues | Hackensaw Boys |
| 189 | That Sweet Orchestra Sound | Kacy & Clayton |
| 190 | Sweet October | Aoife Scott |
| 191 | Driving Me Madnolin | Mark Stoffel |
| 192 | The Old Mountaineer | Mark Stoffel |
| 193 | The Ballad of the Choctaw-Apache | Vincent Neil Emerson |
| 194 | The Cottonwoods | Shane Cook & the Woodchippers |
| 195 | Woodstock (Alternate Vocals) | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| 196 | Shake Sugaree | Nicholas Edward Williams |
| 197 | Haskell Town | StillHouse Junkies |
| 198 | Cowboy's Rules / Boston Boy (feat. Nancy Blake, Dennis Crouch & and Matt Combs) | Norman Blake |
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